How to take the tone of the year-end award?

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This article first appeared in the 839th issue of China Newsweek.

At the end of each year, it is the season to enjoy year-end benefits, and tourists from all walks of life flock out on the Internet. Some of these people are righteous on weekdays and criticize some false data in the media, but it is their turn to publish "data" and inject more water than others. Some of them mix well, and they can't be found if they are thrown into the crowd. They feel that they have to blow some cows to find a sense of existence. Some people are worried and disheartened. They have simply become "terrorists" and directly spread rumors of "hundreds of thousands of year-end bonuses". People onlookers will still feel uncomfortable when they get a 20% discount. It can make as many people feel depressed as possible, and their depression seems to have been alleviated a lot.

I am an honest man, but I work in a tepid company. The annual year-end bonus is almost negligible, so it is often stuck in the heart of "terrorists" in the circle of friends. However, our "Tail Tooth Banquet" is very rich, and we can often eat several meals. The reason is that the company supplies star-rated hotels, and it is always difficult to settle several accounts at the end of the year, so they will offset some of them by eating. Today I was in a four-star hotel, and two days later I went to a five-star hotel ... with pictures and facts, and a receipt. Such powerful pictures and texts were spread to WeChat and Weibo one by one, so you can imagine how much envy and jealousy they attracted. Some people may ask, because the tail tooth banquet is so high-end and frequent, how much should the year-end award be given? This is of course a trade secret, which has aroused a sharp decline in the quality of sleep of the audience.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, there will always be some people ready to jump ship in the spring. The more everything is ready, the more they will pretend to be conscientious so as not to be seen by the boss. The boss still has the year-end bonus. If this sum is missing, I'm afraid the mood for the New Year will be discounted by 30%. One year, I was the editor-in-chief of a magazine. The sales volume of the magazine declined for half a year in a row, and I was in a bad mood at work every day. Finally, I couldn't bear the psychological pressure and decided to resign. I consulted several staff members in advance, and they all advised me to hold on. It's only a month and a half before the Chinese New Year, so I have to get the year-end bonus. But I submitted my resignation anyway, and the boss was surprised at the time. The next day, he approved it and took 10 thousand yuan in cash to give me a year-end bonus in advance.

"The boss is very embarrassed on weekdays. I didn't expect to be so generous to you this time. It seems that you are a fool! " Some colleagues joked. Several years have passed, and my former boss is still my friend. He said I made him partially change his view of employees. Not all labor relations are false calculations, but bosses and employees can still be honest with each other.

Fortunately, it didn't take more than two months at first, for that year-end bonus, otherwise it would be despised by the boss. I didn't count the money, and finally the money didn't run away. I got an equal respect. It gives people the impression that Shanghainese haggle over every ounce, so they can't lose money if they eat it. In fact, Shanghainese also speak accents, and they don't want to be looked down upon, even if they die for it. In fact, this is not wrong. At the end of the year, many people may have to "say goodbye" to their bosses and colleagues, so they must leave with an accent. Mountains and rivers meet, and this number may be much more useful to you in the future than just a little year-end bonus.