Hello, I have a 5.5-day working week and 40 hours of overtime per month. Is this acceptable?

Yesterday, I saw such a picture in my circle of friends:

When most companies are either expressing overtime in a subtle way, or brainwashing their employees about the success of overtime, At that time, such a simple, direct and straightforward company was indeed a breath of fresh air and refreshing.

Everyone has their own opinions on the topic of overtime. As a loser in the workplace, I have no intention of talking about this topic that has no answers and is meaningless.

However, I am more interested in the psychological content presented in this conversation in the picture. So this article will briefly talk to you about the psychological principles behind this picture. Of course, this is a purely subjective analysis and irresponsible.

It must be said that this company deserves praise for informing job seekers in advance about the common but sensitive topic of overtime. Today, when efficiency is becoming more and more important, it deserves recognition (what the heck)!

The most outstanding part of the entire conversation should be the three sonorous and powerful words "Labor law?". A question mark as the finishing touch pushes the tone to the extreme of contempt and irony.

It fully reflects the recruiter's bohemian and disdainful attitude towards job seekers. They are either recruiters who do not understand the law, or they are magical people who think they are above the law. I believe that if this was an offline interview, she would definitely feel superior to Concubine Hua.

I remembered the company I worked for before. There was a magical rule in the attendance system: your salary already includes Appropriate, the impression is that X≧20) overtime pay. The company has not trained or promoted this system to any employees. I only saw the system when I was about to leave my job, just like an old wolf accidentally looking through photos and remembering her at the same table.

At that moment, I felt like I was a sinner. It turns out that I always thought that because I worked overtime but didn't get overtime pay, it was because the company was so unreasonable.

But the fact is that I worked overtime until I had heart palpitations and chest tightness, and I didn’t even have time to wash my clothes. And when my good friends came to Beijing to eat delicious roast duck at the Four Seasons Minfu Forbidden City Restaurant, I could only Working overtime in Wangfujing, two kilometers away.

In all of this, I am just completing my "job" within a reasonable (her sister's) scope stipulated by the company and completing enough working hours.

So, I realized that the company had good intentions. In order not to put more pressure on employees, they did not have the heart to tell us about this system. I thought about the first two months when I joined the company. I hardly worked overtime because I was not yet proficient in the business.

Later, I felt deeply guilty. I hesitated whether I should refund the company 2X hours of overtime pay? My moral sense was condemned and I became depressed.

Perhaps the company took pity on me and did not recover my normal salary for not working overtime. I burst into tears with gratitude and quickly completed the resignation procedures.

Later, my depression quickly improved by more than half, and I was grateful to the company for not killing me.

Some friends should have some impression of this name. If you have not heard of it, you can learn about it:

Stockholm syndrome (English: Stockholm syndrome; Swedish: Stockholmssyndromet) and It is called hostage complex or hostage syndrome. It is a psychological phenomenon that refers to a complex in which the victim has feelings for the perpetrator, sympathizes with the perpetrator, agrees with some of the perpetrator's views and ideas, and even helps the perpetrator in turn.

These emotions are considered irrational and an abuse of empathy.

According to Freud’s theory, Stockholm Syndrome is a self-defense mechanism in which victims believe the perpetrator’s thoughts so that they no longer feel threatened.

However, Stockholm syndrome is not a formal term for mental illness. It is more used to describe the state of dependence of hostages on their hijackers. They are grateful to the hijackers for letting them live.

Of course, the company did not hijack or kidnap employees on a practical level, but it only made employees more and more aware of the company's overtime culture on a psychological level.

This process is like Stockholm syndrome. Employees go from dissatisfaction to questioning, then from questioning to resistance and acceptance, and finally help the company recruit employees who can accept overtime and become "hijackers".

Not only that, the recruiter in the picture is full of psychological advantages and moral high ground. Although I don’t know where her confidence comes from, I really admire her.

I just want to say that those things you think are common or ordinary are just you succumbing to reality. For many people, there is nothing to be arrogant about not even defending their basic rights.

Moreover, civil servants did not provoke anyone.

A patient saw the doctor and accused the doctor of being unprofessional on the spot: "I know every word you wrote, and you didn't prescribe any examination orders, and the medicines you prescribe are all ones I have taken." , you are definitely not a serious doctor."

Reference: Wikipedia; Baidu Encyclopedia

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