忙碌的日子仍然在进行着. 本以为过了第二轮答辩, 后面的日子会好过一点, 其实不然. 先是跟着导师学报价, 至今仍在学着. 由于我以前没有类似的工作经验, 所以感到相当困惑. 个中的困难真的一言难尽, 这当中也涉及了一些自己对人对事的看法, 所以也不便在此言清. 不过幸好有新同事杨洁的帮助, 我才勉强过关. 她是管非洲法语区的, 由于之前有工作经验, 所以她上手特别快. 我经常有不懂的东西都抱着笔记本电脑跑上楼去找她, 而她是一个非常友好而且耐心的人. 不管多么忙, 她都会仔细耐心地解答我的问题. 很多时候我觉得自己的问题真的很笨, 根本不敢问别的老同事或者导师, 我都跑去问她. 然后她就会很耐心地教我, 一直到我会为止. 所以, 为工作感到头痛困惑之余, 我也感到非常庆幸, 因为还有这么一个和我一起入职的好同事帮我.
由于我不熟练, 报价经常出错, 当然有时也是因为我太粗心了. 每次导师看完我的报价单都要把我叫过去, 然后指出我哪里出错了. 每当这时, 我都感到特别心慌, 像一个做错事的小孩, 站在大人面前低着头不敢说话. 昨天开始准备第三轮答辩的PPT, 这可真让我头疼了, 因为我实际上还没有真正接触多少业务, 对于我即将要负责的国家也知之甚少, 而第三轮的答辩是要对自己负责的国家进行市场分析, 然后提出自己今后工作的策略. 这对于我这个本身就没有这方面工作经验的人来讲, 真的是一项很大的挑战. 于是, 我整天都处于一种迷迷糊糊的状态中. 我不断地看同事的出差报告, 试图从中了解更多的信息. 这的确有一定的帮助, 不过我心里清楚, 我了解的东西相对于答辩的要求来讲, 真是小巫见大巫. 今天下午李昕走过来, 看了我的PPT, 然后随便问了我两个问题, 我都被问得哑口无言. 这突然让我的神经紧张起来, 因为第三轮答辩是决定我能否转正的关键. 今天好不容易把PPT的初稿做完了, 明天要发给导师和同事看. 估计他们又会提出不少问题, 然后我又要大刀阔斧地改PPT了. 这一想起这些事情我就觉得头痛. 不过不管怎样, 我还是得坚持下去, 因为我好不容易熬到今天, 眼看就要胜利了, 没有理由在这个时候放弃.
这三个月真的让我感慨良多. 其中最大的感受是: 如果将来有一天我能成为后面新员工的导师, 我一定要对他们很好很好. 作为新员工, 特别是没有类似工作经验的新员工, 初到一个新公司真的会感到很彷徨的, 特别是到像迈瑞这种工作压力超大的公司. 很多新员工, 像我一样, 会在学习和工作中遇到很多问题, 非常渴望得到更多的指导和帮助. 我觉得, 公司的工作不管多辛苦,压力多大都不是主要问题. 问题的关键在于你所处的公司氛围以及你的上司对你如何. 公司氛围当然就是指你是否与身边的同事相处和谐融洽.
很多时候, 只有我们真正体验过了, 才会明白有类似经验的人的痛苦和难处. 但是, 现实往往是, 很多人体验到了别人的难处, 却不懂得为后来人创造条件, 让他们不要受那么多类似的苦难. 我们常说: 己所不欲, 勿施于人. 我现在更想说: 己受之罪, 勿施于人. 这才是为什么我刚刚发表感慨(以后有机会当别人导师一定要对新员工很好)的原因. 正是因为我现在感到苦惑, 所以我才不想让后来的人重新体验我这种不愉快的感觉.
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Economy still being buffeted, ministry warns
By Tuo Yannan and Wang Xiaotian (China Daily)
The economy still faces downward pressure and domestic and external situations are "grim" as industrial output posted its slowest growth in nearly three years, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned on Wednesday.
Difficulties faced by companies and the consequences of sustained "sluggish" external demand should not be underestimated, Zhu Hongren, the ministry’s chief engineer, said.
Industrial output grew by 11.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, the slowest growth since July 2009, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The figure hit 20 percent a year ago.
China’s economy expanded 8.1 percent in the first three months from a year earlier, the smallest expansion in almost three years and the fifth straight quarterly deceleration.
Data this week showed manufacturing may shrink for a sixth month in April and a leading index rose in March at a slower pace, adding to evidence growth is moderating.
Chinese companies are facing increasing operational difficulties, the ministry said. Higher electricity and fuel prices are pushing up costs and average wages across the nation this year may increase by 20 percent, it said.
The ministry said in December it would set an industrial output growth target of about 11 percent for this year, the same goal as 2011 when production actually expanded 13.9 percent.
The lower target will ease environmental pressure which was caused by rapid economic growth and induce industries to produce higher quality products, Zhu told a news conference organized by the State Council Information Office.
"We need to pay more attention to the possibility that the economy might weaken further," Zhu said.
To propel the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the State Council introduced a package of supportive measures in February.
However, rising costs and difficulty in securing finance are still causing problems for firms. Increasing labor costs will further squeeze margins as "the average salary is predicted to rise 20 percent this year", Zhu said.
China has more than 10 million SMEs, accounting for more than 95 percent of the country’s companies.
They are responsible for about 80 percent of national employment and 60 percent of GDP, according to data from the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.
The end of last month saw loans extended to the industrial sector, with a maturity of more than one year, increase by 7.3 percent year-on-year. But this increase was 2 percentage points lower than three months earlier, according to data released by the People’s Bank of China on Wednesday.
New lending to SMEs, in the first three months of 2012, hit 153.2 billion yuan ($24 billion), 69.7 billion yuan less than a year earlier.
Growth in outstanding middle and long-term loans to heavy industries declined by 3.3 percentage points from the end of 2011.
Zhao Xijun, deputy head of the School of Finance at Renmin University of China, said liquidity demand from enterprises remained weak, and the government should strengthen efforts to guide capital flow to the right sectors instead of injecting more liquidity into the overall market.
Despite sluggish growth, Zhu said industrial output growth is showing signs of acceleration.
"Production is picking up in the second quarter from the first quarter," he stressed.
"The fundamentals of our industrial sector development remain good. We still have sustainable growth potential and the downward pressure is under control," he added.
Zhu also mentioned that external demand continued to weaken and domestic demand remained basically stable.
Wu Yiyao in Shanghai contributed to this story. |
