But, what kind of people can stand, and what kind of people are promoted first? There is a hot article on the Internet called "What do you rely on to gain a foothold in the unit", which mentions 12 keywords such as loyalty, dedication, positivity, responsibility, efficiency, communication, and gratitude. In this regard, I believe that many people will agree with it, and may also disagree.
Because real-life stories may have reminded you that doing this virtue is one thing, and getting promoted is another.
In 1960, the famous Hollywood director Billy Wilder told a story about "climbing up", called "Peachy Apartment". Even if we, separated by fifty or sixty years and a distance of the Pacific Ocean, look at the way of "climbing up" in the story, we will definitely be surprised.
The background of the story is United Insurance Company, a large company with 30,000 employees and the strength among the top five in the United States. The protagonist of the story is a very ordinary employee in the general policy department, Baxter. He is average in appearance, honest, and has all the good qualities that bosses want employees to have, such as diligence, flexibility, and teamwork.
However, under the fierce competition of 16 office elevators, it may be more difficult for Baxter to get respect and promotion by conventional means than any of us now.
Unfortunately, Baxter lived in the 1960s, before the Express Hotel was born. And he rented a single apartment in the city center not far from the company, and was favored by four or five middle and high-level managers of the company. What are you looking at? Go for a tryst with your lover, before you go home and hug your wife and kids.
Baxter's "deeds" of generously lending out his apartment for his boss to steal love contributed to his "prosperity"!
Was Baxter unscrupulous for promotion, or did his superiors use their power to pressure them to enjoy "peachy" convenience?
What will Baxter do when he finds out that the girl he's in love with is the girl he's having a private meeting with his boss at his apartment?
This "Peachy Apartment" is one of Billy Wilder's most famous comedy films. The black and white of the picture can't hide its brilliance. Even with the distance of fifty or sixty years and a piece of the Pacific Ocean, we can still find the shadow of reality and the psychological resonance in the story of Baxter and his apartment.
There is a ubiquitous layer of nuanced subordinates. The cautious and submissive behavior of the lower-level employees, the arrogance and bluffing of the superiors, the complex psychology that sometimes appears calm and harmonious between the superiors and subordinates, and is always tense and wrestling deep down.
There's also a little bit of a ridiculous, a little ridiculous upbringing in there. Facing the pressure and temptation of the workplace, he sacrificed rest, secret love, and self-esteem, and he also expressed dissatisfaction, indignation, and persistence. In the end, between love and position, dignity and privilege, this kind-hearted and lovely young man chose the former. Just like what we want to see in real life.
This "Peachy Apartment", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director in 1961, has a full, smooth and plain story, and its slightly exaggerated performance is full of dramatic tension. Like Billy Wilder's other two classic films, Sunset Boulevard and Passionate, it navigates the vivid surface and inner layers of life with ease.
For the workplace ecosystem, it reveals a gentle irony, a human humor, and a good moral insistence. It will make you laugh, sometimes light, sometimes warm, and sometimes a little "astringent".
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