Before watching this documentary, I only remembered the sentence from Oscar: "Thank you Cao Dewang."
After reading, wow, oh, huh...
Americans have been complaining about work conditions: the working environment is too hot, too crowded, too dangerous, easy to get injured, two people work for one person, and you are not allowed to complain...
Chinese: Take it for granted.
Americans think: Doing things like this is exhausting physically and mentally, why do you do this?
The Chinese think: work all day for the sake of the family!
American workers: fear of insecurity, fear of not being respected, fear of not being free.
Chinese workers: Fear of superiors.
Cao Dewang wants to change Americans' perception of Chinese people.
Americans want to change the problem of Chinese companies not abiding by rules and laws.
For example, making employees work hard is a safety risk; for example, pouring chemicals into the water does not respect nature...
When the American management came to China to visit, it was really funny and poignant.
Chinese workers perform various operations in the factory like robots, and the company is managed militarily. There is no ego, no emotion, only the collective, and only the production volume. (At that moment, I thought of Japan next door)
Americans were stunned and felt very effective. I took it back and wanted to try it for American workers. I usually sit at the table and chat, but this time I will stand in line.
Results for American workers: what ru doing?
Chinese workers do not wear protective goggles or protective gloves, and they manually sort the glass. Americans lament that it is crazy.
Of course it's crazy, after all, any non-compliant thing that makes American workers use machines to operate will be directly rejected.
American workers always complain about management: they target me, but I'm a good employee.
Understand their emotions, but the hatred is a bit narrow, they are not aimed at you, or they are not just aimed at you.
American workers always put the individual first.
Chinese enterprises put the "collective" in the forefront.
The Chinese management thinks: I pay my salary and listen to me.
American workers think: I work and listen to me.
American workers think: They say they are fair, but they don't, they just control, even threaten.
The Chinese management believes: every level wants to be safe, but safety cannot pay the bills.
The complex connection between "benefits" and "rights" makes many people question themselves.
American employees questioned whether it was right for them to insist on unions; the American management, who used to stand on the side of Chinese companies, began to worry that no one would speak up for American employees.
Like an axe, Fuyao shattered their American dream and shattered their respected lives.
Man, once you go out, you can't come back.
Americans are used to having rights, being safe, and doing their jobs, and that's what they did 70 years ago.
Now that Chinese companies are taking tough measures to force overtime and work without rights and safety, they must be greeted by the unanimous confrontation of the American Federation of Auto Trade Unions.
The boss of Fuyao, Cao Dewang, is a typical Chinese entrepreneur, regardless of his image and temperament, or his way of thinking.
From Cao Dewang's perspective, Americans have low efficiency and low output.
The Americans kept protesting and marching, and Cao Dewang took over the American management. If the protests were not resolved, it was their problem. (But in fact, it's not that it's not resolved, it's that people have doubts)
In the end, it was changed to Chinese.
Cao Dewang also thought about whether he was a hero or a sinner.
In fact, this is not only his personal business, many people, many things, are like this.
Now it is the hero who saves the people from water and fire.
A sinner in the long run, not only a sinner of human rights, but also a sinner of nature.
Unions seem to have pros and cons.
When not, everyone is a "family" to facilitate internal communication.
After that, communication has to be separated by one layer, which is inefficient.
This is just for the moment.
In the long run, no "leadership" and "employees" have the same interests forever. In good times, everything is good, and in bad times, if there is no "intermediary" such as the labor union, employees will cry without crying.
Therefore, as a rights holder, I don’t like unions; as bottom-level employees, no matter what, we must embrace unions.
Even those who refuse to unionize for high pay will end their efforts one day. That day is when you think your interests are being compromised. At that time, no one else can protect you.
The documentary finally raised a question for all human beings, not Chinese and Americans, but humans and robots.
How nice of a robot, automation means standardization, and there are absolutely no complaints. People are too slow, and there are still more things to do, so hurry up and replace human labor with machines.
It looks good right now, but in the long run?
In the end, everything is done by robots. man, where are you?
What is the value, meaning, and existence of human beings?
A well-organized documentary, with conflicts, ramifications, comprehensive content, light and heavy.
Looking back, it was filmed and broadcast, and I really have to thank Cao Dewang.
Who is this?
Shocked!
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