"Thirty" of female migrant workers
Recently, the hit drama "Thirty Only" has aroused widespread public concern and discussion on 30-year-old women.
Like urban women, female migrant workers in their 30s are also facing difficulties in their families and employment caused by gender and age. However, some people regard age as wealth and pass 30 years of age calmly.
Sorting, weighing, and bagging in the packaging workshop. A bag of traditional Chinese medicine health care products is packaged in an average of 15 seconds. Hu Ying, a 28-year-old migrant worker, dare not stop for a while, filling 2,000 bags a day, which is less than the slowest colleague Nearly 400 bags.
As the "elder sister" of the workshop, she "lost" in competition with the little girl in her early 20s. After a day's work, she put two patches of pain relief on her back.
She is one of the 120 million female migrant workers across the country, but she is nearly 30 years old recently.
A few days ago, the reporter interviewed three female migrant workers who are experiencing and have passed 30 years old, trying to understand their stories about 30 years old.
28-year-old small anxiety: the embarrassment of the employment of the older but not child
Hu Ying’s husband, Chen Kaiguo, is a bricklayer and a fellow in Heilongjiang. Her husband’s work needs to follow the project. She also went to Benxi, Fushun, Shenyang and other places in Liaoning as a breeder, waiter, tally, and housekeeper. ...She did it all.
Every time she voluntarily resigned or was fired, she would go to the local gig market to try her luck.
At 8 o'clock on September 20th, Hu Ying came to Shenyang Luyuan migrant worker labor market job referral hall early and looked for suitable business consultation in front of the bulletin board.
With more and more people, she was quickly squeezed behind by a few male job applicants.
"You haven't gotten a baby before you get married, so you must be preparing for pregnancy. It won't be long." "Our tally is too hard. Both men and women have the same wages, but women can't last for more than a week." "A little older, the front desk It's still a little girl in her early 20s, which is not suitable." ... After a few phone calls, Hu Ying found that the company has "hidden" recruitment conditions that are not in the announcement: under 25 years old, male.
Older age and childlessness made her disadvantaged in the talent market.
"Not young, no education, no skills, too few choices." Hu Ying told reporters that a few years ago, when applying for waiters, salespersons, and receptionists, the company would let her go to the door for a trial. Refuse.
In the past few years, she felt that she could not eat the "youth meal" and began to apply for tally clerk, cleaner, front-line operator, but I heard that she was married and had no children.
Nowadays, as a job as an assembly line packer, a fellow countryman went back to have a child and recommended her to the boss.
She works 8-10 hours a day with a daily salary of 70 yuan. She is very satisfied. “It’s hard to find a job when you are old. It’s good to have a profitable job.” She hopes to be more tolerant of older women without childbearing and have more job opportunities. .
30-year-old messy: having a baby and working hard
In the rental house, Liu Yajuan, who just passed her 30th birthday, cherishes her chubby belly.
The couple came to work in a decoration company in Shenyang from their hometown of Suixi County, Anhui very early.
The two took care of woodworking together. The husband made ceilings and built cabinets, and she helped deliver materials and clean.
In order to retain skilled workers, the decoration company signed labor contracts with Liu Yajuan and his wife. “In order to allow my husband to stay steadily, the company also found me a light job.” Liu Yajuan said, but signed with her. It is a part-time labor contract and does not pay the "five insurances".
“I’m doing physical work, and I’m inevitable to bump. I deal with wood chips, dust, and building materials every day, which is not good for children.” Liu Yajuan turned out the protective mask issued by the company and said that although the quality is good, it is very thick. .
According to the "2019 Migrant Workers Monitoring and Survey Report", 84.2% of migrant workers are concentrated in manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail, residential service and repair and other service industries, accommodation and catering, transportation, storage and postal services.
Although the working environment and conditions in these industries have improved, most of them need to engage in manual labor, sit for a long time, and often work overtime. These positions are not friendly to pregnant female migrant workers.
"The company is very good, and the position is reserved for me. But I started taking vacations during pregnancy, so I couldn't give me the start-up money." Liu Yajuan believed that the medical level in the city was high, so she did not go back to the countryside to give birth. I will go to the community hospital for a maternity check every month.
In addition, Liu Yajuan also has his own money-saving "secret". One or two days a week, he goes to buy vegetables at the close of the morning market. "The price of vegetables was much cheaper at that time."
Liu Yajuan is most looking forward to the child's "landing" because it is difficult to make money without working.
She is looking forward to finding a job with a full-time contract after giving birth. If she wants to have a second child, she will be able to enjoy maternity allowance, and she will be "hard-hearted" if she doesn't work.
Departing again at the age of 36: The concubine was very popular when she changed careers
September 1st was the day when the eldest daughter Duoduo and the younger son Zhengzheng started school, and it was also the day when Li Guoyan returned to Shenyang to start work.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, Zhengzheng pulled Li Guoyan's skirt and cried as soon as he woke up, "You can't do this to me, you want to take me away." Grandparents couldn't pull them away.
In 2009, Li Guoyan had Duo Duo soon after her marriage. In order to take care of her children, she became a housewife.
Five years later, there was a clank again, sleeping, playing with, feeding, changing diapers... became all of her life.
Affected by the epidemic this year, the factory where her husband works is not profitable, and her family income has dropped by two-thirds. Li Guoyan must go out to work to earn the children's tuition.
"I haven't had a job for 11 years, and I'm a little confused." Li Guoyan said frankly.
In April of this year, the housekeeping company sent "skills" into the village, and she learned to learn the theory course of confinement on her mobile phone.
Two months later, she and her fellow villagers came to Shenyang again to learn practical courses. For the first time, she worked as a teacher. After working in the household for 35 days, she earned 5450 yuan.
When she first arrived at her employer's house, Li Guoyan didn't know how to use a milk warmer or a bottle sterilizer. She often pressed the wrong button and rarely spoke for fear of saying the wrong thing.
But because she had the experience of having two children, whenever the child encountered minor problems such as blocked nasolacrimal duct, diarrhea, eczema, etc., she could solve it quickly and was able to grasp the child's temper. The child rarely cried .
Before leaving, the employer thanked her and gave her a small red envelope.
"Little girls who have never had children don’t know how to raise children, so it is not easy to be a confinement. A migrant worker who is in my 30s and who has just given birth to confinement is very popular. The boss is enough." Li Guoyan said.
Thinking back to the 30 years old, Li Guoyan was as anxious as Hu Ying, and like Liu Yajuan was thinking about saving money every day.
Looking back now, she feels that 30 years old is not a hurdle, but a difficult problem in life. The same is true for 40 and 50 years old. No matter how you choose, happiness is bound to be accompanied by hardship.
Liu Xu