"do you know why there are so many three-wheelers now?" wang, who sits opposite the newspaper daily economic news, smoked a cigarette and said, “many coal mines have stopped working, and many former workers have gone to power three rounds”。
A year and a half ago, wang ming was an employee of a coal mine in goping city, shanxi province. Today, he is on an unspecified holiday, receiving a living allowance of just $1,000 per month, and is an active coal mine clerk。
This is only a microcosm of the substantial decline in coal benefits in shanxi. As a city supported by a coal economy, low coal prices led to the closure of parts of the city. The high-level city, where the economy had been growing at a high rate in previous years, faced bottlenecks in economic development。
Previously, working in the coal mine was a matter of pride to local citizens. However, work in coal mines has become a bad proxy for young people for almost two years. Young people who had previously entered the company were facing unprecedented confusion。
A coal miner once entered a thousand times a month
Shanxi alpine is well known for its abundance of coal resources. It has always been a source of pride for the local population to enter the coal industry, to work in coal systems such as coal mines, coal carriers and to become civil servants。
Around 2008, when the coal mine was most efficient, workers who went off the mine received more than 10,000 wages a month. This was undoubtedly a very good job for the high level of housing prices of less than $3,000/m2. In the case of coal authorities, such as coal transport, the annual end-of-year awards can amount to tens of thousands of dollars, even if the wages are low。
“when the year is productive, it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to enter a coal mine in addition to public recruitment. A coal operator in the city of goping told a journalist, "if he wants to sit in an office in a coal mine or in a management unit, he has to spend money and have a hard relationship."
The generous treatment has made it possible to enter the coal system and become the “sample” in the eyes of the local population. Wang ming told the reporters. Despite the fact that the overall situation in the coal industry had begun to decline at the time of entry into the coal mine, wang ming's family had spent more than $30,000 on establishing relationships。
"i'm pretty bad luck." wang ming thought he had chosen one of the worst times to enter the industry: “the pay cuts started at the beginning of 2013. We would have earned less in the office on welfare and end-of-year awards, which did not end the year”。
Existing jobs have become chicken ribs
The data show that since 2012, coal prices have fallen significantly, and the benefits of coal mines in shanxi province have been diminishing, while some of the mines simply stop production and leave their employees。
“when it works, you can earn back in a year with some money spent on relationships. I now receive only 1,000 per month of basic subsistence allowance, neither resign nor resign. How do you know when you think you can make money in a coal mine。
Despite the fact that he is now in a semi-unemployment situation on vacation, wang ming is only occasionally looking for a partial job supplement, “it is too humiliating to drive a tricycle like those of middle-aged men. It's not gonna last long. Now we have to wait while the coal situation is better to get back to work”。
Even though the benefits were not as good as before, wang ming's coal mine had been entered sporadically。
“the number of people entering is much smaller than before. However, at least five insurance premiums are available, wages are stable and life is relatively secure. Both parents thought it was a decent job.” wang ming said。
In wang's view, many young people who go into the coal mine “in a relationship” have become accustomed to relying on their parents and have no idea what to do, even if they resign with their heart。
“i would also like to resign or to suspend myself for a small business. But there are few savings at home, and now the banks of kohei, who are said to be employees of the coal mine, don't mention loans, or even credit cards.” in response to the bank's back and forth with regard to them, wang ming said, “i heard colleagues say that when the coal mine was originally rich, the bank's operators came to us for a card. They change their faces faster than anyone."
Before going home to the coal mine, the three graduated wang ming also plotted to break into the world outside. After spending six months in a textile factory in mongolia, wang ming went back to his home in gohei, shanxi, after a fellow worker had been hung by a machine。
"so many coal mines in gao ping, and so many people in there, can't they just shut down?" wang ming seems to be asking journalists and saying it to himself. (at the request of the interviewer, the characters are anonymous or aliases)
Responsible editor: zhang dei
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