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Zhao Yang is a cleaner for a certain technology company. One day, the German imported machine in her workshop malfunctioned, and the engineer repaired it for two days and two nights, but there was still no progress. This is mainly due to two reasons. Firstly, the machine manual is written in German, and the factory does not have any German speaking employees. Secondly, factories used to import equipment from Japan, and the structures of German and Japanese products are different. For this reason, the factory is helpless and plans to wait for German experts to come and repair the machines.

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On the third day, Zhao Yang obtained the consent of his supervisor and called his cousin who had just returned from studying in Germany to the workshop. After one hour, the machine resumed operation. In the afternoon, the workshop started working normally and all the workers came to work. During dinner, several workers were discussing the machine repair incident together, and one of them said, "I heard that the factory will reward the key figures in this incident. Engineer Zhang stayed up for two days to repair the machine. Engineer Li was also repairing the machine while flipping through a German dictionary." The other workers also echoed the agreement.

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A few days later, the workshop director unexpectedly gave Zhao Yang a bonus of 200 yuan. The workers were puzzled and asked the supervisor one after another, "The engineers have been busy repairing the machines, even staying up for two days and two nights. Why not give them the bonus instead of giving it to a cleaner who didn't even touch the machines? This is so unfair.

”The workshop director said, "We don't need to care about the specific process and who the actual operators are. What matters is the result and who plays a key role. Although Zhao Yang didn't fix the machine himself, his cousin he called in fixed it. You know, if the machine can't be fixed in a day, the factory can't resume production in a day." The engineer repaired the machine for two days and two nights, but there was no result at all; Therefore, the factory was shut down for two days; As soon as Zhao Yang took action, the machine ran normally and the factory resumed normal work. Thus, it is clear at a glance which is more important between hard work and credit.

There was once a metaphor: an old yellow ox eats grass all day long, works hard, and is willing to work tirelessly. But over time, it became accustomed to pulling cars with its head down and rarely looked up at the road. There is a type of employee who comes to the company early every day and doesn't even take a break on Saturdays and Sundays, leaving them exhausted and worried. However, due to these often falling into traditional fixed thinking, setting their own traps and obstacles, not knowing how to adapt and work creatively, they stick to the end like an old ox. They were like a group of loggers, walking into a forest and starting to clear the bushes. When they worked hard and finally cleared the short bushes, straightened up to enjoy the pleasure of completing a task, they suddenly realized that they were clearing not this forest, but the one next to them. Old yellow ox style employees always put in effort but do not please others. They only pursue hard work and do not seek credit. They blindly fulfill their responsibilities, which leads to reckless behavior. In the end, they waste their intelligence and talents, causing many things that could have been done to not be achieved and wasting the company's resources. As a result, the boss is very dissatisfied with them.

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The phrase 'even without merit, there is hard work' is often comforted by those who lack ability and do not do their best in their work, and often becomes an excuse for them to complain. They believe that as long as work is done, regardless of whether there is a result or not, it should be considered a grade. When the task assigned by the boss is not successfully executed, they will develop the concept of "hard work without credit", thinking that the manager will understand their difficulties and consider the factors that they have already worked hard for. However, in reality, the so-called hard work without merit not only consumes one's own time, but also wastes public resources. The market only recognizes efficiency, and the company only recognizes credit.

In the business era, efficiency comes first and credit speaks for itself: no matter how hard and busy employees are in the enterprise, if they lack efficiency and credit, all their hard work will be in vain. Admitting that there is no credit and that hard work has serious harm. Admitting hard work means admitting low efficiency, which will lead to the enterprise no longer being proactive, and such enterprises will have no benefits to speak of. In this era where strength speaks for itself, there is no boss willing to spend money to support useless idlers who prioritize the capable over the mediocre. Only by doing their job well can each employee be the person that the boss needs and survive in an environment of survival of the fittest.

Enhance insights:
In the business era, efficiency comes first and credit speaks for itself; No matter how hard and busy the employees in the enterprise are, if they lack efficiency and have no credit, then all their hard work is in vain.