There are people in this world who take on multiple jobs because they’re not doing very well financially. They maximise their time by taking on as many jobs as they can, even if it means having not much time at all to relax because to them, supporting their family is more important than that.
It is hard on them, but they bite the bullet and continue working whenever they think of the young children they have at home, or their partner waiting for them to bring home money.
Fortunately, there are some companies out there that provide additional assistance to those who have financial securities, like this company called Anyu Industry Co Ltd from Guangdong, China that manufactures power tools.
Two Properties A Year
As an employee benefit, the Chairman of the company, Zhongming Yu, gives away two properties that cost two million yuan (~S$389,000) a year to employees who express that they have financial and domestic difficulties.
According to Sin Chew, the Chairman explained that the houses were part of their “ten-year employee assistance” plan.
He then added, “The plan is to provide assistance for some employees in the company who have difficulties within their families, such as caring for children and elderly people at home. The company will give you a house, arrange with the government for your children to go to school. Your wife can work in the company. If the elderly enjoy gardening, they can go to our company’s farm, to plant fruit trees, raise poultry.”
Uhh, sorry boss. I think I’m gonna quit. I’m going to join a company in China instead.
Doing this would allow employees to have more time for their family as well whilst still supporting them without having to take on more jobs just to pay for bills.
Why Does The Chairman Do This?
He later shared that this initiative started in 2015 where he provided two employees with housing, and he has continued doing this on a yearly basis ever since then. Previously, he gave employees huge sums of money to buy their own properties, but he thought better of it and decided to simply gift them the properties instead.
As of this moment, two employees are in the process of getting the certificate of ownership name changed from the Chairman to them.
When asked if his company was rich, the Chairman clarified that it wasn’t and that he has faced difficulties in running it. He even mentioned that they had to apply for a bank loan just a few months prior.
So you must be thinking, if that’s the case, why are they still so willing to gift employees with properties that are worth so much?
Well, in response to this, he said, “The company’s corporate culture is that we’re not a simple factory, but a big family, with employees as brothers and sisters. When you have problems within your family, you must give a helping hand.”
With that said, it is nice to see that the company is willing to do the best they can to support their employees who are going through tough times.
While it is not practical for every company to do this, it sure would be nice for companies to reward employees more often when they’ve done something well or even give them more welfare benefits. When employees are happier, productivity will also go up. It’ll be a win-win situation.
