Chapter 605: Benefits can be shared but not shared; face is lost without substance
Almost not long after, the appointment letter for the deputy director of the department that Director Lou had promised him came.
Director Lou does not have the power to appoint personnel, but he has the power to recommend and make employment recommendations.
This is also one of the unique powers of the top leader.
The top leader has a lot of say in the appointment of important positions in the department and the selection of successors after the top leader retires. As long as there is no parachuting in, whoever the top leader recommends to take over is basically a sure thing.
This is true for the department director and the dean as well.
The last time Zhou Can was appointed as the deputy team leader of the operating room, there was a lot of controversy and protests. Later, Zhou Can used his extraordinary skills and strong surgical skills to calm the controversy and was recognized by almost all his colleagues.
He successfully entered the Quality Control Department and officially took up a leadership position in the hospital.
This time, he was promoted to deputy director of the emergency department of the hospital, and no one stood up to object.
This really surprised Zhou Can.
Not only that, everyone is very cooperative with him in his management work.
He felt that he had won the support of everyone.
Of course, he knew it was not as simple as he thought. There must be some deeper reasons behind it.
After the operation that day, Zhou Can kept Ma Xiaolan.
"Xiaolan, do you have time to chat?"
"sure!"
Ma Xiaolan has been married for a long time. Her belly is slightly bulging. Sometimes she suddenly runs to the medical waste disposal room to vomit while working. If I am not mistaken, she is probably pregnant.
Du Leng lost to Zhou Can in his career, but he took the lead in marriage.
Not only did he get married first, but he was also going to be a father soon.
"I was elected as the deputy director of the department this time, how come there is no one who opposes it? This is too abnormal."
Zhou Can knew that she was well-informed.
It would be right to ask her about this matter.
"Hey, so that's what you're asking about! We all admire you, so we support you!"
Ma Xiaolan said with a smile.
"I want to hear the truth, don't feed me these sugar-coated bullets!"
Zhou Can glared at her.
It is lonely at the top. When you are in a high position, everyone is afraid of you and respects you, and it is difficult to hear opposition. However, it does not mean that there is no opposition. It is definitely not a peaceful and prosperous life, but those opponents dare not oppose openly.
They can only bury their voices of opposition deep in their hearts, or do some small things to oppose secretly.
"Hehe, this is really not a sugar-coated bullet. It is because your colleagues in the department admire you from the bottom of their hearts that they are willing to support your work. However, no one opposed your promotion to deputy director of the department this time. Everyone is very supportive. There are indeed other reasons. First of all, I have to state that this reason is just my irresponsible guess."
Ma Xiaolan glanced around and found that there was no one around, so she lowered her voice and continued.
"There is a big piece of news circulating quietly in the department, saying that our emergency department will soon implement a new round of expansion, and will subdivide the internal and external medicine departments and create multiple new sub-departments. This is great news for everyone in the emergency department. It means that the emergency department will not only be able to become bigger and stronger, but also that there will be multiple new sub-department directors and deputy directors. Even our nurses' station is looking forward to this. At least two head nurses will be selected for each sub-department, and the sisters have already started to get ready!"
"There are even rumors that the success of the emergency department's restructuring this time depends entirely on your efforts."
When Ma Xiaolan said this, she blinked and stopped talking.
She believed that Zhou Can was a smart man and must know why everyone did not object to his promotion to deputy director of the department.
Just imagine, when everyone has something to gain, no one would be too busy supporting Zhou Can, and naturally no one would oppose him.
Otherwise, you will be an enemy of everyone and will also be at risk for your own future and interests.
"Understood."
Zhou Can nodded.
Benefits can be shared but not divided. He had a better understanding of the meaning of this sentence.
"Go home when you're done with your work! If you need to ask for maternity leave from the hospital, remember to let me know a month or two in advance so I can prepare someone to take over your job."
When Ma Xiaolan heard Zhou Can mention this, she immediately looked at Zhou Can with a cute and flattering expression.
"Boss, can you please not kick me out of the team? I have been working with you all for such a long time and have developed a deep affection for the entire team. Under your wise leadership, I feel more at ease than ever before and I can feel that I am making progress every day. I can't bear to leave the team, and I can't bear to leave you even more."
Ma Xiaolan was worried that when she returned from maternity leave, her position would be replaced by someone else.
It will be difficult to find such a good job at that time.
Following Zhou Can, the future is bright.
This is one of the reasons why many working women are afraid to have children. After giving birth, their figure will start to change and their competitiveness in the workplace will decline rapidly.
It is absolutely painful to be replaced by someone else in an important position that you have worked so hard to climb during the maternity leave that can last for several months or even half a year .
This also means that careers are likely to decline rapidly and may even put you at risk of unemployment.
Many female executives in companies, when they return to the company after maternity leave, find sadly that their original jobs have long been replaced by young women. It is impossible for them to return to their original positions.
At this time, you can only shamelessly ask for help from your familiar boss.
In recognition of their hard work and great contributions, they will be assigned a new job.
At this time, they are already older, many of them are over 30 years old, and if they want to compete with young girls, they are already at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength, energy, and appearance.
In this situation, there is a strong sense of crisis and it is good enough to be able to keep the current job.
Climbing up is something I dare not even think about.
In fact, due to reduced competitiveness, older female workers like them are easily laid off in waves of layoffs.
Although men and women are equal, women actually have a great disadvantage in the workplace.
Ma Xiaolan is now familiar with the work of a circulating nurse, and because Zhou Can's surgical skills are extremely strong, she also has a good salary. So she is particularly worried about losing this position.
Seeing that Zhou Can was still reluctant to agree, she begged again, "Boss, please don't kick me out of the team, okay? I didn't want to have a baby so early, but Du Leng said he wanted a child, so I got pregnant."
She tasted the sweetness of marriage, but also faced a career crisis.
"I will try my best to find a solution for this matter. No matter what, when you come back after giving birth, I will definitely arrange a better job for you."
Zhou Can could only answer her like this.
Nursing positions are highly replaceable.
Especially for operating room nurses like Ma Xiaolan who have no special features, their competitiveness is particularly weak.
Special talents like Jiang Wei can still return to the team smoothly even after taking a year of maternity leave.
"Well, thank you for your care."
She didn't get a positive response from Zhou Can and was obviously a little disappointed.
His expression also became gloomy.
After two days, Ma Xiaolan was obviously affected at work, making mistakes all the time. She looked absent-minded and her work status was very poor.
When getting off work, Ma Xiaolan took the initiative to say to Zhou Can, "Boss, I want to take a week off, is that ok?"
"Why do you suddenly need such a long leave? What happened? And I noticed that you haven't been in good shape at work these past two days. Did something happen at home?"
Zhou Can asked with concern.
As the deputy director of the department and deputy team leader of the operating room, his experience in management is becoming more and more rich.
"There's nothing going on at home. I want to get rid of this baby. It might be more appropriate to have a child later."
She hesitated for two or three seconds before answering.
"Ah! You finally got pregnant, why are you thinking of getting rid of the baby? You are also a medical worker, a professional, you should know that abortion is very harmful to the body."
After hearing this, Zhou Can seemed extremely surprised.
It is best not to have an abortion easily during a woman's first pregnancy, otherwise it will cause great harm to her body. If she gets pregnant again in the future, it is easy to form habitual abortions, and she may even never get pregnant again.
"I've been thinking about it for a long time these past two days and decided to get rid of the baby and focus on my career first. Can you give me a week off?"
The last time she talked to Zhou Can about taking maternity leave, she didn't get a satisfactory response, so she must be very anxious.
No wonder my work status has been so bad these two days.
I'm afraid I've had a lot of random thoughts.
It is even possible to suffer from insomnia due to excessive anxiety, which will lead to worsening anxiety.
"Xiaolan, if you insist on getting rid of the baby, I will definitely respect your opinion. But I still suggest that you think about it carefully. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You are still very young now. Even after giving birth, you are fully capable of returning to work. And if you give birth at a young age, your body will recover more easily, and the baby will be healthier and smarter. Besides, you finally got pregnant, and the pain of early pregnancy has tortured you for so long. If you get rid of the baby now, won't all your suffering be in vain?"
Zhou Can tried hard to persuade her not to get rid of the baby.
Managing a team is not easy, he can only try his best to treat every team member well.
The team currently has three surgical nurses, and after Ma Xiaolan leaves, we will definitely need to recruit another one.
Zhou Can actually wanted to take this opportunity to recruit another nurse as talented as Jiang Wei.
"I really don't want to lose this job. Du Leng and I bought a house with a loan, and he bought a car, also on installment. The family has a lot of expenses now. Having a child requires a lot of money. When the child is born, not only will someone be needed to take care of him, but we will also have to buy milk powder. I can't work, so all the burdens fall on Lao Leng alone, and his career is still in its infancy. I dare not imagine what life will be like under that situation."
Ma Xiaolan is not a brainless woman.
She has thought it through very clearly these days.
Following Zhou Can's team to perform surgery, she earned a considerable amount of money, with a monthly income of at least 20,000 yuan.
Du Leng’s current income may not be as good as hers.
A hospital is essentially a business; it also needs to survive and make a profit.
Even though Zhou Can can earn at least tens of thousands of dollars a month, that's because the benefits he creates for the hospital far exceed that amount.
A major surgery can generate at least several thousand yuan in revenue for the hospital just from the surgery fee and equipment fee, and a high-cost surgery can even generate hundreds of thousands of yuan. If you add in the initial examination fee, the later drug fee, hospitalization fee etc., the contribution to the hospital is really huge.
He earns 70,000 yuan a month and generates at least one million, or even tens of millions, in revenue for the hospital.
Du Leng does have a high degree, but his ambitions are too high and his skills are too low. Now he has built a digital operating room, which is a very novel concept, but unfortunately it is not only unable to make a profit for the hospital in the early stage, but also requires the hospital to invest a large amount of money.
So his salary must not be that high.
"When it comes to taking out a loan to buy a house, I agree with it very much. After all, it is a basic need. But I must say a few words to your Du Leng. You should be rational in spending and spend within your means. You insisted on buying a 200-square-meter apartment in the most expensive location. You insisted on buying a BMW luxury car worth more than 800,000 yuan. Why do you have to be so face-conscious?"
Zhou Can knew a little about Ma Xiaolan's family affairs.
Her and Du Leng's combined pre-tax income is around 30,000 to 40,000 yuan a month, which is considered a high income.
But Du Leng is a very face-conscious person.
The house I bought was the famous Shengshi Haoting, which cost 24,000 yuan per square meter.
Shengshi Haoting not only has river view rooms, but also focuses on large flats, with the smallest area being over 180 square meters. To be honest, ordinary families really don’t need to buy large flats.
A 200-square-meter house costs more than 4.8 million yuan, which is almost as expensive as a villa.
I really don’t know what Du Leng is thinking?
Even if the couple lived without eating or drinking, it would take more than ten years to pay off the debt.
In fact, with a down payment of 20% and a loan of more than 3.8 million yuan, the monthly interest is a horrible expense. It may not be paid off in 10 or 20 years.
Buying a house was almost the couple's financial limit. Du Leng was inspired by seeing Zhou Can driving a luxury car, so he also bought one.
And it’s a BMW worth more than 800,000 yuan.
All I can say is that this person only cares about face but not substance.
Du Leng's crazy behavior of borrowing money to shop is really inconsistent with his high IQ.
The consequences of irrational consumption may be disastrous.
"Alas, Lao Du insisted on buying it, and I couldn't stop him. He bought the river view flat because he saw that I liked it. He bought the BMW because he saw you always drove a Mercedes-Benz to take us out for dinner and supper, and he felt outdone by you, so he wanted to compete with you. Plus, I accompanied him to a class reunion that time, and one of his classmates got drunk and asked him what car he drove. Lao Du didn't have the courage to tell me at the time."
"A classmate exposed us in public, saying that we rode a shared bike. At that time, Lao Du was so ashamed that he almost crawled into the ground. He was a doctoral student studying abroad, but he was not doing as well as his college classmates. Not long after, he insisted on buying the BMW. This time he had face when he drove it out, but the financial burden was too heavy."
Ma Xiaolan seemed very helpless when talking about these things.
Every family has its own problems. Every time Du Leng makes irrational purchases, there is a reason.
