Step into the chemical industry, and lifelong worries will haunt you.
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This post was last edited by flp20052006 on 2012-8-14 at 11:17. Many of my friends are managers and employees in chemical companies; there are a few single men in their twenties and thirties, a few happily married men in their early thirties, and two who remarried after divorce in their early forties. When asked about their difficult experiences, they all express deep sorrow. In some cases, it’s because the nature of the work itself is too hazardous. There are very few companies in China’s chemical industry that do a good job in environmental protection; even if one or two companies manage to do well, the numerous pollution sources concentrated in those chemical industrial areas still make it difficult to maintain a sustainable situation. Additionally, China’s chemical processing facilities are not yet fully developed, and management focuses solely on saving energy and reducing costs – trying to save millions or even billions each year. Automation technologies are not adopted, and reliance is placed on manual labor; as a result, accidents can lead to many casualties. Are incidents such as liquid chlorine leaks and reactor explosions rare? Another important reason is the frequent need to work overtime, which leads to less time spent with family; people work hard day and night, striving to maintain their jobs, ensure quality, guarantee safety, and secure profits. Even when time is available for rest, it’s taken up by everyday chores: a trip to the mall, two visits to the zoo, three drinks, four rounds of mahjong, meeting five new people – making it hard to find time for a proper relaxation and to enjoy the wonderful moments as a couple. Finally, there is another common phenomenon, particularly among lower-level employees: they are constantly pressured by corrupt supervisors to pay \"taxes,\" as if it were the factory owner’s responsibility to operate the machines, and they need to pay money in order to continue working there. I wonder if other sea lovers share the same feeling; feel free to express it, so as to offer everyone a humanistic warning and care.
Chemical companies traditionally have more men than women. It’s not easy to find a partner. Moreover, chemical industrial parks are all located far away from the urban areas. There’s no chance at all to meet friends of the opposite sex by chance. Chemical plants cause severe pollution; there’s a pungent smell. Even the bath water at night has a chlorine taste. The harm to the body is quite significant
Only those who work in the chemical industry can understand the hardships. :(
Once, I heard from a friend that in a company in Shandong, there was someone with cancer on every floor of the employees’ housing complex. Moreover, many people in the county where that company was located suffered from cancer. If they didn’t work, their land would be taken away with very little compensation; if they did work, they had to face various hardships. It’s unclear to whom the money taken for land acquisition goes, and people have to wait in long queues at hospitals just to get treatment. No wonder there are more and more oncology hospitals.
This post was last edited by lucy751b on 2012-8-14 at 16:03. It once again relates to **environmental protection and sustainable development. The constant pursuit of corporate profits, with reckless discharge of wastewater and waste gases without regard for the damage caused to the environment – and even more so to human beings – leads to a vicious cycle that leaves nothing for future generations.
Working in the chemical industry won’t keep you from starving, nor will it make you rich!
What is now called a green circular economy is mostly aimed at cost savings; the irrational pursuit of profits by businesses, along with the pressure to impose taxes, has deprived governments and enterprises of their humanity. The vast and sparsely populated, beautiful grasslands of Inner Mongolia may no longer exist in the future.
Only those in the chemical industry can face 2012 with composure!
2012 felt like a return to the winter of 2008: the chemical industry saw stagnation in areas such as polysilicon, chlor-alkali production, coal-based chemicals, and paper manufacturing. Overcapacity and outdated manufacturing processes remained serious and persistent problems.
This is the rush caused by the market economy, the excessive expansion of \"sunrise industries\"
In the domestic chemical industry, investments are not made for genuine development purposes but rather out of speculation and a gambler’s mentality; this is clearly a sign of desperation.