“\"HaiChuan Gratitude Season\": Thank You to My First Manager [Process Region 002]

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Time flies by; in the blink of an eye, 13 years have passed since I left my first boss. Through this event, I express my fond memories (my writing isn’t good; I just write whatever comes to mind: handshake). Right after graduating from university, I started working at a shipyard where I met my first project manager, H, who is also a mentor I really respect. An undergraduate degree is a good qualification at his age. As I got to know him better, I found out that he was the project manager in charge of this project. Amidst the power struggles among the company’s senior management, he sided with the foreign-owned chairman; as a result, the local general manager kept putting obstacles in his way and found reasons to demote him, changing his responsibility from managing 5 ships to managing just 1 ship. The staffing arrangement for the project team also involves selecting a few workers who graduated from technical schools from the workshop and assigning them to tasks related to welcoming the graduates, which is clearly meant as a form of suppression. In the end, H left after half a year of working there. At that time, the owner wasn’t in a hurry to get the ship, so the construction period was relatively long and progress was slow. H often takes me to the site to check on the progress as well as the various structural elements. Here, I came across welding gaskets that allow for single-sided welding with double-sided formation, resulting in high welding quality and a significant reduction in the amount of work required for carbon grinding. H specifically told me to be careful not to cut my hand or get burned~ When measuring the dimensions of the steel plates on site, H asked me how to determine whether the angles were right angles. I was at a loss for words; he reminded me whether I had forgotten the Pythagorean theorem from school What you learn should be applied in actual work! I nodded shyly. Back then, I often worked overtime at night; the weather was cooler, and there was nothing to do back in the dormitory anyway, so working overtime allowed me to earn money. H asked us to figure out which structural sections are being constructed on site; we shouldn’t just stand there and watch the construction team work – we should study the blueprints ourselves. At the very least, we need to be able to compare the blueprints with the actual situation on site. This way, while addressing the issues raised by the construction team, we can also improve our own skills. The colleagues who came to the workshop at that time basically didn’t pay much attention to the drawings either; they would mainly check for any missing work. I held the blueprint, feeling confused; I’ll start looking from the far corner of it! The result couldn’t be found no matter how hard we searched, so I asked my colleagues, but they didn’t find it either. They got angry and called the construction team over, saying that there were still items that hadn’t been installed. The construction team simply said that the material delivery workshop hasn’t supplied any materials; you go and ask for them. I’ll start working once I have the materials. Just then, H came over; I definitely need to talk to the manager about this! As a result, the leader said, “This is the material used for sealing; why install it now? We’ll cut it at the appropriate time.” I didn’t understand, so H explained to me that when the two sections are brought together they need to be welded together. The sections I made have tolerances, and those tolerances are within acceptable limits; the sections he made also have tolerances. When welding them together, it’s not possible to achieve perfect alignment, so adjustments need to be made on site. They can’t be installed yet. After most of the hull structure was completed, the piping began to be prefabricated. During the lunch break (which lasted just an hour), H took out a schematic diagram of the compressed air system and asked me if I could understand it. I studied it there for a few minutes and told him I understood it. He doesn’t believe it; let me explain it roughly. Hearing my messy explanation, he quickly got up from the folding bed and told me how to read the schematic diagram. First, look at the equipment, then check where each pipeline leads. Once on site, regardless of how the pipelines are arranged, just follow them; as long as there are no missing valves and the sequence is correct, it’s fine. At that time, a last-place elimination system was in use; team assessments were conducted on a monthly basis, and those who ended up in last place three times in a row had to change positions. I just graduated and don’t know anything about P; yet I always rank among the top performers, which leads other colleagues to complain about the manager, with some even doing it in front of him. Why, after working for so many years, do I still have to rank behind some damn student? I was embarrassed; H said there was no need to worry about them and that I should just keep working as usual. And that’s how, with his guidance and support, I spent the first half of my post-work period. H resigned, and I’m really upset. My colleagues comforted me, saying I shouldn’t take it too seriously. After H joined the new company, a few of us colleagues rented a car specifically to go and see our former boss. Yet, being awkward with words, I have never managed to utter the \"thank you\" that’s in my heart!