Haichuan’s “Season of Gratitude” – Thanking Those I Once Hated【Safety Section 006】

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This post was last edited by zhaolijun on 2016-1-23 21:07. When it comes to expressing gratitude, there are so many people to thank: our parents who raised us, teachers who taught us knowledge, those who preceded us and guided us with their experience, as well as classmates, friends, and colleagues who offered us help. Today, I want to thank someone who used to be someone I hated. In 2001, I came to Suzhou and joined a new company, where I worked in the project preparation office; my direct supervisor was the company’s executive vice president. The first time I came into contact with this vice president was after returning from an investigation, and that was the beginning of my hatred for him. As we all know, after completing a survey, it is necessary to submit a report, and this report has to be given to the vice president. But the day after the report was submitted, I was called to the deputy director’s office; the report needed to be revised again because of its messy format. It’s not really surprising, though – it was the first time I was using a computer to write a report, so it was difficult to get the format right. So, after great effort, the report was finally revised past midnight and submitted the next day. But I was called back in the afternoon, with the reason that the content was empty – what needed to be quantified wasn’t quantified, and what needed to be specified in detail wasn’t explained. I got really angry; isn’t it just a report? Is it really necessary to go through all this trouble for me? I already reported everything verbally; everything was made clear. Why then insist on focusing on it in the report? This is clearly trying to make things difficult for me As for the matter at hand, since he is the leader, he still had to complete it. Thus, in a state of anger, he revised the draft two more times before finally finishing the report. This also sowed dissatisfaction with this leader. Another time, this manager came to my office and saw that there were documents and drawings everywhere on the desk; he criticized us harshly once again. He said that the documents needed to be organized, that important documents had to be stored in cabinets to prevent leaks of information, and that the drawings needed to be sorted out to avoid loss. In short, he gave a long list of instructions. What does this mean? Is it aimed at me? We’ve always been the kind to pick faults and find things to criticize. It’s convenient to just grab something when needed; as for anything important that needs to be kept secret, who would bother with some old drawing? I harbored resentment toward this leader for many years, until I grew up, gained more experience, and even suffered losses, at which point I gradually came to understand things ； Especially because the training during that period made me more careful and meticulous; it was only when I received recognition from my supervisors and got promoted in my subsequent work that I realized this supervisor, whom I used to hate, had actually provided me with help and helped improve my skills – he was a person who deserved my gratitude. Yes, we encounter all kinds of people in our life experiences, but at the beginning of our career after leaving school, it’s a blessing to have a strict supervisor and meticulous colleagues!