High Motivation on the Production Front Line, Striving for Outstanding Achievements in the New Year

Release Date:

11-02-15

For the employees of our Camshaft Company, 2010 was an extraordinary year. Through the concerted efforts of all staff, we shook off the lingering bitterness of consecutive years of losses and achieved our first-ever profit in company history. These accomplishments are the result of the hard work and dedication of every single employee. Currently, customer orders are steadily increasing, placing a heavy burden on production. To seize this favorable market opportunity, meet customer demands, and ensure on-time delivery, frontline workers resolutely gave up their rare days off and returned to their posts as early as the third day of the Lunar New Year. Not a single employee sought excuses to take leave; they voiced no complaints whatsoever, maintained their full enthusiasm, and showed no sign of slackening in their commitment—even though the holiday meant they couldn’t reunite with family and friends. Many of these employees had worked continuously for several months straight without a break before the Spring Festival. Although second-line departmental staff were not scheduled to work overtime, they did not sit idle either: most managers and employees closely involved with the production line voluntarily stepped forward to provide support, rushing over at the slightest call. The casting workshop’s late-night shift is supposed to end at eight o’clock, but today it’s already half past ten in the morning, and work is still underway. Curious, I went to the casting workshop floor, where a bustling scene unfolded. The fervent, energetic atmosphere completely captivated me, and the frontline workers’ boundless enthusiasm both inspired and left me somewhat awestruck. According to what I learned, since the AUTO production line is operated by another team, Workshop Director Qian Jun, in order to facilitate scheduling, initially planned to conduct some ideological preparation and encourage that team to also try running the AUTO line. Unexpectedly, this stirred up a hornet’s nest: due to time constraints, the usual practice is to run the AUTO line (which takes 5.5 hours) alongside the B line for cold-chilled cast-iron shafts (which takes 2.5 hours), whereas today’s order is for AVALON ductile-iron shafts (which take 3.5 hours). However, the team members insisted on starting the AUTO line that very day, arguing that their capabilities were by no means inferior. Director Qian countered that since the order involves AVALON blanks, it would be unsuitable to run the AUTO line—otherwise the working hours would be excessively long—and moreover, that team had no prior experience operating the AUTO line. Yet the workers immediately declared that they would work twelve hours if necessary to get the job done. Director Qian was unable to dissuade them, leading to the situation described above. It wasn’t until eleven o’clock, when the Production Director ordered the team to finish for the day, that their shift finally came to an end. Watching the glowing red flames illuminating the dark faces of the workers, I truly felt that their busy figures represent the most beautiful sight in the entire company. In conversations with frontline workers, one can clearly sense their positive energy, soaring motivation, and unwavering confidence in the company’s future. Over the years since the joint venture was established, the company has consistently put employees’ immediate interests first: for instance, to address concerns about electric bikes running out of battery power on the way home, the company installed power outlets in the bike sheds, eliminating that worry; when the workshop doors leaked badly and the winter became exceptionally cold, the company organized a comprehensive repair of all the doors; during the summer, when workshop temperatures soared and workers sweated profusely, the company promptly installed cooling fans; the sand-blowing machines generated excessive noise, so the company invested in noise-reduction improvements; and in the machining workshop, where there were no dust extractors and black smoke billowed during turning operations, the company quickly provided dust extraction equipment, significantly improving the working environment. Most notably, frontline employees’ incomes have more than doubled compared with pre-joint-venture levels… It is only natural that we should work diligently and wholeheartedly for the company’s development. “The company’s salary increase is a recognition of our hard work. When an enterprise consistently thinks of its employees, we feel motivated. With the current strong production momentum and tight delivery deadlines, we must prioritize the overall situation, follow production schedules, and work overtime to complete our tasks. Only when the company grows stronger can we employees benefit and enjoy a better life. As the saying goes, ‘If there’s food in the pot, there’ll be food in the bowl.’ Otherwise, talk of a ‘better tomorrow’ is just empty rhetoric,” said Wang Yonggang, a casting workshop employee, in an interview. His simple words vividly revealed the loyal dedication of the hardworking camshaft employees to the company, as well as their hopeful aspirations for a brighter future. We love our jobs, we love our positions, we love our company, and even more, we love the frontline workers who make such significant contributions to the company’s development! Let us string fragrant gardenias into garlands and inscribe the most brilliant words in honor of these dedicated workers!

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