我们公司坐落于东三环的大望路附近，是一家金融公司，说大不大，说小还真有一千多人，分公司11个，基本上每层有两个洗手间，也配了两个保洁阿姨。
My company is sitting in the tire ring of Beijing near dawanglu, it is a financial company, not too big, but if you say it is small, then we have more than 1,000 staffs and 11 sub-companies. We have two bathrooms each floor and two cleaning ayi as well.
这两个阿姨都穿统一的制服，一个比较年轻，另一个很矮，说话口音一听就知道是南方人，年龄应该也稍大一些，四十岁朝后算了。平常我们所谓的"白领"并不跟他们接触，只是没了洗手液，卫生纸等事故会跟她们接触。
Thus two ayi all wear the same uniforms, and one of them looks younger, but another one is a little bit short and you can tell she is from the south, and she is a little bit older, like the late of forties. We “white collar” don't have too much communication with them, only when there is no hand-washing soap, tissue or there is problems we would call them, that's it .
但是我不一样，不是因为我爱聊天，哈哈，因为我刚进入公司没多久，事情多而且杂，经常加班，所以早上去的早，晚上回的晚，基本上没人了，只有保洁阿姨。很多次都是保洁阿姨催了不止一次两次我才"舍得"走，跟她们一起走的时候会聊一会天。
But I am different, not because I love chatting, haha, but I am a new people for my department, I have lots of work to do everyday, so normally I come early and leave late, when I leave the company basically has no people there, only the ayi. Many times is they complain too many times until I leave, because they need to make sure the electrical equipment turn off and lock the gates those after-work jobs, so I will help them and then we have chance to talk.
保洁阿姨的工作时间是分两个，7:00－16:00，和10:00－19:00,如果晚上没人加班，他们就等到没人就可以走了，但是如果有人，就要无限期等待，直到最后一个人走为止，所以这两个大姐都对我加班比较反感，想早一点回家。有一次跟其中年轻的大姐一起下班，她跟我问我们公司的待遇怎么样，我随口回答说现在整个行业就金融业和计算机行业的平均工资比较高，她紧接着问，我是怎么进来的，我边收拾包包边回答说，很简单啊，就是在网上投的简历，她就不断的表扬我厉害。我无意识的问道，她有几个孩子。原来这个阿姨有两个孩子，一个女儿比我小两岁，另一个是儿子，才上初中，她的女儿也在找工作，学的专业是会计，但是现在的工作单位不是很好，是在一家快餐店当会计出纳，她非常羡慕这里的财务部，她说工作环境好，而且挣得还多，如果她的女儿能到这里来上班就太好了。
The work time of ayi in my company has two different ones, one is from 7:00-16:00, another one is from 10:00-19:00. So if there is nobody work late than 18:00, they can just finish their job and come back home earlier, otherwise they need to wait until last one leave, that's why the two ladies all get annoyed with me, I make them come back late! I remember one day is the younger lady`s late hour work, we talked after I finished my work, she asked me how's my company`s salary and other wage stuff(that is not awkward in China), I answered the finance and computer career are the best paid right now, so it's good. She kept asking, how did I come to work in this company, I said that's easy, I just used the recruited app and sent them my CV. And then asked how many children she has, she told me she has two children one daughter is two years younger than me and another son is still in the middle school, the daughter is finding a job, her major is account which is the most common major in China. The lady thinks my company is fancy and people who work in the accounting department is nice paid with good environment, it would be great if her daughter works here.
我当时真的不知道心里什么感受，因为从来没有人羡慕过我的工作，今天她竟然这样问我，让我受宠若惊。其实想想就可以知道原因。这个阿姨四十五岁，老家是河北省的，离北京很近，家里的丈夫在一家造纸厂工作，一个月挣三千多，其实他她之前也是那家造纸厂的，就是后来因为国家对于环保的要求不断提高，造纸厂收益下降，工资也不按时发，并且造纸厂的工作很辛苦，每天都要把几百摞的书本纸搬上车下车，一天下来腰酸背疼的，她听老乡说在北京做保洁，其实也挣这么多钱，而且风吹不着雨淋不着，冬天还有暖气，夏天有空调，她就选择来了北京。也就是说，夫妻俩一个月挣不到7000块钱钱，后要供两个学生上学，其实非常容易，所以这个阿姨住在有七个人住的宿舍里面，每个月的房租是600块，而且为了，节约开支他每天都坐公交车上班，还得倒两趟，也就是如果上早班的话就要五点多从家出门，这次女儿也来了，北京上班，她当然希望女儿找一个很好的工作，但是其实却无能为力。我跟她说她可以去找人力资源部门的同事问一下是不是还缺人，但是可以看得出来她很没有自信去打听。
I really don't know what to say that time, because I've never thought there would be someone who admire my job, tired, less paid, endless work, everyday I need to work for 9 hours, so what she said really flatters me, if you know what her life is you would understand it. She comes from Hebei province, her husband works in paper mill factory earning around 3000 for one month where she used to work in. But recently because if the environmental policy came out, many paper mill factories shut down, and reduce the salary of their workers. Also working there is really a hard work, everyday you have to move thousand piles of papers, books into the cars, after one day`working you'll feel disgusted. People in her village told her working in Beijing as an ayi earns the same money with a better environment, because the company has heater in winter and AC in summer, that's why she came to Beijing. So basically is her and her husband earning around 7000 one month and pay for their two children school and life expenses. The ayi rent an dormitory with other 7 people, 600 one months, she takes lunch everyday and takes bus just for saving the 4yuan's subway, even she need leave at 5:30 and transfer one time every single day. Now her daughter comes to Beijing of course she hope her find a really good job, but it seems like there is nothing she can do. I told her to go ask the hr department if the accounting department still need people, she was too shy to ask I can tell.
生活不易，在我们有能力赚钱的时候多赚一些，在我们能不浪费的时候就可以多储蓄一些。另一个阿姨的故事下次再来。
Life is not easy, when we have the ability earn money, please earn more, when we don't need waste money, please save some. About the other ayi, I will talk next time.
