see you in spring

Chapter 205 Starting Again [-]

On Sun Yan's first day back at the company, she felt like a newcomer and was as nervous as when she first graduated from college and joined the company.

The workplace is changing with each passing day. Even if you have been away for six years, even the same job requires many more skills than it did back then.

These made her uneasy even more. After all, she had only vague memories of the workplace after all these years of fighting with shit and shit.

The company is now much larger than when she left.Now the group she is in is all young people in their early twenties.And her direct boss is a post-[-]s generation who is five or six years younger than her.The little girl's style of doing things is as flamboyant as her makeup.

The female boss was not satisfied with this new older subordinate.After all, employees who come in based on favors are basically dragging them down.She couldn't refuse the general manager's offer, so she could only vent her anger on Sun Yan.Even though there were several good seats by the window vacant, she insisted on placing her in the most cramped corner, where documents were usually piled.

Naturally, Sun Yan had nothing to say. She cleared her place honestly and then sat in this small cubicle. She took a deep breath and encouraged herself: Don't be afraid, you have your own strengths and weaknesses. Advantages, don’t underestimate yourself.

Sun Yan's idea is correct. Although her physical strength and learning ability are not as strong as those of young people.But she has brought up two children over the years, and in those countless trivial matters, she has developed more patience and efficiency than those young people.After all, in the process of raising a baby and taking care of the family, she needs to keep an eye on everything and perform multiple tasks at the same time, otherwise she wouldn't even have time to eat.What's more, she has more empathy when dealing with various emergencies at home and with her children.At the same time, she can also see the deep-seated psychological needs behind a crying child, and then quickly adjust her response methods to think about and solve problems from the other person's perspective. This kind of empathy is an advantage in the foreign trade position. .

After all, a foreign trade salesperson is essentially a salesperson.Sales is a skill, which includes how to quickly approach customers, how to successfully gain customer trust, and how to persuade customers to close a deal.And this kind of empathy can help her get closer to her customers.

After cheering herself up, Sun Yan started her unfamiliar work schedule.

As a returning foreign trade employee, what she needs to do most is to be familiar with the products, understand the company's existing product positioning and market conditions.In order to get started as soon as possible, she could only work non-stop.

Their foreign trade customer base is mainly foreign customers, and most of them have time differences. Communication is mainly through email, supplemented by Skype, WeChat, etc., and only calls are made when the time is right, so the pace of the entire office environment is relatively slow.As long as the leader doesn't see it, the people below are chatting, eating snacks, playing with mobile phones, and even secretly watching TV series.

Only Sun Yan, an "old man" who had just arrived, was in the corner carefully watching the company's product information and videos, and learning the current payment methods and logistics methods for exporting goods.How to review export documents, how to manage orders, etc. A lot of knowledge points have changed compared to when she was at work.

She was working when others were working, and she was still reading information when others were eating or taking lunch breaks.She is thankful that she regained most of her English reading and writing skills at home.It is a little easier to read these English emails and materials now.However, proficiency in English is only a prerequisite. She still has a long way to go to become a qualified or even excellent foreign trade personnel.

On her first day at work, she worked overtime until ten o'clock in the evening.Other colleagues had left long ago. She was watching foreign trade forums online and saw some successful cases about foreign trade and experiences on how to follow up and develop customers. She took notes while reading and learned, but it was too late. .

By the time she got home on the last bus, her two sons had already fallen asleep.Liu Quantao left a lamp for her in the living room.

As soon as she put down her bag gently, Liu Quantao hurriedly opened the door and came out.

"Why are you back so late?" he asked anxiously.He's been a little touchy since her last "disappearance."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a little inappropriate. After all, they were divorced, and she was free to decide when she would come back.

"Work overtime." She said lightly, turned and walked into the living room.

He didn't expect that she would have to work overtime on her first day at work. He was worried that she wouldn't adapt to the company, so he worriedly asked: "Is work going well today...?"

"It's okay." She was very hungry and quickly washed her hands.

Seeing her tired but energetic look, he finally felt relieved and went to the kitchen to take out the food that had been warming in the pot.

"Eat quickly." He knew that she was reluctant to spend money eating out, so she must not have eaten now.

Sun Yan was not polite, sat down and started eating.

"How do people in the company treat you?"

Although divorced, they still live under the same roof.Besides, they broke up peacefully, and even if they weren't husband and wife, they were still old friends who had known each other for many years.It is understandable that he cares about her work. After all, only if she does well in the company can the children's lives be guaranteed.

"We didn't talk much, everyone was busy with their own business." Sun Yan said after swallowing her rice.

"Then how does your immediate boss treat you?" Liu Quantao knows the importance of having a good boss.He was worried that she would suffer a loss if she hadn't been in the workplace for so long and didn't understand the ropes.

"She is younger than me and doesn't think much of me. It's normal. The market is all about strength. I haven't made any achievements now, so of course others won't look at me differently." Sun Yan is also reasonable.

Liu Quantao thought for a while and helped her make suggestions: "You just entered, and it may not be so easy to make achievements. It will be difficult during this period. You can try other things, ask colleagues and bosses about their hobbies, and get closer. Work together.”

Sun Yan chewed a mouthful of vegetables, sighed softly, and shook her head.

When she returned to work, in addition to worrying that she was not qualified for the job, another major obstacle was that she did not know how to get along with this group of young colleagues and bosses.She didn't know what else to talk to them about other than work.If they came to talk to her, she would feel uncomfortable, and even the simplest greetings would be stiff.

She also secretly observed them while working to see how they did things and the words they used. She felt that there were many words that she had never heard before, let alone their meanings.She was worried that interrupting rashly would make a joke, so sometimes when everyone in the office laughed together, she would respond with silence because she really didn't know any better way.

She didn't just discover this problem today, she discovered it before when she was delivering food.She once investigated why she could no longer speak confidently to anyone as she did when she worked before.Psychologists attribute this phenomenon to the result of staying with family members for a long time and lacking social activities.Many women at home only know how to deal with family members and are not used to getting along with people outside the family.On the surface, this is just a matter of not adapting, but if she is not careful, she will be burdened by interpersonal relationships in the company.

She wanted to blend in, but couldn't find a way, so she could only immerse herself in her own work.

Seeing the distress on her face, he could only console her and say, "Take your time, don't rush."

Sun Yan swallowed the food in her mouth: "How are your sons today?"

"It's good. Lele is taking online classes on time and has finished her homework. She painted by herself every day and even painted one for you." Liu Quantao reported to her what was going on at home today.

Sun Yan nodded. With Liu Quantao taking care of her children at home, she could go to work with peace of mind.From this point of view, she felt it was right to agree to let Liu Quantao live here.

The two were relatively silent, and Liu Quantao stood up silently: "Eat slowly and rest early."

Seeing him turn around and go back to his room, Sun Yan speeded up her meal. She would have to continue "working overtime" for a while, trying to catch up with her colleagues as soon as possible.

Early the next morning, Sun Yan, who had two dark circles under her eyes, just opened the door when she heard the sound of knives, spoons, pots and bowls clashing in the kitchen.

She walked over slowly and saw Liu Quantao preparing breakfast with his back on his back. There was a lunch box on the cooking table, and he was putting the freshly cooked vegetables and rice in it one by one.

This lunch box was used when she prepared lunch for him before. It has not been used since Liu Quantao was stationed abroad.

"What...are you doing?" She looked at the lunch box and asked doubtfully.

Liu Quantao was startled, turned around and saw her standing behind him. He closed the lunch box, handed it to her and said, "You take it to work, so you don't have to eat takeout at noon. What you cook at home is better than eating outside." It’s cleaner.”

When Sun Yan got up so early, she originally planned to make her own lunch. After all, ordering takeout from the company at noon would cost more than 20 yuan for a mediocre meal.She thought that she could save some money by bringing her own meals in the future.

Unexpectedly, Liu Quantao got up early and made it for her.

"Oh, thank you." She took it blankly and was silent for a second: "Actually, you don't have to do this. We"

Liu Quantao interrupted her: "Don't have any psychological burden. Although we are divorced now, we are still friends. Besides, I can't find a job now and can't pay child support. I have to do some work when I live here, otherwise I feel uneasy."

When Sun Yan took her lunch box and went to work, she remembered that when Liu Quantao was responsible for supporting the family, she took care of everything at home.Before he was stationed abroad, she would get up at 06:30 every morning to prepare breakfast for the family and his lunch.By the time she finished her work, the whole family was still awake.

Every month when she gets her period, she feels cramps in her lower abdomen while lying in bed. She has to grit her teeth and get out of bed when she thinks about preparing breakfast and lunch for her husband and children.

Whether you were a housewife before or a social worker in the workplace now, you have to endure hardships.But compared to the hopeless suffering before, she would rather suffer now.

(End of this chapter)