The May Day holiday is approaching, and it should be a moment for everyone to rejoice, but the recent hot search on the Internet has made people surprised - "May Day holiday was scolded on the hot search"! It seems that the arrangement of this small holiday has made the majority of netizens angry.
Even the central media couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted "I can't bear to look at it directly". What's going on here? What's wrong with the May Day holiday that makes everyone so angry?
The May Day holiday plan has once again sparked public outrage
The May Day holiday is coming soon, and it should be a happy thing. Unexpectedly, as soon as this year's May Day holiday plan came out, it immediately exploded on the Internet! This holiday is arranged, which is really confusing!
From May 1st to 5th, a total of 5 days, it looks very beautiful on the surface, 5 days off, 5 days off, not bad!
Don't be happy too early, think about it carefully, in these 5 days, the 1st is Labor Day, this is not a real legal holiday. But what are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th? Isn't it Thursday, Friday, and the weekend?
It turned out that I had to go to work on Sunday, April 28, and I had to work overtime on Saturday, May 11, just to "make way" for these four days of vacation.
What kind of thing is this? Originally, we should have rested on weekends, but now we have to move people to weekdays, and we call it "compensatory leave", which is not an obvious attempt to occupy the rest time of our workers!
After calculating, in the 5-day holiday of May Day this year, only 1 day was actually "earned", and the other 4 days were "moved" from weekends and weekdays, and there was no more at all. Compared with last year, it's really the same "routine".
With such a holiday arrangement, it is no wonder that there was an uproar on the Internet, and everyone complained: "If you have this virtue every year, you can't take it for a few days?" In the future, don't do anything about May Day, please!"
The comment area complained one after another: "Which little clever ghost came up with this holiday plan? Qingming Festival has just been on duty for 6 consecutive days, which is enough to toss people, and May Day will be held for 9 days?"
Some netizens said that May Day was originally Labor Day, and the current holiday arrangement reflects the mentality of despising workers. She bluntly pointed out: "Because May Day is recognized as International Labor Day, it makes workers very inconvenient and uncomfortable, at least it does not show its respect." "
However, some experts disagree. Yuan Minggang, a researcher at the Institute of Chinese Economic Thought and Practice at Tsinghua University, believes that it is beneficial to make the holiday longer through the way of "compensatory holidays", especially for large-scale rest and entertainment activities and international tourism.
He also said that this year's "May Day" holiday holiday has been arranged very well, "the day of the holiday has been extended to two weeks, and a little sacrifice has been made to create a better and concentrated conditions for a more concentrated rest on May Day. "
Mr. Yuan's remarks sparked widespread criticism online. Many netizens questioned that he was endorsing the authorities' approach and completely ignoring the feelings of the workers.
According to an online poll by Chengdu Business Daily, more than 87 percent of people do not support the May Day holiday, believing that it "disrupts the normal rhythm of life and work."
In the face of overwhelming dissatisfaction, can't the departments concerned change their thinking? For example, they should directly put May Day on full five days, just like the National Day and the Spring Festival, and rest when they should rest, and give everyone a happy holiday worthy of the name.
Otherwise, we will simply resume the "May Day Golden Week" and let it go for 7 days in one go, so that you can have enough fun if you want, and you will not have to fight guerrilla warfare on weekends and weekdays.
It is not difficult to hear from the complaints of netizens that everyone has long been impatient with this kind of small long vacation that sacrifices weekends and patches together. When it comes to the holidays, you have to count the days with fear, for fear that you will miscalculate the time and wake up the next day to find that you are absent from work. What a relaxation this is!
As soon as the May Day holiday plan came out, even the central media couldn't stand it, and issued an article criticizing the various drawbacks of this way of compensating for leave, calling for respecting the right to rest of workers and giving everyone a holiday worthy of the name.
This incident has caused quite a stir! The issue of the May Day holiday has once again become a hot topic in society. Many people are asking, what the hell is going on? Why do we have to take a holiday every year on May Day, which makes everyone complain?
Frequent compensatory leave highlights the shortcomings of the system
The May Day holiday should have been a good time for the laborers to rest their feet and enjoy life, but the current system of compensatory leave has made everyone miserable! This practice of frequent compensatory leave is simply tormenting people!
In 2008, as soon as the "May Day Golden Week" was canceled and changed to only one day off, this Labor Day was like a family, in name only. But everyone's needs for travel and leisure are still there, what's the matter?
Then you can only take a 3 to 5-day long vacation by compensating for the holiday. On the surface, it seems that there are too many days off, but these are all moved from weekends and usual holidays, and there is no real increase in the total number of days of paid leave!
This practice of frequent compensatory leave not only disrupts the rhythm of everyone's life, but also increases the workload of laborers. You have to work overtime before the holiday, and you have to transfer to make up the shift after the holiday, and the beautiful holiday experience is completely ruined.
Some netizens complained: "Originally, I could only take 1 day off a week, but now it's okay, from the 22nd to the 30th, I have to work 9 days in a row, who can withstand the intensity of this work? I'm really about to collapse!"
This seemingly flexible compensatory leave system has actually turned the holiday into a "numbers game", and it does not effectively protect the rest rights of workers.
In this regard, many experts and scholars have also put forward sharp criticisms. They pointed out that the phenomenon of frequent vacation adjustment reflects that the current vacation system can no longer meet the growing demand for leisure consumption of workers.
We must respect the wishes of workers and improve the paid leave system so that everyone has more time to rest. You can't always play the numbers game and let the laborer be "taken on vacation".
What's worse is that this kind of patchwork holiday is often accompanied by a series of problems such as traffic congestion, full scenic spots, and soaring prices. Many people would rather "stay" at home as salted fish than go out to suffer this sin. What is the meaning of such a holiday?
Some people say that the frequent holiday adjustment is to avoid excessive pressure on traffic and tourism during the Golden Week. But isn't the root of the problem still too few holidays and unreasonable holiday arrangements?
Instead of borrowing from place to place, it is better to increase the total number of statutory holidays in one step, cancel the compensatory holidays, and let everyone have more room for independent choice.
Of course, the more holiday arrangements are not the better, and they need to be adapted to the level of economic and social development of the country. After all, the increase in the number of vacation days will inevitably affect the production and operation and labor costs of enterprises. However, in the long run, moderately increasing vacation time is conducive to improving the happiness and satisfaction of workers, promoting the release of consumer demand, and is of great benefit to economic development and social harmony and stability.
The practice of sacrificing weekends and piecing together the scarce rest time has long since fallen out of line with the needs of today's society.
Instead of engaging in this kind of "numbers game" every year, it is better to make a painful decision to start from the institutional level, cancel the compensatory leave, increase the total number of statutory holidays, and let workers really have more rest time at their own disposal.
Only in this way can we fundamentally solve the dilemma of May Day adjustment and rest, and make the Golden Week holiday a veritable "happy time", rather than the trouble of "being on holiday".
Calls for holiday reform are back up
With the issue of the May Day holiday once again detonating public opinion, everyone's call for the reform of the holiday system is getting higher and higher. In fact, the call for the resumption of the "May Day Golden Week" has never stopped.
Many people think that it is better to fix the May Day and Eleventh day holidays, and don't do anything to adjust the holidays, which is more conducive to the balanced distribution of holidays and alleviates the pressure of peak travel.
Now the holidays are concentrated in those few points of time, everyone gathers to travel, not to mention traffic congestion, the travel experience is also greatly reduced, how many people complain that "the scenic spot is crowded, it is difficult to move an inch". Wouldn't staggering the holidays and spreading them over the course of the year alleviate this problem?
Of course, there are also experts who make different recommendations. For example, under the condition of ensuring that the total number of 11 statutory holidays remains unchanged, we can consider appropriately adjusting the distribution of days for the Spring Festival, May Day, and November to better meet the vacation needs of different groups of people.
Some people have suggested that the Spring Festival holiday be extended to 15 days, the May 1st and 11th holidays should be five days each, and other small long holidays should not be adjusted and placed directly on weekends.
In this way, it not only protects the rest rights and interests of workers, but also stimulates holiday consumption, killing two birds with one stone. The Spring Festival is of great significance to Chinese, everyone wants to go home for reunion, and the time is too short to be enjoyable.
If it can be left for 15 days, it will be a great joy for all. May 1st and 11th are each put for 5 days, and the time is enough, so you don't have to rely on the rest to make up.
However, it is not enough to improve the holiday system, but also to support some policy measures, such as the implementation of the paid annual leave system, encourage off-peak travel, strengthen the supervision of the tourism market, and so on. Nowadays, many people can't take annual leave at all, either because the unit doesn't approve it, or they are reluctant to take it.
This requires the introduction of hard regulations at the national level to urge enterprises to implement paid annual leave. In addition, the holiday is concentrated, the scenic spots are full, and the prices are soaring, and these problems also need to be strengthened by government departments to guide and supervise. In short, it is necessary to implement systematic policies, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and make the Golden Week holiday a veritable "happy time".
epilogue
The reason why the May Day holiday is scolded every year is, in the final analysis, that the current holiday system is not satisfactory. Frequent time off not only disrupts the rhythm of people's lives, but also erodes precious rest time. In the face of overwhelming public demands, relevant departments should listen to the voices of the people, start the reform of the holiday system as soon as possible, and return workers to a real Golden Week.
After all, rest and vacation is the right of every worker, and we can't always play the number game in the name of compensatory leave, so that everyone can be "taken off". May this May Day, there will be no more complaints, only laughter.