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Highway toll collectors are an important position in highway management, providing services to thousands of vehicles every day, although their work seems simple, but very important.
Even some people want to join this industry, but their monthly salary is generally about 2,000 yuan, which is difficult to survive in today's society, but in this way, the turnover rate of high-speed toll collectors is very low, and even most of them work until retirement.
But why are they reluctant to leave their jobs? What is so special about highway toll collectors?
Highway toll collectors
At the intersection of the expressway, there will be a group of silent people every day, they wear uniform clothes, sit in the toll booth, and constantly smile at the passing vehicles, they are the highway toll collectors.
As a member of the foundation of society, they face a variety of challenges every day, whether it is scorching heat or cold winter, strong wind or heavy rain, they silently guard their posts.
In order to ensure the safety of travel, even during the peak holiday period, they still completed their work conscientiously, thinking that their wages would be very high, but when they learned about it, they found that it was only about 2,000 yuan.
This makes many people feel confused, 2,000 yuan in today's society, just to eat and drink, can not save money at all, and put it on ordinary people will not choose these places at all.
But everyone has everyone's understanding, just like some people, don't like the atmosphere of competition in the company, and need to constantly behave in the world, then the position of high-speed toll collector is very suitable.
There are no such requirements, there is no intrigue of the company, it is very simple, just sit in the toll booth to work, especially for some people who are not good at communicating with people, this is a very suitable job.
And there are many benefits to this job, compared with ordinary companies, this job does not pursue performance, after all, the traffic flow is not artificially determined, unlike some sales companies, which constantly squeeze employees, resulting in very high psychological pressure on employees.
In addition, this benefit is everyone's favorite, that is, the problem of rest, although the highway toll collectors seem to be on duty all the time, but in fact they are in shifts.
Every toll collector can take at least 10 days off every month, and for many people, such a break is indeed very tempting.
In this way, employees can better allocate their time, even if they are tired from work for three days, they can adjust their mentality through two days off.
Some people will say that although it looks so comfortable, the salary of about 2,000 yuan is still a shortcoming of this job, and there will not be too much balance every month.
However, every attractive position is not just as simple as the surface, and the attraction of high-speed toll collectors lies in the benefits that many workers do not have.
You must know that there are many expenses that can be reimbursed for high-speed toll collectors, and even the usual food and accommodation do not need to be costly, because there will be special canteens and dormitories near the toll booths, which are provided for them free of charge, and the environment is OK.
It can be said that this has saved a lot of money for the highway toll collectors, people who usually work outside need to go out to rent a house, if it is close to the city center, the house price may be more expensive, it can be said that the salary of about 2000 yuan is already their net income.
In addition, they can also receive free daily necessities, or some labor protection supplies, and give gifts every New Year's holiday.
And as long as they take up the post, they will pay five insurances and one housing fund, which has crushed many companies, some just pay five insurances, and some don't even pay you five insurances.
But in the case of high-speed toll collectors, it is too normal to pay like this, and there will be some subsidies in normal times, such as when the weather is hot, there will be high temperature subsidies, and there will be subsidies if it is too cold.
The most important thing is that this job is also very face-saving, although the high-speed toll collector does not need any academic qualifications and professional skills, but this position is linked to national public officials.
In other words, they are members of the state institutions, enjoying due treatment and the protection of the state, and at the same time, they will also be respected in the society and can straighten their backs in front of their neighbors.
Therefore, the perfect welfare system and humanized management have turned the seemingly boring position of high-speed toll collector into a good job in the eyes of people, and no one will feel that the salary is low because of the basic salary of 2,000, and no one will choose to resign because of these things.
However, there are pros and cons, and you can't just look at the good side of this job, it also has a bad side.
There are pros and cons
Although there are so many benefits of highway toll collectors, they also have unknown hardships, only they know here, and their work is very stressful.
This work needs to be the first to provide services to everyone, otherwise it may cause traffic congestion, and if there is a high traffic flow, the highway toll collector needs to work non-stop.
And there can be no mistakes, because once a mistake appears, it may lead to jamming, if the highway toll collector sees the traffic congestion caused by their own operation errors, then they will be more panicked.
High-intensity work will blow up people's mentality, but no matter how stressful this industry is, you must always pay attention to your attitude, even when communicating with passengers, you must keep smiling, and you also need to constantly water to quench your thirst, but high-speed toll collectors do not dare to drink more water at all, because there is no time to go to the toilet.
In addition, during the work of the highway toll collector, it is very likely that he will be teased by some unqualified drivers, because the parking position is a certain distance from the toll booth.
If the driver parks the car a little far, it may cause you to be out of reach, and the driver will continue to provoke you when he sees that you can't get it.
There are even some drivers who have a bigger temper, and if they need to cooperate with the machine because of a problem, it may lead to their abuse of the highway toll collector, which makes the whole person unhappy, and there will be people who threaten the highway toll collector.
This kind of business has happened in real life, and it takes time for the police to arrive in the event of an accident, so the job is not so easy.
In addition to the man-made time, in the summer, the high-speed toll collector's kiosk will be extremely hot, although the air conditioning is turned on, but the continuous traffic will also bring a heat wave, and the duty is the same as taking a bath in the steam room after a day's work.
In particular, there may be a threat of layoffs, as manual fees may be gradually replaced with the spread of ETC now.
Those who have driven the car know that every time you go to the high-speed port, you need to queue up one by one, and the speed of the manual passage is very slow, and now ETC is becoming popular, which greatly reduces the pressure of labor.
Perhaps in the future, ETC will completely replace manual work, however, the "iron rice bowl" of high-speed toll collectors may not be so stable.
epilogue
There are many different opinions on the profession of highway toll collector, but there are pros and cons, although this salary seems very decent and simple, but it can be accompanied by a lot of pressure.
However, the reason why most people are reluctant to leave their jobs is because the job is stable and the time is fixed, which can better bring a stable life to the individual.
In fact, no matter what position you are in, you are serving the people, so as to realize your personal value, so we don't have to look down on those with low wages, and some positions are not measured by wealth.
Information sources:
The original article was published on Phoenix.com on February 25, 2019 on "The salary of high-speed toll collectors is not high, why do few people resign?"
The original article was published in Zhejiang Daily on February 16, 2024 about the first Spring Festival when Zeng Chunqing, a post-00 toll collector of Ningbo Expressway, could not go home: "I am very homesick"
The original article was published on Dahe.com on November 8, 2021 about experiencing the work of a highway toll collector: they are afraid of going to the toilet and delaying their time, and they don't even dare to drink more water