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The May Day holiday is coming, but when there is still more than a month before the holiday, the news of "May Day holiday" has been hyped up by the whole country.
What happened to turn what should have been a happy holiday into "bad news"?
How did May Day become bad news?
The familiar plot was staged again, and as soon as the holiday arrangements for the May Day holiday in 2024 were announced, the Internet exploded. I saw that on the major platforms, the voices of doubt and scolding were higher and higher: "What, just let it go for such a day? It's too bad to waste the festival in order to make this money, right?" I've seen it, May Day is here to make up the numbers" "I'm so stupid, I even thought that I would go for a walk on a few days off. "
It can be said that the May Day holiday starts from the moment the holiday arrangement is announced, which is equivalent to handing over a "bad news". This is really something that I never expected, and a grand festival has been reduced to such a state. What's going on here?
It turned out that this May Day holiday was 5 days, two of which were Saturdays and Sundays, and the two weekends before and after had to be transferred to make up for 5 days. But the problem lies in the word "compensatory leave". The broad masses of the people have said that this is not a five-day holiday at all, but in fact it is only a one-day holiday! The two-week working hours before and after have been forcibly extended, and the short five-day vacation has lost its meaning.
In this regard, people's complaints are overflowing: "Why do you have to have so many moths when you have a long vacation?" Didn't you say last time that you were going to adjust the holiday time? Relatives and friends around all echoed: "Where are you going to travel? I worked until Saturday last week, and I had to go to work on Monday immediately after May Day." Damn, what kind of holiday is this?"
Indeed, in order to piece together the so-called "small long holiday", this practice of not hesitating to take all the weekends that people should have rested on is surprising. Crucially, this is not the first time this year, but a felt operation that has been repeated every year since the implementation of the "holiday system" in 2008.
16 years, how many times do you have to "repeat"?
In this regard, people have long been ashamed to look back. In 2008, China officially implemented a new policy of compensatory holidays, no doubt to provide people with a few days off in a row to relax. But who would have thought that 16 years have passed since this seemingly "humane" policy become the source of contradictions between the government and the people.
I don't know when the compensatory leave system has become a "fig leaf" for the management to squeeze employees, and has become a "high-pressure policy" of working overtime when there is money to be earned, and asking for release at Maitreya Temple on holidays. May 1st and 11th, which were originally long vacations for workers to relax and relax, can now only be used to compensate for holidays, and then transferred to weekends by the way, and finally make up a reluctant holiday for everyone to go to work again.
On the other hand, 16 years ago, everything was still so "natural" - at that time, the May Day holiday lasted for 7 days, and the weekend was a weekend for everyone. But now? The number of holidays that have been compulsorily compensated, plus the weekends that have been occupied, which one is not the right and right of the masses of the people? Netizens angrily questioned: "Why is there less and less? Isn't China developing more and more prosperous? Why is there less and less welfare?"
In the age of the Internet, more and more people have learned to express their grievances in their own way. Since 2022, some people have launched a "counter-adjustment holiday" activity on social platforms, @所有人的同时也@上了相关部门, hoping to attract attention; "May Day Holiday" has won the top spot in the hot search every year, which shows how turbulent the fire of dissatisfaction in the field of public opinion is.
Even CCTV couldn't help but criticize angrily: "I can't bear to look at it directly!" Bombarded by public opinion repeatedly, the official finally came forward this time - the staff of the National Development and Reform Commission said that the work of "optimizing the distribution of holidays" has been launched and will be reported to the relevant departments.
However, in the face of the official standard "official-like literati" response, netizens were silent:
"That's the phrase every year!"
"Didn't I say the same thing last year, but I still haven't waited for the surprise..."
"Didn't you just propose to adjust the holiday pattern last year?
In the comment area, the voices of doubt can be said to be wave after wave: "No wonder last year's wave of calls was high, and it had no effect at all!" Back then, for the sake of the Chinese people to reduce the experience of weekends, this matter was so wasted?" Jokingly speaking, in fact, in the struggle between the government and the people during this May Day holiday, the struggle between the government and the people has long evolved from life and death to fighting for you and guessing riddles.
If you can't put it down, don't let it go!
There was an uproar on the Internet, and public opinion has been completely detonated. For this kind of so-called "long vacation" to be bustling and confusing, it is really unbearable. Many people directly suggested that instead of this, simply don't take a holiday: "If you can't afford it, don't put it, this vacation is endless, it's better to go to work seriously!"
Indeed, everything has an intrinsic purpose and essence. Labor Day was originally a festival to commemorate the working people, so that everyone can relax and enjoy this small long holiday. Nowadays, the compensatory leave system has turned it into a full sense of "burden", so that people can only look at the "fake" and sigh, and piece together the time that should be resting and relaxing again into a working day in the camp.
As a result, the cloudy May Day holiday has undergone a "magic change" again and again, and has faded into an ordinary or even reluctant short vacation, which not only makes people unable to lift their energy to relax, but also has the connotation of itself as a welfare.
Netizens questioned: "Isn't May Day just for the workers to relax, why is it getting shorter and shorter?" What's the point of compensating for a holiday? Turning a decent long vacation into a patchwork of dross?"
In contrast, the approach of some European and American countries is much more humane. For example, in the United States, there are 10 paid holidays plus 2 annual leave a year, which is equivalent to China's "May Day plus double salary"; There are 28 days of paid annual leave per year in the UK; The legal number of annual leave days for the French is 30 days... In these countries, the rights and interests of workers are given sufficient attention and protection, rather than being used for granted.
In the questioning voice of being jokingly called "NU frog, YA May Day", the voice of opposition to the compensatory leave system has not stopped for many years. In the face of the collective crazy complaints of netizens, "who invented the leave system", "who is resting for such a holiday", and "can't you take a good rest and rest if you are transferred away", people seem to be waiting for an explanation and response.
Experts have the final say, and the voice of public opinion may turn the tide around
Recently, a "Best Holiday Plan for the May Day Holiday in 2024" carefully created by more than 30 experts and 126 assistants has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion. To put it simply, it is to work for 6 days for two weeks in a row, but you are given 5 days of "small long vacation". In half a year, the program team investigated thousands of employees in 500 units across the country, and spent great effort.
However, what is surprising is that this seemingly "professional" and "rigorous" to the point of admiration of the program was met with unprecedented bombardment and verbal criticism as soon as it was launched. Settle accounts, and with the help of a bunch of "warm and cold" figures, we can decide how many days of vacation we have? Isn't this a blatant contempt and disregard for public opinion?
The reality is that the unpopular system of compensatory leave is becoming more and more offensive. Relaxing people is the ultimate pursuit of a long holiday. Against this backdrop, this "best plan", which took a lot of effort from hundreds of experts, has become the object of criticism, ridicule and denunciation.
In the field of public opinion, the voice of "complaining" is endless:
"What about the people's yearning for a better life? That's it? Write down our labor rights and happiness index!"
"So, our little vacation was put up for research by experts, it's really unsettling..."
"Is it decided? Are the experts gods, and the common people the objects of obedience?"
Obviously, under the tide of public opinion, this much-questioned "best plan" can no longer convince the public. You must know that the compensatory leave system itself is a system that has been opposed for a long time, and now it has become the "best" product "studied" by the so-called experts, which inevitably makes people even more disgusted. A netizen bluntly said: "You call the May Day holiday the best, I will call it immortal!"
Experts, of course, do not deserve the harsh accusation of "don't do or die". However, in the face of the opposition between authority and public opinion, public opinion, as representing the voice of ordinary people, can often influence the situation. It's like a game between the two, to see who has the best move.
If there is a huge divergence between the opinions of experts and the expectations of the masses, then the authority of experts will lose their credibility, which can only show that their research has been somewhat out of touch with the pace of the times.
Write at the end
The May Day holiday was originally a festival for people to relax, but under the influence of the compensatory holiday system, its core has been hollowed out and turned into a holiday that needs to be "patched together".
This not only erodes the purpose of the festival, but also greatly reduces the rights and interests of workers. When there is a disagreement between public opinion and expert research, should we respect the voice of the people, or should we follow the "best plan" of experts?
As a basic right, holiday should be given due attention and protection. However, under the current system, the May Day holiday has been unworthy of its name, and has been ravaged beyond recognition by the collision of various interests.
As ordinary people, do we still look forward to having a pure May Day holiday as before?
Do you want May Day off, or do you want to abolish this controversial system altogether?
Whose hands should this decision be made?
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