I was recruited into the tax bureau in 84, and I retired last year, and my rank is a third-level director, and my pension is 7,000 yuan, so I am content.
I am Lao Li, born in a small town, my father works in the town's grain depot, my mother is a housewife, four children, I am the second, and the family living conditions are okay.
I finished elementary school and junior high school in a small town, and was admitted to the county high school, where I boarded at the school.
I am a lively and good sportsman, especially basketball, and I am a key member of the school basketball team.
At that time, my brother and I were studying in the same high school, he was one grade higher than me, his personality was completely different from mine, he liked to be quiet and not active, he always studied every day, and his academic performance was always in the top few of his grade.
My brother took the college entrance examination in 81 and was admitted to a key engineering college in the province, the whole family was very happy, my brother was the first college student in our family, and one of the few college students in the town, among these college students, my brother was admitted to the best school.
Wait for the next year I will take the college entrance examination to finish, even the secondary school was not admitted, my dad said, if you can't pass the exam, you can continue to repeat it, we live in a tight place, but also for you to study.
I inserted myself into the next class and continued to prepare for the college entrance examination.
As a result, in the second year of the college entrance examination, I was only admitted to the secondary school with only 2 points, and I was very angry.
After only two months of schooling, my father told me that the town's taxation office, industrial and commercial office, and finance office should recruit cadres from among the urban high school graduates, and told me not to continue my studies and come back to take the recruitment exam.
There were several students who participated in the recruitment examination with me, and they were all admitted in the end, which shows that there are still a lot of personnel in each unit, and in this way, through the recruitment examination, I became a national official cadre.
I went to the tax office with a classmate, put on a tax uniform, and was quite spirited.
A year later, my brother graduated from university and was assigned to work in a large state-owned enterprise in the provincial capital.
My brother is a cadre of a state-owned enterprise, I am a national tax cadre, and both sons have formal and decent jobs, and my parents feel particularly honored in my small town.
Ten years later, I was promoted to the director of the tax office, and my brother was promoted to senior engineer, both of them have reached a higher level in their careers, and in their family life, they have already married and had children, and my father is about to retire.
After five years as the director of the tax office, I was transferred to the county tax bureau, and when I caught up with an opportunity, I met a noble person to help me, so I was transferred to the city bureau to work, and then I transferred my wife's job to the city, and my family also moved to the city.
At this time, the economic efficiency of my brother's state-owned enterprise gradually declined, at that time, my brother was already the chief engineer of the enterprise, my brother said, many enterprises have been restructured, and some have gone bankrupt, and I think our enterprise is also unsustainable.
My brother's guess was verified by the facts, his company was restructured, and although my brother was not laid off, he became a worker in a private company.
Although I don't have much interest in the Municipal Taxation Bureau, but the job is stable, the salary is good, and I still have a small status in the society, I can't do big things, and I can still do small things that don't violate the principles.
My brother retired two years ahead of schedule, retired in November 2021, 36 years of service, pension is less than 5,000 yuan, the position is the chief engineer of the enterprise, and the title is senior engineer.
I retired in August last year, that is, in August 2023, with 39 years of service, a pension of 7,000 yuan, and a third-level host.
My dad often said to us, you two brothers, you have different personalities, different paths in life, the eldest has studied well since he was a child, does not fight, does not cause trouble, and was admitted to the university entrance examination at one time, and it is still a key engineering school that everyone envies, and it didn't worry me and your mother at all.
After graduation, he was assigned to the provincial capital, a large state-owned enterprise, diligent work, excellent technology, good popularity, and became the chief engineer with his own efforts, and his title was also promoted to senior engineer, what a good future.
Who knows, the enterprise has also been restructured, and graduates of key universities have become private workers, but fortunately, the technical business is good and there is no layoff, and the career is smooth.
If you want to say that this second child has been a disobedient lord since he was a child, how much worry did we have to worry about being parents.
I didn't take the college entrance examination for two years, but I caught up with the recruitment exam, became a national tax cadre, and developed quite well in my work.
Our family has no way, so I left the town and transferred to the county by my own efforts, and finally transferred to the city bureau, and transferred my wife to work in the city.
Speaking of pension, my father said that the boss is the chief engineer and senior engineer, and the pension of 5,000 is okay, which is not low in the enterprise, and it is not much better than those laid-off workers.
The second is a national civil servant, hosted by the third level, and the pension of 7,000 is not bad, which has exceeded the vast majority of retirees.
My dad is a man who can speak, has a good mentality, and has lived in contentment all his life, and our brothers are his pride.
He always said to us, people can't fight with fate, as long as they work hard, what is the result of going with the flow, "do your best, listen to the destiny of God", be a man to know how to be grateful, know how to be content, I appreciate my father's mentality, contentment and happiness.
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