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I believe that there are many people passing by the high-speed toll station, will be very envious of the work of the toll collector sitting in the toll booth, in the eyes of everyone, they wear neat overalls every day, the wind does not blow the rain, the work is easy, but do you know that these people's monthly salary is about 2000 yuan? [Pathetic]
It can be said that it is difficult to support yourself with this salary, but the turnover rate of high-speed toll collectors is so low that there are still many people who want to get this job every year.
Why is that? What is the magic of highway toll collectors that attracts everyone?
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Highway toll collector salary is true or false
Nowadays, everyone's living standards are getting higher and higher, and the number of people who go out to play on holidays is getting more and more, especially when every household has a car, self-driving travel has become the first choice for many people.
The highways built on the mainland at great cost have provided great help to everyone's travel speed, after all, as long as you get on the highway, it will take almost one or two hours to get to another city.
In addition to the free highway toll on holidays, when we get off the highway and pass the toll booth at other times, there will be a staff member with a gentle voice and a smile who will charge us a certain toll.
As a result, many people are very puzzled, these workers charge so many tolls every day, their wages must be very high, right?
But in fact, it is not, the highway is built by the state in order to facilitate everyone's travel, and the high-speed toll is also so that there can be funds to maintain and repair the highway in the future, which requires a large amount of funds, so the high-speed toll we pay is directly owned by the state, and the toll collector has nothing to do with it.
And can you imagine that the monthly salary of the toll collector is only 2,000 yuan? And they don't get a commission for how much they charge for the highway fee.
Now I can set up a small stall casually and go to a restaurant to be a waiter who serves dishes and washes dishes, and my salary is more than 2,000 yuan a month
What's more, in today's era of rapidly rising prices, when money is needed everywhere, how can more than 2,000 a month be enough to spend?
If you work in your hometown and live in your home every day, you don't need rent, and your parents can help a little from time to time.
But now many young people are going out to work, and they have to rent a house every month, and they have to bear the cost of all daily necessities, more than 2,000 yuan is definitely far from enough, not to mention how to live after deducting the cost of five insurances and one housing fund.
In the annual turnover rate survey, the turnover rate of high-speed toll collectors is almost the lowest in the whole network, and every year, there are countless people who want to work at high-speed toll booths even if they have their heads.
But since the salary of a highway toll collector is only more than 2,000, why is everyone so keen on this job?
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Good benefits
If a job can be so attractive, it must still have a lot of advantages or benefits.
Many people should know that although the current high-speed toll collectors are not like the traditional staff, their work can also be described as an "iron rice bowl".
Although the labor law now requires companies to pay social security for employees, there will still be many companies that do not comply with the provisions of the labor law, but if you join the high-speed toll collector, the unit will pay five social insurance and one housing fund for you.
Their basic salary is indeed more than 2,000, and they do not take any commission, but almost all of the toll collectors have some overtime subsidies or night shift subsidies, and the benefits of holidays and year-end bonuses are by no means comparable to ordinary companies.
Therefore, after the basic salary of about 2,000 per month plus various subsidies and benefits, the actual salary received should be regarded as a very considerable amount.
What's more, these are the pure wages they get, after all, they work on the highway, and they don't need to spend their own money on food and housing.
The unit will provide each employee with three meals a day, which are not used casually to fill the stomach, but are specially matched by the chef according to the daily nutritional needs.
Working in a unit that provides three meals a day with both taste and nutritional value does not require them to spend their own money on food.
Everyone knows that the highway is in a crowded place, and even the local staff have a certain distance from their homes, so in order to make it easier for the employees to rest, the highway station also provides them with dormitories.
Don't underestimate the dormitory provided by the unit, although it is a dormitory for two to three people, but the dormitory has all kinds of cabinets, tables and air-conditioned toilets, which can fully meet daily needs.
Migrant workers spend the most money on food and accommodation every month, but the high-speed toll collectors are free of charge in accommodation and food, which saves a lot of expenses compared with the vast majority of migrant workers.
Ordinary workers earn four or five thousand a month, but in addition to rent and daily living expenses, it is likely that the remaining money is not as much as that of a toll collector?
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Relaxed, stable and decent
For office workers and workers who are tired and tired every day, there is nothing happier than rest and vacation, and the double rest of five days off and two days off has already made many workers cry out that they are not resting enough, not to mention that there are many people in the company who only take a single break or even half a month?
However, on the other hand, high-speed toll collectors generally work on three days off and two days off or four days off and three days off, even if there is a night shift, there will be employees who come to take over, and the maximum working time is only eight hours a day.
As soon as the time comes, the toll collectors can leave work, and basically there will be no overtime, which is much better than the ordinary migrant workers who work overtime for one or two hours at three days or even until the middle of the night.
I work for about 20 days a month, and I have a basic salary of 2,000 plus various subsidies.
Now the entire employment environment is in an extremely sluggish state, how many people have lost their jobs in the three years of the epidemic, and how many companies have closed down because they can't survive.
However, when the highway toll collector is like a national staff, it is better than other jobs in stability, as long as you do not voluntarily resign, it is no problem to work until retirement.
Toll collectors work in a separate toll booth, and they have little to no interaction with their colleagues other than handing over to the next shift, which largely avoids days of intrigue.
And in the toll booth, the wind can't blow, the rain can't hit, and there is an air conditioner in the toll booth in the summer, and it won't be heated.
In the eyes of the vast majority of people, especially adults, a highway toll collector is a very decent job, and if their children become toll collectors on the highway, they will definitely be envied by their friends and neighbors.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that many people rush to such a stable, easy and decent job, which is the main reason for the low turnover rate of high-speed toll collectors.
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Netizens' opinions
I believe that there are still many people who don't believe that the salary of high-speed toll collectors is very low, so let's take a look at what netizens say.
This Fujian netizen is very discouraged from young people to do this job, he has been doing it for three years, and now he is about to resign, not only to learn business, but also to reduce wages because of policy rectification, if it is not recommended to go to the elderly.
I believe many people don't know that the toll collector is not allowed to play with his mobile phone when sitting in the pavilion, even if there is no vehicle passing by, he can only sit in the pavilion, and at most he can only use the Bluetooth speaker to listen to the song.
In some places, when changing shifts, you have to carry out about two hours of handover with colleagues, and ten hours of morning shift, and you need to do 4 hours of preparation.
Every move is under monitoring, and they often work overtime, even during breaks, they will be required to work overtime by the company.
The netizen, who has worked at the high-speed toll station for four years, said that when she was a toll collector, her monthly salary was only 2,800 yuan, and the food and accommodation were good, but the employee benefits and subsidies were pitiful.
When you go to work, you need to report to the toilet and eat under monitoring, and once there is any mistake in the work content, you will be deducted from your salary, and even your monthly salary is not enough to deduct it.
"I've been charging fees on the highway for two years, and now it's only more than 2,000."
It can be seen that many people say that the monthly salary of high-speed toll collectors is more than 10,000 yuan, which is not true.
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Pain that outsiders don't know
In fact, the work of highway toll collectors is not as good as everyone thinks, and their work also faces a lot of hardships.
Although the requirements for high-speed toll collectors are not high, under normal circumstances, as long as you are a college graduate and your height meets the basic requirements, you can sign up for this job, but also because the threshold is relatively low, so the competition is very fierce.
In order to successfully join a highway toll collector, in addition to competing with hundreds of people, you also have to go through several rounds of exams and interviews.
There are all kinds of people passing by on the highway every day, it is inevitable to encounter some low-quality or vexatious drivers, if it is a normal day, but if it is a holiday high-speed traffic jam, some impatient drivers are likely to implicate the anger of the traffic jam on the toll collector.
But in the face of other people's difficulties and incomprehension, the toll collectors can only swallow all the grievances into their stomachs, and still serve everyone with a smile.
Although they sit in the toll booth every day, which seems to outsiders to be relaxed, sitting for eight hours a day without moving is very harmful to the body.
Toll collectors are monitored for their every word and deed, they can't do anything they shouldn't be doing at work, and they can't communicate with their colleagues yet.
Not only are you not allowed to use your mobile phone during working hours, but you can't even bring your mobile phone to the toll booth, otherwise you will face the penalty of deducting your salary.
Because there is no time for the highway to close, so the toll collector will not have a holiday, and the holidays that every worker looks forward to the most are no different from ordinary working days for these workers, and they are even busier than usual.
Even on the day of the family reunion during the Chinese New Year, there are still many staff members who still stick to their posts.
The most important thing is that the work of toll collectors is not as stable as before, and I believe that many people will find that even if it is a manual passage gate, it has been replaced by an electronic toll collection system when they get on the highway in the recent period.
If with the continuous development of science and technology economy, the future toll collection method of high-speed toll stations is likely to be replaced by more and more advanced automatic toll collection machines, which is likely to make the work of toll collectors unstable.
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epilogue
Although the salary of high-speed toll collectors is not high, in the current employment environment is not good, such a job is still very good, and they sit in this position, which is also part of their own strength.
But no matter how easy and good the job is in the eyes of outsiders, there are difficulties that we don't know about, and toll collectors are far from being as easy to do as everyone thinks, and they may bear more than we think.
Resources
Chinese Government Website - 2020-04-20 "Netizen Message: It's too inconvenient to bring a mobile phone for 8 hours on duty, it is recommended to be flexible"
China Highway - 2023-05-10 "In the face of the prospect of "unmanned toll collection", where should highway toll collectors go? 》
Zhuan Zhuan APP - December 01, 2018 "Why is the monthly salary only 2,000 yuan, and the high-speed toll collector just doesn't resign?" 》