"Poor banks, rich grain stations, oily head and slippery food stations, and supply and marketing cooperatives can also stabilize their future, but teachers are difficult to find." This popular sentence is a true portrayal of the enviable "iron rice bowl" work more than 40 years ago. However, with the change of times, most of these once glorious industries have disappeared, and even if they do, they are no longer so remarkable. Those experienced practitioners have long since entered old age.
In 1978, for example, Zhang Binggui was awarded the title of Beijing Special Salesman and National Model Worker, which can be regarded as a model for the business community during that period. His profession was a confectionery salesman in a department store, and in that era of scarcity, salesman was undoubtedly a profession that everyone aspired to.
As early as the 50s of the last century, the mainland established a system of supply and marketing cooperatives, and due to the shortage of materials, the state implemented a unified commodity distribution system. At that time, people could only go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to shop with the corresponding bills, and without the tickets, even if they had money, they could not buy the items they needed. However, if someone in the family works in a supply and marketing cooperative, the situation is completely different, and the salesperson can reserve some goods in advance and enjoy preferential prices, making the position highly favored.
In the eyes of the public, salespeople are widely respected for their stable jobs, good salaries, easy jobs, and no need to worry about unsalable goods. However, since the reform and opening up, the reform of the market economy system has promoted the vigorous development of various supermarkets, and the supply and marketing cooperatives have gradually declined. Nowadays, with the rise of online shopping, the business of traditional supermarkets and shopping malls has also been affected. The profession of sales clerk has become unremarkable, with relatively low salaries, fierce competition for employment, and many people have avoided it.
At the beginning of the 21st century, when transportation in the mainland was not yet developed and mobile phones were not yet widely used, the postman became an important bridge between the transmission of letters and the transportation of goods. Whenever they see a postman riding a bicycle, people always stop and wait, waiting for a letter from a friend or family. With the help of 28-bar bicycles, the postmen travel dozens of kilometers every day to deliver mail and newspapers to every household. Therefore, the postmen of that era carried the expectations of countless people, especially during the holidays, the postmen were even more busy, and there was an endless amount of mail to be processed every day.
To ensure that people receive their mail in a timely manner, postmen work rain or shine. Becoming a postman is not an easy task, requiring a rigorous selection process, a certain degree of education, generous benefits and a high salary. However, in the 21st century, with the spread of telephones and mobile phones in rural areas, the increasing convenience of transportation, and the increasing improvement of express logistics networks, postmen have become increasingly scarce.
Thirty years ago, the enviable "iron rice bowl" - the postman, has now been replaced by couriers, but today's couriers do not enjoy the same high pension treatment as the postman. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in view of the shortage of domestic food supply, the state carried out a communization movement.