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給外籍人士的信息服務熱綫給我的一些“啓發”

July 4th, 2006 · No Comments

今天電話採訪了一個針對外國人的信息服務熱綫的主管。這個人說該單位聘用的接綫員或座員都是受過比較正規的嚴格的外語和服務訓練而且都是應屆畢業 生。但是最驚人的一句話是他對我問他爲什麽非要雇用應屆畢業生的回答:因爲工作壓力比較大,反應速度,記性,口音的改進,這都是年輕人比較能勝任,於是, 他們從22-25嵗時他們的黃金年齡段,而過了25嵗每年的效率會發生15-20%的減幅!這位先生還說這是行内廣爲人知的“定律“當然我們一般的人肯定 不曉得還有這樣的事實。當然,人老了也就是如此,各方面的功能的衰退是正常的,但說實話,人家說得那麽“科學”卻讓我不寒而慄,這樣未免太功利了吧?那不 是意味著,這些女生吃的青春飯也只有三年的保質期。這還是以人爲本的和諧社會嗎?

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My 15 minutes of fame

July 4th, 2006 · No Comments

So i’m supposed to get interviewed by Aric and the gang over at gigshanghai.com tomorrow with regards to my writeup of them and my photography and, per Aric’s request, the Studio78 incident. Aric is more of a crusader than i am, or at least he wears it more on his sleeve than I do–not that [...]

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The world’s factory: wigs, soccer, the World Cup, and Chinese workers

July 4th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Well, someone has to make all the wigs that the fans can use to enjoy the games– and many of those people are the women working over time in the Yiwu, Zhejiang factories. 11 hours a day — they live, eat, and work in the same place, and yet there is a shortage of workers, [...]

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