Chapter 551 - 562 Uncle-in-Law Loses His Job
Yiyi immediately said, "Auntie, if it weren’t for your care over the years, I wouldn’t know where I’d be by now. Yiyi has always been very grateful to you. In the past Yiyi couldn’t repay you because I lacked the means, but now with Yifei, my circumstances have improved a lot. How could Yiyi forget you, Auntie?"
"You dear child, having that intention is enough. Now making money is so difficult; how can you spend it so recklessly? Sigh, your Uncle and I together don’t even make four thousand a month, and now things are even tighter, with your Uncle about to be laid off again."
With that, Yiyi’s aunt let out a heavy sigh.
Yiyi asked with concern, "Doesn’t Uncle work at the Tax Bureau?"
"He used to be okay there, but as you know, your Uncle is just a driver, and not a regular staff member. Despite having worked at the Tax Bureau for over twenty years, being non-regular staff means he’s basically a temporary worker. Not only does he earn less, but they can also let you go whenever they want without any recourse."
Yiyi frowned and said, "Uncle’s been working there for over twenty years. According to labor law, shouldn’t he have been made a permanent employee by now?"
"Labor law, that’s just a tool to fool people. A few days ago, they started some kind of labor outsourcing. Those shameless bastards at the Tax Bureau transferred all their original employees to an outsourcing company, which then sends them back to work at the Tax Bureau. So, although they’re working at the Tax Bureau, they have no real connection with it anymore, and nobody cares about any labor law."
"But that’s a government law enforcement agency. How can they knowingly break the law?" Yiyi exclaimed, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"It’s precisely because these law enforcement agencies don’t obey the law that there’s no solution. If it were some company breaking the law, you could still go to the Labor Bureau to complain, but since they’re a law enforcement agency themselves, the Labor Bureau doesn’t care at all. Just tell me, after working so hard for so many years, my husband gets dismissed just like that. Is there any justice in that?"
Yiyi’s aunt grew more agitated and angry as she spoke, while Yiyi felt utterly helpless. She somewhat understood how things worked with jobs, especially for sought-after departments like the Tax Bureau, where becoming part of the permanent staff was incredibly difficult. Now, if her uncle lost his job, relying only on her aunt’s casual labor earnings would be absolutely insufficient.