我全靠是不加工资只加班 才留下的
“I got to stay because I agreed to work overtime with no pay raises, but they still fired me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When I finally landed a job, they set up this optimization criterion.”
我 全靠 是不 加工资 只 加班 才 留下 的
“I got to stay because I agreed to work overtime with no pay raises, but they still fired me.”
后来还是被开除了
“with no pay raises, but they still fired me.”
“I demeaned myself and worked like a slave just to keep my job, yet it was never enough.”
Reflects the intense corporate competition where employees voluntarily sacrifice benefits and work excessive hours just to avoid layoffs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
solely relying on; entirely depending on
Use this pattern when attributing survival or success exclusively to a single factor or effort.
get a pay raise; increase salary
A very common colloquial term used in Chinese workplaces when discussing compensation changes.
work overtime
Essential vocabulary for discussing contemporary workplace culture in China.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and hasn't been paid a single dime in overtime.”
“while we don't even get overtime pay?”
“But there is a little overtime pay. For talent market admissions,”
“the first thing that comes to your mind is actually working overtime? If you keep doing this long-term, you will lose all your abilities.”
“You've been secretly working overtime, right? The company made such an unreasonable request”
“Don't even think about a pay raise.”