The pitfalls rural migrant workers most easily fall into, forward this to your fellow villagers, many people have been cheated

To get ahead, farmers have never shied away from hardship. During the busy farming season, they stay home planting and working the land. Once the field work eases up, no one is willing to just rest at home. Everyone goes out to find work, to earn money and help support the family.

Many people, by working away from home, have built houses back in their villages and achieved a comfortable life. So nowadays more and more people are going out to work.

But farmer friends have always been honest and straightforward. When they travel far from home to work, in unfamiliar places among strangers, they often run into problems, and even get cheated or trapped. Here we have summarized a few of the pitfalls that farmer friends working away from home easily encounter, hoping to help everyone,and we also hope you will forward this to more fellow villagers so they can take a look too, so that when they go out they won't be fooled without even knowing it.

First, if they want to hold your ID card, absolutely do not give it. Nowadays some recruiters offer great conditions, good wages, easy work, and the photos they show you of the accommodation and food all look nice. But there is just one thing: they want to take and hold your ID card.

Here is a real example, about a security guard at a logistics park. The recruitment conditions were good. As a security guard, of course meals and lodging were provided, and even better, they said they would provide insurance and set up a payroll card, and asked him to hand over his ID card. He didn't think much about it and handed it over. Once he did, it was three months before he got it back. Not only did they not return it, they also didn't give him the payroll card. When he asked the recruiter for his wages, they said not a single cent was missing, it was all in the card, but where was the card? He hadn't even seen it. He wanted to quit and was going to buy a train ticket home, but his ID card was with them, and without an ID card he couldn't buy a ticket. In the end he had no choice but to fall out with them, stop going to work, and just drag it out, staying in the dormitory since meals and lodging were provided anyway. In the end they gave him all his things back, but for three months he was only paid a little over 1,000 yuan, nowhere near what they had promised. When he argued with them, they said he had broken the original contract and had been absent from work without cause, so he had to pay a penalty and a fine, and that was all he got.

He had no choice but to accept his bad luck. So you must never let anyone hold on to your ID card. Once it is held, they will use it to control you. If you really do need to get some kind of card or social security, you don't need to give them the original ID card either, just a photocopy is enough.

Second, if they ask you to pay money first, think it over carefully. The money they ask for first usually comes under some pretext, not a direct demand for how much you owe, because then no one would pay. They often say it's a training fee, or for work clothes, a work badge, and the like. They will say this job is a skilled trade, not something just anyone can do, and it needs some training. The training isn't hard, most people can learn it, and once you've learned it, the pay and benefits go up a big notch. They paint a dazzling picture, and the high wages are tempting. Many times, farmer friends get moved. The money isn't usually much, mostly a few hundred yuan. Our honest farmer friends pay the money, then wait for the unified training to be arranged. But the training is delayed again and again, with no result. When they finally go to look, the people have run off.

This is just one example, and there are many others. But whenever you run into someone asking you to pay money first, you must be extra careful.

Third, don't believe in pie falling from the sky. This sounds like a big principle, but it is plain truth. The reason for saying this is to talk about pyramid schemes. Nowadays pyramid schemes come in more and more forms: some sell products, some do engineering projects, some do health products, all kinds. But they never stray from their essence, which is one thing: absurdly high returns. Those people often say this is an opportunity, it's fate, you ran into it, you are so lucky, some chance chose you, God smiled on you. Don't believe any of it. Only wealth created by your own hands is truly yours. Such pie won't fall from the sky, and even if it did, those clever people would have snatched it up long ago. Why would anyone not want it and instead give it to honest, simple farmer friends? So always remember, we go out to work to earn money through our own hard labor. Don't fantasize, and don't believe in getting rich overnight.

Fourth, some various little tricks. Finally, let's talk about some specific little tricks. First, at the station. Someone comes up calling you fellow villager, and by the accent it's not even close, and pulls you to stay at an inn, which is usually very expensive and a rip-off. Someone eager to carry your bags will usually demand money from you. If you run into someone on the road who says they'll find you a job, they may be a scammer. Second, in daily life, if you see someone on the street selling unearthed cultural relics, absolutely don't buy them: first, they're fake; second, if they were real, you'd be breaking the law. If someone asks you to make change and says you'll benefit, giving you 100 and asking you to exchange it for their 90, it might be counterfeit money.

It's not easy for anyone away from home, so you must stay alert. First, absolutely do not be greedy. Second, in all things be extra careful. Also, when going out it's best to have a few people go together as companions. That way if something comes up, you can discuss it together. With more people, you can also remind and look after each other. I hope this can help everyone,and I also hope you will forward this to more fellow villagers so they can take a look too, so that when they go out they won't be fooled without even knowing it.

Finally, I wish everyone earns plenty of money working away from home, and comes home to a good New Year.

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