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“ 上一天班最少要卖三张卡，达不到 KPI 的话要在工作群里写检讨。‘ 检讨 ’ 用官方的话说是 ‘ 行动计划 ’，员工要把自己没推出卡的原因、改进目标和改进方案都写下来”。” 一位在福建山姆某门店干了两个多月的兼职员工表示。

他的一生短暂却如一道闪电，划破了那个黑暗年代的思想沉寂。他留下的《出身论》，不仅是一篇文章，更是一次对不公制度的勇敢挑战。半个世纪过去了，遇罗克的名字早已从“反革命分子”被重新定义为“思想的先驱”，但令人悲哀的是，他所批判的“血统论”幽灵，却以另一种形式——体制内的“近亲繁殖”——在今日的社会肌体中悄然复活。

泰和县那位工厂负责人可能不知道，他那句"不要跟我讲什么国家的规定"，其实是对当下劳动者处境最精准的描述。他没有撒谎。在他的地盘上，国家的规定确实不算数。算数的，是县里的群。