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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 283

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

The same feeling of suspicion frequently prevents workmen depositing money in the ordinary savings bank. They do not like it to be known to their employers that they are saving money, being under the impression that it might lead to attempts to lower their wages. A working man in a town in Yorkshire, who had determined to make a deposit in the savings bank, of which his master was a director, went repeatedly to watch at the door of the bank before he could ascertain that his master was absent; and he only paid in his money, after several weeks' waiting, when ne had assured himself of this fact.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 283 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

工人不愿让雇主知道自己存钱,怕雇主觉得他们不缺钱而压低工资。这种猜疑让他们不敢去普通储蓄银行存钱。约克郡有个工人,得知老板是银行董事,就反复去银行门口观察,确认老板不在才敢进去存钱,为此等了好几周。这说明,当工人对雇主缺乏信任时,连存钱这种好事也会变得偷偷摸摸。要改变这种状况,雇主应主动表明支持工人储蓄,工人也可选择更私密的储蓄方式,但长远看,建立互信才能让双方受益。

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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》一书,19世纪英国工业革命时期,工人对雇主心存戒备。

今日一问

你所在的工作环境里,有没有因为不信任而不敢做对自己有益的事?

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