# Please respect your value By [一公斤](https://paragraph.com/@0xbc9d291231ce6ec0c109170faf9f806331bdb6ff) · 2022-07-16 --- At a party, an old friend who settled in Hamburg, Germany told me an interesting job search story: Last year, after studying in Germany and graduating, he began to apply for jobs everywhere, hoping to find a formal job as soon as possible in order to settle down. However, the employment situation in Hamburg is not optimistic. In addition, he has just graduated and lacks work experience, so he has not found a suitable job. Until three months later, he began to be discouraged and compromise. With his certificate and qualification as a secondary architectural decoration designer, he was accepted by a private small architectural decoration design enterprise. The scale of the private enterprise is very small, and the salary he can get is relatively low, with a monthly salary of only 2800 euros, but he is very satisfied. After all, it is not easy to get it, so he works with peace of mind. But just after working for a week, the people of the trade union found him and began to inquire about his salary. He answered truthfully. Finally, the staff of the trade union reminded him, "Mr. Li, according to the regulations of the trade union and the government, secondary architectural decoration designers like you should get a monthly salary of 3500 euros." But he replied with a smile, "thank you for your concern. I can accept this low salary now. I need this job." With that, the staff of the trade union left with a disappointed face. But on the next day, the staff of the government department actually came, and instead of asking him, they directly found the boss of his private company, hoping that the company could raise his salary to 3500 euros stipulated by the government. Because the government believes that doing so does not comply with national laws, violates human rights, and violates the real labor value of a secondary architectural decoration designer. Finally, the boss of the unit said that he could not meet this requirement, so he had to be fired, which made him cry and laugh. A person in charge of the trade union and the government also seriously reminded him, "please respect your value, because it has been recognized by the society. When you belittle or destroy your value, it is equivalent to belittling or destroying the value of the whole industry in this society." In this way, he had to receive unemployment benefits from the government for a long time, until he found another job that matched his status and value. Finally, my friend said that he was still very moved by this lovely government intervention, because they made him soberly realize his value, let him regain his confidence, and let him understand another truth: At any time, you should respect your own value, and you should not belittle and destroy your value because of temporary difficulties, because your destruction will hurt the value of the whole industry and even the rules of society. Because only those who know how to respect their own values can be truly respected by society! --- *Originally published on [一公斤](https://paragraph.com/@0xbc9d291231ce6ec0c109170faf9f806331bdb6ff/please-respect-your-value)*