Work and choice

She chose between two banks, and the other one made the news later

18 August 2024Jinan, Shandong Translated by AI

A client asked whether to stay at her current bank or move to a new one. I suggested staying; months later the other bank was in the news for an investigation.

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Client

Good morning, Zongyuan! Something sudden came up yesterday and I need your help to make a decision right away 🙏🙏🙏

老师上午好！昨天又有个突发的情况需要找您帮忙马上做决定了🙏🙏🙏

Zongyuan

Go ahead.

你说

Client

It's about a work change.

关于工作的变动

I found out yesterday that my current labor contract just expired. The HR department at Guangzhou Bank notified me late about the renewal.

昨天突然得知我目前的劳动合同刚刚到期，现在单位广州银行人事部门晚了通知我续签

That means I've actually already ended my employment relationship with Guangzhou Bank. I can leave relatively freely, and there are much fewer restrictions on me now.

这就是说我目前其实等于已经和广州银行解除了劳动关系，我可以相对自由的离职，它对我的约束会小很多

Zongyuan

[emoji] Mm. The sixth lunar month is a time of endings.

[emoji]嗯未月是一个终结

What do you have in mind?

你有啥想法

Client

I also contacted the HR lead at Zheshang Bank right away yesterday. She also thought leaving this way wouldn't be a problem, and said I'm welcome to come to Zheshang anytime — the position is still being held for me.

然后我昨天也马上联系了浙商银行人事领导，她也觉得这样离职问题不大，也欢迎我随时过去浙商，位置还保留着给我

So now I need you to help me make a clear call: should I immediately decline the contract renewal, leave, and go to Zheshang, or is it better to stay at Guangzhou Bank and transfer to a new branch?

那么现在就需要请您帮我做个准确的决断，是马上提出不签合同离职去浙商，还是继续选择留在广州银行调去新的支行更好

Zongyuan

Got it. I'll take a look in a moment.

明白我一会看眼

Banks in the Beijing category. Zheshang Bank falls under chen earth, which clashes with xu. It would only meet the need for a change this year, and may not be beneficial for future development. This year we noted an image of separation — leaving one job and starting another. Right now this situation fits that exactly: the contract expiring is like leaving, and renewing is like starting a new position. It also lines up with the end of the sixth lunar month and start of the seventh, when you would move to a new branch. All the conditions are met. By comparison, staying at the Guangzhou branch fits your BaZi (known in the West as the Four Pillars of Destiny) better than going to Zheshang. From the I Ching divination: Hexagram 32 (Thunder/Wind, Duration) changes to Hexagram 50 (Fire/Wind, The Cauldron). The inner hexagram is Hexagram 43 (Lake/Heaven, Breakthrough). The inner hexagram shows an image of documents being re-established — an ending followed by a new beginning. But shen and you metal come from the same source, so you would still be within one larger system. The original hexagram and changed hexagram show the same: the original is Thunder/Wind Duration, with wood's brother/companion energy appearing together. The changed hexagram has fire moving outward, which represents changing your environment — but wood and fire are part of one whole, still within the same system. That matches a transfer within the same bank. Zheshang itself carries water energy, which does not appear in the hexagram. It does not need to be considered; it does not align with your future development.

京银行这一类。浙商银行属于辰土，冲戌，则仅仅只能满足今年的变动需求，对于未来的发展未必有利。今年我们判断会有一个剥离的象，离职在入职，现在基本是完全满足了需求。劳动合同到期相当于离职，再续约相当于入职。且刚好未月结束，申月开始，你也换到支行，全方位满足了要求。相比之下，留在广州支行比去往浙商会更符合你的八字命局。从梅花卦来看: 雷风恒转火风鼎，互卦泽天夬，互卦为文书重新建立的象，结束之后再开始，但是申酉金同源，因此还在一个大的系统里。本卦与变卦也是如此，本卦为雷风恒，木的比劫同现，变卦见火往外生，代表更换环境，但是木火一体，还在同一个系统中，就符合同银行的调动。浙商本身带水，卦内没有出现，不需要考虑，不贴合你未来的发展。

Please take this.

请收

周二 10:30

Client

Received! Thank you so much!

收到！非常感谢您！

Zongyuan, this choice is really something I have to be very careful about. Because once I renew the contract with Guangzhou Bank, it's for three years. It would be very hard to leave during that time. After three years I'll be over 45, and it will be even harder to make a change then. Also, if I decide not to go to Zheshang, I have to figure out how to turn down their senior leader — that's bound to cause some hard feelings, and it means the Zheshang option will be closed off for good.

老师，这个选择对我来说真的要非常慎重，因为一旦续签广州银行的合同就是三年，这个时间内再想走就非常不容易，三年后我年龄就已经超过45岁，再想变动也很困难了，而且如果确定不去浙商还得想好怎么回绝那边的大领导，也算是得罪人的事，而且意味着以后浙商这条路也断了

So I was wondering if there's another way to check this decision at the same time, just to be sure. Because this will probably affect my work plans for the next five to ten years. Thank you so much!!

所以您看会不会还有更好的决策方法同步再判断一下，因为这一定可能就会影响五年到十年的工作安排了，感谢您啊！！

Zongyuan

What fits you is what's best. You can't keep wanting what you don't have.

符合你的就是最好的，不能吃着碗里的看着锅里的来。

Client

Understood!!! Alright, I'll move forward in this direction.

收到！！！好的，那我就按这个方向推进

Zongyuan

[emoji]

Client

Thank you again!!

再次感谢您！！

Zongyuan

Never idealize the path you didn't take. Your mind might think Zheshang is the better choice, but it may not be in reality. Zheshang is likely to run into trouble or be investigated soon. Be cautious.

人千万不要美化没有走过的路，你大脑可能认为浙商是好选择，实际未必。接下来浙商容易暴雷或者被查，需要谨慎。

Client

Okay! Got it!

好的！明白了！

Zongyuan

[emoji]

Client

Hearing you say that gives me confidence to go down this path. I'm so grateful!

您这么说我就有信心走下去，感恩！

Zongyuan

Keep going. Things will get better starting next year.

加油，明年开始会越来越好

Client

[WeNews] Another shake-up at this joint-stock bank: current president and key branch officials taken away one after another Zheshang Bank, which has seen quite a bit of unrest recently, has launched a new anti-corruption campaign even as its performance rises against the trend? [image] Financial News

【WeNews】这家股份行再地震现任行长及重要分行干部相继被带走近期颇不平静的浙商银行，在业绩逆势上涨的同时，开启了新一轮反腐风暴吗？ [image]金融我闻

昨天 23:23

Zongyuan, I'm really shocked.

老师我真的是被惊讶到了

If you hadn't firmly talked me out of it that day, there's a good chance I would have already left.

真的要不是你那天坚定的打住了我，我很多概率已经开始走了

Thank you so, so much.

真的太感谢您了

I'm also really glad I followed your advice completely. I re-signed the contract with Guangzhou Bank last Wednesday 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

也非常庆幸自己完全执行了您的建议，已经在上周三在广州银行重新签订了合同🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

昨天 23:31

Zongyuan