A Huawei family member posted, feeling aggrieved. Her husband, who was on a Huawei overseas assignment, died unexpectedly and is forever in a foreign land.
While everyone is celebrating the New Year, I am experiencing the pain of widowhood in a foreign land. I was once proud that my husband could work for Huawei!
Even when our little daughter was just over 1 year old, although we were very reluctant, we still supported my husband’s request to be sent by Huawei to the Philippines for work.
It was about to expire in two years, and the family could reunite, but he was asked to extend it for another year. It was almost three years, with only three months left, but he could never come back due to an accident during the Spring Festival holiday.
Forever left in a foreign land, facing two young children and elderly parents who have been completely defeated, how will I get through the days to come? Mortgage, the elderly, and two children who keep asking me: ‘Why isn’t Dad coming back?’ Tears that won’t stop flowing. What should I do? It feels like escaping from the world.
01 Cause of the accident
Family member: During the overseas assignment, we went to see him there during the Spring Festival holiday. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, we were on the beach in front of the hotel in Boracay, Philippines, with our two children digging in the sand. Then he went swimming, and the sea there was very calm, with many people swimming in it. But he was hit on the back of the head and fell unconscious and drowned, on such a calm beach. He was forever left on his favorite white sand beach.
The autopsy report showed a 10*7 cm impact injury on the back of his head. The forensic doctor said it was possible that an external object hit him or he hit an external object, causing him to lose consciousness and eventually drown. I blame myself every day for why we went to the Philippines, why we went swimming, and why I didn’t keep a close eye on him.
I received a lot of help from Huawei employees in Boracay, and I am really, really grateful. They took care of the children, accompanied me in the hospital, and spent money and effort. We delayed everyone’s vacation. Especially the person I met on the plane, who immediately went to the hotel to help me look after the children. I was really helpless at the time. I only looked for him for about twenty minutes, and then the police came to take me to the hospital. I could only ask the hotel staff to take the children to the room and tell them not to come out.
02 Complicated procedures
39 years old, happily went out as a family, leaving me alone in a foreign land to fight for him, and I have to drag two young children.
It’s my fault. In endless self-blame, I can’t close my eyes for a moment. It’s been nine days, and he doesn’t even want to appear in my dreams. He doesn’t want to tell me about the situation there. He must also blame me. He still has to suffer so much after he’s gone.
The hospital conditions are so poor, there isn’t even a freezer. I went out and bought ice to crush and spread all over his body. He could only be kept in the hospital corridor. There was no air conditioning. Then I kept trying to get the hospital to find an air-conditioned empty ward. Finally, I was asked to have an autopsy. It was so hot. There were only two qualified doctors on the island, and they were both on vacation. It took a long time to contact them before they were willing to come for the autopsy. The storage conditions for the remains were too poor. It was even difficult to find a coffin that could fit him in the funeral home. We had to change the coffin three times before it barely fit. Then we had to ship him by sea for seventeen hours to Manila for cremation.
He was busy all his life, and even after he was gone, he still had to suffer again and again. I dressed him neatly with my own hands, hoping he could forgive me soon. Return early.
I haven’t been able to bring him back yet. The procedures there have exhausted me. I’ve temporarily sent the children back. There are still elderly people at home to settle. I’ll go back to pick him up later. It’s really too difficult. You say he loves me so much, how could he bear to let me be so desperate?
The husband who only had me in his eyes is gone. I really don’t know how to get through the days to come. An eight-year-old son, a four-year-old daughter, and two elderly parents, a mortgage, my world has collapsed! The pillar of the family is gone, and my meager salary is too difficult.
My husband always told me that Huawei’s benefits were very high, and I didn’t buy accident insurance either. As a result, there was no humanistic care. Liu Qiangdong of JD.com promised that even if his delivery personnel had an accident, he could help raise their children until they graduated from university. Now I am really heartbroken.
We, who had such a good relationship, are now separated by life and death. I am afraid that I cannot bear the heavy burden of life!
03 Subsequent compensation
According to insiders, there is compensation for Huawei employees who have accidents, and I am in the overseas business department.
Huawei employees stationed overseas all have insurance, and there is more than one type. For example, AIG MetLife. I remember that when the pandemic first started, employees who were infected with the new coronavirus during work still received a 10,000 yuan subsidy (20,000 yuan at the beginning), so there is definitely employee protection.
Family member: I was told it was not a work-related injury, and there wasn’t that much. They gave me more than a million, which is just enough for the mortgage, not enough to raise the children.
The family breadwinner died unexpectedly, leaving orphans and widows. The two young children are pitiful, but to be honest, this holiday accident is indeed not a work-related injury and can only be covered by accident insurance.
I don’t blame the company, and I am especially grateful to the company for giving a lot of help in handling these procedures. I’m not saying anything by posting these things.
It’s just that, when I saw their coldness when they were discussing the plan with me, even a little bit of humanistic care would have made me more accepting.
I have never said that the incident was the company’s fault, but I will definitely review that without the company, we would not have gone to the Philippines, and the accident might not have happened if he hadn’t been sent overseas. Without me, he wouldn’t have gone to Boracay, and I blame myself every day. We could have waited for him to come back before we got together. Even why we had to dig in the sand on the beach at that time, and why I didn’t keep an eye on him while he was swimming? There are really not so many ‘if onlys’, and there is no regret medicine in life.
04 JD.com’s care
A netizen refuted the family member: She feels that the accident insurance compensation of more than 1 million is not enough and wants to morally bind Huawei to raise the children. I just said that she, as a wife, has a responsibility. Since her husband is the pillar of the family, she shouldn’t have let her husband go swimming. She hired internet trolls and cursed me. I am really angry!
From the family member’s perspective, the family breadwinner died unexpectedly, leaving a mortgage, elderly parents, and young children. Even if the accident insurance has more than 1 million, which seems like a lot, it is only enough to cover the mortgage. The children are still so young, and the subsequent expenses are very high, and the pressure is indeed very high.
Liu Qiangdong promised that if JD.com employees encounter any misfortune during their employment, JD.com will be responsible for the children’s education and living expenses until they are 22 years old.
Specifically: If a JD.com employee encounters any misfortune during their employment, JD.com will be responsible for all the children’s education and living expenses until they are 22 years old, this policy applies to all JD.com employees, including delivery personnel.
This policy was implemented in 2019, originating from a story between Liu Qiangdong and Cai Lei. Cai Lei joined JD.com in 2011 and later became the Vice President of JD.com Group. In 2019, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After Cai Lei fell ill, Liu Qiangdong fully supported his treatment, not only bearing the medical expenses and connecting with top medical resources, but also, because of Cai Lei’s concerns about his children, launched this heartwarming policy for all employees.
It seems that JD.com is indeed more caring in terms of humanistic care! Dong is awesome!
What can employees think? Employees also want to work hard and want to give their lives for the company, provided that the work can provide employees and their families with security. The problem is, is the company worth giving your life for?
Everyone, what do you think, is Huawei’s compensation of more than 1 million enough?
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