“Left-face, left-face, right, right!” barked a drill leader for Shenzhen Quanshun Human Resources Development as his charges executed a series of turns. They then assumed an “at ease” position – squatting on their heels – as names were called out for a factory assignment in Xiamen, a port city to the north in neighbouring Fujian province. Shenzhen Quanshun had arranged for buses to take workers there.
“向左轉(zhuǎn),向左轉(zhuǎn),向右轉(zhuǎn),向右轉(zhuǎn)!”深圳市全順勞務(wù)派遣有限公司(Shenzhen Quanshun Human Resources Development,原稱(chēng)全順人力資源開(kāi)發(fā)有限公司)的一名訓(xùn)練人員喊著口令。在他的指揮下,求職者完成了一系列轉(zhuǎn)體動(dòng)作。然后,他們采取了一種“放松”的姿勢(shì)——蹲在地上——被念到名字的人將被派到廈門(mén)的一家工廠。廈門(mén)是東莞以北的一個(gè)港口城市,屬于相鄰的福建省。深圳全順公司已安排大巴把工人們送到那里。