在当前企业深化改革、转机建制的时候,相当一部分企业存在着令人难解的怪现象:一方面大批职工下岗待业;一方面却雇着许多民工,或顶岗生产,或维修服务。这到底是怎么回事?笔者经过调研,认为有以下几个原因:其一,使用民工顶岗是计划经济的产物,彼时职工无下岗、待岗之忧,凡是职工不愿干的、不爱干的、不屑于干的,宁可增加生产性开支,增加成本,也要雇用民工,以保证生产的正常进行。这一思维惯性至今还起作用。其二,认为使用民工经济上合算。民工实行计量包干工资,往往都是一 In the current process of deepening reforms and turning companies into establishments, a considerable number of companies have a puzzling phenomenon: On the one hand, a large number of workers are laid off and unemployed; on the other hand, many migrant workers are hired, or top production, or maintenance services. In the end, what happened in the author? After investigation, the author believes that there are several reasons: First, the use of migrant workers is a product of the planned economy. At that time, the employees are not laid off, waiting for the post, and all employees are not willing to do it and do not love it. Those who do not bother to do their jobs will rather increase their production expenditures, increase their costs, and hire migrant workers to ensure the normal production. This thinking inertia has still played a role. Second, it is considered that the use of migrant workers is economically advantageous. The migrant workers’ practice of measuring contract pay is often a