Staff Birthday Celebration

[Building a Home with Heart: A Story of "Being Seen" at Guangdong Dayang Medical Technology Co., Ltd.'s July Staff Birthday Celebration]

2:00 PM on July 10, 2025, Mr. Guan, the administrative supervisor of Guangdong Dayang Medical Technology Co., Ltd.—a professional Electric wheelchair manufacturer—was crouching in a corner of the warehouse, staring at a stack of customized gift boxes. Each box was printed with an employee's work number, name, and years of service, with handwritten notes from colleagues tucked inside the lid. "Sister Zhang's box needs the neck massager she mentioned. Lao Wang's has the fishing tackle he's been talking about, and Xiao Zhou's has the painting set for her daughter…" he murmured as he cross-checked the list. "Last month, an employee said, 'Can we stop getting mugs as gifts?' This year, every one of them has to feel 'remembered.'"

This scene was just a small snapshot of Guangdong Dayang's "Staff Birthday Month." By 4:00 PM that day, 36 employees celebrating birthdays in July were laughing, unwrapping gifts, and playing games in the company's multifunctional hall. Organized entirely by staff input, this birthday celebration—devoid of flashy stages—spoke to the Electric wheelchair manufacturer's understanding of "employee care" through the simplest yet most heartfelt details: True warmth lies in "knowing who you are" and "taking your needs seriously."

"This Year's Birthday Celebration? We Call the Shots!"

Unlike past celebrations planned solely by the administrative department, Guangdong Dayang made a bold decision this year: gather employee suggestions via internal surveys, then form a "Birthday Celebration Planning Team" with representatives from each department. From game designs to gift lists, venue decor to schedule pacing, every detail was decided by staff votes.

"We received 87 suggestions. The top three were: 'No leadership speeches,' 'Games should let colleagues interact,' and 'Gifts shouldn't be one-size-fits-all,'" said Wang Shufang, a member of the planning team and an assembly workshop employee, flipping through a thick stack of survey summaries with excitement in her eyes. "In the end, we settled on one main segment: 'Exclusive Wish Gifts.' Even the cake was chosen by vote—it's a 'parts-themed' cake with tiny Electric wheelchair models in the frosting and wrench-shaped candles!"

At 9:30 AM, the celebration kicked off to a chorus of laughter.

"Exclusive Wish Gifts"—Your Hopes, Our Priority

The most anticipated part of the day was the "Wish Gift Boxes" bearing each employee's name. Inspired by "micro-wish collections" from the previous year's birthday celebration, these boxes fulfilled specific requests: a toolbox engraved with one's name (for Lao Wu, an Electric wheelchair assembler), a health check-up for parents (for Xiao Lin, an R&D engineer), and a programming toy set for a child (for Xiao Sun, a finance department staffer). The company went a step further: Lao Wu's toolbox was engraved with "Electric Wheelchair Assembler·Wu Jianguo"; Xiao Lin's check-up card included a handwritten note from the general manager: "Please pass our greetings to your parents"; and Xiao Sun's toy box held a card reading: "Your financial reports helped secure 20% more funding for the 'Portable Electric wheelchair ' series. This is your best gift."

"I thought the 'Wish Gift Boxes' were just for show—never imagined they'd actually come true!" Xiao Sun said, her eyes welling with tears as she held the programming toys. "My son used to say, 'Mom's job is just crunching numbers.' Now he'll know: Mom's numbers help build more Electric wheelchair …"

"Employee Care Isn't a 'Task'—It's 'Daily Life'"

As the celebration buzzed with energy, a heartfelt VCR played, shifting the mood to warmth. The screen showed: Assembler Sister Wang teaching a new employee to adjust an Electric wheelchair controller; R&D engineer Chen Gong squatting on the floor to fix a toy car for the cleaner's grandson; and Lao Zhang, the security guard who'd wished to take a photo with his daughter at last year's celebration, now pasting that photo onto the company's "Warmth Wall."

"These moments are snapshots of our 'daily life' documented over 365 days," said the general manager as he took the stage. "At Guangdong Dayang, employee care isn't just a 'ceremony' on birthday days—it's the 'presence' woven into every day."

This "presence" lives in the details:

Family Support Program: The company offers free legal advice and resource coordination for employees' children's education or parents' medical needs. Last year, 3 employees' children enrolled in schools through the program, and 5 employees' parents received priority medical care at partner hospitals.

Growth Companion Fund: Reimburses 80% of costs for employees pursuing professional training or certifications. Over the past 3 years, 27 frontline workers have earned "Senior Assembler" certificates, and 4 customer service staff have transitioned to product trainers.

Mood Boost Café: Every Friday afternoon, management joins employees for "Coffee Time" to chat freely about work and life. In the first half of this year, 12 process optimization suggestions were implemented, and 23 user needs were collected through these sessions.

"When I first joined, I was a bumbling new hire—Sister Wang taught me to identify parts step by step. Last year, when my mom was in the hospital, Engineer Chen covered my night shifts for half a month. This year, even the 'I wish I could buy my son a programming toy' I mentioned in passing was remembered…" Xiao Sun's words echoed the feelings of everyone present. "The company treats us like family, so we treat the company's work like our own family's business—checking an extra screw, considering one more detail when designing parts. It's not just a job; it's 'guarding for family.'"

Those Who Are Warmed, Will Warm Others

As the celebration drew to a close, Mr. Guan, the administrative supervisor, glanced at the half-empty gift boxes and recalled a moment from last year's birthday celebration: An older employee, after unwrapping a mug, had muttered, "I wish I could bring my dad a box of blood pressure medicine." This year, the "Wish Gift Boxes" included a new "Health Kit" option, specially prepared with common medications and check-up cards for employees with elderly family members.

"The meaning of employee care is probably this: 'Every hope you voice is caught securely,'" Mr. Guan said. This sense of "being caught" is translating into employees' sense of responsibility toward users: The assembly workshop walls are plastered with slogans like "Every Screw Is a User's Safety Rope"; R&D desks hold handwritten thank-you notes from users; and customer service computers store a "Electric wheelchair Usage Tips" Q&A guide—all self-organized by employees as a "User Care Manual."

Sunlight poured into the multifunctional hall as Wang Shufang ran her fingers over the engraving on her tool box. She turned to a new employee beside her and said softly, "See? The company remembers our names, our families, our little wishes. So when users roll out in the Electric wheelchair we build, we all hope—those Electric wheelchair will hold them as steadily as a family member's hand."

The celebration, free of grand stages, ended with a chorus of "We Are Family." And the story of Guangdong Dayang's Electric wheelchair continues: Next month's "Coffee Time" will discuss "how to offer more flexible scheduling for single-parent colleagues"; by year-end's "Wish Collection," someone has already written, "I want to bring user representatives to the company to show them how Electric wheelchair are made."

Employee care, in essence:

Not a deliberate "performance," but daily "seeing";

Not one-sided "giving," but mutual "warming";

Not a company's "extra credit," but a growth "must."

For those who are warmed, will become warmth itself.

Guangdong Dayang Medical Technology Co.,Ltd, founded in 2009, is a leading manufacturer in design, production and sales of medical equipments.lt owns two major brands,DAYANG and DAHOO. lts main products are Electric wheelchair , patient transfer chair,manual wheelchair, sport wheelchair, commodes, walkers, hospital beds,walking sticks etc. products with FDA,ISO13485,CE MDR,FSC,MADA etc certificates,exported to 90 countries . Further information,pls contact email:dy2@dayangmed.com