Author | Mr.K Editor | Emma
Source | Technical Leadership (ID: jishulingdaoli)
"If it wasn't for the poor environment and the difficulty of finding a new home, I would have TMed over the table with that stupid X boss and left. I really don't want to stay in this crappy company for a day..." This is a private message from a fan friend to Brother K a paragraph. Similar to the same sentence, such as "The boss knows that it is difficult to find a job at present, we dare not change jobs, and now he is trying to control us...", do you often hear it now?
Whenever he hears such a voice, Brother K will always say in his heart, young people had better not be impulsive, if you still have a job in your hand, be grateful first, and treat it as kindly as possible, at least he can let you You live and work in these uncertain times. Every day you live now has the potential to be the best day in the next 3 years.
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precious to have
1. Cherish your rice bowl
There was a popular question on Weibo, "What is the greatest hardship you have suffered?" The most praised answer in the comment area was only two words, "Go to work". Maybe looking back after a while, many people may feel that this highly praised answer is still superficial after all. The biggest suffering is actually not going to work, but having no shift to go to, and opening your eyes is the anxiety and uneasiness that has no place to rest.
Let me talk about two recent events: one is that two or three weeks ago, oppo announced that it would abandon its chip self-development business and disband all related teams. Note that this is not a simple layoff, but a clean cut of all product lines from top to bottom, which directly leads to the unemployment of more than 5,000 people including 3,500 employees and 1,500 outsourced personnel.
The other is the "Schrödinger's Ali layoffs" that happened only in the last few days. First, it was reported that Ali would have a shocking layoff move, and even specific data about 25% of layoffs was reported. But later, Ali refuted the rumors and did not respond clearly to the rumored layoffs. He only said that "we have never stopped upgrading and innovating ourselves", and emphasized that Ali's six major business groups are actively recruiting new people.
Many things don't need to be explained too clearly, and you can understand everything you know. The details of these things don’t need to be too entangled. More importantly, we can see the big from the small and see the trend clearly. Layoffs are not the scariest thing. What is even more frightening is the industry-level, industry-level abandonment and retreat of some giant manufacturers. Whether it is the self-development of chips that OPPO has stopped, or the automatic driving team of Ali Damo Academy will be merged into the Cainiao Group, these are some signals. Even chicken feathers all over the place are worth observing. And when these signals are transmitted to individuals, we have to consider whether our jobs are still there, and whether my job is still stable. If your job is still there, please cherish it, and please work hard to hold it steady.
2. Cherish your boss
If you still have a boss now, it’s perfectly fine to complain about them occasionally, but deep down in your heart, you should still maintain a certain concentration of cherishing and gratitude, even if the concentration is not high. After all, with this person, you won't have to worry about rent, mortgage, and three meals a day when you open your eyes.
One of Brother K’s friends is the boss of a start-up company. Because Party A held a large amount of accounts receivable and couldn’t collect it, the employees couldn’t pay their salaries for two or three months. This friend is full of guilt for the employees deep in his heart, and he is ashamed to face his colleagues. In desperation, as the owner of the company, he even ran to Party A's company by himself and held up a banner to collect debts, which seemed desolate and ridiculous. Friends asked him why he didn't bring a few employees with him, which seemed more powerful and intimidating. His answer was that he hadn't paid anyone a salary for several months, so he had the nerve to ask others to follow him in this matter.
It cannot be denied that there are indeed some irresponsible, selfish and unscrupulous bosses in the workplace, but I believe that more bosses still have a bottom line and integrity. They may have been young people full of ideals and fantasies about slaying dragons at first, but they just changed Because of their identity and perspective, they had to do something that made employees look "fucked". But they are not necessarily the "capital" or "capitalists" that some people say they rage and squeeze the blood and sweat of employees. You may not believe me, but many of my entrepreneurial bosses and friends have calculated for themselves. They worry so much and suffer so much hatred. The money they earn in a year may not be as good as that of the company with the highest income. There are many employees, and this is still when the company is profitable, and it is even more difficult to mention when it is losing money.
Brother K is not speaking for the boss or the "capitalist". To put it more bluntly, in the workplace, don't you just exchange what you have for what you want? If there are still people who are using their real money to make such an exchange with you today, please cherish it.
3. Cherish you, you still have people to care about, and there are "harassment" by phone calls
"The biggest change after losing your job is that you suddenly become deserted, so deserted that it seems that the whole world no longer needs you." This is a sentence posted by a former colleague in Moments after being unemployed for 3 months. Many people who have experienced unemployment may have had similar experiences. Leave the job and leave the group, and then slowly lose contact with the world. In the past, I was so vomited by various work groups all day long, and I wanted to turn my face when I was called by my boss and colleagues without "boundary". Just a "resignation certificate" time, these seem to have nothing to do with you, replaced by the quiet and undisturbed you most longed for before. But please believe that it won't take long for this "happy tranquility" to turn into a resentment of being "abandoned" by the world in your heart.
Brother K read a sentence that I deeply agree with: Being needed may be a burden, but not being needed is a deeper pain. I believe that many people will be poked by this sentence. In the workplace, in addition to earning a few taels of money, we are also earning an experience of being needed by others. Let’s not talk too much about Maslow’s needs theory. If there are still people who call you or Aite you because of work, try to treat them with a better attitude. You must know that your value is precisely reflected in this.
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recognize the form
1. Understand the current situation
Let’s look at two data first: In April this year, the official surveyed unemployment rate for the labor force aged 16-24 (that is, the youth unemployment rate) was 20.4%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points from March. It is the highest level since China began publishing this statistics in 2018.
Another figure, in the upcoming graduation season, it is expected that more than 10 million fresh graduates will join this job market with limited capacity and no volume. This number is also record-breaking.
Let's listen to a real "absurd story":
The technical backbone of an Internet company switched to a new employer through a headhunter on the condition of a 30% salary increase. But the good times didn't last long. Half a year later, the new owner shut down the business line, and the technical backbone was laid off. After being unemployed, the technical backbone found a headhunter to help him find new opportunities. The headhunter searched a lot and told him that the only one who is still looking for a talent like him is his old employer. But what is even more embarrassing is that the current salary offered by the old club is only half of that when the technical backbone was in office at that time. What's even more embarrassing is that the technical backbone finally accepted it. In other words, after this brother went out for a while, he returned to his job with a 50% discount on his salary.
In fact, this matter is not "embarrassing", but the situation is stronger than people. As long as there are other tricks, will the technical backbone eat this kind of "returning grass"? The data is such a data, and the story is such a story. As for what the situation is, you can understand it yourself.
2. Recognize who cannot do without whom?
Are you inseparable from work, or work inseparable from you? This may have been a problem in the past, but it may not be the case in the future. Brother K doesn’t want to say the clichés like “how many cheap and easy-to-use people can take your place at any time”. Just to give you a simple example, Midjourney, the world-renowned AIGC phenomenal product like ChatGPT, has gained 10 million users and achieved a revenue of 100 million US dollars in just one year. Many people may think that the scale of this company is It will also be big, no, there are only 11 people in this company, yes, you heard that right, only 11 employees. Among them are 1 founder, 8 R&D personnel, 1 legal officer, and 1 financial officer. In Midjourney's personnel composition, there are no product managers, marketing, marketing planning and other personnel at all. With only 8 people, they created greatness.
Just on May 1, IBM announced that it would suspend recruitment for positions that artificial intelligence can perform, and will replace 7,800 jobs with AI. The suspension of recruitment is mainly for background positions such as human resources. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna revealed that in the next five years, 30% of similar positions will be replaced by artificial intelligence.
If you think this is an "exception" for high-tech companies, it is not representative, and we are still far away. Then let’s go back and look at the hot search news two months ago—"The first batch of people who lost their jobs due to AI appeared! The game company laid off half of the original artists." Friends who are interested can search for this title, and then go and have a look, Brother K will not expand further. If you still have time, you can also learn about what the current Boston robots can do and how Tesla's super factory works. After reading these, many people may understand that this is not an exception at all, but a beginning, a very certain beginning.
Brother K doesn't want to create anxiety for everyone, but wants everyone to recognize a very important fact. Today, is it that people cannot do without work, or work cannot do without people? Recognizing this may be very heartbreaking, but it is indeed necessary, and it may help us face our work with a better attitude.
3. Recognize the responsibility on your shoulders
The situation may change again and again, but the responsibilities on our shoulders may not necessarily change. Estee Lauder for car loan and house loan wife, Oreo for Audidio children, some of these can be exempted or downgraded; but some are unavoidable and cannot be downgraded.
According to recent media reports, the number of foreclosure houses in my country has "increased hundreds of times in recent years." According to data from Ali Auction.com, the number of foreclosed houses in 2018 was only more than 20,000; in 2019, it increased to 500,000; by the end of last year, the cumulative number of real estate targets had reached 3 million. The number of items has exceeded 3.25 million sets.
We don't need to do too much analysis at all, and we can understand that behind each foreclosure house, there may be a regretful or tragic story. Whoever failed to start a business, who was unemployed and broke his confession... And every such story hides the party's "failure" to a certain responsibility, no matter whether he is active or passive. As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, who wants to make their relatives displaced and homeless. Just imagine, if a person can't even guarantee this, then he must be unable to bear all kinds of other responsibilities.
Think about that scene, weigh the responsibilities on your shoulders, and see what difficulties you can't overcome at work, and what grievances you can't bear.
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practice yourself
Kazuo Inamori, known as the god of Japanese management, wrote in his book "Living Law": "Where do people need to stay away from the mundane world? The workplace is the best place to practice the spirit, and work itself is a kind of practice." Especially in today's environment, the "gold content" of each of us may be higher.
1. Practice your behavior
The father of American success and the famous writer Jim Rohn said: "Self-discipline is the only power that can keep you alive in the most difficult situations." The more difficult the times, the more you must learn self-discipline. Don't chatter and complain, don't be willful and perfunctory. Always be responsible for your work, for yourself, and for those who trust you.
Many people know that Dong Yuhui was only paid 3,500 yuan a month before he became popular. But he never perfuses his work, but tries his best to do something different. Even when New Oriental is in turmoil, he has not changed his attitude. Dong Yuhui survived the most difficult time through his actions and persistence. Some time ago, Li Guoqing broke the news in the video that Dong Yuhui now has a monthly income of 50,000, and his net worth has doubled even more. These are just what he should have gained.
2. Cultivate your own state of mind
The old monk took the young monk back to the temple. As it was getting late, the young monk looked at the dark mountain road and was very scared. He asked the master nervously: "It's so dark, the road is so far, and the mountain road is so difficult. We only have a small cup of tea." Lantern, how can I climb back up the mountain?" The old monk calmly said to the young monk as he climbed up, "Steady your mind and see your feet clearly.
In this era, the only constant is change. No one can predict what will happen tomorrow. The only thing we can do is to cultivate our own state of mind and maintain a positive and stable attitude. The skin is strong and resistant. Believe that the beginning is the end, and believe that there will be echoes if you never forget. Be down-to-earth, take the road under your feet seriously, and leave the rest to tomorrow.
3. Practice your own ability
There is such a sentence in Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea": "Now is not the time to think about what is missing, but to think about what you can do with what you have." This sentence is very suitable for the present. At this time, what we should do most is to take stock of ourselves, know what we need to do most, and improve our capabilities to make ourselves more competitive, irreplaceable, and able to withstand future risks. For example, expand learning more cutting-edge technologies, such as trying to develop a second career based on one's own strengths. In short, it is right to keep yourself on the road to becoming stronger.
Finally, Brother K repeats again, if you have a job now, don’t just complain and refuse to change; Please be kind to the work in hand, in the final analysis, it is to treat yourself kindly, come on.
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Introduction of the account owner: Mr. K , Huang Zhekeng, a well-known IT management expert in China, the founder of "Duwu Hill" consulting, and the founder of the technology media "Technical Leadership". The author of the best-selling books "The Way to Cultivate a Technician" and "The Top of Technology Management". He once served as the technical VP of Yiyao.com, the technical director of Yihaodian, and the CTO of Haier's agricultural e-commerce. Share individual growth, team management, enterprise digital transformation, and technology reviews.
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