The demand for recruitment in the Pearl River Delta has declined, and there is no overtime in electronics factories this year

Zhang Rui, reporter of the Economic Observation Network: "We have weekends every week, we don't work overtime for 8 hours on weekdays, and we earn 2,000 eight per month, laughing every day." On March 15, Huang Rong, a company in Shenzhen that mainly produces and operates new electronic components, told the Economic Observation Network reporter. She said she was almost "9 to 5."

The other side of Huang Rong's self-ridicule is sadness. She is 23 years old this year, a native of Heyuan, Guangdong, who left her hometown at the age of 16 before graduating from junior high school, and the major electronics factories in Shenzhen are where she settles down. She said that the current company is medium-sized, and when the situation is good, the salary can be about 5,000 yuan per month, and this year, the external environment is not good, even if the salary is low, they dare not resign easily.

"If you don't work overtime, the salary will be paid according to the minimum wage level in Shenzhen, more than 2,000." The salary slip shown by Huang Rong to reporters shows that the overtime hours during December 2022 and January 2023 are 33 hours and 0 hours respectively, "The company was not busy before the New Year, we put it from January 10 to February 1, and we haven't worked much overtime since we came back." ”

Such a situation is no longer an exception in the current Pearl River Delta.

Demand for jobs is declining

"There are no jobs in the factory, and the demand for recruitment has dropped significantly." This is Chen Miao, head of a large chain of human resources companies located near the industrial zone of Foshan Midea in Guangdong, described the situation of this year's labor market to the Economic Observer reporter.

On March 15, Chen Miao said that according to the market situation in previous years, this time should be the peak season for factory recruitment, but since the beginning of 2023, the recruitment list in the store information column has not even been posted enough, and the salary and treatment have returned to a few years ago, even not as good as some times during the epidemic. She said that the company has about 60 stores across the country, and many factories in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta also have factory personnel, but at present, due to poor efficiency, the head office is also preparing to start layoffs and rotation plans.

In the morning of the same day, the Economic Observation Network saw in the job search store that the flow of people in the store was cold, and there were only less than 10 recruitment announcements posted on the two announcement information columns, including Guangzhou Lixun Electronics' official monthly income of about 6,000 yuan, or pure 17 yuan / hour; Shenzhen Longhua large-scale electronics factory net 19 yuan / hour; Zhaoqing Dawang Xiyin e-commerce 17 yuan / hour, comprehensive salary (5000-6000) yuan / month.

Chen Miao told the Economic Observer Network reporter that most factories cannot get the above wages if they do not work overtime. "When the epidemic last year, there was a period of time when workers were reluctant to come out, Foxconn gave 30 yuan / hour, Luxshare also had 27 yuan / hour, and now Shenzhen Foxconn will give 24 yuan / hour at most, in fact, the price given by the general factory is 16 yuan / hour - 18 yuan / hour." She also said that some time ago, a group of people looked for work, but in the end, many people were reluctant to do it because of the low salary, and recently many migrant workers have returned to their hometowns again.

Chen Miao continued to say that taking the company's Foxconn recruitment work as an example, Shenzhen originally had the best salary and the largest recruitment demand, but from last year, part of the demand in Shenzhen was transferred to the Jiangxi factory, and so far this year, Chengdu Foxconn's recruitment work has stopped directly. "There are rumors of moving to Vietnam, and it is also moving everywhere in the country, and now Shenzhen only gives us 50 places a day, and there was no limit to the number of people before, and the bus left at 9 or 10 o'clock in the morning to go to the factory, and if it was late, it may be robbed of the quota, and it used to be 12 o'clock or noon to depart, this year, the workers' travel expenses, physical examination fees are given by themselves, and many labor service companies are not happy." She said.

In front of the recruitment column of another human resources company in the above-mentioned Midea industrial zone, a young job seeker inquired about an electronics factory with a salary of 22 yuan per hour and was told that the factory had a background in central enterprises, and was only open for recruitment twice a week, requiring applicants to be 20-35 years old, high school education or above, no bad credit information, no case records.

"This factory was still 18-40 years old last year, and this year it has become stricter in all aspects, including academic qualifications and the submission of certification materials, which were not available before." Wu Jiang, a staff member responsible for the 22 yuan / hour recruitment of the above-mentioned electronics factory, told the Economic Observation Network reporter, "When there is no one in many factories during the epidemic, 16-50 years old is very well arranged, and 37 and 38 years old this year may also be picky." ”

Wu Jiang also said that he has been working in human resources for about five years, and the stricter requirements for entering the factory this year do exist, but they are not absolute. "It can only be said that now that enterprises select workers, this year there are indeed more cases of picking age and education." He said.

The trend is good, and there is a lack of confidence

On March 14, the person in charge of a smart home company told the Economic Observation Network reporter that the current situation he is facing is "insufficient consumption at the C-end and insufficient investment on the B-side." He said that after the epidemic was released, the flow of people and inquiries in the company's stores increased significantly, but the overall consumption power was insufficient, especially the sales of high-end products, on the other hand, the company was hesitant to invest in new products and new categories, and did not dare to start.

"Obviously lack of confidence, domestic is a positive trend, recovery is slow, exports contracted in the second half of last year, has not yet recovered." The person in charge of the above-mentioned enterprise said that taking the company's bed frame export business as an example, "In previous years, there would be an outbreak of orders after 'Black Friday', and last year's 'Black Friday' had no orders at all." Looking at the situation of the industry as a whole, he believes that orders have been divided by Southeast Asian markets such as Vietnam, and the trend is showing signs of accelerating.

The person in charge of a small and medium-sized footwear and clothing enterprise in Dongguan told the Economic Observer Network reporter that the company's orders were already unsaturated last year, and the overall demand for recruitment this year has also decreased. "The whole industry is shrinking, especially the footwear industry moving to India is a bellwether." The person in charge said that the company is currently making plans for overseas layout, with Vietnam as the first choice, followed by Indonesia.

On March 15, a migrant worker engaged in assembly line production at a Japanese-funded auto parts company in Guangzhou told reporters that since the beginning of this year, the factory "does not work much overtime, with an average of 8-10 hours a day, almost two days off." He also said that he is a dispatch worker, the salary is about 4,000 yuan, recently the company revealed the layoff plan, because "there is nothing to do, there are more people", but it is not certain, there is no formal notice.

On the same day, a 37-year-old migrant worker who came to Guangdong from Yunnan to find a job told reporters that he originally thought that he would have an opportunity after the epidemic ended, but since March 2, he has not been successful in finding jobs in Guangzhou and Foshan. "Either the salary is low, or my own conditions are not suitable, and now I have to spend 50 yuan a day for food and accommodation, which is stressful." He said that if another week of search yielded no results, he was ready to return to his hometown.