Last week, the news of Ali's layoffs flooded the screen, and many people fell into panic again - the big factory has laid off employees again, and it is necessary to be cautious about leaving and jumping jobs! If you don't get it, the next one is me...
The news spread evil at the beginning: not only layoffs, but also not small. About 20% of the whole, close to 25% of the employees in some departments were laid off! But Ali quickly came out to refute the rumor: layoffs are normal personnel optimization, and the overall proportion is 7%.
If this message isn't enough to touch you, then a few more.
From January to April, the profits of domestic large-scale industrial enterprises fell by 20%.
The manufacturing PMI in May was 48.8%, and the non-manufacturing industry was 54.5, down from the previous period.
From January to April, private investment was only 0.4%.
More than 10 million graduates this year, youth unemployment rate of 20.7%.
According to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the number of employed people such as delivery workers, couriers, and car drivers nationwide has reached 84 million, nearly 100 million. Five years ago, that number might have been less than half of what it is now.
Where did the many people come from? There is only one answer: youth are unemployed, middle-aged people are unemployed, and old age is re-employed.
Whether it is rumors or truth, each of us can feel that we are in an era of uncertainty.
Why do you say that? Maybe at this moment you are still having some kind of professional technology for yourself, in a position full of superiority, with a monthly salary of tens of thousands or tens of thousands, don't be blindly optimistic, maybe tomorrow you will take N+1 and leave.
This is not the first or last time this kind of Internet layoff. In the past 5 years of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, there have been layoffs from large factories every year.
The Internet is a barometer of domestic employment, and some say a storm of wage cuts and layoffs is brewing. All walks of life are not spared, and no one can escape.
The global economic recession is an indisputable fact, and the domestic economic environment and employment situation are uncertain and irrefutable. Looking at the media, middle-aged unemployment has almost become a major social phenomenon in China. Yesterday, I still had a monthly income of 100,000 yuan, and today there are many people who cry about poverty for high mortgages. Not to mention those ordinary employees with thousands of monthly salaries, with their families struggling to feed themselves.
We can't change anything in the face of uncertainty, but we can give you at least four pieces of advice.
First, travel light. Appropriately reduce the standard of living, and save what should not be spent.
Second, improve yourself. Talent is such a thing, and it will also sit on the mountain. Only by continuous learning can we have more opportunities not to be cut.
Third, self-management. When an enterprise is struggling with performance this year, it is a test of the team's ability to manage itself. What is self-management? To put it bluntly, it's really time for you to treat the company as your own home, and you need to stand in the perspective of the enterprise, not the perspective of getting a salary comfortably. Because whether there will be next year is unknown. Everyone must put the word sense of crisis on the agenda, and it is no exaggeration to say that unemployment will become a sword of Damocles on the heads of many people, especially middle-aged people.
Fourth, be kind to your boss. Whether the boss lost or earned in the first half of the year, you must know in your heart. If he loses, at least put him in a good mood in your daily work. Help him continue to start a business, accompany him to persist in his struggle, and persuade him to move forward courageously.
Bosses are generally having a hard time this year! The downward pressure on the economy has increased. In 2023, China's economic growth may further slow down and enter the "L-shaped" slow growth stage, which will increase the revenue pressure of private enterprises, and even face the risk of losses and bankruptcy.
Increased difficulty in financing. Chinese financial institutions may have stricter credit lines and interest rates for private enterprises. At the same time, it is also difficult for private enterprises to raise funds in the capital market, which will aggravate the tension in the capital chain of private enterprises.
Rising costs are difficult to pass on. In the case of economic downturn, it is difficult for private enterprises to pass on the pressure of rising costs to downstream customers and consumers through prices, which will seriously affect profit margins.
Regulation is tightening. In 2023, the supervision of various industries in China may be further increased, and the requirements for private enterprises will become stricter, which will bring greater operational changes and costs to private enterprises.
HR costs are rising. In 2023, with the further popularization of society, private enterprises need to face higher labor costs, especially the salary and welfare costs of front-line employees, which will also erode corporate profits.
The international situation is tightening. In 2023, the global economic growth rate will slow down, trade frictions between countries will intensify, export-oriented private enterprises will face greater external uncertainty, and export orders may decrease.
In summary, in 2023, the owners of China's private enterprises will face challenges from macroeconomic, financing, cost, regulatory and international aspects, and the survival of enterprises is more grim. This requires not only entrepreneurs to have strong crisis management skills, but also to obtain the strength and support of all employees, bosses and employees, never as much as they need to enhance each other's true feelings today.
The private enterprise bosses who survived 2020, survived 2021, rushed through 2022, and are still starting businesses in 2023 are like rare animals in this world, cherish them, protect them, and don't let them fall, because maybe one day you will find that your previous boss, your last job, may be the person you miss the most in your life, a period of time.