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The iron rice bowl is changing, and four types of people or say goodbye to the iron rice bowl
Civil servants have always been regarded as a stable, secure and promising profession. In the unstable employment environment, mathematicians embarked on the road of civil service examinations with the dream of stable employment. However, did you know that the civil service exam is one of the toughest exams? But once you enter the system, can you really live a worry-free life? It used to be so, but where will it go in the future?
According to statistics, China's finance provides more than 80 million people for civil servants, accounting for 40% of the country's tax revenue. That means nearly $5 trillion in fiscal spending to pay for these people's salaries, benefits and pensions. However, how many of these people have actually contributed to the country and society? How many people are wasting resources and dragging down overall progress? This problem plagues the state and society.
To resolve this fiscal contradiction, a storm of policy reform has swept through. With the news of a proposal to streamline departmental staffing by 5 per cent, more concerns came from students who had applied or were preparing to apply for the civil service in addition to existing staff.
After all, they spent a lot of time and effort to win this so-called "iron rice bowl". Have the layoff rumors come true?
At the time of the change in national policies, on March 7 this year, the state issued the "Streamlining the Staffing of Central State Organs" stipulation, and the iron rice bowl is no longer stable as a rock.
The newly issued regulations reduce the staffing of various agencies and departments by 5%, and the remaining staffing is used in key areas, which means that the iron rice bowl is no longer strong.
This policy is not ethereal and has become popular everywhere.
This is not a "one-size-fits-all", but a clean-up of non-essential staffing, including those who are incompetent, underworked, and poorly qualified, especially those who live in the mix. There is no room for idle persons in the establishment.
So, in this wave of layoffs, who is most likely to say goodbye to the iron rice bowl? According to relevant reports and analysis, four categories of people may lose stable positions:
1. Non-staff personnel on a contract basis
Such persons are not included in the formal establishment, but work in government departments, have a variety of entry channels, and pay similar to those of staff members, or "gray civil servants".
Among them, the excellent have strength, and the mediocre talent also has the wasted talent. Under the streamlining policy, they became the first targets of withdrawal and were easily replaced by other employees.
2. Public welfare personnel
Such people are engaged in social services, grassroots services, such as community workers and village teachers, are paid less, work in difficult conditions, and are rarely recognized for their contribution to society. In the face of staffing cuts, these jobs have either been replaced by other agencies or become a group of expelled.
3. Substitutable workers
Such people are engaged in simple, repetitive, non-innovative work, such as clerical and security work, and although they are staffed, their abilities are average.
Their jobs can be replaced by technology or equipment, so they are likely to be affected under the redundancy policy.
4. Staff
Such people have no actual job, only receive remuneration, enjoy treatment, and enter the system through improper means, and are called "high-end civil servants". Not only do they not contribute, but they waste financial funds, and they are probably the type of people who deserve to lose their iron rice bowl the most.
This civil service layoff storm has taken away many iron rice bowls, including innocent people and deserving ones.