Japan's Toshiba Corporation laid off 5,000 employees, with an average severance pay of up to 1 million yuan per capita! Tesla laid off 14,000 employees, with a severance pay of N+3. On the other hand, some companies in China, in order to avoid severance pay, will use various means to force you to leave your job voluntarily. This comparison is really embarrassing. What signal does this send?
Recently, according to public news, Japan's Toshiba Corporation is planning to lay off nearly 5,000 employees in Japan in order to reduce labor costs due to huge losses in recent years. The main form of layoffs is the solicitation of voluntary departures, and if they are willing to leave, Toshiba will provide a substantial severance package.
According to preliminary estimates, the cost of severance is expected to be as high as 100 billion yen, equivalent to about 4.7 billion yuan, for the 5,000 layoffs.
When I saw this news, I was really stunned.
One is that the cost of compensation for severing employees is very high. According to the layoff plan given by Toshiba, 5,000 people will be laid off and severance pay will be 4.7 billion yuan.
In this way, the average severance compensation that each employee who voluntarily leaves will receive will be as high as 1 million RMB. It's really shocking to see that number.
I thought that the compensation given to the departing employees by Tesla's recent layoffs was N+3 was high enough, but Toshiba's compensation cost was even higher.
If you are older, you can retire directly with 1 million yuan of severance pay. If you are young, this 1 million can be regarded as the first pot of gold in your life. It is also quite convenient to start a business or find a job again. It's really envious, jealous and hateful.
The second is that the way of layoffs turned out to be voluntary. This one is rare. In general, layoffs in companies are mandatory, that is, as the saying goes, whoever points to it is whom. It's almost impossible to consult with you. That's why the law stipulates that those who forcibly lay off employees must give certain economic compensation to the laid off employees. However, Toshiba's approach to layoffs turned out to be voluntary. This one is really rare, it's too humane.
Recently, Tesla's layoff compensation N+3 and Toshiba's layoff compensation of 1 million yuan are both on the hot search. In particular, after the announcement of Tesla's layoff compensation came out, the Shenzhen labor arbitration network was paralyzed. Why is this so? Because the click-through rate is so high.
Why is the click-through rate so high? Because Tesla's layoffs are so humane, many people who have been laid off have begun to take the initiative to apply for labor arbitration, hoping that the company that has been laid off can give decent and fair compensation like Tesla. What does this mean?
One of the results of this is that many companies in China do not take labor law seriously at all. Once the company's efficiency is not good, when it is necessary to lay off employees and reduce labor costs, in order to save the compensation cost, it will try to use various means to force employees to leave.
Because as long as the employee applies for resignation on his own, there is no need to pay labor compensation. Not to mention inhumane, even shameless.
It is no wonder that many people now say that it is foreign companies that are likely to comply with labor laws in China. Strict 8-hour work system, overtime pay for overtime, and severance compensation for layoffs.
Such a comparison can clearly see that the concept of labor law of many enterprises in our country still has a lot of room for improvement. What do you think?