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The "business war" in the takeaway circle has just begun, is Liu Qiangdong about to overturn?
Jingdong's courier brother Master Mei broke the news that his superiors would regularly ask him for "benefit fees", and if he didn't pay the money in accordance with this "regulation", he would face a situation of transfer and resignation.
For such shady scenes, netizens shouted Liu Qiangdong, hoping that the boss who stood up for the welfare of the delivery man would explain what the situation was.
"Supply" benefit fee
Recently, Liu Qiangdong's popularity has been very high, and his high-profile operation has made thousands of takeaway brothers pay social security, which can be said to have fought a beautiful battle in the "takeaway circle".
But at this moment, a courier brother of JD.com, Master Mei, broke the news that he was treated unfairly at work.
Master Mei's job is express delivery and distribution, and he has to rely on the hard work of coming and going in the wind and rain every day in exchange for wages, which can be said to be the lowest level of employees in JD.com.
However, it was not easy for him to make money, but he was invisibly "squeezed" by his superiors!
Master Mei said that his captain's surname is Lei, and he has many "small" couriers like him in his hands, and the couriers not only have to complete the daily assigned work, but also regularly hand over the "benefit fee" to Captain Lei.
Master Mei didn't understand why there was such an expense, and he asked Captain Lei directly.
In the end, the answer was that everyone had to pay the money because there was a so-called "third party" in his precinct.
If the courier does not have a "supply", then the third party will work together with the upper leadership of JD.com, so that the "disobedient" employees cannot work, or move to the area where no one goes.
Master Mei came to JD.com in August 2024 as a courier brother, and after initially knowing this "regulation", he originally followed the trend to "supply" on time.
At that time, he paid once a month, and the quota was 6 cents from the express delivery received for each order.
Don't think that 6 cents doesn't seem like much, and no matter how small the commission is, it can't stand up to the large amount of a single amount.
Master Mei said that the area he is in is the more famous Hangzhou Sijiqing business department, where the order volume is large, as long as you can endure hardships, the monthly income is very considerable.
He can have an average of three or four thousand orders a month, and his income is about 13,000 or 14,000.
On this basis, if each order has to be drawn 6 cents, Master Mei will have to "supply" almost 2,000 yuan every month.
Captain Lei also felt that it was a bit immoral to do this, and he said that if he took the initiative to pay the "benefit fee", he could pay a little less every month, and if he did not take the initiative, he would have to take a cut in strict accordance with the requirements.
Master Mei gave a screenshot of his initiative to "confess" in November, when he gave Captain Lei 1,000 yuan, and the other party did collect the money.
But in December, Master Mei did not take the initiative to "confess", and he still did not want to accept this "regulation" in a daze.
In January, Captain Lei, who had not received the money, came to ask for the "benefit fee", but Master Mei directly said that he would not pay it.
After that, Captain Lei didn't mention this matter again, and Master Mei thought that the matter was over, as if it didn't matter if he didn't pay the money.
But reality taught him to be a man, and on February 14 this year, Master Mei received an internal "transfer notice", and he was transferred to an unknown site.
Although I didn't lose my job, my monthly income was less, after all, the Sijiqing area had a large number of orders.
Master Mei vaguely felt that something was wrong, until he accidentally got a chat log, which was a conversation between several leaders, about transferring the "thorns" because they didn't pay.
Obviously, Master Mei is one of these "thorns".
At this time, Master Mei determined that the reason why he lost his job in the Sijiqing area was really because he did not pay the "benefit fee".
Is it reasonable to be ubiquitous?
Seeing what happened to Master Mei, some people felt very explosive, thinking that he had encountered unfair treatment and workplace oppression.
But more netizens believe that this is a common situation, and Master Mei doesn't have to make a fuss, just get used to it.
In fact, Master Mei also posted an example, he exposed a recording of other couriers "bargaining" with Captain Lei. At present, this little brother has left his job.
With the example of his colleague, Master Mei planned to "die to understand", and he went to ask the leader if he was targeting himself because he did not pay the "benefit fee".
The answer he got made it hard for him to believe, the leader said that there was no so-called "squeezing" and "targeting", and the transfer was only because Master Mei could not integrate into the previous market.
This reason made it difficult for Mei Shi to accept, so he chose to expose the matter and let netizens see what happened to him.
And things have come to this point, it is impossible to continue to stay in JD.com as a courier brother, and he hopes that the company can give "N+1" compensation when he is forced to resign.
After the incident was exposed, a reporter quickly found the relevant leaders, except for Captain Lei, who denied Master Mei's revelations, the rest of them directly refused to be interviewed, so we have no way of knowing.
Regarding Master Mei's experience, netizens advised him to learn to be a man, this kind of thing can happen everywhere, China is a personal society, and you must be able to "operate" in the workplace.
But some netizens are very upright, saying that if the superior leader really does this, it will be a criminal offense and a job embezzlement, and they should quickly call the police and arrest them.
However, netizens analyzed that if Master Mei really did it, then Jingdong Company would definitely deal with it in time, but this treatment has priority, and the first person to be dealt with is Master Mei himself.
Regarding the above discussion, many netizens called Liu Qiangdong online, hoping that he could give an explanation for this matter, and also wanted to see how he would deal with this matter.
However, some people speculate that this incident did not happen in the past two days, it did not break out at that time, and it is difficult not to think about it now.
Recently, Liu Qiangdong has squeezed into the "takeaway circle", so that the competing product platform has to pay social security for his takeaway brother, which may have angered the opponent.
And the exposure at this time may also be a counterattack against JD.com, suppressing JD.com's reputation in public opinion.
Regardless of whether this guess is right or not, netizens still hope that Liu Qiangdong can properly handle this matter, give Master Mei an explanation, and let netizens eat the complete "melon".
epilogue
In the discussion of netizens, there is no shortage of such content, not only the courier brother has the rules of "supply", but even the security guards and takeaways also have different rules.
We can't let this "universal" situation become reasonable, compliant and legal, and we must also expose unfair treatment, but we must pay attention to ways and means to preserve our own strength first.
How do you think Liu Qiangdong will handle this? Do you think this exposure was triggered by a "business war"?
Resources:
[1] 1818 Golden Eye February 22, 2025