"For the company, saving money is simple and direct. I'll go first. See you in the Jianghu. " Without saying anything, colleague S shrugged his shoulders and left the company with a small box of personal belongings that had just been sorted out.
I came home from work at night and thought about it for a long time. The dismissal of my colleague S once again makes me feel that there is no iron rice bowl and no so-called stability at work. I can't help feeling cold in my back. Remind yourself to work harder and be smarter.
What do you think when you are told by the company that you are going to be laid off? What would you do?
Verizon, an American communications giant, laid off 44,000 old employees; Swedish furniture giant IKEA announced that it will lay off 7,500 people worldwide; GM closes Shanghai Technology Center; Oracle Bone Inscriptions Company laid off more than 200 R&D personnel in Beijing R&D Center; ZTE was laid off by its neck; Huawei cleans up employees over 35 on a large scale. ...
From abroad to China, from foreign companies to private enterprises, the wave of layoffs in the past two years is coming.
Unilateral trade and protectionism led by the United States are aimed at China's "Belt and Road" and "Human beings share the same destiny"; American "American priority" policy and trade war with China: Britain withdrew from the EU; The chaos in the Middle East and so on, this kind of world event, some people worry that the global economic crisis will not repeat itself.
Some people think that this is a national event that has nothing to do with themselves and hangs high.
As we all know, when the economic winter comes, the company will take this opportunity to lay off employees and adjust the organizational structure, and it is on the list of laid-off workers. Maybe one day, you will be there.
Everyone is on pins and needles in the face of layoffs.
Especially when people reach middle age, the stability you pursue gradually becomes a kind of self-comfort.
When the company claims to bring warmth to your home, I will inform you that you don't have to come to work tomorrow; When you struggle to work overtime like a dog, the company encounters an accident, such as Liu Hemei's sexual assault case, and the company's share price plummets; After running away, I found that the company circle is so small. Look up and you'll see the ceiling. It's the same everywhere.
People can't help themselves in the workplace
In the face of company layoffs, you really need to understand the following points.
First, follow the trend;
What do you mean, follow suit? Simply put, following the trend will save you decades of struggle.
Take real estate as an example, if you are not so hot today, such as 03 and 04; In 2007 and 2008, I saved several suites in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen with a little money. Now you are not only a nouveau riche, but collecting rent every month is enough for you.
Let's look at the current trend. The country vigorously advocates the "Belt and Road" of multilateral trade, the construction of free trade zones and ports, and the "North Xiong Annan Hainan". If you are still working hard, you will jump into Beijing's unattainable high housing prices. As you know, office workers are under great pressure.
Lei Jun said: Standing on the tuyere, pigs can fly.
This is following the trend.
Second, the company you work for;
Based on the first point, it also applies to the company you choose.
To put it bluntly, you are strong not because you are strong, but because your company is strong.
Many people, unable to jump out of their own thinking, always feel how awesome they are, but once he leaves his company platform, even few people can meet and chat with him.
What you have is largely given to you by your industry and company.
In the eyes of many people, foreign companies used to be synonymous with charm, representing decent and demanding work.
But now more and more foreign companies have gradually faded out of people's sight, and the wages are not as good as those given by some start-up Internet companies.
Take the mobile phone as an example. In recent years, some well-known foreign mobile phone brands, such as Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and so on. It seems that it disappeared overnight. On the contrary, it is the rise of our domestic mobile phone brand, which occupies a large share of the mobile phone market.
Now, in addition to Apple, Samsung is becoming more and more low-key. What we see more is the popularity of domestic brands such as Huawei and Xiaomi.
So think about how important it is for you to work in a highly competitive company.
If you are in a sunset industry, no matter how you jump around, it is difficult for you to make a breakthrough and get a high salary.
When choosing a company, you must choose from sunrise or trend industries, such as IT, IoT and AI. These high-tech companies have a greater chance of getting high returns.
If the company is good, you are good, not the other way around.
Third, your boss;
It is lucky to meet a good boss in the workplace.
A good boss can guide you well in the workplace and make you take fewer detours. You will not only get a salary, but also learn from him.
In fact, you work for your boss, which is your direct supervisor.
More than 90% of employees leave their jobs, and the biggest reason is the boss.
Don't forget to analyze and cooperate with your boss after work. Only by thinking about the boss's difficulties can you solve your difficulties. With your help, the boss will do well and your career future will be brighter.
Fourth, yourself.
A sister asked me about her work troubles the other day. To put it simply, her boss felt that she was not competent enough and recommended her to work as an official WeChat account in a friend's company. This girl doesn't know how to choose, whether to stay, or to leave the boss's friend's company to do a job on the official WeChat account. The employment is extremely narrow, and it is still an unreliable small number.
I told her two things:
First, think about your core competitiveness: your strengths and weaknesses, what you really want to do, what you lack, what the company platform can give you, and most directly, how to get a monthly salary from the next level; Second, jump out bravely and take the initiative: your boss doesn't want you, so why are you still in the company? Don't waste precious time on a useless person, a boss who is not worth following.
Many people who work in foreign companies always have a sense of superiority, which may be related to their knowledge of English and relatively good wages and benefits.
Some people even think that a foreign company is a place suitable for providing for the aged, with stability, more money, less work and good treatment.
However, the reality is that foreign companies are becoming more and more unstable. It's not that I don't say hello to you on the first day and don't go to the company the next day.
After all, the halo you wear on your head is given to you by the platform of foreign companies, and your ability is only reflected in the big framework of foreign companies.
I often hear former colleagues say that it is difficult to adapt to some private enterprises, especially small ones, when leaving foreign enterprises.
In these companies, you don't need excellent English communication skills, exquisite PPT, strict meeting procedures, staring at your email at any time, excellent conflict management and coordination skills, and savvy office political struggle skills. They just need you to solve the problem quickly!
As a result, when you come from a foreign company, there will always be times when you feel as if you have left the foreign company and learned something from it that you think you can settle down. Really useless, especially in these small private enterprises.
A former colleague found it boring to work in a foreign company for a long time, so he left and went to a private enterprise. As a result, he ran away without working for two months. He said that he really couldn't stay in the atmosphere of private enterprises. Later, I went to a competitor's foreign company and went to work honestly.
So far, he has worked in that foreign company for nearly ten years. I asked him if he wanted to come back, and he said, no, in the circle of foreign companies, almost the same company, where to stay, is all the same.
The circle is like a besieged city. People inside want to go out and people outside want to come in. When they realized it, they found that they were not suitable for each other, so they returned to the original circle. This is a true portrayal of most people.
In fact, there are many homogeneous people in your circle, and their help is very limited. There are more precious opportunities to go out, get out of your comfort zone, and meet people and big coffees in different fields.
But outside the circle, with limited ability and energy, there is no practical use for you to know more big coffee.
Because, people are very realistic, so-called friends, 99% because of interests.
What is the value you can provide to others? How big is your energy? How wide is your audience?
Besides work, you want to make yourself strong as soon as possible, and set up a sideline that can bring you extra income, with cash flow to support mortgage, car loan and Xian Yi, which is the best, such as writing, speaking and even selling goods.
where is the exit ？
You need to keep exploring yourself. Not that you can't start from scratch. It's just that in this era when traffic is king, it will be difficult for you not to seize the dividend period.
So, learn two things:
First, take advantage of the trend: go to the big coffee outside the work circle and take advantage; Go to a platform that can bring you more traffic and value;
Second, give: anyone who refuses to give himself can't do anything, such as writing. If you don't write, you will never learn.
It is because of the sense of crisis, especially when people reach middle age; It is precisely because I understand that nothing is a so-called stable job, and people are more prone to anxiety; It is precisely because I am afraid that I will suddenly be laid off one day, and I am eager to find a breakthrough and another ability to support my family.
Worse than you being laid off. It's not that you are laid off, but that you are deeply rooted, take it one step at a time, your indifference, your resignation!