Recently, Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, responded to the CCTV financial "Dialogue" program on her suggestion that employees change jobs to pay training fees. She said that this is not for ordinary job-hoppers, but for employees who have been trained by Gree for more than ten years. Dong Mingzhu believes that from the perspective of technology and innovation, enterprise cultivation should belong to the enterprise, not to the individual.
This remark has aroused widespread concern and heated discussions from all walks of life. In today's society, employee job hopping has become a common phenomenon, and the training and promotion of employees by enterprises is also an indispensable part. However, when employees choose to leave their jobs, the issue of training costs becomes a point of contention. Dong Mingzhu's statement has triggered people's thinking about the rights and interests of enterprises and employees.
From Dong Mingzhu's point of view, the company spends a lot of resources and time training its employees and cultivating their technological and innovative capabilities. Therefore, the training of employees by enterprises should be an investment, and this investment should be attributed to the enterprise. When an employee chooses to change jobs and resign, if the employee is required to pay for training, it is also protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprise and preventing the employee from leaving the company to take away the technology and knowledge after benefiting from the training, which will cause losses to the enterprise.
However, for employees, they may feel that they have put in the time and effort to be trained and deserve ownership of those skills and knowledge. As a result, asking employees to pay for training can spark some controversy and dissatisfaction.
In this context, how to balance the rights and interests of enterprises and employees has become a problem that needs to be seriously considered and dealt with. Enterprises should establish clear regulations on the payment of training fees, clarify whether employees need to pay training fees after leaving the company, and clarify the rights and responsibilities of both parties when signing the training agreement. At the same time, employees should also think carefully when receiving training and understand their rights and responsibilities before leaving.
The relationship between enterprises and employees is one of interdependence and mutual cooperation. Only on the basis of mutual respect and understanding can we achieve a win-win situation for enterprises and employees and promote the sustainable development of enterprises and society.