Last month, the company got a new leader with a supposedly strong resume. After a little verification, it was found that the old brother was originally the vice president of a world-renowned multinational company in China. As a senior worker, he reached a career height that is difficult for most professionals to achieve more than ten years ago.
But what is surprising is that he, who once had a brilliant career and is now in his fifties, came to our company at this time. Not to mention that the industry we are in is very competitive, and the decision to turn around across industries is not a choice that is usually possible. After a simple analysis combined with the current economic environment, it is almost certain that my brother's career change is a passive choice.
In the past two years, under multiple factors such as the economic slowdown and the withdrawal of foreign capital, many senior workers and professional managers who originally had high salaries have suddenly fallen into a situation of unemployment. There are only 3 former colleagues and friends who I know and are currently freelancing. All of them have a good education experience after graduating from a major university, and their work history and income level have been among the best among their peers. But the turn of the external environment makes it seem that the style of painting suddenly changes overnight. There are no longer so many suitable positions in the workplace, and for most ordinary people, it seems that it is not as easy as imagined to be a part-time worker with peace of mind.
In a high position in a private company or even a foreign company, there is no guarantee that you will work until retirement, so state-owned enterprises will always be better, right?
I have worked in a serious central enterprise for eight years. In the past eight years, I have contacted and understood nearly 1,000 colleagues, but I have never met or heard of a normal retirement from working to retirement age. Although the company's employees are generally younger, the nature of the industry and the economic environment in the past few years are relatively good, this still makes me doubt whether ordinary workers can work in state-owned enterprises until retirement.
With the increase of working years, the expectation of wage income of migrant workers is getting higher and higher, but the improvement of people's skills and work productivity are often easy to stagnate at a certain stage. In the eyes of enterprises, at a certain age, most workers will become "too low in the input-output ratio". This logic of private enterprises is actually very similar to that of state-owned enterprises.
Even if the state-owned enterprise does not dismiss you, as you grow older, your income and position do not go up in time, and it is difficult to have any good feelings and work experience in your original unit. Especially in state-owned enterprises with fast technology updates and short industry cycle changes, it is not easy to work stably for more than ten or twenty years or even retirement.
During my work in central enterprises, I have seen all kinds of resignations, ranging from ordinary employees to vice presidents of companies in charge of the group. The reasons for resignation are also varied: there are those who have been investigated for violating discipline and law, those who have failed in factional struggles, those who cannot bear the pressure of annual increases, and those who are dissatisfied with their income and work status
Once upon a time, we always wanted to find a job that seemed stable and work steadily until retirement. This is also the main reason why many college graduates prefer state-owned enterprises and central enterprises when they are looking for jobs. But after some experience, I found that many times life is the same as work, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. After contacting more people from all walks of life, I found that the vast majority of us either seek temporary peace of mind and stability in the "busyness of life and death" in various units, or face long-term risks and unknown changes in a comfortable job. In the mouths of the older generation, the kind of "a cup of tea and a cigarette, a newspaper mixed for half a day" is almost non-existent in the idle and stable work of government agencies and units.
Even if the lucky ones in the workplace who have developed well in various units and are in high positions still have the risk of "being graduated" in the unpredictable environment. This is especially true in industries where the market is highly competitive and technology and business turnover is fast.
Therefore, if the vast majority of people in the workplace are difficult to work until retirement, as a part-time worker, what is our way out?
Starting a business may be an option that many people of my generation will eventually try.
This is not to encourage or encourage everyone to start a business now, but after having a certain amount of work experience and life experience, after knowing that various organizations and units are likely to be unable to support us to work until retirement, some things are better to accumulate and prepare in advance.
I agree with what an entrepreneur said before that the only purpose of a part-time job should be to accumulate skills and various resources to prepare for starting your own business in the future. The work in different positions and levels of the company should be prepared to do this: when working in grassroots positions, you should try to contact and be familiar with the links and details of the business as much as possible, and when you work in high-level positions, you can try to integrate various resources and capabilities to create greater value.
Successful entrepreneurial cases around me have proven that entrepreneurship can be a long-term goal after 5 or even 10 years. The entrepreneurial practice of ordinary migrant workers should start from realizing that they will definitely start a business one day, and gradually accumulate relevant skills and experience; After several years of workplace tempering and accumulation, I will invest in light assets in my spare time, and then invest full-time when the project is a little better. Through a long period of iterative trial and error, the huge risk of entrepreneurial failure is gradually reduced.