In most traditional Chinese families, parents want their children to have a decent and stable job, and to ensure their income during drought and flood.
But looking at today's society, the "iron rice bowl" that was once seen by people no longer seems to be the best choice for the younger generation.
It can even be said that the risk of going to work now is far greater than starting a business, so don't rush to refute it yet.
A few days ago, I saw a blogger on Xiaohongshu, who told me that I had been unemployed for more than half a year, and I clearly realized that it was difficult to find the kind of high-paying job in the past, and I wanted to try to do it, and I seriously reviewed the past ten years, but I found that in addition to work, I didn't seem to have a distinct personality or a deep hobby.
Thinking back to what I have been best at over the years, I am actually how to please my boss and how to get along well with my colleagues.
And this blogger's experience is not unique.
Last year's sensational Ali layoffs, according to the company's internal employees, the layoff process came very suddenly, a large number of strong and good performance P8 employees were laid off, but some low-level employees survived.
Stable and high-paying jobs are no longer synonymous with superior stability in this era, and they are no longer "iron rice bowls".
Why do I say your wages are dragging you down?
Because the risk of going to work is a hundred times higher than starting a business!
From an economic point of view, going to work is equivalent to the company using a very low ** to buy a worker's time for a month.
And over the course of the month, the vast majority of people are doing the same thing over and over again.
If you evaluate this thing, you can play it with or without your company, then it is a very risky and costly thing.
At this time, eighty percent of the bars will run out to refute:
In the workplace, we can continue to improve ourselves, upgrade all the way, fight monsters, get promoted and raise, and stabilize our position in the company.
So back to the Ali layoffs.
Why are a large number of P8 employees laid off, while lower-ranking employees are spared?
One of the harsh truths about the workplace is:
The vast majority of jobs and positions are fungible.
To put it bluntly, the company will use you if it is happy, and if it is not happy, it will immediately find a younger and cheaper labor force to replace you!
For the company, the part-time worker is a matter of thousands or tens of thousands of yuan, which is the business model behind labor employment.
This is also why in many large Internet companies, middle and senior employees have deeper occupational anxiety than grassroots employees.
Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more popular, and the SORA launched by OpenAI not long ago has once again refreshed people's cognition.
In the coming days, more and more "stable" jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence, and the irreplaceability of people in the workplace will become weaker and weaker.
Many people think that starting a business is hard and there is a lot of uncertainty, but going to work is much more stable.
But have you ever thought that it is this only "certainty" that may wipe out all your thoughts about life?
It is the salary that is paid at a fixed time every month that makes you, who are at home and at the company, never want to jump out of the inherent track.
Thirty years ago, there were very few cars and even fewer people could drive, and professional drivers should be considered sought-after.
But you see, today, every household has a car, and a driver's license is as common as a graduation certificate, and being able to drive has long become a basic skill that everyone must have.
Twenty years ago, Master Kong's instant noodles came to the mainland and made a lot of money.
But nowadays, when we're hungry and don't want to cook, how many people can think of buying a pack of instant noodles?
Because takeaway has become very popular.
I'm afraid that practitioners in the instant noodle industry have never thought that it is not "instant rice" and "instant powder" that defeat them, but the "black swan" of takeaway, which is airborne from the outside.
Look closer.
Ten years ago, the new ** rose, the traditional **cliff type**.
A large number of old ** people, either actively or passively, left their original units.
The "iron rice bowl" that I once thought was smashed to pieces.
I would say that we are in an era of rapid development.
Not to mention the past 30 years, that is, in the past ten years, the industry has changed several times.
The old industry is destroyed by the new industry, and the new industry is updated by the industry iteration.
So, do you still think that "going to work" means "stability"?
In fact, there is no stability in life at all, and many people have a misconception that the position and salary they have now can be sustainably owned in the future life.
However, the actual situation is that there is a huge randomness and uncertainty in life, and those who have become accustomed to stability have long lost the ability to cope with changes and challenges.
It was precisely the "certainty" she thought in the past that made her gamble on her entire career.
At a young age, put all your time and energy into a path that may be swayed by circumstances at any time
On the road that you can't control, this is the most unstable thing.
I also found an interesting phenomenon:
The bigger the company, the faster you lose your capabilities.
I once chatted with a friend who worked as HR in a foreign company, and she said that during the interview process, she found that many executives from large factories were very incompetent.
Theoretically, it is the first word, but it cannot be implemented at all.
And this is not an isolated case, more than 90% of the executives of large factories have such problems.
The reason for this is that large companies have directly formed a complete system, which divides the responsibilities of each module in great detail.
Everyone is like a precision screw in their own position, and this screw only needs to turn fast enough.
As a result of the mechanized repetition of work within their area of responsibility day after day, the combined capabilities of these executives,
Ability to deal with emergencies
Decision-making ability, etc., is all gone.
This is why many people covet the stability and high salary of large companies
The consequences of process clarity.
There is no grass under the big tree, which can shelter you from the wind and rain, but also make you not see the light of day.
When you feel comfortable in your current state, you are in a situation where the risk factor is highest;
And if you are having a very hard time at the moment, you need to solve all the problems by yourself, in fact, you have the hardest shell at this time.
Of course, I'm not encouraging everyone to give up their existing jobs and go out and break new ground.
There is no one law that applies everywhere.
If you can live your life the way you want, then your life will be complete.
Your attitude and standards of conduct, as long as you can be self-consistent, it is good.
But if you have a heart that is not satisfied with the status quo but is afraid of the uncertainty of the unknown, then you might as well take the first step bravely.
It is true that the ship that is parked in the harbor is the safest, but that, dear friend, is not the purpose of shipbuilding.