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When all my friends and family thought it was not the right time to quit my job, I quit without a plan. Thinking back to my work experience over the past few months, I have mixed feelings. This post is both a sharing and a complaint, as well as a way to let go and encourage each other.
At that time, I was optimistic about this market with high customer unit price and close to the blue ocean. From the current increasingly competitive situation, I think my choice was right. Because I have worked in the blood sea and also done land reclamation, I know the hardship and ease of various jobs. So I firmly believe in my choice.
However, for an operation, once bad luck comes, it seems to last forever.
On February 10, 2022, I happily joined the company with a base salary of 7K + net profit commission. I thought I could finally let go of the past red ocean and do a simple and easy operation. For this kind of product with low market competition, I thought I only needed simple operations to control all the products. But the reality slapped me in the face again.
On my first day at work, I was not excited about new products, but about after-sales service. The last operator (R for short) handed over no less than 4 after-sales issues. Since I had some experience before, it was not a problem for me to handle after-sales. However, there were still problems.
R told me that among the newly shipped FBA inventory, the two best-selling products A and B had problems when they left the factory, but they still had to sell them. Then, almost every time they sold something, there was an after-sales problem. There were dozens of stocks, and they were still being after-sales right before they left. The products ate up most of the store's profits, making the profit in March negative.
But in addition to after-sales issues, the after-sales process is even more troublesome. Customers are required to send pictures and videos and do various tests, and we have to find ways to email them to customers. We sent them by taking screenshots, which worked at first, but were basically removed by Amazon later.
At that time, I actually wanted to run away, but I thought, the overall environment is not very good, so I just do it for now. The trial period is over and these problematic products are almost sold out. However, reality once again gave me a hard slap in the face. The shortcomings of the company are obvious at a glance.
- The product selection is basically done without considering the Amazon market. Basically, if the boss thinks it is okay, he will just ship it. The monthly sales of the store's products are mostly less than 60 orders, and I mean the entire market. Of course, for products with high customer unit prices, if a product has 60 orders per month in the market, it would be great if I could grab a dozen or twenty orders. But the fact is that the monthly sales of most products in the market are less than 20. And the boss always has only one thing to say: Is it because we didn't sell it well, which is a direct slap in the face of the operation. Let me ask, can I help Amazon develop the market to sell for you?
- There were two models that were opened only by looking at the sales volume of the best-selling products in the market. After I analyzed and said that there were 100, they were shipped immediately. In the eyes of the boss, if others sell well, we can do the same, but he did not consider how long others have been selling, how competitive they are, and what our selling points are. As a result, after sending them, we didn’t even have real photos. The graphic designer went to Taobao to find pictures, and later caused infringement. This matter is even more ridiculous. I will talk about it later.
- The company's brand was authorized to six or seven stores, and the boss was convinced that Amazon could be successful with S orders. When I mentioned risk control, his face was full of disdain, as if not having S orders meant the operation was not good.
- The refund rate is as high as 20%+. I have given feedback many times, but it has not worked at all. I have been doing this for more than two months. I thought the refund rate would gradually decrease as the system improves. But it has not. The refund rate was even 40% in May. I am beginning to feel tired. But this is not even worse. Why?
- The company is even more awesome. During the Dragon Boat Festival and Labor Day, the company asked employees to go back to move and clean the company. When the employees said that the drive would take more than an hour, they asked them to come together. If everyone moves together, it will be faster. What's even funnier is that the colleague who moved the company last time said that he came to move on the weekend, and the company boss didn't even want to buy him a cup of milk tea.
- They like to ask you to do things after get off work. On May 20, they even asked others to stay at night to paste carpets. When the employee said he had an appointment, the boss asked directly in the group: Do you really have an appointment, or do you just not want to stay to help? You buy several houses, live in a villa, drive a luxury car, but you are reluctant to hire a few people to do things?
Around mid-May, a new general manager came to the company, referred to as TM. He was a great man, why?
Before I came here, I heard from an old colleague that this person also worked in this company before, and his slogan before joining was to take the company public, but he left after working for about half a year. This person's characteristics are even more amazing, a 3C boss, a woman dress vocabulary player. He would hold meetings for no reason, and immediately come out to talk to everyone about anything he thought of. There are various donation punishment systems and various work evaluation standards. I thought, the general manager should not be so scary. However, the facts proved that I lost again.
When this person came, the first thing he did was to give us a warning, telling us not to find excuses for failure but to find ways to succeed. He said he would not take the flat management route, which made him look very high. The point is that he was from Amazon, which directly led to Amazon being slaughtered.
Day 1: He boasted to us about how awesome he was. Key point: He wanted to take the company public within 5 years. Sales volume: 2 billion.
- The intern became a supervisor in three months and overthrew the company's original boss
- He arrives at the company at six in the morning and leaves at ten at night, so everyone in the company knows him.
- I was so awesome that I sought advice from various people, and within three months I was able to receive thousands of orders a day for my new product.
- I felt that the company's procurement was not good and the efficiency was too low, so as an intern I went directly to the company to handle procurement.
- First he asked me, "Do you know that there are no negative reviews on the homepage?" I said it can't be done now, and even if it is done, the time limit will not be long. He grinned and said to me, "I can do it, I have the resources."
- Then he asked me if I knew anything about renovation. I said I did, and he said I had resources. Anyway, I have a lot of resources, you can come to me for anything you want.
- He shared an optimization website with us, charging by points. I think he gave us a great product.
- He introduced the plug-in to us and we thought it was something really cool.
And this is just the first day. The second day is here:
Let us make the homepage have no negative reviews. What the hell, he asked us to do, like it, and said that like can significantly increase the number of orders. Excuse me? Two years ago, it was basically impossible to make the homepage have no negative reviews by just like, and now I am asked to use this to make the homepage have no negative reviews? I told him it was useless and he still didn't believe me? What's even funnier is that I didn't even order it, but my sales increased a lot the next day, and he boasted that I got a lot of orders because of likes, and even took credit for it to the boss. This is the funniest joke I have ever heard.
I listened to him and arranged to click one or two likes every day to get more positive reviews. As a result, I got more than ten or twenty positive reviews, but the negative reviews were not moving at all. Isn't it funny?
He insisted on turning on automatic advertising, and said that this was a method he had summed up and was applicable to all categories. What was the method: only turn on automatic advertising + manual precision, nothing else. That's it, that's enough. He kept denying words, denying words, denying words. That's it, that's how awesome he was. It was applicable to all categories, but he didn't consider that our product was a niche product, and that we didn't need to turn on so many automatic advertising because we had a concentrated vocabulary. I gave him feedback, and he just said, "I know," and didn't let me continue. No matter what you said, he would just say, "I know," and didn't give you a chance to express yourself.
All advertising models must be adjusted to "reduced". I said that mine is a new product and a new store, and I want to stabilize the traffic and adjust it later. But it doesn't work. All models must be adjusted to "reduced".
Not only that, he also added a set of combined punches, because the company's product profit is low and the refund rate is high. So he came up with a new method, collectively raising prices by 10%, and asking us to collectively raise prices by 10%. If you want to issue a coupon, then add an additional price. And what he said may not necessarily be what he said. Why, I will talk about it later.
I told him that our market low price is more advantageous than high unit price + coupon, but he didn't believe it and insisted that we have a high unit price. He also said that price is not the only factor that determines the market. He was awesome. He also said that when he was in the 3C market, if his products didn't sell, he would raise the price until he could sell them. The next day, the follow-up results were even more shocking.
- The company has launched various voluntary donation systems and point systems, with donations starting at 50 yuan each time. If the points reach 50, the employee will be dismissed.
- They set up daily meetings and said that we were too inefficient, but the fact is that he would ask you to attend meetings whenever he thought of something, and they would hold meetings for half an hour to two hours. He would tell you everything from bragging to operations to life lessons.
- He found that our products were not selling well, and then he came to ask us why we set the price so high. I asked you to raise the price, but I didn’t ask you to raise it so much at once. I asked you to issue coupons because I said that if you and your competitors have the same price, you can only have an advantage if you offer coupons at a rate of 10-15%. Pardon? Is this what people say? Can’t you remember what you said? He also said that we are too stubborn and can’t understand what he said. Who said that price is not the only factor affecting sales? Why are you saying this again?
- Suddenly someone said in a meeting that we are in a certain market and are more suitable for precise manual advertising. Here it comes again, is this what a person said? Did you listen to me when I first proposed it? Now all my ads have been adjusted to only reduce, and all automatic ads have been turned on. There is still a lot of waste of negative words every day, and a lot of junk traffic has been introduced, which has caused a significant decrease in product weight. Now you say this to me? And you come to me with a frivolous smile and say that my sales have dropped significantly. I need to find a way.
- Regardless of the fact that my store is a fully white hat operation, all prices have increased by 10%, and the weight has dropped significantly. Now they say that my sales have dropped? Is this what a general manager should do?
- Just move our ads, and the next day come to claim credit, saying, "Look, I moved this store's ads, and it's immediately different?" Awesome, immediate results.
- Operations must select products, 10 per month. They must also follow up on purchases, confirm product quality, confirm whether to put them on the shelves, and confirm how to promote them. Am I a developer or an operator?
- Holding a product selection PPT from a few years ago, he from Wish told us how to select products.
- You keep hitting me down. Although you have been operating for several years, I think you are really bad and have a very poor foundation.
- After discovering the difference between the product and 3C, he said: You are the operators, you must understand the market better than me, you should put forward any suggestions.
Famous quote: Is this product unsalable? Double the price and give a 50% discount to clear it out. Pardon? It’s a brazen operation to clear out the stock. They reduced the price to the point where it’s worse than discarding it. But after placing an order, they still brag about it, saying, “Look, I reduced the price and I placed an order.”
What's even more hateful is that as soon as he came, he started to say bad things about other colleagues in front of us, said the Japanese station was not good in front of the American station team, said the American station was not good in front of colleagues at the Japanese station, said others were not good in front of me, and said I was not good in front of others. Is this what a leader should do?
In meetings, I never listen to other people's opinions. I always say, "I'm efficient, so I speak fast." Then, whenever someone has an opinion or suggestion, I always say, "I know, blah blah." You don't even have a chance to express yourself. Then, when a problem comes up, I say, "Why didn't you say anything?"
There are so many things to say, I just don't believe that such a shameless person can become the general manager. I am the person who has the most complaints against him in the company. I know it is very difficult to find a job now, but for me, not only an operation but also a person, I will never allow the environment to make me feel depressed by a leader. What is the purpose of work? It is to realize personal value, to obtain economic income, and to learn new knowledge.
Life is so short that I don't accept wasting a minute on things that are not worth it. Maybe at this moment I am still feeling upset and frustrated about this unpleasant journey, but I believe that as long as I don't give up, I will definitely find work and things that are worth my efforts.
"Wonderful Reply"
Luo Xiaoshao - Cross-border in 1997 Agree with: Where the Light Leads, Sundy Musen, Bunny Earns Small Money, A Si AIR, Handwritten Past More » The OP's experience reminded me of myself, who was also an airborne vice president!!
The same thing happened at my first company. The boss was not good at management and probably thought the company's poor development was related to management, so he hired a vice president to manage discipline. The vice president claimed to be a graduate of the University of Edinburgh in the UK and had worked in Beijing before, selling milk powder with an annual sales volume of 100 million yuan, but the company later went bankrupt.
Let me tell you how the company went downhill quickly after he came.
1. As the vice president, he first enforced discipline after he came. He required a morning meeting every day to report the work data of the previous day and set the work goals for the day. I just turned on my computer and hadn’t even sat down yet, but he had to hold a meeting. He required everyone to read a book every week and hold a reading club on Wednesday afternoon to share their thoughts. I’m not saying that reading is bad, but he can’t say that he has learned nothing about Amazon since he came here. At most, he can only say that he knows what FBA is. He required the operations staff to attend the entrepreneurship guidance class after get off work, and he was the teacher. To be honest, it was a complete waste of time for me to attend, but if I want to work here, I am forced to compromise. Maybe he wants to increase his influence.
2. In terms of business, I mentioned before that the vice president does not understand Amazon at all, but he discusses development plans with the big boss every day. At first glance, it seems pretty good, but there is a plan for each day, and the store can be managed by a different person every day. Except for me, the operations are more or less forced to change the content of work every day. Employees who feel that their work is not good, the bosses will change him to a bad store to persuade him to quit. Employees who do a good job are also abandoned. After a lot of trouble, the morale of the people is scattered. The original store may have a monthly sales volume of 200,000 yuan, but the vice president insisted on setting it at 1 million. What if the sku is not enough? No matter whether it sells or not, the operations are asked to prepare several times more inventory. Whatever the vice president says is what it is, and the inventory is prepared like crazy. The final result is naturally a pressure on inventory, but when it came to the warehouse later, I had already resigned.
3. Actually, the big boss would discuss with me about anything, but when the vice president came, he was like possessed and refused to listen to any suggestions I made. Later, the big boss and the vice president went to recruit interns to select products. Each of them made 70 or 80 1688 products in two days. If there was a little profit, they would stock up and test the products for sale. I made suggestions to the big boss and tried to dissuade him, but to no avail. I don’t know which of them came up with the genius idea. Then there was a lot of coordination chaos between departments, warehouse docking problems, etc. They were not able to solve them properly.
Later, due to various troubles, such as frequent useless meetings, the vice president who found fault, the pitiful salary of only 4,300, only one day off, not allowed to apply for odd and even days, the people I led were already 4,500, and other things, I can't remember what happened a year ago. At that time, I had only worked at Amazon for half a year, and then I quit. At that time, my position was a small supervisor, a team leader, and the company was also a small company. I didn't make much money. I can only say that the big boss also had a favor for me, but what they did later was also disappointing, and I don't want to go into details. After I left, most of the company's operations also left one after another.
Later, when I went out to look for a job, I had two days off every week and the salary was 5k. However, in the two companies I found, one was a company whose boss sold infringing action figures and the company was ruined. Another was a company whose Amazon manager didn’t care about Amazon for three months and the department was ruined. So I should be cautious when going to new companies. The leaders and bosses of the three companies made me doubt my life. Although I am not a good horse, it is so difficult to find a normal person who can buy a horse. The leader knows nothing but pretends to know everything and doesn’t listen to my opinions. Then the company will definitely go bankrupt. If you can’t see the future, you should leave early! Now I am clearing inventory for others in my fourth company. The base salary can be much higher than 5k if I become a regular employee. However, I am the only one in Amazon. My old department was disbanded, so I came to open up new areas again. I didn’t expect that after working for Amazon for a year and a half, I would still be opening up new areas for others. But I want to brag that I have worked in the United States, Europe, and Japan, so I am quite experienced. I don’t know if I can go to the south for development this year. Luo Xiao Shao In fact, when I first joined the first company, although I was a rookie, I worked hard every day, occasionally worked overtime, and communicated with the big boss about many things I didn’t understand. I grew up very quickly, and most of the Amazon knowledge was self-taught. Everyone understands that it is very happy to learn knowledge in Amazon, and it is actually very happy to see a few orders every day. The base salary in the first company was 4100, the commission was not much, and I had only one day off. When I was very busy, I was the happiest. Later, the first company enforced discipline and set goals randomly without paying attention to feasibility. I had to use my mobile phone to work when I took leave to get a vaccine. Every time I think of this, I remember that the big boss gave me five days of annual leave, and I took more leave to make up 7 days. I was making forms for him in the middle of the night on New Year’s Eve, and the big boss pretended to be dead on the Spring Festival.
Later I went to a second company. The boss of the second company sent out action figures (without authorization) without even bringing a packaging box. Is this something a normal person can do? I received complaints about its authenticity, my account was blocked, and all my accounts were blocked due to brand association. I went bankrupt due to debts of over 100,000 yuan. I lied to my employees that the company was moving to another city, and I tried to persuade employees to quit without compensating them. I told my boss behind his back that it was wrong and was reported by a lackey. When I first came to the company, he often confronted me. Later, when there was no one else available, he said he thought I had the ability and hoped to work with me. When the company went bankrupt, he asked me if I would work with him again if there was another chance. I said we'll talk about it then. You often kill the donkey after it has done its job. Who would be willing to accompany you?
The third company's development team submitted products every day, but the supervisor sometimes didn't even look at them. Even if he looked at them and rejected the product, he didn't say why. The key point is that he didn't understand Amazon. He didn't hold a meeting to discuss the rejection of the product. What was he doing? He just let everyone sit around and busy himself with the work of other departments. The supervisor didn't even come out to say a word when the department was disbanded.
After two years of graduation, I have experienced all kinds of social dangers. My salary may be getting higher and higher, but I am less happy and have fewer and fewer people I can trust. Maybe it is like this in all walks of life. Many times, I brag to outsiders that I will have a good future, but how can outsiders understand the hardship and fatigue of working in Amazon?
Black-bellied Wheat - Solid Agree with: I will definitely get rich in 2024, Where the light shines, Disorganized Notepad, Don’t do it, KellySia More » Although the overall environment is bad, it is not so bad that we have to suffer in such a crappy company.
It is right to leave early, that is, after leaving, summarize what kind of company you need to go to. I have summarized it myself, you can take a look.
1. Companies with professional development or the ability to select products and categories independently. It is best not to let the boss intervene. It is not a problem if the boss knows nothing, but it is a problem if the boss knows a little and likes to give instructions.
2. Don’t be too rigid about advertising. A good cook cannot cook without rice. In a white hat environment, you can’t do without advertising. It’s also difficult to manage with a budget of only a few dozen dollars a day.
3. Stay away from couples
4. Stay away from companies that are all girls. Why? Because girls are really hardworking and don’t have high demands. Boys have many ideas and their demands are also higher. If a company is full of girls, it means that there are huge problems with the company, and men don’t even bother to stay.
5. I would rather start over with a new store than take over an old store. You must ask this clearly before the interview, because in this environment, you are most likely to go there to clear out the stock. Clearing out the stock means losing money and you won’t get any commission. If you can choose products for the new store yourself, it’s like starting a business with the company’s money, which is the best. I will definitely get rich in 2024 Stay away from companies that are all girls. Why? Because girls are really hardworking and don't have high demands. Boys have many ideas and their demands are also higher. If a company is full of girls, it means that there are huge problems with the company, and men don't even bother to stay.
The lamb pulls the tractor The company is full of girls except for the art designer, which means you are right. The company is indeed a rip-off. The boys are basically jumping ship to find a job with a higher salary and a promising future. On the one hand, girls are hardworking and reluctant to give up the results they have achieved. On the other hand, they are not as optimistic about the future as boys, so it is not so easy for them to jump ship or resign.
Soda06 @2024我必能发财: This is exactly what happened in our company!!! Except for the boss, all the employees are girls. It’s not that girls don’t have ideas, but they don’t allow us to have ideas. We are humble workers.
My ad blew up again 1. A husband and wife team, the boss' wife is in charge of finance. They are both stingy, they know nothing but still make demands. I am sick of it.
2. Most of the people in our company are girls. They work very hard but don’t like to talk. The company is lifeless.
3. The most outrageous thing is that our new performance policy is to deduct money from the base salary, and if the clearance products are not cleared within the specified time, the remaining cost will be counted as commission
Even if the environment is not good, I have to quit and run.
Anonymous user Agree with: What's sold in the gourd is seeds, Yashuge, and the series "It's hard to name something" A bit like my boss. I have been a pure white hat for two months and encountered some trivial things:
1. After 2 weeks of promoting new products, CPC is ≈ 3.5 USD, unit price is 40 USD, mid-range price, about 10 clicks for 1 conversion, ad acos 80%. He said acos is too high, so he raised the price by 10%, reason: if the price is high, acos will drop; price is not the only factor that determines the market, the difference of a few USD will not affect the customer's desire to buy; don't raise the price slowly, just raise it to the right level today, listen to me first, give it a try.
A week later, the conversion rate continued to decline, acos remained high, the number of orders dropped sharply, and after a 1-star bad review, the link died.
The boss has an old store running this product, with links to the top 50 in the category, and has been doing it for a year. Currently, the advertising acos is about 30%, and the cpc is higher than 2 US dollars.
2. Issue similar instructions to other colleagues: The price of your product is too low, raise the price, and control the ACOs, which are too high. The colleague politely asked: If the price is raised, the conversion rate will be affected, and ACOs are difficult to control. The boss replied: Don’t question me, do as I say; go online and check what an excellent employee is. An excellent employee will absolutely follow the boss’s instructions 100% and will not question the boss. The colleague smiled and said yes.
3. New brand, new links, new team. Half a month after I joined the company, HR recruited several new people. On the first day, I told the new people that the company's daily assessment is to strictly control ACOs, which is about 35% during the new product period. It is possible to relax it to 60% in the early stage of promotion. They can communicate well with the boss. At noon that day, the boss held a meeting with several new people. After the meeting, the new people came out and told me that the boss asked them to control ACOs at 25% during the new product promotion stage. All the new people resigned that day.
4. In two months, HR recruited about 20 people. The longest one worked for a week? Most of them worked for 1-2 days, or left directly after a meeting with the boss.
5. Internal horse racing system: We share the same product line with other teams, with the same products but different brands. Another team is an old brand, and they use old links with reviews to promote new products. There is no shopping cart when the price increases. In order to get the shopping cart, new products are sold at low prices (for example, the market price is 78, I sell it at 75, and the other team sells it at 62). The conversion rate is very high, and the ACOs are less than 10%. New products are sold out quickly after they are launched.
My boss used this case to educate me and prove that ACOs can be controlled within 25% during the new product period. We must pay attention to ACOs and not waste money blindly. The company is under a lot of pressure and we need to learn from another team.
I strongly support this approach and have asked my boss to allow me to launch new products at the same price.
The boss replied: That team set the low price because they don’t have a shopping cart. Your prices cannot be that low.
Me: The link of the srds team has reviews, but mine is a 0-review link + 0-feedback store. The main factors affecting acos are conversion rate and cpc. The cpc of new products is similar for everyone (vertical categories, not a large vocabulary). At a low price, 3 clicks lead to 1 conversion, while at a normal price, 10 clicks lead to 1 conversion. You must control the acos of new products during the period, and I strongly support pushing at low prices.
The boss replied: I understand what you said. I have much more experience than everyone here. I have worked at Amazon for many years. Don't argue with me. Listen to me. Don't get emotional. Just control the advertising acos. Don't compare the price with others. That team gave the low price because of the shopping cart. Don't get emotional with other colleagues.
Me: srds I don’t have any emotions towards my colleagues. I just hope I can use this strategy to push them.
The boss replied: Your price can be lower, but not too low. We don't do the low-price spiral.
I applied for a low-end price (for example, the market price is 33, and the competing products on my details page are all priced at 32-33.99, and I proposed to set the price at 29.99). The boss rejected it and finally sold it at 33.
Me: So what exactly do you want me to learn from that team?
For two months, it felt like I was communicating with someone from another planet. He couldn't understand me and I couldn't understand him.
6. The boss and I launched new product A at the same time. His store was old, and he renovated it. The link had comments, and there was no shopping cart after the price increase. In order to get a shopping cart, he sold it at the lowest price in the market, and quickly sold orders, with an acos of less than 15%. My price was 35% higher than his, and I pushed it for a week, with an advertising acos of 60%. So he used this case to teach me that acos can be controlled during the new product period, and it was my inability. If I listened to him, I could do it.
Of course, I have learned to just listen, not to argue, and not to try to lower the price. After a week, he suddenly stopped mentioning this case. It turned out that he was raising the price day by day, and when the selling price was 18% lower than mine, his advertising acos also rose to more than 50%.
Now he tells me that the product is not good.
Later, he asked me to change the product. I asked him, what should I do with the advertising of this product? At that time, one of my advertising campaigns had dropped to 25%. He said, just turn off the advertising.
7. The company's account password/bound mobile phone number, etc. are not given to the operation; the account is also a partial authority. For example, the operation does not have the authority to handle order refunds, and must send it to the boss, who will handle it with the main account. When I first joined the company, I wanted to open a case to handle an issue and wanted to communicate by phone. I asked the boss for the store's bound mobile phone number; but he refused and told me to open an email case.
8. After the pictures are done, they need to be sent to him for review; only after he agrees can we start promoting them. Prices need to be reviewed by him, coupons need to be reviewed by him, and price adjustments also need to be reviewed by him first. Stocking requirements need to be reviewed by him. He controls everything~
So he is very busy. He thinks he is very diligent and hardworking, and he earnestly advises us young people to work hard and not think that working overtime is a disadvantage.
The head of another team came to discuss with me one day about keywords. After the price increase, there were only clicks but no conversions. I could only reply: This is not a keyword problem.
The product is very good and has a chance to be promoted. But we cannot put a tight rein on the operation, we cannot change orders every day, we cannot give orders blindly, and we cannot have the final say. Why am I still here? It's too hot, I don't want to look for a job. But if he calls me for a few more meetings, I will reach the limit of my patience.
springyyds Agree with: Where the light shines, Luo Xiaoshao The leader of the OP is indeed suffocating. Let me talk about my work experience:
I have been in this industry for almost a year and have worked in two companies (in Zhengzhou)
1. The first one was a company that does fine shopping, which is considered an entry-level company. When I first joined, I felt it was okay. I was assigned an old man to teach me some basic knowledge. The group also held regular training sessions. The old man would teach me some basics of Amazon, writing copy, shipping procedures, etc. But after staying for a while, I found that something was not right. They kept teaching me the basic knowledge over and over again. Of course, it doesn’t mean that you have to wait for the old operation to teach you everything. You can learn by yourself, but the key is that the supervisor will fill your time. If he finds that you can steadily launch several new products every day, he will arrange more products for you to launch, and you can’t do other things in the meantime.
You said you wanted to try fishing and browse forums, but that didn't happen. There were a few times when I was really bored, so I chatted with my buddy next to me. My supervisor asked the old operator who was in charge of me to tell me indirectly that I was not serious about my work and was easily distracted. This is treating the operator as an assembly line worker. Of course, I just entered the industry and didn't understand it. I thought everyone worked like that. Later, I did nothing every day. I was ruthless and put the machine on the shelves every day. If the self-shipped goods did not place an order, I would send it to FBA. If the self-shipped goods did not place an order, they would say that your copywriting was not good, and then let the old operator deduct problems from your copywriting little by little, saying that the repetition rate of your keywords was high, the five elements were not written well, and they never optimized from other places. The pictures were also copied directly from 1688 by the art designer, with slight modifications. Unless there was infringement, they would arrange real shooting.
The company basically sells seasonal products. It only runs advertisements to clear inventory when the season is about to end. It basically does not run advertisements at other times, and there are no other promotional methods. Later, I felt that I could not learn anything, so I quit. Later, I heard from a colleague who was on probation that the supervisor took back the store she had built and gave her a new store. Suddenly, I felt lucky that I quit quickly.
2. When I was interviewed by the second company, they said they wanted to do high-quality FBA, so I went. But I found out that they also gave me a new store and asked me to start with self-delivery. They said they would first nurture the store and then do FBA when they had better products. The supervisor of this company is not bad. He is a veteran who has worked at Amazon for many years. He would say he would solve any problems encountered by the store. He is usually not arrogant and often brings food to share with everyone. He is very Buddhist in doing things and never rushes us or asks us to work overtime. But the boss of the company is more speechless. The company also has a freight forwarding business, so basically all our goods will go through our own channels. At first, I felt that this was good, but later I found that the company's channels were not good at all. The timeliness was erratic. It could be signed for in the United States in more than a week at the fastest, but it would take forever if it was slow.
After the store received a performance warning for logistics, we gave feedback to the supervisor and asked if we could change the channel. The supervisor also felt that the channel was not good, so he went to discuss it with the boss. The boss promised, but he kept dragging his feet or changed to another channel. The delivery time was still terrible. It was a fantasy to expect to improve the delivery time of e-commerce logistics when the delivery time was not good. In addition, the boss had some friends working for Amazon. He might hear a little bit and then come back to give orders to the company. He would directly apply it regardless of whether it was in line with the actual situation of the company. We also had supervisors give him suggestions but he never listened. But whatever his friends said was the Bible.
Later, something even more outrageous happened. The boss saw that we didn’t have many orders and felt that the purchasing department was too idle, so he fired the purchasing department and asked us to purchase by ourselves. I really couldn’t do it. This was not the key point. The key point was that there was often no money in the account. Not to mention FBA stocking, there was often no money to purchase self-delivered orders. Even so, he kept complaining about why our performance was not improving. He didn’t solve all kinds of problems, and he tried every means to change the company system and reduce our commission and basic salary. I really couldn’t do it anymore. I was fired again at the end of May. Now I am very confused and don’t know if I can still work at Amazon.
Finally, I hope everyone will get better and better.
Bobo girl- 90s joke teller Agree with: xiaocaimi, the laughing snail noodle king, sla lost m Only very responsible people and employees who truly regard the company's affairs as their own will be particularly concerned about the company's affairs and will stand up to correct the wrong path. However, "your words are not taken seriously", and any high-level leader will suppress you, use all kinds of PUA, pass the buck, and change orders every day . People's hearts will be scattered, and it would be strange if the company does not collapse.
The boss of a cross-border e-commerce company has to be someone who comes from Amazon and understands Amazon, otherwise parachuting in a leader is a gamble:
The better thing is to get along well with everyone and achieve flourishing business;
The worst one is just as the poster said, it is totally unsuitable and is just a "troublemaker".
Unfortunately, I have experienced this kind of thing, and I have also opened up new areas, more than once. The credit goes to him, and the blame goes to me. Every day, there are various morning meetings, sudden meetings, meetings after get off work, various brainstorming sessions, and reading clubs, which make it impossible for you to continuously complete the work at hand. You can only work overtime, and if you still can't finish it after working overtime, you will be accused of low work efficiency and poor work ability.
In the meeting, we said that we should raise opinions and suggestions and make progress together. Then I pointed out some shortcomings and ways to improve them. He said that I had personality problems and was emotional at work. Fuck! As a leader, I can understand that you don’t adopt the suggestions of your subordinates. It’s okay if you insist on your own way, but you can’t PUA me in public. Even my colleagues couldn’t stand it and said that the meeting was to discuss work content and not personal attacks. These good colleagues also praised me for my stable mood at work, high degree of cooperation, and being a responsible person.
But even so, he still hit me repeatedly, and even more than one of me.
Later I thought about it. I pointed out the shortcomings of his policy in the meeting. He must have lost face. In addition, I stole his limelight or endangered his dignity and power. He must think that I exceeded my authority. Well, then I will remain silent or talk to him privately on WeChat. But I still got shot even though it was not my job responsibility, and I was always @ed and cueed. I was full of question marks and speechless.
Even though I was targeted, I still persisted for more than a year because I was very naive at that time. I hoped to choose a company to spend the rest of my life with, build a big career, become a veteran employee, or even get a higher position.
During this period when I was there, more than one batch of other operations were replaced, about three batches, and basically I couldn’t stand this high-pressure policy and I voluntarily resigned.
So my job is to finish my own work and reconnect with new people. Never end. Never end.
This work experience was very depressing and I almost gotten out of a serious illness. Later, there were some major accidents at home, so I quit my job and went back to my hometown to take care of my relatives.
Finally, I hope that the treasures will meet good bosses, good leaders, follow the right people, do the right things, and earn more mimi~
Anonymous user Agreed from: Big Pie loves bragging, Wei Guangxing, Kevin Xiaohei, Yang Yang Xiaoxiao, Dalinzi More» It turns out that the world is amazingly similar. I especially agree with the final summary. We mean that we migrant workers must have the awareness of migrant workers: we cannot make money, learn things, and experience the feeling of success. Why do we suffer such a great grievance?!
In the previous company, the head of the company made every site and every company's products, and it was just plain. Every time I told him what he thought, I gave you a word that I have experience. Yes, you do have experience, but experience is just a basis for judging the market, right? As an operation, don't you need to use data and results to speak, analyzing the market and analyzing data is what we should do? When you throw data in front of him, you still have one sentence: I have experience.
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If you don’t admit that you are criticized in daily life, just tell us every day that the profits of other departments are high, and we can’t do it. Then turn around and ask others how to do it. I believe you, give you a stick and give you a candy. Is it necessary? The actual situation is: the profits of other people’s groups are not as high as ours.
A manager came later. As soon as I came, I said that you can’t do wherever you are. How was my previous company operation so good, order quantity, price, and advertising crushed you. You have to listen to what I do, and then teach us how to operate it step by step. Then, this product is unsold and now it is clearing the goods. It’s also great.
When communicating rationally with superiors, you are told not to complain like a complaint. Excuse me? I have reasonable and well-founded communication with you, so I get this sentence. The leader only looks at your ability to promote new things, or only by promoting new things can you prove that you have the ability. You accept a lot of messes in half a month, double sales, profits from negative to positive, from positive to double, and don’t mention them. There is a lot of competition in advertising, but if you want your new advertisement in half a month, you must have a good performance. I can’t do it.
alali - There are always troublemakers who want to harm me Agree from: Wei Guang, Big Head is the name of Meow, hehuahua, WERT12, Mint Lemon Tea More » As a small company boss, I will share how to find the right company to a certain extent:
1. First of all, the boss must be rich (and not the kind who gets rich in a short period of time). Having money means he has funds to invest, and having money is a certain probability that he will be more generous than having no money (not necessarily). The boss has a bigger picture!
How to judge whether the boss/company is rich: a. Ask about the company's scale + product operation model + customer unit price + Amazon account in the library cost (to a certain extent know the part of the funds invested by the company in Amazon)
b. Male bosses are usually more generous or more stylized than female bosses (although I am a female) ps: Appearance/wear is invisible
2. Welfare benefits. (Don’t underestimate the welfare benefits! A company is not even very good at welfare benefits. Either he is confident and is not afraid of employees not coming or leaving, or he is a startup company with an incomplete system)
3. If the boss is from Amazon (operation/development), it is relatively better, so that you can communicate more smoothly. (There are many complaints about the former company in the forum, and many of them are the boss who doesn’t understand it and is tempting to command it)
4. Company operation model (not to be discussed here)/If it is a company with more than ten people, flat management will be better. For small companies, you need to look at the proportion of old employees. If possible, you can ask during the interview how much commission the old employees can have.
5. The most important thing is that the basic salary must be high! Never let yourself down.
6. Finally, understand what the company is good at or what resources it has. What are the shortcomings? Combine what you are good at or what you are good at. See if you match yourself?
For the time being, that's it~~
Drowning Dog - 1995 Quanzhou Shoemaker Agree from: bangs HydrewLeo, glimmer direction, who else but me, white moonlight my It is recommended that the poster should still understand the investigation when interviewing with the next company.
I changed the company in February this year, and the reason for the change is very simple, the previous one has no credit.
Several front-end companies came to the company to make trouble, saying that the final payment was arrears and the bonus at the end of the year was not paid.
I think an important reason for whether I can stay there is my superiors and colleagues
The credible colleague who sent your goods away was pretending to be pitiful, and behind the scenes,
If you do not listen to feedback from subordinates when making decisions, your superior who pours chicken soup in front of your leader.
The other is the plan for you when the interview is, of course, it is often unsatisfactory.
Fortunately, the boss interviewed, and in the end the boss called me to give me a sincere introduction.
He said that the company did lose money last year, and after the European clothing tax reform, he understood everything.
Then because the position happened to be vacant, I was willing to give me a salary for becoming a regular person. If I failed the assessment, it might be reduced.
Including the company's overall planning, the store's overall planning, and the posture will be introduced to me simultaneously.
It is really difficult to meet a good boss, especially now in such a time.
So I wish all my friends and colleagues who are selling well will have a happy and smooth life every day and reduce the meat after get off work.
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