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▶ Video account attention cross-border navigation It is learned that a "recruitment notice" has been forwarded crazily on Weibo recently: Our company plans to recruit a new colleague who can come to the company if he wants, and can choose not to go to work, but the salary will be paid as usual and he will have paid vacation for the whole year of 2022.
Making money lying down can be said to be the ultimate dream of many workers. In recent years, the wind of internal circulation has swept through all walks of life, and the "blessings" such as 996, 007 and even 7107 have made a lot of social animals suffer. News like "Employees of a certain large company died suddenly due to overwork" is becoming more and more common, and the voices against involution and 996 are also growing louder. Nowadays, more and more large Internet companies are implementing a two-day weekend system and forcing employees not to work overtime. Looking at the cross-border industry, although many top sellers have joined the two-day weekend army, the system of long and short weeks and one-day weekend still seems to be the mainstream in the industry. The heavy operational tasks require many sellers to keep a close eye on the Amazon backend even during holidays. The joke that "cross-border people have no days off" fully expresses the sadness and helplessness of sellers. However, while sellers work hard to create KPIs, they also aspire to have a more quality and happy life. The topic of stopping excessive internal competition and rushing to companies with two days off a week has repeatedly become the focus of public opinion. Amazon employees have no rest? Sellers call for the cancellation of big and small weeks! Not long ago, the news that a reviewer at Bilibili died suddenly due to high-intensity overtime work during the Chinese New Year caused an uproar. Before the storm subsided, the news that a Bytedance employee died suddenly triggered public opinion again. For a while, there were many condemnations about the high-intensity work system. It can be seen that workers in all walks of life are increasingly resistant to exploitative work. Compared with Internet giants, overtime is also very common in the cross-border industry. Previously, a seller revealed that a cross-border company launched an overtime ranking list and broadcast it live on a big screen to motivate employees to work overtime. ▲ The picture comes from Zhiwubuyan Looking at the current cross-border industry, most companies have implemented a work system of one day off or a week off, and overtime has become the norm. However, for many sellers, daily work tasks are already very heavy, so they need more rest time to balance work and life. Recently, a seller’s call for the cross-border industry to cancel the big and small week system in a forum has caused heated discussion: At present, domestic large factories are gradually canceling the 996 system, and foreign large factories have even begun to trial the four-day system. In 2022, words such as "today's overtime brings tomorrow's wealth" are out of touch with reality, and excessive consumption will only affect work efficiency and enthusiasm. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group The seller's views resonate with many cross-border people: "Two days off a week is called work, a weekday is called survival, and a weekday is called torture. In the past few years, a weekday, a weekday, a weekday, a weekday, and a 5.5-day week were all crazy overtime, and people were crazy about it." "The salary for two days off a week is called salary, and the salary for one day off a week is called mental damage compensation. Last year, I worked overtime until 10 o'clock every day during the week, and my temples turned gray in half a year." "Are we the only ones who have only one day off a week? Even a full week off is a luxury. We have to check our mailbox and deal with letters every now and then on our days off." "Each generation has its own persistence. I had no choice before, but now I just want to have two days off a week." In the eyes of many sellers, people are not machines and need to rest. A two-day weekend is a normal working system. Just like a battery, after five days of use, it should be fully recharged during the two days of the weekend to ensure better operation. Some sellers bluntly said that whether or not to work on Saturday has no direct relationship with the number of orders. Can Amazon still check if someone is sitting in front of the computer and allocate more traffic? In fact, there is no clear distinction between work and rest in the cross-border circle. Even during holidays, many sellers have to pay close attention to the backend situation and handle order after-sales and other matters. If it happens to be a peak season, they will work overtime. The system of long and short weeks or even a single day off is not only easy to over-consume energy and spirit, but also likely to reduce work efficiency and dampen work enthusiasm. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group Is the trend of two-day weekends across borders awakening? Many big sellers have adjusted their systems! It is learned that although single-day weekends and long and short-day weekends are still the norm for small and medium-sized companies in the industry, many cross-border companies, led by top sellers, are now abandoning this system, and the trend of double-day weekends across borders is becoming more and more popular. At the end of last year, Yibai Network announced that starting from 2022, it will pilot a six-month weekend off system with eight working hours per day. The company will decide whether to make adjustments based on its business conditions. ▲ The picture comes from the Internet Earlier, another Shenzhen big seller, Suntech Power, also issued a notice on adjusting working hours, implementing a two-day weekend work system starting from December 1, 2021. ▲ The picture comes from the Internet In addition to Suntech and Yibai, major Shenzhen retailers such as Tongtuo, Anker, and Zebao have also implemented the two-day weekend system early on. A seller conducted a survey on existing Amazon companies in Shenzhen. From the perspective of working hours, most of them work from 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 18:00. Most companies’ recruitment requirements include "flexible working hours", which is actually a disguised way of telling job seekers that they need to work overtime frequently. In terms of the issue of two-day weekends and long and short weekends, the situation varies in different areas of Shenzhen. Most cross-border companies in Nanshan have two-day weekends, followed by Futian, and there are also a few companies in Longhua and Longgang. There are very few companies in other areas. In general, the trend of working two days off a week is still "awakening" in the cross-border circle. A seller in South China City said that his company also followed the trend last year and changed from a weekday to a weekday. At this stage, large-scale cross-border companies are basically moving towards a weekday weekend. On the other hand, having two days off a week has gradually become a basic requirement for job seekers. According to reports, many operators immediately "ran away" when they heard that the company implemented a long and short week system during the interview. Under this situation, companies that do not have two days off a week seem to be losing their competitiveness in the job market. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group Of course, judging from the current environment, the road to a two-day weekend for all in the cross-border industry is still long and arduous. Millions or even tens of millions of graduates enter the job market every year, and the market supply and demand relationship of more people than jobs means that cross-border companies basically have no worries about recruiting. Therefore, the general recruitment environment determines the popularity of two-day weekends. If most companies have a two-day weekend system during recruitment, then the one-day weekend and long-week schedules will lose their advantages in recruiting, and slowly push the industry to further popularize two-day weekends. If the entire industry is dominated by the one-day weekend and long-week schedules, many companies will maintain the status quo and follow the trend. Are there differences between Amazon companies? These factors may be the determining factors for a two-day weekend! The fact that more and more cross-border sellers, including small and medium-sized companies, are joining the two-day weekend team also reflects that the market trend is changing. Blind involution and meaningless exploitation will only backfire. On the other hand, through these cross-border two-day weekend companies that are constantly "awakening", it can also be seen that whether the two-day weekend system is implemented or not depends to a large extent on two aspects. A distribution seller revealed that when he first entered the industry, he joined a distribution company. He had to work overtime every day and could only take a break at 3 o'clock. The company also forced him to work overtime and he could not leave until at least after 8 o'clock. It was already after 0 o'clock when he got home and finished washing up every day. He then decisively ran away from the boutique company. However, a boutique seller said: As long as the early stages of boutique business are well prepared, apart from checking processes like email advertisements, you will be extremely idle on weekdays. Whether or not you go to work on Saturday will not affect the number of orders. Don’t those who sell on Amazon check their own accounts at home on weekends? For distribution sellers, the endless products, massive SKUs and multi-account and multi-store operations determine the arduous workload. They can only complete the huge product launch targets by sacrificing their rest time. Therefore, distribution companies in the industry basically have a single day off and a long and short week system, and getting off work on time has become a luxury. In contrast, sellers who take the boutique route focus more on product selection and early promotion. They select products in a targeted manner and focus on a certain product. They do not have the burden of a large number of new products, which can save energy in the long run. Therefore, boutique companies have a higher rate of weekends off. In addition to the operating model, company size is also a key factor in determining the rest system. In 2020, the epidemic stimulated the online transformation of consumption patterns, promoted the explosive growth of cross-border e-commerce, and cross-border companies emerged rapidly. In such a fiercely competitive environment, in order to survive and gain a foothold, coupled with a shortage of personnel, many start-ups can only implement a single-day-off policy, and double-day-off policies are rare. A seller admitted that although it is already 2022, many companies still implement a 5.5-day work model. This model mostly occurs in start-ups or companies with around 50 people. When the company size reaches about 100 people, there are basically more cases of long and short weeks. If it is a company with 500 people, the two-day weekend model begins to gradually increase, and companies with 1,000 people basically all have a two-day weekend system. The larger the company, the more complete and formal its internal management system will be . At the same time, due to the large number of employees, it is also conducive to the department structure, the subdivision of various operational tasks, and the division of labor and coordination among employees, thereby streamlining processes, improving efficiency, and reducing unnecessary overtime. At present, the cross-border company recruitment information on various platforms has also released a good signal. We can see that many companies are making the transition from single-day weekends to long and short-day weekends, and long and short-day weekends to double-day weekends. At the same time, some companies have begun to change their office locations and move to better environments. This also indirectly reflects that the industry is gradually becoming more formalized. What kind of rest system do your sellers' companies implement? Please vote and leave a message in the comment area to share~
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