Factory phenomenon: What is happening to keep workers away from factories? How to break the "labor shortage"?

The COVID-19 epidemic is raging in 2020, causing huge harm to various countries and regions, and there is still no sign of letting up.

Whether it is human security or economic development, the world is in a "depression", but our country, because of proper handling, has minimized the impact. In 2020, my country is unique among the world's negative GDP growth (growth of 2.3%).

Such achievements cannot be achieved without reasonable overall planning and the unity of the people, and it is also inseparable from a strong manufacturing industry.

After this new coronavirus epidemic, the world has also seen our status as a true manufacturing power.

my country's manufacturing industry has a complete industrial system. The international industrial system is divided into 39 major categories, 191 medium categories and 525 small categories. We have almost all types of production and R&D capabilities. China is indeed the only country in the world that has all industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification.

However, despite this, the status of a manufacturing power is currently facing some bottlenecks.

High-end technology is "stuck", and mid- and low-end technologies are difficult to overcome, resulting in high costs and other difficulties.

In the industry I am currently working in, core equipment such as centrifuges generally come from manufacturing powers such as Germany and Belgium.

The motors and reducers are from Siemens, Germany, and the equipment bearings are from Sweden (SKF).

There are countless powerful manufacturing brands that are common in daily life, such as Leica, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, etc.

In fact, it is not terrible to lag behind in high-end technology for a while. These are not the most important. As long as we spend time and rely on the wisdom and diligence of the Chinese people, we will definitely be able to catch up.

The bigger problem is that the manufacturing industry is short of people, not to mention technical talents, even front-line operators.

According to the ranking of the 100 occupations with the most job shortages nationwide in the second quarter of 2021, released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, nearly half of the 30 newly ranked occupations are related to manufacturing.

Occupations such as machine fitters, stamping workers, and metal heat treaters are showing an increasing shortage.

In short, the manufacturing industry is short of people, very short!

In 2004, the first choice place was Dongguan, Guangdong. At that time, the recruitment market was crowded with people.

Looking back now, the recruitment market is deserted. Of course, this may be due to the development of the Internet and the shift to the Internet.

Back then, our country’s total population was not as large as it is now. In 2004, the total population was around 1.3 billion, but there was no shortage of people. But now it is 1.4 billion, but there is a “labor shortage” everywhere.

Especially in coastal areas with more developed economies, the shortage of people is more serious.

As a result, after they can’t recruit people, they move the factory to the mainland. If the mainland can no longer move to nearby countries, such as Southeast Asia and other countries.

The term "labor shortage" is no stranger to everyone. It has existed for several years. In other words, after the post-90s and post-00s began to enter society, the frequency of this term has become more and more frequent. high.

Our country is a country with a large population, and there are at least hundreds of millions of workers. According to normal logic, there should be no shortage of people. Although the fertility rate continues to decrease, aging has further intensified, and the proportion of the elderly population is getting higher and higher. But it’s not like we can’t recruit people.

This is indeed the case. There are actually many people around us who are unemployed at home, or so-called "freelancers."

Don’t these people want to work?

No, on the contrary, I really want to have a job. However, it is not easy to find a satisfactory job. I can only work as a temporary worker for the time being, "riding the donkey to find the horse".

There is a "labor shortage" in factories. People who are "idle" just refuse to enter, as if the factory is a minefield.

In some areas, even the bosses personally go to battle, just trying to recruit a few satisfactory employees with their soft tongue, but they can't find them, even if some factories offer "high salaries" of 8,000 to tens of thousands. .

Unable to recruit and retain workers, many companies have turned to students. During summer and winter vacations, there is a huge scene. Students are arranged by labor companies to different factories. Many factories also arrange their production plans during the summer and winter holidays as much as possible.

It is not uncommon for a company to be unable to recruit people and rely on students to make up for the labor shortage, while at the same time being unable to find a job.

As for the fundamental reason for the "labor shortage" in manufacturing factories, the most important reason is that young people think that being a factory worker is an "undignified" job, and they are "ashamed to talk to their elders" whenever they chat with them. ".

Wages, working environment issues, inhumane management, and the factory’s shift system are the main factors that make workers feel unseemly.

This is also the reason why workers are reluctant to continue working in the factory.

Or, working in a factory means there is no development and the future is foreseeable.

When you are in a factory, it is not difficult to find that many factories recruit people every month, but very few people stay in the end, and many people leave as soon as they enter.

The direct reason is low wages. The labor shortage in the manufacturing industry is not that there is no one, but that there is a shortage of "cheap" workers, a horse that can work without eating grass.

As long as the salary is high, there is no need to worry about recruiting.

I don’t know if you still remember Tesla’s recruitment in Shanghai a few years ago. It was a sea of ??people, with tens of thousands of people going for interviews.

At that time, Tesla’s basic salary was 6,500, but the basic salary in Shanghai was only 2,480 (now 2,590)!

In addition, it is a management issue. As the times progress, management has not changed much, but has become more and more backward.

It is often heard in the workplace; first-rate corporate culture manages people, second-rate corporate systems manage people, and third-rate corporate people manage people.

If you observe carefully, most factories are still third-rate enterprises, or even worse than third-rate enterprises. Although these factory systems are piled up, there are only a few that are really helpful to the enterprise.

Moreover, most managers do not manage according to rules and regulations. The same thing can lead to different results depending on the manager's preferences.

Among so many systems, only one very important one is missing, and that is the restraint system for managers.

Moreover, managers like to talk about ideals, the future, and dedication.

Previously, a young new employee, Xiao Chen, came to the company. He was born in 1995. Soon after he joined the company, he had a strong dispute with the leader because he was not suitable for the company's management atmosphere.

During the dispute, this employee’s words impressed me deeply and I lamented the changes in the factory.

This passage would be like this, "Don't paint a big picture for me. I'm not a child. Don't use the older generation's ideas to manage. I'm not the previous generation. I don't have such a high consciousness. How much can I give?" How much work can be done with money”!

As soon as this sentence came out, the leader’s face turned red, which also made me, who was born in the 1980s, extremely embarrassed!

Through Xiao Chen’s words, I also had some thoughts.

It’s not that young people don’t have dedication. In the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic, many medical staff on the front lines were born in the 1990s. Can you say that young people don’t have great love and dedication?

For the prosperity of the country and the happiness and well-being of the people, no matter how dangerous it is, people of any age will put aside their personal interests and charge forward.

Those born in the 1970s and 1980s work hard in factories, using their health and youth to contribute to development. They have made sacrifices in the factory, worked hard, and sweated, which is also dedication.

However, with the development, the 70s and 80s gradually became confused.

The results of hard work have not been rewarded. It would be fine to say that everyone is treated equally, but this is not the case. Factory managers, business owners, and even celebrities who do not work form a clear contrast with the workers. .

Workers do not hate the rich. What they hate is that their efforts are not proportional to their gains. What makes workers even more unacceptable is that many people who earn Chinese money spend their money abroad, or simply immigrate!

Many people who look like Chinese people are making money in China, but after checking, they are actually foreigners!

For example, Zhang Yong, the founder of Haidilao, and Zhang Xin, the wife of Pan Shiyi, the former chairman of SOHO China, are countless in the entertainment industry.

Workers can work two shifts and 996, and they can make selfless contributions, but they will not make selfless contributions to those who get something for nothing.

So, you see workers leaving and young people not wanting to enter factories.

Wages, factory management environment, operating system, etc. are only superficial reasons. The most important thing is to be guided by social values, rational distribution, and more thinking in ideological education.

The good news is that the emergence of "Made in China 2025" shows that the country attaches great importance to manufacturing. The recent series of education reforms show that it attaches great importance to education. Therefore, in the future, whether it is manufacturing or education, as the country If you pay attention to it, it will definitely get better and better!

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