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According to 36Kr report, Alibaba cancelled the "P" serial rank display in the internal system yesterday. Employees can no longer see each other's ranks in the mail, nailing, intranet and other systems, but only their own group departments. This is another measure taken by Ali to improve organizational efficiency after canceling weekly reports and discouraging inefficient overtime/meetings.

Ali is divided into two career sequences, namely "P" and "M", where "P" stands for career sequence, and most employees such as programmers and product managers are in this sequence. "M" is a management sequence, which requires the experience and ability of a management team.

The "P" sequence was first proposed by Ali B2B service, and has been implemented for 10 years. From P5 (university graduates) to P 12 (business department presidents), Ali employees will match their ranks when they join the company, corresponding to the corresponding salary, stock and promotion mechanism. Among them, P 10 or above is the vice president level, which is called "high P" by Ali employees.

A number of Ali employees told 36Kr that canceling the "P" sequence of internal display was related to encouraging equal internal communication.

An employee of Ali told 36Kr that in internal inter-departmental collaboration, if you see that the other party is "high P", you will have scruples when communicating, or even "bypass if you can". Now, after hiding his rank, he will be more daring to communicate.

Another employee affirmed the measures to hide the level. "It can really eliminate some communication differences, and the voice supported by the intranet is also the majority." However, he also expressed his concern about 36Kr: it would be embarrassing if he met a strange colleague at the meeting and found it was P 10 (vice president).

36Kr asked Ali for official verification about the hidden level, and Ali confirmed this fact, but did not give more reply.

However, can canceling the P-sequence display really encourage communication? The above-mentioned employees can't give a definite answer, but at present, the number of employees in Ali has increased exponentially (66,000 in 2065,438+08 and more than 65,438+10,000 in 2065,438+09), which is more like an attitude conveyed by Ali: eliminating bureaucratic postures and ensuring flat management.

This change also continues a number of rule adjustments that Ali has taken since July around the improvement of organizational efficiency. In mid-July, it was reported that Ali announced that he would no longer force employees to submit weekly reports. In response, Ali responded at the time that not only the weekly newspaper was cancelled, but also the ppt whose form was larger than the content was not considered, and inefficient overtime was not encouraged.

According to the interface news report, according to the internal staff, some managers have privately conveyed that some unnecessary meetings will be cancelled gradually except the weekly report, including some meetings held in advance due to the need of telecommuting under the influence of the epidemic.

In addition to improving internal efficiency, some employees believe that the hidden Ali P sequence is also related to the negative news caused by Ali's repeated "high P".

In the previous hot search in Weibo, there have been many cases in which Ali Gao P employees made unreasonable conditions during blind date, causing group ridicule; In June this year, a P8 employee of Ali publicly recruited personal assistants online. The employee was quickly dismissed after being investigated by Ali Integrity Department for alleged fraud and harassment of job seekers.

In March of this year, Jiang Shengsheng, the president of Taobao after 1985, was promoted to M7/P 12, in charge of the three core businesses of Taobao, Tmall and Ali Mama. However, a month later, Ali officially announced that Fan Jiang had been given a big demerit, the year-end bonus was cancelled, and Ali's partner status was also cancelled.

As an established Internet company with a market value of over HK$ 6 trillion, Alibaba's P sequence has become a symbol of wealth and social status. According to the industry level known by 36Kr, the average annual salary of Alibaba P8 (cash+stock) is in the million level (some technical posts will be higher), so having a higher P-series staff in Alibaba means a great aura.

As Ali adjusts the level presentation, the aura of "high P" in the industry may be weakened. But if Ali's internal cooperation can be reduced by erasing the rank information, it is also the gospel of this giant with 654.38 million+employees.

Update:

Wang Shuai, Chairman of Marketing Public Relations Committee of Alibaba Group, then responded in a circle of friends: Ali never relies on hierarchical management. But Ali will always face the diversity of future management.

Wang Shuai, Chairman of Alibaba Group Market Public Relations Committee