Recently, a workplace incident has attracted attention and hot discussion: a product manager in Toutiao was forced to resign because the product he was responsible for was abandoned. He posted a post asking why he applied for reinstatement; at the same time, a product manager who supported reinstatement Employees of Pan Pan were also forced to quarantine. Toutiao’s response to this matter is: The employees were not dismissed due to the proposal to review the product, but were persuaded to resign due to performance and management issues, and the employees made a lot of offensive remarks about the company internally, which led to the final forced resignation. . However, both the statements of the parties on Weibo and the overwhelming public opinion of netizens show that Toutiao’s values ??are deeply questioned.
More than half a month has passed since the incident, and now we no longer discuss the specific reasons why the person involved was "resigned", or whether the truth is "persuaded to quit" or "forced to leave." Today we are going to talk about how we can deal with the sad boulder of "sudden resignation", adjust our mentality, and start over.
Generally speaking, there are three reasons for "being fired":
First, technological progress brings about natural changes in industries/types of work, and the giant wheel of the times is rolling in. There is no need to resist, and resistance is useless. Yes, you are conscientious and hard-working, and you have toiled without any merit, but this happened purely because the position you are in has no longer any necessity for its existence. There is a very famous example that most people are familiar with. At the beginning of this year, the Tangshan Expressway canceled the toll station and used information technologies such as highway electronic toll collection (ETC) to replace manual toll collection, effectively improving vehicle traffic efficiency and reducing logistics costs. , happy and happy. However, the only thing this move harms is the interests of the toll collectors who hold the "iron rice bowl" at the toll station: "I spent all my youth at the toll station. I am now 36... Our advantages are all at the toll station. I I only charge fees...now I can’t do anything else.” It's still shocking to mention old things again.
Second, there is a mismatch between personal abilities and positions, which is the most common. The knowledge and skills have already passed the company's screening at the beginning of the interview and been matched to a relatively suitable position, so there is no problem. So what's the problem? The same lies in the improvement of skills required by industry development. If you don't take the initiative to make progress, you will be eliminated. My friend Xiao C works as a telephone customer service person, responsible for answering users’ inquiries about products and business. He has been working as a veteran employee for more than ten years. In recent years, with the transformation of enterprises and the expansion and development of business products, Xiao C has to answer more and more calls every day, and the problems he has to deal with have become more and more complex. Later, online services were also enabled. In addition to answering phone calls at fixed times, he also spent part of his time handling online consultations. Little C chatted with users in front of N pop-up windows alone. Gradually, Little C became overwhelmed and exhausted at work, and was always at the bottom of the team's performance list. Little C’s superior, Sister H, saw that Little C was a veteran employee and had some feelings for her, so she specially helped Little C change to a service team with relatively simple work content. She hoped that Little C would work hard and keep up with the pace. Unexpectedly, Little C’s change Although they have entered a new environment, they still have no sense of crisis, they do not pay attention to learning new work content, and their performance is still holding back the team. This year the company arranged for contract renewal, and everyone signed as scheduled. Only Little C did not receive the renewal notice. Everyone had a premonition that Little C was out of luck this time, but only Little C was still blindly optimistic, mistakenly thinking that HR forgot to notify her to sign a contract. It can be said that everyone is awake, only Little C is drunk alone. It was not until Sister H received a notice from HR that she asked Little C to come for the exit interview. Little C was stunned and burst into tears.
In today’s world where information resources are exploding and people will be ruthlessly eliminated if they don’t work hard, every working person should stay clear-headed: “My employer and I are in a relationship where we each get what we need. I work hard, The company only cares about my salary and is not responsible for my personal growth." In this way, we can have the confidence to support ourselves: If one day our supply and demand relationship is not equal, let's get together and break up! Please note that "supply and demand are not equal" is relative. For "learning talents", if you accidentally grow too fast, your position will limit your personal growth. If there is no hope of transfer, you will take the initiative to change jobs in minutes. Is it because you are trying to fool the boss or is it? The key to your boss firing you depends on who makes faster progress, so please always work hard. There is a saying that is particularly good: Working hard is to have the right to choose, and the meaning of choice is not only to do whatever you want to do, but also to not do anything if you don't want to do it.
Let’s talk about the last reason for “being fired”, which is the situation at the beginning of the article: just because the boss wants you to leave! It is said that three different views cannot be forcibly integrated. From this point of view, finding a job and finding a partner are still very similar.
The first two reasons for being "resigned" are very clear, and employees have nothing to pursue or be dissatisfied with the company. Only this third type can be the reason, and there are countless clues. To put it simply, the employees are thoughtful and have opinions, but their ideas are not in the same line as the boss's, and the boss eventually becomes dissatisfied.
After all, you are doing it for the good of the company, and the boss may not want the company to be bad. However, the boss thinks he has his own method. The boss just doesn’t want to see or accept your method. If you still say it openly, it will embarrass the boss. , it just so happens that the boss’s stomach is average, so he naturally feels unhappy and wants to quit in a matter of minutes. Who lets him be the boss?
When things have reached this situation, there is actually no escape from the flaws in the differences in values ????and the quality of communication between the two parties. At these two nodes, the dominant ones are obviously the companies in a strong position. To deal with this matter, the company actually needs to improve its tolerance, the wisdom to deal with public opinion risks, and most importantly, improve the respect for individual employees. In the long run, this matter can be regarded as an appropriate opportunity to change the corporate culture.
When something like this happens, you will always feel disappointed. Employees who have been "resigned" can naturally create public pressure through the Internet, or use legal channels to negotiate with the company for an explanation or even claim compensation. However, in a situation where there is a great disparity between the strong and the weak, this approach can easily kill a thousand enemies and cause eight hundred losses to oneself. After all, it takes a lot of effort to implement these things. Protecting your rights is not undesirable, it is even necessary, but before implementing it, please weigh it first. Is the transaction worth it? Does this "right" really require you to spend a lot of effort to maintain it? If you don't maintain it, you will die. If so, then you have to fight to the end even if you try to sell it! But if not, then after being "resigned", please protect yourself to the greatest extent, retreat and seek other development.
It is said that the most effective way to get revenge on your ex is to live a better life than him or her. After that, the remaining feelings towards this ex are probably that the entanglements are over, and I can only sigh about the growth I have gained, and even secretly rejoice that this "ex" made a "difficult decision" for me to leave the wrong person. Yes, only then can we meet the right one.
The three "resignation" situations listed above, whether it is the company or the individual employee, are the final results after a difficult run-in for both parties. Needless to say, the troubles and pressures that employees suffer personally, if we look at these companies that are regarded as strong parties from another angle, if they have to endure an employee who is either incompetent, has a bad attitude, or has many opinions, then it will be like a finger. It's like a barb. It's not life-threatening, but it's still quite uncomfortable. For both parties, if the suffering has been endured, it cannot be in vain. Whether it is an employee who has been "resigned" or a company that has taken the initiative to retire, whether it is necessary to continue to rest on its laurels and feel sorry for itself, or whether it is necessary to reflect on growth and forge ahead from suffering, the key lies in personal understanding and choice.