Accompany driving, go shopping, help wake up, come to feed pets...
Unlock a new way of part-time work: "help" with help services
Reporter Shi Lanna
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From helping with cooking to helping with cats and walking dogs, from chatting to accompanying doctors, from helping with ideas to helping with decisions... Many new generations of migrant workers have found themselves earning a living and contacting the city by providing help services. Way.
Experts believe that helping services can increase the opportunities and income of migrant workers.
In the face of unreasonable requests, helpers must be clear about "what kind of help can be done" and do not put economic interests above morality and the law.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, Lan Ge's alarm clock went off.
Turning off the alarm clock, she dialed a phone, and a dim answer came from the other side of the phone.
When the phone was hung up, Lan Ge completed the help task this time-waking up the customer.
In recent years, the helping economy has emerged and gradually developed on the Internet platform.
In addition to the already-formed industry's help delivery, flash delivery of documents, etc., various one-on-one help services that accurately meet the individual needs of users also provide convenience for many people's lives.
Many new-generation migrant workers have found new ways to work for themselves by providing help services.
9.99 yuan one-time wake-up service
Lan Ge from rural Shanxi has been "drifting" in Beijing for many years. In addition to her daily work, she is also an individual seller on the Internet platform.
"Super-quality wake-up and supervising services are provided to friends who have difficulty getting up in the morning. I am serious and responsible, and hope that each partner can start a happy day!" On his personal homepage, Lan Ge promoted his 9.99 yuan wake-up call service.
"I usually go to bed at 1:00 in the morning. When there is a wake-up call, I will set the alarm clock. If the other party answers the phone smoothly, I can quickly complete the task, and then I will sleep for a while and then get up to work." Lan Ge said, if the other party does not answer the phone. , Then she will add another call every 3 minutes, up to 10 times.
In addition to helping to wake up, Lan Ge can also help with driving on behalf of the car, editing videos, "no violation of law or discipline can be discussed" is her principle of help.
Unlike Lan Ge, Zhang Pengfei's help service needs to be provided on-site.
When he came to the door of the customer's house, Zhang Pengfei first turned on the phone camera. After obtaining the customer's consent, he opened the door of the room with a temporary password and entered the room to help feed the cat.
"The cat food is gone, there is a little water left, and the cat litter should be cleaned up." Zhang Pengfei was feeding the cat while communicating with the cat owner about the situation on the scene.
"If the kitten is not afraid of people, I will play with it for a while." Zhang Pengfei, who works in the kennel, loves small animals. In his spare time, he treats feeding cats and walking dogs as part-time jobs.
He feels that such a part-time job can help others while making money in his free time, and he is happy to do it.
From helping with cooking to helping with cats and walking dogs, from chatting to accompanying doctors, from helping with ideas to helping with decisions... Search for "help" on e-commerce platforms, and sellers provide a wide range of services.
Under the general trend of open sharing on the Internet, the helping economy is attracting more and more migrant workers to join it with its flexibility in time and space.
"Help me find the social window"
Pan Hua, 19 years old this year, is a full-time "online help" young man.
His parents worked in an industrial park in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. Pan Hua and his 10-year-old brother stayed in their rural hometown in Hengzhou City, Nanning, Guangxi.
Due to a brain tumor, Pan Hua failed to go to university, and online part-time job became a job he could do.
"There can be two or three orders every day, some are chatting, some are helping to call or send messages, and some are registering new users." Pan Hua said that he has helped various kinds of favors. A couple quarreled and one cellphone was hacked. He will help to contact the other party to convey an apology; he will listen to the troubles and help others to channel their emotions when they encounter someone whose life is not going well.
After chatting with Pan Hua for a whole day, he only charged 10 yuan, and he rarely asked too much or wasted time.
"Maybe people think that what I help is trivial, but physical reasons make it impossible for me to go out to work, so I can earn some pocket money for me and my brother, which is not shabby."
Lan Ge, who was born in 1991, uses the popular term "social fear" to describe himself.
Lan Ge said that in the two-point-one-line life, his social circle is very solidified, but the help of service has allowed him to find a window to communicate with the society.
"Because of the help and service, I have met some people and learned more about their lifestyles. I can also listen to other people’s views on the same thing from different perspectives. Many things that I can’t talk with my family and colleagues are more difficult to talk to with strangers. It’s easy.” Online help to make decisions, and offline accompany to watch exhibitions to accompany shopping. Lan Ge has gradually expanded its social circle through help services.
She felt that the process of helping others by herself happened to be a process of being "cured".
Pan Helin, executive dean and professor of the Institute of Digital Economy of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, said that helping the economy can match scattered time supply and demand, and is more flexible than short-term odd jobs in the traditional sense, which will help increase the opportunities and income of migrant workers. .
Sharing private time has also become a new social mode to a certain extent, which not only meets the needs of individuals, but also enhances the participation of migrant workers in urban life and helps them to better integrate into it.
Help, it's conscience
In addition to the requirements for chatting, helping out ideas, and helping bargaining prices, Pan Hua also received some requests that made him feel shocked, such as registering on dating sites and sending text messages to intimidate others.
"What kind of busy can help?" "Whether it can withstand the temptation of economic interests" has become a question that tests many helpers such as Pan Hua and Wu Xi.
Wu Xi, who has 25 years of driving experience, works as a driver in her spare time. "Novices who dare not go to the road" are his main training partners.
Once, Wu Xi received a special request for help. A client who was studying in a driving school wanted to go to the road without him because he was worried that he would not pass the road driving test, and he was willing to pay an extra fee.
"There is a lot of money, but what I teach is actual combat experience. It is too dangerous to drive on the road before getting a driver's license. It is illegal. It is illegal to earn money." So after the struggle, Wu Xi rejected the client's request and added "driver's license required" in his service introduction.
"To be honest, caring for pets at home is about conscience. After all, you have to enter someone else's house, or when the owner is away." It is precisely because of this that Zhang Pengfei is more willing to accept orders from families with password locks and cameras. It is more convenient and avoids possible disputes.
He said that he will pay special attention to the privacy of customers, and the photos with pets will not be posted online until the customers agree.
"While increasing the opportunities and incomes of migrant workers and motivating them to integrate better, helping the economy also has some problems due to its flexibility. On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen platform supervision and urge the platform to form complete trading rules; on the other hand, , The helpers themselves must keep the bottom line in an open network environment, and don't put economic interests above morality and the law." Pan Helin suggested.
(At the request of the interviewee, some interviewees are pseudonyms)