"Congratulations on your successful graduation"?
Please treat the deceased with dignity and respect
If we say that the "Internet slang" when it was just emerging, it brings a sense of freshness and humor to people, and it makes people feel the innovation and vitality of Internet culture. Now, with the occurrence of a new round of layoffs in Internet companies, some The "black talk" makes people not laugh at all.
When some companies are laying off employees, they call the day when the employee is fired "graduation day", and even brazenly "congratulate" the employee for "graduating successfully"; some companies are expressing all kinds of lyricism in text messages to the laid-off employees, expressing "everything. Reluctant to give up", "I miss every day and night that I fought side by side".
Whether it is out of preparation for the general trend of the industry, or because of the "last resort" of the company's own business conditions, the layoff itself is not too accusatory.
After all, in a mobile market, no one has an "iron rice bowl".
The establishment of labor relations is a two-way process. Workers can propose to resign according to their own career development plans, and companies naturally have the right to lay off employees.
As long as the enterprise pays compensation to the dismissed in full and on time in accordance with the law and the labor contract, layoffs do not require much intervention.
But for most laid-off workers, the sudden loss of a job is not something to be happy about.
Passively leaving the job, employees not only have to re-job, but also face more living burdens.
Compared with voluntary resignation, the career window period after being dismissed may be longer, and the uncertainty and anxiety of workers are more significant.
For employees who are under the pressure of monthly mortgage and car loan payments, using "graduation" to describe layoffs is like poking a needle into their hearts.
Why companies use "graduation" to refer to layoffs may be related to the "campus culture" they pursue.
The employee structure of Internet companies is generally younger, and they have a strong student temperament shortly after leaving the campus.
Enterprises are also willing to create an open and free atmosphere to provide employees with a campus-like workplace environment.
For example, colleagues call each other "classmates" and provide logistical services similar to schools.
This workplace culture not only dissolves rigid and hierarchical workplace relationships, but also creates a good soft environment for corporate innovation and promotes the rapid growth of talents.
However, companies cannot really regard themselves as schools because they have created a campus-like environment.
During the maintenance of labor relations, colleagues blur the boundaries between superiors and subordinates and call each other "classmates", which is certainly a pleasant corporate culture, but when the relationship is about to end, "talking about feelings" is shirk responsibility." Congratulations on graduating" is a hypocritical childish disease.
When dismissed is a fait accompli, employees expect rights to be stretched and dignity to be maintained, rather than coy cover up and avoidance.
In schools, teachers will not and cannot give up any "poor students", but in market-oriented enterprises, competition is inevitable, and some private managers often do not spend too much energy on supporting employees with poor performance.
Whether it is competition for employment or elimination at the bottom, only employees with good performance can eat "sugar".
Treating an enterprise as a campus only sees the superficial form of the employment environment, while ignoring the fundamental logic of enterprise management.
Perhaps expressions such as "dismissal" and "dissolution of labor relations" are a bit blunt in tone and expression, and cannot add points to the "public image" of the company.
However, what should be faced will eventually be faced, corporate layoffs are never easy, let alone make people feel "frivolous".
Only by expressing it bluntly and eliminating the ambiguity of paradoxical and evasive words can the dismissed employees be able to achieve equal status with the "ex-employer". The two sides sit down and talk about compensation calmly, and get together on the premise of respecting each other's rights. So loose.
Once many large enterprises lay off employees, hundreds or thousands of people may be laid off at every turn. At the same time, many enterprises will continue to introduce new blood.
Dismissing a grass-roots employee may be a trivial "little matter" for business operations, but for an individual employee, losing a job is a major life event.
Rather than playing with language, companies should try their best to show responsibility, try not to affect the livelihood of ordinary employees due to their own development strategy mistakes, and even if they have to dismiss some people, let them leave with dignity and respect.
Wang Zhong's source: China Youth Daily