Sino-Singapore Jingwei, January 5th (Chang Tao) "Never stop recruiting during the Spring Festival!" At the beginning of each recruitment information, Dajun (pseudonym) will specially mark this sentence.

Dajun is the person in charge of recruitment in the Beijing area of ​​a courier company. Recently, his main job is to publish courier recruitment information on various websites, and "stock up" couriers for the upcoming Spring Festival.

3 times salary, daily salary of 1,000 yuan

　　The Spring Festival is often the most stressful time for courier workers. With the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies, many practitioners expect that more couriers will return to their hometowns for the Spring Festival this year.

　　In this context, in order to ensure the delivery needs of the citizens, various express outlets have offered generous conditions to "stock up people" in advance to prepare for the Spring Festival without closing.

　　Yang Bo is the person in charge of ZTO Express Shanghai Xuhui South Station. He told reporters from China-Singapore Jingwei that there are more than 60 front-line operators, drivers, and courier salesmen in his outlet. During the Spring Festival this year, there are a total of 20 employees including him. Will stay at the post.

　　Yang Bo revealed that based on past experience, it is more difficult to recruit people at the end of the year, especially after the twelfth lunar month. Even if people are recruited, it will be difficult to meet the needs of express delivery during the Spring Festival.

Therefore, he is used to "hoarding" some of the old employees to deal with the work during the Spring Festival.

　　The couriers who stick to their posts during the Spring Festival also earn a considerable amount of income.

"Our salary during the Spring Festival is calculated by three times, that is, the delivery volume is multiplied by three, plus some subsidies and red envelopes from the company, and some subsidies from the government, so it is no problem for the courier to earn 1,200 to 300 yuan a day." Yang Bo said.

　　The reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei noticed that Shanghai issued a notice a few days ago. From December 25, 2022 to January 27, 2023, for key monitoring e-commerce platforms and postal express delivery companies, front-line personnel working on the job will be given 60 yuan per person per day. A subsidy of 150 yuan per person per day will be given to front-line personnel who work during the New Year's Day holiday and the Spring Festival holiday.

　　Yang Bo revealed that compared with the Spring Festival in 2022, the number of couriers left to work in outlets this year will be less.

"The current epidemic prevention policy has changed. There are more couriers who want to go home. We have done a lot of work for these people in private. After the Lantern Festival, we will arrange for them to adjust their rest time. stop."

　　Dajun also said, "There is a shortage of couriers during the Spring Festival. If the interviewer says that he can work during the Spring Festival, we will give priority to consideration. The monthly salary we give in the recruitment information is 8,000 to 13,000 yuan, but the income during the Spring Festival is much higher. Because of these, not only will the basic salary be tripled, but the order volume will also increase, so you can earn seven or eight hundred yuan a day."

A number of express delivery arrangements for the Spring Festival have been released

　　At present, it has become an industry practice to keep express delivery during the Spring Festival.

But initially, not all courier companies were operating normally during the Spring Festival.

　　In 2021, affected by the encouraging policy of "Chinese New Year in situ" under the epidemic situation, during the Spring Festival of that year, the express delivery industry will usher in the first time in history that it will not close at all.

At that time, the person in charge of the outlet told the Sino-Singapore Jingwei reporter that it was the first time since it opened that it would not rest during the Chinese New Year.

　　The Spring Festival express delivery does not close. On the one hand, it is a manifestation of the fierce competition in the industry, and on the other hand, it has also won word of mouth for express delivery companies.

In the Spring Festival of 2023, although the epidemic prevention policy has been optimized and adjusted, judging from the information released by various express companies and platforms, express delivery will continue without closing.

　　According to Cainiao, Taobao and Tmall will cover more than 300 cities across the country without closing during the Spring Festival this year. As one of its logistics partners, Cainiao will work with express companies such as "Three Links and One Express" and SF Express to ensure logistics operations during the Spring Festival.

　　ZTO Express announced that it will provide "uninterrupted Spring Festival service" from January 19, 2023 (the 28th of the twelfth lunar month) to January 25 (the fourth day of the first lunar month), and provide normal express services on the remaining days.

　　STO Express stated that from January 19 to 24, 2023 (from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month), STO’s entire network will continue to maintain normal services in collection, transportation, transshipment, delivery, market, and customer service.

　　Debon Express revealed that during the Spring Festival, Debon Express covers more than 5,000 directly-operated outlets, covering more than 300 cities across the country, and will operate normally during the Spring Festival.

　　SF Express announced that delivery services will continue to be provided during the Spring Festival.

However, SF Express also stated that it will dynamically adjust some service charges during the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival holiday from January 21 to January 27, 2023, a resource adjustment fee will be charged for delivery services.

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　　Although the outlets are not closed, many express companies also stated that the timeliness of express delivery during the Spring Festival will be affected.

For example, SF Express stated that due to factors such as limited resource allocation during the Spring Festival and extreme weather changes, the delivery timeliness of users during the festival may be affected to a certain extent.

ZTO also stated that the timeliness of express delivery during the festival will be slightly affected.

　　Regarding the overall delivery order volume of the outlets during the Spring Festival this year, Yang Bo said that it is not easy to predict, and now he can only "stock up" as many people as possible, and reserve some part-time workers in advance to supplement the flexible transportation capacity to ensure timely delivery.

　　Zhao Xiaomin, an express logistics expert and CEO of Guanshuo Capital, believes that the demand for new year goods during the festival will increase, and the express delivery industry will face greater pressure.

Under the new epidemic prevention policy this year, courier employees are more willing to return to their hometowns for the New Year. This may also affect the employment of courier companies during the Spring Festival, but the overall operation will be smooth.

　　Experts also advise consumers to plan and purchase early if they need to buy New Year’s goods. On the one hand, it can ease the delivery pressure of the logistics industry before the Spring Festival, and on the other hand, it can also ensure the delivery of goods before the Spring Festival.

　　(For more report clues, please contact Chang Tao, the author of this article: changtao@chinanews.com.cn) (China-Singapore Jingwei APP)

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