China News Service, Beijing, July 23 (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) Houlang, this is the cognitive label that many people have for the post-00s on the Internet in recent years.
And recently, the phrase "the post-80s are working overtime to obey their leaders, the post-90s are pretending to be fishy, and the post-00s are fighting hard to rectify the workplace", which has set up another distinctive and unique personality for the post-00s.
According to the 2010 census data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the population born between 2000 and 2009 was 147 million.
From this year, they will gradually enter the society.
How to deal with the relationship with the workplace will become the first test that the post-00s face.
Data map: Sun Yat-Sen University 2022 Graduation Ceremony and 2022 Degree Awarding Ceremony.
Photo by Chen Chuhong
"Dream Broken" when entering the workplace
At the beginning of 2022, at the juncture of the graduation season, Lin Chen left the company where he practiced for more than half a year.
Born in 2000, she graduated from a university in Shanghai majoring in landscape architecture. She came to the design company for an internship last July.
She has always dreamed of being able to design her own yard by herself. With the mentality of learning, Lin Chen sent her resume to this company.
During the interview, the clean and bright work environment, the atmosphere of chatting and laughing colleagues, and the monthly salary of 5,000 yuan for the intern in the school, all made Lin Chen feel good about this company, and he almost "joined in a second".
The next day, Lin Chen went to work "beautifully".
However, it was only after she actually worked that she realized that the job was far less satisfying than it seemed.
The first is the "endless" project, a group of six people will open three or four projects at the same time.
Sometimes, for a project that ended a month ago, Party A suddenly said that it was going to be reworked, which made it even busier. Obviously, the order has been arranged until 2023, and the company is still signing new orders.
Lin Chen lives far away from the company. He gets up at 5:40 every day and commutes to the crowded "penalty station" of Shanghai Metro Line 9.
It is common to work overtime until late at night. One month before the Chinese New Year, she worked overtime until eleven or twelve in the evening every day.
More importantly, no overtime pay is given. When asked, "this is the case in the design industry."
Data map: The morning rush hour of Beijing Metro Guomao Station.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
In the heavy daily work, Lin Chen began to rethink his suitability for the job.
In her opinion, this commercialized design model is totally unsuitable for her. Repeatedly modifying a detail for a week just because the client is not satisfied makes her feel bored and depressed.
The reason why Lin Chen finally decided to leave the company was that the company not only did not pay social security to the interns, but also did not pay the provident fund after becoming a regular.
She deliberately quietly asked her colleagues who had been employed for two or three years, and none of them had a provident fund.
At that time, Lin Chen was busy going back to school to do the graduation project defense and couldn't find time, so he decided to leave and find a new job.
On the Internet, there are various stories of "post-00s rectifying the workplace"-reverse backtracking, leaving get off work on time, refusing team building, daring to arbitrate, scolding the boss, and leaving if they disagree.
As for Lin Chen, until the end of this short-lived job, she only managed to "leave".
In fact, she also thought about whether to report the company for not paying provident funds to employees.
But later, she felt that she got along very well with her colleagues, and she did learn a lot in the past six months. It was not very kind to report backhand, so she gave up.
Data map: The scene of the large-scale on-site job fair for college graduates in Zunyi, Guizhou in 2022.
Photo by Qu Honglun
Will the workplace be reorganized?
Qin Yu, who is also a post-00s generation, can understand the considerations behind Lin Chen's decision.
She majored in business administration and recently started an internship in a company doing marketing work to prepare for employment next year.
Before entering the business unit, she needs a week-long induction training.
Generally speaking, the induction training of enterprises is to make new people familiar with the company culture, rules and regulations and work process more quickly.
But the induction training Qin Yu went through was not only boring but also somewhat inefficient.
"HR made a training course schedule and wrote it to end at 5:30 in the afternoon, but there is no sign of it being over by 6:00 every day. The point is, it is understandable if there is something to do later, but they have nothing to do, just let the newcomer When I ask some unnutritious questions, I don’t think the lecturers want to answer them. There are still some jobs, and I have to wait until I get off work before I start doing them.” Qin Yu said that HR repeatedly mentioned the company’s values, and one thing was integrity. It made her feel ironic.
Later, she heard that there was an employee who had been intern for three or four months and left the company after the induction training.
In her opinion, this is already a very courageous act.
"I think most people should not go to rectify the workplace. At most, they choose to leave, which may be due to lack of ability."
Data map: At the job fair site, the corporate search map attracts job seekers to view.
Photo by Qu Honglun
Views like Qin Yu are not rare.
Some netizens said that they have not rectified the workplace after working for a year. Because they are newcomers, they will try to integrate into the group as much as possible.
Some netizens said that as a post-00s generation, she has done the most courageous thing to rectify the workplace, probably setting the work WeChat signature to: online time Monday to Friday 8:30-18:00, don't disturb the call at other times.
Some netizens said that after joining the company for nearly a week, several colleagues were post-00s, and they worked hard one by one.
In the past, a large group of fresh graduates from Tencent angered the management, and later post-00s backhanded the report, causing the company to be suspended for rectification. This kind of "sweet story" often only exists in the hot list of social media.
In reality, whether to say no to a workplace culture you don't like tests the reason and emotion of the post-00s.
At the same time, the severe employment situation under the epidemic has also made the balance of many post-00s tend to be more rational.
In 2022, the number of new urban laborers in need of employment in China will reach about 16 million, the highest in many years, and the number of college graduates will reach 10.76 million, the highest in history.
Recently, the Zhengzhou survey team of the National Bureau of Statistics conducted a special survey on 7 colleges and universities in Zhengzhou, 2,326 college graduates and 15 household units.
The results show that the employment situation of college graduates in 2022 is still grim, such as difficult employment, low talent retention rate, prominent "slow employment" phenomenon, insufficient motivation for innovation and entrepreneurship, and inadequate publicity of employment and entrepreneurship policies.
The "2022 China Undergraduate Employment Report" edited by the Mycos Research Institute also pointed out that since the epidemic, the phenomenon of delayed employment of fresh undergraduates has become more and more obvious, and the pressure of lagging employment needs to be paid attention to.
Data map: A hospital booth at a job fair attracts job seekers to line up for jobs.
Photo by Qu Honglun
Post-00s workplace attitude
After graduating, Lin Chen found a professional-related job - a florist.
Compared with design, being a florist is very free. When there is class time, I go with the teacher to take students, and I stay in the flower shop when there is no class.
Lin Chen went to the small studio from the very beginning, because there were few people, easy to get along with, and young.
But in terms of income, it has not yet reached a level that satisfies her.
Sometimes her parents are also worried about her future security, but most of the time, when she asks her parents for their opinions, the answer she gets the most is: it depends on you.
Lin Chen often thinks about some very long-term issues, such as what to do after the age of 40, how much money to save to worry about, how to care for his parents, how old he is to live in a nursing home, whether to buy a house or rent a house for the rest of his life...
"I may not work as diligently as my parents' generation, so I can only think in advance, how can I make my life easier for the rest of my life," she said.
Data map: Holding a graduation certificate in hand, bid farewell to the campus.
Photo by Wang Shuang
This may be a feature that distinguishes the post-00s generation from other generations.
As a generation born after the millennium, the post-00s grew up in a period of rapid economic development in China, and they are also true Internet aborigines.
Zhang Xudong, deputy editor of the Children's Research Institute of the China Youth Research Center, and others have discussed the intergenerational differences between the post-90s and post-00s based on three survey data on the "development of Chinese children".
The report believes that the post-00s not only identify with mainstream values, but also have a strong sense of self, hoping to achieve the unity of society and individuals, and the unity of social value and self-worth.
As for the attitude towards the workplace, the post-00s also have their own views.
Yu Le, who is studying at a university in the south, thinks that his generation may not pay so much attention to certain things that their elders care about, and at the same time they will be more confident and calm.
But this does not mean that they are "lying flat". Many people still have hope in their hearts and are more persistent in what they want to do.
Yu Le's major is digital and media art, a relatively new and practice-oriented major.
In the past internships, Yu Le often did some highly repetitive work, which he called "tool man" and "anyone can do it", which made him feel unbearable.
He hopes that his future work can have his own expression, reflect personal value, and the company's atmosphere can be more inclusive.
In Qin Yu's mind, the ideal workplace status should be sincere, sincere communication with each other, and honesty in what should be done.
"Maybe the post-00s are more direct, don't like to go around so many detours, and want to complete the work that should be done faster and more efficiently, instead of wasting time and energy torturing each other."
Data map: Candidates are waiting in line for an interview.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Lixin
Rectify the workplace, what are you rectifying?
"China has changed rapidly since the millennium. It can be said that the post-00s are born in changes, so they are not afraid of changes and will be bolder than the previous generations. It seems to be reckless, but these 'consequences' are for the post-00s It is acceptable and controllable, which may be the reason why some people 'rectify the workplace'." Lin Chen said, at the same time, she believes that "after all, I am still young" also gives the post-00s more choices.
This coincides with a statement on the Internet.
Some people think that the "post-00s rectify the workplace" is because there is no senior or junior, no mortgage or car loan, and no children to support. Even if you lose your job, it will have no effect. In short, there is a way out.
Qin Yu believes that this statement has some truth.
Every generation has its moments of youth, and it also slowly matures.
But she feels that this is not a reason to excuse some workplace bad habits.
In her opinion, the so-called "workplace rectification" cannot be left to the post-00s. The management systems and concepts of many companies have not been updated for a long time, and some workplace malpractices have not changed, or even intensified, and need to be proposed and changed.
Data map: College students communicate with each other at the job fair.
Photo by Yang Bo
"Although the Internet ridicules 'Come on and let the company go bankrupt', but in fact no one wants their company to go bankrupt. Everyone hopes that the company will get better and better, and hope that the company is a place they want to go every day, not just waiting to get off work when they go there. place." Qin Yu said.
Before the summer vacation, Yu Le's head teacher talked to each classmate about the future development direction, whether it was employment, postgraduate entrance examination or studying abroad.
Yu Le's answer is employment, but he has not yet found a job he likes.
He also thought that if there is a chance, he may choose to start a business, "try not to work if you can."
What if you can't find a job you like, and you can't start a business?
Yu Le said that, like most people, find a suitable job.
(At the request of the interviewee, some names are pseudonyms) (End)