Young people who were laid off by an annual salary of 500000 yuan
Which department in a company is the most practical? K thinks it's the human resources department. The name is very authentic, directly referring to employees as' resources'. Of course, resources will have pricing. Everyone's price will fluctuate at different stages and platforms.
The highest peak income you can reach is commonly referred to as the income ceiling. In the IT industry that K is most familiar with, programmers from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou can earn a monthly salary of up to 30000 yuan, unless they are architects or technical managers who can earn over 50000 yuan; This also means that for most IT professionals, an annual salary of 50000 yuan is almost the ceiling.
01.The two main reasons for the salary ceiling
1. My own value has reached its ceiling, and I no longer have incremental value
Every worker is introduced into the company as a 'resource' and then earns corresponding income and returns through the continuous output of certain skills. In the long-term output process, being pressured by performance, urged by colleagues, and monitored by leaders is the real daily routine of most workplace workers. In this state, many people have little time and energy to do additional self enhancement. So having only output and little input is another norm for many migrant workers.
The so-called continuous output, in fact, is to continuously eat the old capital. When one day the means and skills that one relies on to make a living gradually fall behind the situation, cannot meet the needs, or are eliminated and replaced by better alternatives, the utilization of your stock value by the enterprise and the contribution you can make to the enterprise will basically come to an end.
This is also why many people complain that the main reason why my standard 996 work schedule, no complaints, and salary cannot be exceeded is that your skills have depreciated, can you still expect a raise? If there is really a salary increase, it is highly likely to be obtained through self exploitation such as extending labor hours and improving labor efficiency, which has limits and is difficult to sustain.
2. The development of the industry has reached its ceiling, with rivers without water and small rivers without water
Practitioners in the IT industry are the most obvious example. From the early Internet, to the later mobile Internet, and then to various emerging application platforms, it can be said that the Internet industry has always been dominant in all industries in the past decade or two.
Not only has it firmly locked in users with a large base, but it has also attracted various funds and resources from the society. Therefore, the Internet industry has almost become the most daring industry to spend money in the whole society. The IT professionals inside have naturally risen, and setting aside the hard work (objectively speaking, which industry is easier), their average salary is much higher than that of most other industries. In the past few years, there have been many peers who have grown up with big companies and obtained options, leading them to the pinnacle of their lives.
Brother K is also a beneficiary of the development of the Internet, but to be honest, what we have now is really earned by those who seem to like gingham backpacks and introverted people who are not good at expressing themselves? In addition to our hard work and perseverance, we have also benefited from the glory of the industry. The industry has been developing rapidly and has never encountered a ceiling, so our salaries have remained relatively high.
However, in the past two years, especially recently, the Internet industry has experienced a serious phenomenon of layoffs and cutting projects. To some extent, this is a signal that the industry may have encountered a bottleneck in its development. The Internet myth of becoming rich by options and shares will become less and less, and the salary ceiling of employees will inevitably be difficult to break, even if you want to maintain the status quo, you have to rely on various introverts.
A big river without water and a small river without water, a speck of dust in the industry is like a mountain on the head of practitioners. It's too difficult to break through.
02.Breaking through the salary ceiling, first break through the mental ceiling
1. Expand one's own value boundaries
In today's rapidly developing and iterating technology, the knowledge and skills learned by a person have a very short shelf life. K has seen a set of data: from the day college students graduate, 40% of the knowledge they learn in school has already been eliminated. Of the remaining 60%, less than 20% are actually used in the workplace. The professional advantage of undergraduate students can be maintained for up to 3-6 months after joining the company; The professional advantage of a master's or doctoral degree can only be maintained in the workplace for about 1-3 years.
The same goes for entering the workplace. The advantage of "experience" is that unless you have your own unique skills, you will be quickly flattened in a short period of time or one or two projects.
A person's value depends on either depth or breadth. If you can't widen the gap with the masses in depth like some great gods, then quickly think about how to expand your value boundaries. To explore carefully, like a treasure hunt, any untapped value areas such as interests, talents, resources, etc. within oneself, integrate and utilize them well, and cultivate them into a new "growth pole" for personal GPD.
2. Enrich your income structure
Learning to apply is king. The main purpose of expanding its own value boundary is to be able to realize and enrich and optimize its income structure. "This is the best time, and it is also the worst time." Dickens' famous saying is also applicable now. Today's society is a little bit rolled up, but as long as you have talent and expertise, as long as you use your heart and work hard, There are various platforms and various ways to help you realize your income.
Brother K often asks some young friends around him if you have ever earned a legitimate and non-accidental income other than your salary, even 100 yuan. Many people think for a long time, most of the two words answer "no". At this time, I feel more or less regretful in my heart. The people I asked are basically practitioners in the Internet industry. Everyone can talk about their views on the Internet when they open their mouths and shut up, but why do you just stay? What about "watching? Make good use of this era, these technologies, and these platforms, and go down to work, not only to make money, but also to be confident when the company optimizes layoffs. Is it not fragrant?
We should have the thinking and action of changing "annual salary of xx million" into "annual income of xx million". We should not easily set limits on ourselves. We think that this is impossible, that is impossible. This is cutting leeks, and that is deceiving people. In this way, it is very likely that you will eventually become a "wise man" who seems to see through everything, but in fact remains unchanged ".
03.The "second curve" consciousness necessary for migrant workers
The "second curve" theory was first proposed by Charles Handy, a management guru known as Drucker in England. The general idea is that if you treat your current job as the first curve; then you must find new revenue and business growth points before the first curve, the so-called second curve, begins to show a downward trend. As a means of hedging or maintaining sustainable development.
As for the "second curve" theory in the workplace, brother k mentioned it in a previous article. why should he say it again? because it is important. Especially in the current epidemic environment and employment environment, I believe that many people will increasingly understand its significance after experiencing the impact of reality. I don't want to say much about the empty things. How to realize the "second curve", Brother K will share with you through his own experience:
1. Option dividends
If the second income growth point other than wages is generalized into the "second curve", then Brother K will definitely put option income in the first place.
The first time Brother K enjoyed the bonus of the option was in 2016. At that time, I had been working in a large Internet factory for four years, and I was also at the key point of working people. After all kinds of thinking, I felt that it was necessary to take a vacation and settle down. After thinking about the second half of my career, I took the initiative to resign from the company. At that time, it was the summer vacation, and after completing the formalities, I took my wife and children on a walk-and-go trip.
Does it sound free and easy, but all free and easy are supported by the bottom line, otherwise it is irresponsible. And I am confident that as a veteran of the company, my old employer cashed in millions of options for me. In other words, the second curve of my income (options) has been "drawn" for a long time, and I will use it as I need it.
2. Create personal IP
Brother K has mentioned this point repeatedly before, and will give you another "personal statement" with my example. Shortly after I left a large Internet factory, I decided to rely on my ability, circle and resources accumulated over the years, combined with my own interests and specialties, to carry out actions around the idea of "building personal IP.
The strategic direction is clear, and the other is the implementation of the strategy. Invited by friends in the circle, I have been a sharing guest for hundreds of large-scale industry forum activities. He also created his own technology self-media and knowledge payment community, and soon accumulated more than 100,000 fans, making the idea of "creating personal IP" more and more specific. Later, he was invited to publish a personal monograph, and received more and more business cooperation including training, speeches, consultants, etc., which made the quality of "Brother K" personal IP more and more sufficient and heavier.
In addition, Brother K also relies on his own IP, which increases the visibility of individuals in various occasions and also links to friends in higher circles. Later, he was invited by friends many times to join a listed company as an executive.
Brother K is not in Versailles, but takes me as an example to emphasize the possibility of finding the "second curve" in the workplace and even in life by creating personal IP. Compared with most people, brother k is no different. I also like to make money, but I don't like to be bound by those 500000 and 1 million fixed annual salary. I want to create more possibilities and make full preparations and efforts for this, that's all.
3, light entrepreneurship
If taking options and creating personal IP makes ordinary people feel that it is difficult or too long, then according to their own actual situation, choosing the path of "light entrepreneurship" that suits them is also a good choice to realize their "second curve. Brother K makes two friendly tips here:
First, light entrepreneurship must start from your own interests, expertise, and existing resources. If you choose the track, you do not have any advantages and resources. Believe me, this kind of entrepreneurship will not be very "light". On the contrary, it is very likely to become heavy and tired.
Second, the entrepreneurial process must be small investment, low risk, clear business model. A small way to give everyone a project self-test is to see if the cash flow chain of the business is complicated. If what you do is several turns away from the final realization, this is probably not a "light" good project. To make an analogy, to a certain destination, is the risk of one-stop arrival low, or is it low risk to go around several places and change several kinds of transportation?
The so-called growth, but constantly looking for their own life second curve. Brother K thinks this sentence is very reasonable, and I share with you, hoping that everyone can successfully find a second curve that suits them and bring more security to their lives.
Information source: Enterprise management
