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Affected by the epidemic and the economic downturn, waves of layoffs hit one after another. In the ranks of laid-off troops, outsourced workers are not very impressive. This is not a small number of people, but the voice in the face of layoffs is very weak.

According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce in August 2022, by the end of July 2022, China's service outsourcing has absorbed a total of 14.45 million employees. Some of them are "resident" in the client company in the form of "expatriate", while the payment of wages and benefits and the payment of social insurance and house fund are done by the outsourcing company that sent them.

When outsourcing encounters layoffs, compromise and acceptance become the norm. In the eyes of many outsourced employees, it seems that from the moment they choose to accept offer, they have predicted the way they may go in the future, even if they have no choice but to turn back.

After holding a group to keep warm in the cold wind, either leave chic or fight stubbornly.

People who have been outsourced are all outsourced, it is really difficult to have sense of security

In the Twitter layoff storm, Musk "hurt the killer", the outsourcing staff "hurt" the most, according to foreign media reports, 80% of the outsourcing staff have been laid off.

In China, there are not a small number of outsourcing personnel who have been laid off. Different workplace identities make it even more difficult for them to face layoffs.

Chen Siming is still looking for new opportunities after his forced departure was laid off at the end of September, but he feels he has little chance of finding a job at the end of the year. "Outsourcing can be considered during the transition period, but if you want real development, you still have to find another way out." Chen Siming sent such a sentence after thinking about it for a long time.

Chen Siming (a pseudonym), who used to work for Softong Power Company, was assigned to the headquarters of an Internet company in Shenzhen to work with regular employees. Having worked for more than a year, he did not have too many struggles because of his outsourcing identity, and even communicated with his superiors to approve a salary increase. But in early September, the situation reversed and he received a layoff notice from within the resident company.

Other outsourcing colleagues also received e-mails, and everyone will be laid off for different reasons. "attendance, leave and daily workload have all become arguments to question us, which is somewhat chilling." Chen Siming told reporters that when a project ends, outsourced employees can only wait for the company's next project notification. The outsourced workload is determined according to the project, and the daily completion volume is also different. Chen Siming thinks that it is unreasonable to use this point to determine that employees' jobs are not saturated, but this is precisely the reason why most people are questioned by the company about their work status.

The increase in workload and the sense of stress follow, "according to the outsourcing colleagues of other groups, some groups are already asking employees to write daily work summaries with no less than a certain number of words. I have also heard that some outsourced employees are required to copy employee codes." There is a chill in the cold words, and these actions are no doubt pressuring the outsourced employees to offer to leave themselves.

As for compensation, "I promised the outsourcing company to keep it a secret, but in fact, I suffered a loss. Outsourcing is far more difficult than I thought."

As of the day before the press release, Chen Siming contacted the reporter again and informed Softong Power Company to inform all resident outsourcing employees on the afternoon of December 13 that the transfer was made by Softcom Power Company to other outsourcing companies. And it may clear the age of the staff, "according to the outsourcing colleagues who are still in service, the company will give some time to think about it, and there is no reply after time. You will acquiesce that you have agreed to transfer. " Chen Siming said that many outsourcing colleagues in the group are not willing to accept transfers.

According to SkyEye, Softcom Power is a software and information technology service provider. Its main business is to provide end-to-end software and digital technology services and digital operation services to customers in communication equipment, Internet services, finance, high-tech, manufacturing and other industries. Its main customers include Huawei, Ali, Tencent, Baidu and other industry leading enterprises.

The reporter called Ruotong Power Company, but did not get an answer about layoffs, and the other party did not provide the phone number of the person in charge.

The words that are more complex and cold than imagined are unsatisfactory, even cooler than the winter clouds in December.

"without reaching an agreement with the outsourcing company, I have submitted an arbitration application to the Beijing Arbitration Commission. The company I was dispatched works in Beijing, while the outsourcing company is located in Nanjing. Because of cross-regional, it is inconvenient to accept." In early December, with the sudden drop in temperature in Beijing, she quickly put the arbitration between Xiaoqiao (pseudonym) and the outsourcing company on the agenda, but to her surprise, the advocacy process brought about by the status of outsourcing was far more complicated than she had imagined.

The outsourcing company to which Xiaoqiao belongs is Haowhale New Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., she was assigned to work for a head Internet company in Beijing. Nine months into the job, she has long passed the probationary period, but in early December 2022, the direct leader informed her that she did not need to come to the company the next day, giving the reason that her ability would not be able to do the follow-up work because of the business adjustment.

"they urged me to submit my resignation application as soon as possible, and I immediately put forward a claim for compensation for 'Never1'." Xiao Qiu told reporters that on the third day, the company's attitude changed, saying that she had committed disciplinary violations while at work, and asked her to wait for two weeks. "HR offered to fight for compensation for me, but the two weeks did not come to an end. They continued to tighten their tone, saying that I had committed disciplinary violations and wanted to terminate the labor contract with me directly." Porridge said that until now, the outsourcing company has not given evidence of her violation of discipline.

Xiaogou's Beijing workforce has 5000 + employees, mostly outsourced employees, who are assigned to work in companies under a large Internet company. Because there is no direct labor contract with the resident company, in this ending and complicated relationship, the resident company is not directly involved in the layoffs, nor does it give a statement and a commitment to follow-up compensation. An atmosphere of anxiety and anger permeates the entire work group.

Haowhale New Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2019, mainly engaged in data processing and storage services, information technology consulting services, socio-economic consulting and other businesses, its 90% stake is Haowhale Cloud Computing. Nanjing Xi soft, the majority shareholder of Haowhale Cloud Computing, is 30% contributed by Hangzhou Ali Venture Capital Co., Ltd., as its second largest shareholder.

The reporter dialed Haowhale's new smart phone, and the other party said it would give feedback, but as of the date of publication, the reporter did not get a reply from the person in charge of Haowhale's new intelligence.

It is calmer to give up "resistance" and leave Yang Zi (a pseudonym) who has just left a large insurance company.

Before leaving, the outsourcing company informed him by email that the dispatching company would unilaterally terminate the partnership with him due to business adjustment and would give him a month to look for a job. If he did not want to, there was another way-to reduce the salary and stay in the job.

Everything is on track, and the optimized departure of regular employees, the continuous change of departmental responsibilities and the ⋯⋯of leadership restructuring are all signs that layoffs will sweep through outsourcing.

"sure enough, it wasn't long before the optimization notice arrived at my mailbox." Yang Zi told reporters that the company makes adjustments to the salary of outsourced employees, regardless of working years, positions, and working ability. As long as it is an outsourced post, the salary is the same. The pay cut is at least a 30% discount for most of the outsourcing colleagues who have joined the job, and some even halve. Yang Zi believes that this is a double torture for many colleagues, because the company's performance is not good, and a wave of regular employees has been laid off. after the drawdown, the outsourced workload soared. "in the past, one person was used as one and a half people, but now it is used by one person as three people. Everyone is very aggrieved."

Without too much hesitation, Yang Zi chose to leave, and the compensation had already come to a conclusion in his mind. "there is no compensation, and I can't afford arbitration." the outsourcing company said it would recommend outsourcing jobs from other companies, but no one could give an accurate answer to whether they could find a suitable position within a month. "

With the idea of "early departure and early relief", before receiving the notice, Yang Zi sent his resume to fight for all kinds of interview opportunities, and finally successfully escaped in the last week of the company's "ultimatum."

HR people are "not surprised" that large companies reduce costs and increase efficiency, and outsourcing is difficult to "eat". The difficulties encountered when outsourcing is laid off and the difficulties in compensation are common in the industry. " Ruohan (a pseudonym), a senior recruiter, told reporters that most of the outsourced personnel were laid off because of the poor efficiency of the company, and they were not treated differently because of the number of years they had joined the company and their business ability. "one pot is a common occurrence."

However, another outsourcing recruitment HR believes that outsourcing is currently a relatively common form of work in the market, which is recognized and acceptable by most people and enterprises, and layoffs also depend on the situation, not only because of the status of outsourcing, but also with their own abilities. "the internal establishment is at risk of being optimized, so stability in a harsh environment depends on many aspects."

But Ruohan said: "the current recruitment situation in the outsourcing industry can be described as a mess." Under the influence of increasing downward pressure on the economy, many big companies have reduced the demand for outsourcing compared with this time last year.

According to the financial results of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, the three Internet technology companies BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) lost a total of 23936 employees from January 1 to September 30, 2022, accounting for 5.8% of the total 411687 employees as of the end of December last year, according to titanium media reports. Alibaba, for example, had 259316 employees at the end of last year, while Alibaba had a total of 243903 employees as of September 30, meaning a net loss of 15413 employees in the first nine months of 2022.

From these data, we can feel the ability of the three BAT companies to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In addition, according to media reports, Huawei has also suspended recruitment in some of its businesses.

These Internet and IT companies are the main clients of many outsourcing companies. People in the industry believe that the pressure will inevitably spread to outsourcing companies and outsourcing personnel as these big companies tighten the size of their staff.

The reporter consulted another 5 outsourced HR, three of whom made it clear that there was no recruitment demand from the partner company at present. Unless a good project is about to be launched, headhunting will be preferred, and it will be aimed at core or urgently needed positions. "it is expected that by the second half of next year, as economic growth recovers, the outsourcing market will gradually pick up." A HR source said.

Since the epidemic began in 2020, the wind of layoffs has been blowing for three years. When will it stop? No one can give an accurate answer. The economic downturn has dealt a heavy blow to a variety of industries.

How to deal with yourself? How to live together? It is a cruel problem that everyone in society must face.

A series of subsequent changes have made it more difficult for outsourcing workers to fight in a weak voice on various platforms, but this does not seem to be able to achieve a more decent result for themselves.

If a person drinks water, he knows whether it is cold or warm.

Winter will continue to warm spring, but I do not know when the outsourcing industry will return to spring? Can warm up the compatriots in the industry again.

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: IT Times (ID:vittimes), author: Mao Yu, Editor: Qian Lifu, kicked Girl, typesetting: Ji Jiaying

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