The layoff tide is hot. Are you the employee with "low cost performance"?

On the issue of "layoffs", in fact, each has its own position.

（1） First, from the perspective of enterprises:

Although many Internet giants have denied the "layoff", they can't keep up with the rapid spread of the information age, so after basically settling on this fact, they first expressed in tears that they can't be sorry for their brothers, and then said they would cut the following three types of people:

1. People who can't struggle
2. People who can't do it
3. People with low cost performance

See here, you can start to compare yourself and see if you are the above three types of people. Here we want to focus on the third category of people: people with low cost performance.

How do I say this? Actually, it's easy to understand. We all like "good quality and low price" products. The reason is that they are of good quality, beautiful appearance and low price. Similar goods may be sold at a higher price by others. In this comparison, we will choose the previous one. Because it is more cost-effective.

The same is true in the workplace——

Employee A was recently dismissed. Although he has been a veteran employee with decades of Internet work experience, he has also made contributions to the company. However, in recent years, there has been a "slick" attitude - the habit of being late for work and leaving on time after work. Si doesn't care if the new product needs assistance later. She is perfunctory and lazy in daily work, and always likes to call new employees to help her.

In fact, employee A's dismissal was unexpected in everyone's eyes, but it was reasonable. Although employee A is not the boss level, one person's salary is equal to three or four new employees; Work efficiency and output are not only higher than those of new employees; Even the attitude towards work is lazy and lax, which is a sharp contrast with the new employees who should be "bereaved" but unexpectedly enthusiastic and serious. Spend the same amount of money, but you can get a return that is higher than the original multiple efficiency. How to calculate, this is a business that only makes money but does not lose.

Is it a pity for employee A? After all, they are all senior figures. There is no merit or hardship. Is there anyone here who is beginning to feel that the company is cold-blooded and unfeeling? A little, but if an enterprise wants to grow better, a certain frequency of update iterations is necessary. Those who are not suitable for slowing down the enterprise's progress will be eliminated.

If enterprises do not eliminate such people, they will be eliminated by the market in the future because they have too many such people.

（2） Secondly, from a personal perspective:

Although we will feel sorry for the fate of employee A, and even feel that the company is too ruthless from the standpoint of employee A. But at the same time, we will also ring the alarm in our hearts at the same time - what happens to employee A now may happen to us someday. It is not advisable to be alarmist, but it is not advisable to deny that it is necessary to take precautions.

So, as an individual, if you want not to be eliminated by the enterprise, what else can you do besides reminding yourself to be serious about your work attitude and not to deal with sloppy laziness? Another point is quite important: self update iteration.

Generally speaking, it means constantly checking whether the skills that match the market and position are full, and constantly updating and upgrading until they are perfect. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a word very similar to today's "iron rice bowl", called "iron crop": it refers to those Manchu children who were born to enjoy the annual salary subsidies issued by the court without work.

Envy? envy. After all, who doesn't want to spend money without work? But how did these people end up? I believe that even if you are not good at history, you also know the final outcome of the Qing Dynasty. Choose self-iteration, including learning and mastering new skills, absorbing past experience, transforming into your own reserves, iterating the inherent thinking mode, broadening your own understanding of things, etc. Choosing self-iteration also means stepping out of your own "comfort zone", which requires courage, determination and perseverance.

The process is definitely not easy, but once you succeed, you will have a real "iron rice bowl" - don't worry about others being able to eliminate you anytime and anywhere, but you will become the master of your own destiny. A person with strong core competitiveness, no matter where they go, need not worry about their uncertain future. On the contrary, they are confident and have the ability and confidence to take charge of themselves. This is true even in the current re-employment market for the middle-aged and elderly.

A middle-aged and elderly person with strong skills, apart from their physical reasons, will still have a great chance of being re-employed even when they reach retirement age. In fact, for both enterprises and individuals, the essence of work is actually a value exchange. It is not only your time that the enterprise spends money to buy, but also the work efficiency of your output in that time, and more productivity benefits that can bring to the enterprise. People with "high cost performance" can blossom in barren land no matter where they go and how old they are.