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Text | Xi Rui, Qiao Xue, Zhai Yuanyuan, Chen Qiaohui
Source: Tech Planet (ID: tech618)
A person born in the millennium probably spent the past 20 years like this:
Since birth, they have witnessed the first generation of Internet giants: Sina and Sohu have been listed successively; they have been surfing the Internet since childhood, and the love of their grandparents, grandparents, parents, and mothers have made most only children born in 00 materialistic Abundance.
By the time they were 10 years old, smartphones had begun to creep in. The Internet is no longer unfamiliar. A mobile phone can take taxis, order takeaways, shop online, and play games. You can find your “friends” in niche apps such as Far Right and SOUL.
This year, some of them have already stepped into the workplace. They will play a game of King Glory at noon, and the teammates who meet Cai will shout: I will really thank you! If you meet the right leader, you will make no secret of your love and say bluntly, “I will never meet such a good leader again.”
Workplace managers born in the 1980s and 1990s ushered in the first wave of tests in their careers, just like the leaders born in the 1970s and 1980s. Tech Planet interviewed a number of managers born in 2000, some of them are middle-level manufacturers of large factories, and some are entrepreneurs. Everyone has a brand new post-00s group in their eyes.
They rebel against the rules and respect them. They are willing to express and willing to correct. This is a sincere and lovely generation, with youthful rashness and youthful enthusiasm. Many managers choose to play with the post-00s to understand their true thoughts, hoping to grow up with the post-00s.
“After 00, the mouth is rotten, but the body is still very honest”
Company: Cross-border E-commerce Enterprise, Position: Operation Planning
In fact, it is generally a matter of workplace PUA or workplace rights when it is said that “post-00s rectify the workplace”. In fact, in the normal category, post-00s are not so dazzling. The mouth is rotten, but the body is still very honest. In the normal growth process, it is good to be sprayed twice.
There are many post-00 interns in our company. They are quite extreme, some are completely confused about the direction of life, don’t know which way to go, and some know very well what they want.
But they generally show that they are escaping from the workplace. Those who can study go to study, and they do not want to come out to work. However, in the batch before 1995, their desire to study was not so strong. It may also be because there were more employment opportunities at that time.
They grew up in the Internet environment and feel that they absorb too much information every day, but everyone’s ability to absorb information is different. In the workplace, they don’t necessarily know what they want, but they will definitely “roll” together. After “rolling”, they probably know what they don’t want within a year.
My subordinate is a post-00 school recruiting student, who has just been employed for two or three weeks. Whether it is a regular employee or an intern, I can arrange work, they are more willing to accept, but obviously have their own ideas. For example, I have clearly told him that the scheme framework is like this, and it can be written in this way, but the post-00s will still choose their own way of writing.
When I see them play freely again, if it’s a situation that I can’t see well, I’ll change it myself. If they find the part that is acceptable, they will let them change it themselves.
We are a cross-border e-commerce business, not very busy, not comparable to the big Internet companies. Our company doesn’t really work overtime. If there is a need, most of them will stay to work overtime, but they will also have emotions, which will not be too obvious, but will show: I don’t really want to work overtime. Although I didn’t exaggerate to the point of leaving immediately, they definitely got off work earlier than me.
I feel that the general family conditions of the post-00s generation are very good, and for them, work is to experience life, not to survive. Especially unlike the post-90s generation, who had to go to the first-tier cities of “Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen” to “roll”. After all, if the internship salary is not enough to pay the rent and cannot support their living, they will not choose to come to a big city for an internship. Therefore, the post-00s give me the feeling that they don’t “care about this job very much”.
“If you can’t offend them, we can play together”
Company: Lala, Position: Team Management
Although it is a team management, because I studied two years earlier than my peers, I am also a post-00. Our team has nearly 20 people, and we take out a group of college students for internships, mainly for operations, and daily work also includes sticking trucks. Wait.
The post-00s do have their own ideas. After all, some post-00s have basically two suites after two or three generations of entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation in their families. Therefore, their ideas about work are not necessarily material (money), but more pursuit. Spiritual enjoyment, such as liking a relaxed and happy job, and less PUA in the workplace. Since I am also a post-00, I feel the same way. Of course, the premise of such “leisurely” work is to be able to complete the task.
At present, there are people born in 1995 and 2000 under my hands, most of them are from third- and fourth-tier cities. Because our work involves physical labor, it is more like a “workshop” than a workplace. In the “workshop”, the post-00 colleagues around me are not as “pampered” as the outside world thinks. They also have The hard-working side is something I like.
But there are also aspects that I don’t like, that is, I like to fish at work, such as picking up my mobile phone to chat when I have nothing to do, or browsing things that have nothing to do with work on the computer. Once, I found that a post-00 colleague was playing a game. At that time, I didn’t say anything about it. I just said that I can add my League of Legends account after get off work and play games together, but don’t touch these things at work. Now our team also has its own game. The team is over, we will go to play together after get off work.
Although I am in a management position, there is no difference in personality between me and the post-00 colleagues around me. We will be candid about work matters, and there will be no intrigue. If there are some serious problems, we will also Quarrel, but this quarrel is not aimed at people, but at the problem itself, and then everyone will discuss a satisfactory solution. I feel like the post-00s now like to be reasonable.
The post-00s under my command are different from their parents. They don’t like to work overtime. The elders around me are keen to work overtime because they can get considerable overtime pay. In our generation, the desire to work overtime is much less, and sometimes Watch them whine about working overtime in small talk groups.
If you encounter overtime on weekends, although you know they don’t want to, you still have to notify them in place. We will also respect and trust each other. It is this that makes everyone less friction and more harmonious at work. The last thing I want to say is that there is nothing wrong with “post-00s rectifying the workplace”. After all, the ideas of generation after generation can be adapted.
“Post-00s have their own ideas, this is a double-edged sword”
Company: clothing fast fashion brand, position: deputy store manager
Now the interns in the store are basically post-00s. I am the deputy store manager, and I have a lot of contact with post-00s. After getting along with them, I think the biggest difference between them and the post-90s generation is that they have their own ideas and their brains are more agile. This is actually a double-edged sword, good and bad, depending on how the leadership views and manages it.
In terms of the basic work of cleaning the store, the company has very strict requirements for hygiene, so we spend more than ten hours a day cleaning the shelves, floors and commodities of the store. When I assign this work to the post-95s, they will directly follow the process. But the post-00s may sometimes not follow the process when they are doing it. He will have his own method and choose an easier and more time-saving way to clean up.
The post-00s may feel that they have been repeating the cleaning work for so long, and they do not understand the meaning of the work. Every day I come to work, I do the work of a waiter, dragging here and there to sweep there, so they will be a little slack when they do the cleaning. They will only clean up the dust that can be seen on the surface, but they cannot stand close inspection.
If you check and find that the cleaning work is not in place, it is also a case of wanting them to be reworked. If the problem that caused the work not in place is yours, because you did not explain the specific cleaning process to him, he is not willing to rework. If it’s his own reasons, you talk to him well, tell him what the purpose of doing this is, he will still improve, and he may be a little unhappy.
The same goes for overtime. If you tell them a few hours in advance, “How long may you need to work overtime today?” Watch the time, keep looking around.
In addition, the post-00s can’t stay in one position for too long. I basically change positions for them in two or three hours. For example, in the morning, I will check the cash first, and in the afternoon, I have to change to fold clothes or go to the fitting room to stand guard. Otherwise, they will be emotional and not be productive.
Although it is said that we will have emotions when we do a job for a long time, but we will not show it. If the post-00s are not, they will show more in their working state, including the expression on their faces, and sometimes even when they talk to customers, they will show an impatient and indifferent attitude.
Their communication with customers will not be restricted to the process, and they will naturally use their own language, or use what they see to recommend products and introduce products to you. And they don’t have superiors and subordinates in their eyes. Like our words, we may encounter leaders, and we will be relatively restrained when we speak, but they communicate normally, and they should joke and joke.
“Post-00s work is not only about making money, but more about finding your own interests”
Company: Xiaomi, Position: E-commerce operation
Last year, I managed or guided the admissions of about 20 schools, most of which were “returnees”.
I have a post-00 child who studied macroeconomics, and had no interest in e-commerce at first. In the process of communicating with him, I will chat with him about some data, such as some exposures, conversions, etc., and tell him that by adjusting certain indicators, the clicks can be increased. He especially likes to ask why, and will directly ask “what logic is this”, and I will start his interest from one point.
This child is also very good at learning, and especially likes to talk. I also joked at the time that this was an encourager for me. He has a strong learning ability. He exceeded my expectations in just one month, and learned much faster than many people who have worked for three or four years. many.
In order to get along better with my post-00s team, I will participate in the “Honor of Kings” competition organized by Xiaomi with them, and everyone will score together. Every Friday at 6:30 p.m., I will bring everyone together for a dinner. We don’t talk about work, just have fun, and we will go to the bar to relax and talk about everyone’s past and thoughts.
Of course, there are some very special ones. For example, a girl I took with me at the time, she packed up and left on time at 6:30 pm every day, and never worked overtime.
This is not the most important, it is mainly a question of work attitude. Once there was a sudden task, it was necessary to report to the leader above the next day. So the little friends have to work overtime, she needs to sort out a data, but she just handed in a lot of perfunctory documents, I was quite angry at that time.
Later, in a “1 to 1” communication with her, I talked about my work experience and ideas. Because I am a post-90s generation, I am a middle-level person in Xiaomi, and my career development path is not bad. She said: I adore someone like you, but I don’t want to be someone like you. This sentence confused me.
Now big companies are laying off employees, and that girl is also on the list of layoffs. She came to me in a hurry, and I realized at that time that she actually cherished this job very much. I talked to her for 2 hours, and took her to reflect on past problems, what to pay attention to, and how to do it in the future. It’s like being a person now.
I think the post-00s are not stupid at all, and there is no so-called “reorganization of the workplace”. When I was at Xiaomi, I set aside two hours every Wednesday afternoon to communicate with everyone. After that, I got along very well. Everyone would joke around together. Sometimes I felt younger when I was with them.
After managing the post-00s, I think the biggest point is whether they can raise their interest. Because I feel that they work not only to make money, but also to find something they are interested in. Many of them also have a sense of urgency, cherish their existing jobs, are not very casual about work, and are very sincere to people after 00.
“The post-00s are different, some are obedient and some are rebellious”
Company: State-owned Enterprise, Position: Research and Design
Although we are a state-owned enterprise, we have recruited many young people in recent years in order to bring in “fresh blood”.
This year, we recruited more than a dozen fresh graduates, and two of them were assigned to me, but these two children are quite special, and they form a very sharp contrast.
There was a boy who came first. My evaluation of him was that he couldn’t bear hardship and was hypocritical.
The leader asked him to pick up a courier, which is actually a casual job. Usually, we do this job and let him do it that day, but his rebellious mentality is particularly strong, and he directly refused, saying it was not very suitable. In fact, I don’t know now, what is inappropriate for him to take a courier, and finally I went.
We have a system that requires a fine for being late. This guy is quite late. The first few times he paid the fine normally. Later, he may have been fined more often. He directly protested that the system was unreasonable, and then published a long essay, In the end, no one dared to punish him.
But the problem is that we get off work at 6 o’clock, and he hardly works overtime. He can hardly find anyone else after get off work. I really don’t understand what he does after get off work.
I don’t think he is a stupid kid, and being able to get into a good university and major definitely shows that his personal ability is not too bad. At work, he doesn’t seem to realize that I am his leader at all, and the work arranged for him is protracted. For example, a design was given to him a few days ago. As long as I occasionally catch a glimpse of him, he is usually reading novels and sketching. Weibo, I haven’t done it yet, and I’m too lazy to rush it. I don’t want to talk nonsense with him anymore, it’s really annoying.
Later, another girl came, which made me refresh my impression of the post-00s. She comes very early every day and cleans the office in advance. She is also warm and polite, and everyone likes her very much.
She likes to ask why. In fact, everyone is very busy, and few people explain why so clearly, but I found that as long as she asked, everyone would basically answer her patiently. Write it down step by step, and basically you will not trouble others again.
Once, when the leader was speaking, he talked about the hope that young people should improve themselves and encourage more certifications. We are not trying to make a big cake. In fact, there are corresponding incentive policies. Some professional certifications will increase wages. Later, I found out that this girl was preparing for the relevant exams, working very hard and being self-motivated.
In a unit like ours, basically many people work for a lifetime. Therefore, I know that everyone does not like bureaucracy or class. I also understand that young people want more freedom and have their own ideas.
“Insensitive to salary, simple and direct work communication”
Company: Leading Takeaway Company, Position: City Manager
I have brought several teams, and currently there is only one post-00 in the team. The one who was recruited last year was very good. He was the only one who was recruited among the many post-95s and post-00s interviewees.
As a post-90s generation, I think the biggest generation gap with the post-00s generation is that he has a very rich spare time, especially likes to play, is a socialist in nightclubs and nightclubs, and has a lot of girlfriends. The circle of friends often reposts some incomprehensible things at station B, which are very personal, and the more niche they are, the more they like it.
In the team group, post-00s will always send the most emoticons, and the emoticons are particularly in place; they are competitive and will deliberately take the lead in “rolling” and do tasks with a playful attitude. For example, we do battles from time to time, such as the Spring Festival battle and the summer battle, and the post-00s generation usually takes the lead and completes them quickly.
The post-00s are actually not as difficult as imagined. The common feature is that their thinking is very active, their career goals are not too clear, and the driving factor is not only salary. There are requirements for salary but not sensitive, and there will be no obvious career planning.
Their biggest feature is that they are better at authentic and direct self-expression, and they pay great attention to self-presentation. I think it’s a very valuable quality. For example, when the task is relatively difficult, they will directly complain “so difficult” and “why do this, it is so painful”. Simple and direct. Unlike employees who have worked in the workplace for many years, they often have to think twice about communicating with their superiors.
As long as the overtime is reasonable, it can be accepted after 00, but it will complain and give feedback very directly. Some Internet words such as “volume” and “social animal” are often used by them to ridicule themselves, and it seems that it is also a way for them to ridicule and vent themselves.
But after 00, the work is not ambiguous, and it is still very serious. The post-00s generation in our team is young, but mentally mature, practical and pragmatic, and his business ability exceeds the average level of our team.
After 00, if the task is not completed, there will also be a period of anxiety, self-satisfaction, and will fall into the emotional trough. I personally think that leading post-00 employees must satisfy the three elements of “happiness, growth, and value presentation”. The team atmosphere should be very happy, work should be done, and regular team building should be done. For example, we will play ball and games together at noon every day.
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