The operation department chose to lie down, and the parachuted supervisor said: I can’t lead you!

The operation department chose to lie down, and the parachuted supervisor said: I can’t lead you!

Is there a chance that Amazon’s operations will flatten out?

In an e-commerce company, Xiao Liu, the newly-introduced operations manager, was in a dilemma : "The company's operations team is young and energetic as a whole but has no motivation. I want to lead them but I can't. How can I change the mindset of operations management that just lies flat?" In the new generation of cross-border workplace circles, does Amazon operations really have a chance to lie flat?

It is said that 30 is a hurdle, and age anxiety has become a hurdle that most job seekers must go through. Some people even asked: "If you are nearly 30 years old and unemployed, will you still apply for Amazon operations?"

The operation department chose to lie low, and the parachuted supervisor said he couldn’t lead the team!

Recently, Xiao Liu, the operations manager, revealed his recent concerns. He said that he had jumped from a medium-sized cross-border e-commerce company to a small cross-border e-commerce company as a manager. When he first came to the company, he found that although the company was small, it had everything it needed.

But after working for the company for a while, Xiao Liu discovered some problems: the employees as a whole were young and energetic, but had no motivation ; they lacked work experience and had not received corresponding training; the copywriting on the products was basically copied, and the advertising would only be cheapened. If the products did not sell well, they would lower the price. If the products still did not sell after a price reduction, they would just ignore it and leave it all to fate. There was no concept of promoting the products.

In addition, since the company mainly distributes goods and only sells low-priced products, in order to save money, it does not have relevant operating software, which leads to low efficiency in collecting store data. Xiao Liu said that he has been adjusting for a while, but because he is an airborne management, many things cannot be convinced by the public, let alone rectification, so the rectification process has little effect.

Although the hot topic about the "lying flat" group is still going strong, according to the survey data, most Amazon operators have no chance to lie down. For young operators who have just entered the industry, they have flexible working hours and two days off, but in order to make money, working from 7 or 8 in the morning to the early morning has become their normal routine. It is rare for them to get six hours of sleep a day.

"The company does not require overtime, but the number of orders placed by my colleagues is very high, especially the senior operators. I don't want to fall behind, so I have been trying to find ways to increase the transaction volume ," said an operator. Of course, there are also many strivers in the operation position who have the dream of starting a business. They all want to work hard and achieve some results. When the time is right, they will go out and work alone and become their own "boss".

But lying flat may just be a fantasy for most operations. One seller said: "If you can lie flat, who would be willing to live in a tense atmosphere every day?" Whether they are working hard for life or have achieved financial freedom and are driven by a mission, they are unwilling to choose to lie flat.

Regarding Xiao Liu's company's lying in operation, some sellers said that it had a lot to do with the company's imperfect incentive mechanism. Most of the employees were unwilling to work because there was no feasible incentive mechanism and there was not enough motivation to drive them to work harder and make money.

Secondly, the operation team within the company also has big problems, and the operation itself also needs systematic training to improve its operation knowledge. Of course, if you want to make big changes, the support of the company is also indispensable. Formulating reasonable plans based on the actual situation, introducing new talents, and breaking the previous inherent atmosphere are the first step to change.

As for the above-mentioned operations that choose to lie low, they may not have considered their future development.

Is 30 really a threshold for Amazon operations ?

"I lost my job after I turned 30. What should I do? Is the end of the universe really the exam?" An Amazon operator who has been working for five years expressed his confusion. It is understood that this operator came into contact with Amazon in 2018. After one year of joining, he was full of confidence and went out to work alone, but ended up with hundreds of thousands of debts. After many twists and turns, he returned to the Amazon operation position. He is currently confused about his future.

It is understood that Amazon operations have a high turnover rate. If you look closely, you will find that most companies rarely operate for more than five years, and many of them come and go like passers-by. Therefore, many Amazon operators who are about to turn 30 are gradually becoming more anxious.

As the saying goes, a person should be able to stand on his own feet at the age of 30. If a person is still not married, has no stable job, or has no skills to earn money, then the anxiety is undoubtedly greater. For 30-year-old grassroots operators, the anxiety is even more obvious. As more and more young people pour into the cross-border industry, the industry's requirements for operations are getting higher and higher. Most operators are afraid that they will be eliminated and are becoming more and more anxious↓

I really get anxious, especially during the off-season, even if everyone around me is not busy;

Choose to lie down, so you won’t be anxious;

I went home to farm and not think about these things;

I am also confused and am considering whether to change careers;

I am just afraid that I will have accomplished nothing by the time I am 30;

The operators' idea is not without reason. According to the recruitment requirements for operations by many big sellers in the industry: general operations require age under 28, and supervisors require age under 30, preferably married with children. Some operators said that operations supervisors like young and energetic operators; if you are 30 years old and apply for an operation position, it is a bit embarrassing if the team leaders and supervisors you interview are younger than you.

There is no doubt that in the context of more people than jobs in China, age has become an invisible barrier to employment. At the same time, many Amazon operators are at a crossroads in their lives, wondering whether to leave the industry to take the civil service exam, start their own business, or continue to work in the company.

Is the end of the universe really the civil service exam? Not necessarily, because the source of public servants' salaries is taxes, and their benefits will also change with the prosperity of the market. When the market is sluggish, their benefits will also decrease. Entrepreneurship also requires the courage to fight and the ability to take risks. No matter what you choose, you need to combine your actual situation.

In fact, many people ’s lives have become stable at the age of 30, and they can devote themselves to their careers. Whether you are taking the civil service exam, starting a business, or sticking to your job, you don’t need to be confused. What you need to do is to study hard, use knowledge to strengthen your abilities, enrich yourself, slowly build up your confidence, find your own way of survival, and explore your own value, so as to ensure that you can go further and more steadily in the next stage.

Life is full of ups and downs, and this is true for the Amazon industry as well as other industries. After all, only a few people stand out, and most people are just looking at the back of the head. Mentality is the decisive factor in whether a person can keep going. As long as you have a good mentality, you can create your own world at any age.

As far as Amazon operations are concerned, if you have just graduated, you still have a few years of youth to squander, but if you are in your thirties, you really have to face a choice. What do you think at this moment?

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