Heartbroken! A job seeker with 4 years of experience in operations only offered a base salary of 7k

Affected by factors such as rising raw material prices, rising freight rates, and power restrictions, cross-border sellers will once again face challenges. Industry insiders speculate that some sellers may have no goods to sell in the next period of time, and the recruitment industry will also undergo new changes.

After the account closure wave, more and more operators in the cross-border circle have the intention to resign or have already resigned. Low salary, poor treatment and high pressure are the most common reasons for resignation. In fact, the salary of cross-border e-commerce operators has always been controversial and complained about. Many experienced operators are still troubled by not getting a salary that matches their ability.

Average monthly sales of 130,000 US dollars, the operation job seeker said "doubt life"

Recently, an operator shared his real job-hunting experience in a forum and said, "It's too difficult, I doubt my life."

The operator works in Shenzhen and has four years of experience in operating Japanese boutiques. All the stores he operates are new stores. The operator said that his average monthly sales in 2020 were 130,000 US dollars, and during the peak season, he even sold more than 300,000 US dollars per month, which is already an upper-middle level in the Japanese site.

Due to some reasons, the operator recently had the idea of ​​changing jobs, so he began to post his resume on the recruitment software, and his basic salary requirement was a basic salary of 12k plus a commission of 3 to 10 points on sales .

However, what the operator did not expect was that after reading his resume, most company managers offered a basic salary of 8k to 9k, and some companies even only offered a basic salary of 7k , which was unacceptable to the operator.

In the operator's view, the amount of basic salary should be determined by experience and ability, and should match each other. In communication with peers, they have the same views and requirements on basic salary: the basic salary of a freshly graduated operator should be around 4.5~6k; the basic salary of an operator with about two years of experience should be around 8k; the basic salary of an operator with three to four years of operation experience and strong ability should be around 10~15k.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is too bleak. Faced with such a common salary level, the operator expressed doubts about life and couldn't help but think about a question: Is it that he has set his sights too high, or is the current job-hunting environment too bad?

Resignation and layoffs are not uncommon in the cross-border industry this year, and the salary of operations has dropped drastically compared to before. In view of the recent situation of the cross-border recruitment industry, many sellers expressed their opinions ↓

"This level is really good. It's better to work alone than to look for a job again."

"I have more than three years of experience in Japan Asia operations, but I still can't find a job with a suitable salary"

"Operations are everywhere, and there are many excellent ones. The current base salary is just around the corner."

As the cross-border industry continues to change, more and more operators believe that the market is not as good as before. Many sellers have said that Amazon operations seem to be not so easy to do now, which is directly reflected in the salary, which has fallen by about 30% compared with the beginning of the year.

At the beginning of the year, a company was recruiting operations staff. As long as you have one to two years of experience, you can easily get a base salary of over ten thousand yuan. However, from the current recruitment situation in the industry, it is not difficult to see that as an operations staff, experience alone is not enough.

Experience ≠ ability? Most operations expect a salary of 8k+

What should you do after leaving your job? Will the new job search be full of thorns? For many operators who want to change jobs or switch jobs, the first thing to consider is whether they can find a good job after leaving their job and whether their salary will decrease instead of increase .

" I resigned from my previous company a few months ago. I have a CET-6 certificate and work experience in large companies and startups. Before resigning, I was a supervisor and my single product sold over 100 units a day . " An operator with four years of experience in e-commerce said that he had failed in many interviews because his salary expectations were too high and his performance was not good enough. Is it so difficult to find a job with a salary of 13k?

The operator's dilemma may be a true portrayal of many cross-border workers, who are unable to apply for new positions due to reasons such as inconsistency between qualifications and job requirements, and inconsistency between the salary offered and expected salary . Survey data shows that most operators expect a salary of more than 8k, and about a quarter of them expect a salary of around 10-15k.

In fact, the recruitment volume of Amazon operations has been up and down this year. Between April and August this year, some sellers reported that the demand for operations has increased significantly. Although the salary level is still lower than before, a large number of job seekers are "competing for interviews", so many companies have successfully recruited employees with a higher "cost-effectiveness".

Some industry insiders said that during interviews, companies pay more attention to job applicants' abilities, operations, and ideas for promoting products . Experience is not equivalent to ability , so experience alone cannot prove whether a job applicant meets the job requirements. This is why there are always rumors in the industry that "Amazon operators earn tens of thousands of dollars a month."

In addition, the amount of operational salary is also affected by the peak and off-peak seasons. Commissions and benefits will directly affect the increase or decrease of overall salary to a large extent.

This year, in this turbulent industry, a series of events such as account blocking, storage capacity restrictions, sales plummeting, and large-scale layoffs have occurred one after another. The situation of cross-border workers is difficult. Some operators can't help but start thinking about the future direction and have come up with the idea of ​​"changing the way".

Independent sites become a new way out, and are there great demands for operations positions?

As the industry is undergoing a cleanup, Amazon operations no longer seem to be a popular option. Under this situation, some operators have raised questions: Will independent sites truly become a new trend after this wave of rectification, and will the demand for independent site operation positions increase accordingly?

In fact, this question is not only the voice of experienced job seekers, but also one of the key concerns of new job seekers. In their view, although many Amazon operations were indeed thriving in the past, it seems that independent sites are constantly developing and growing, and are also worth a try.

In this regard, some practitioners said that Amazon is currently in the stage of rectification, and the continuous adjustment of policies is to allow sellers to try to adapt, so as to unify the path of compliant operation. To some extent, opportunities are often accompanied by risks. Independent stations are not outside the law. If they cannot operate with integrity, they will eventually end up in the same situation.

For operations, learning, experience, ability and action are all indispensable. You should look at and analyze problems from a cross-border perspective and thinking, and summarize your own set of strategies. If you have the qualifications and ability, you can make a name for yourself on any platform.

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