What can I do if I leave Shenzhen and stop working for Amazon when I am over 30?

The contradiction of Shenzhen cross-border sellers: small cities cannot accommodate the body, and big cities cannot accommodate the soul ...

As a gathering place for cross-border sellers, Shenzhen has always attracted a large number of dreamers, but people outside want to come in, and people inside want to get out. Now more and more Amazon sellers are fleeing Shenzhen!

What experiences made these people leave the places they once longed for?

After leaving Shenzhen, can sellers still engage in cross-border transactions by moving to another place?

After leaving Shenzhen, will you also leave the cross-border industry, change jobs and start over?

The dilemma of Shenzhen sellers: Is there still a future after escaping this city?

Many people may be curious about how many cross-border sellers there are in Shenzhen. I was also curious, so I looked around, but I didn’t find the latest figures. However, I found that the answer to “How many cross-border sellers are there in Shenzhen” must be very large:

I went to eat Longjiang Pork Trotter Rice today, and heard the people at the next table were talking about how to optimize Amazon advertising!

I was taking the subway after get off work and my friend was on the phone, talking nonstop about Amazon!

On the way home, I heard people saying that it is difficult to do business on Amazon. On the streets of Shenzhen, you can really meet people doing cross-border e-commerce everywhere you go.

When I went shopping, the lady in the store asked me if Amazon was profitable! In Shenzhen, even the aunties in their 50s know about Amazon!

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There are many similar voices. These words also indirectly verify the saying that "Shenzhen is a gathering place for cross-border sellers". According to the latest statistics from Shenzhen Customs, in the first half of this year, the value of cross-border e-commerce goods supervised by Shenzhen Customs exceeded 100 billion yuan, which has exceeded the total amount of last year and continues to lead the country.

Why do you want to come to Shenzhen to do cross-border e-commerce? In the eyes of industry insiders, Shenzhen is a paradise for cross-border traders, with a complete supply chain, a complete logistics system, a complete tax system ... The complete cross-border industrial chain makes it easy for people to do cross-border business.

Many sellers also believe that Shenzhen has a good entrepreneurial gene and is a place where dreams can really come true. " Only after starting a business in Shenzhen did you realize that it would be difficult to start a business outside of Shenzhen. "

It is reported that after doing Amazon in Shenzhen, many sellers have realized their dreams of buying houses and cars. In the early years when Amazon was still a blue ocean, many sellers could start Amazon with a cost of around 10,000 yuan. It was this group of people who seized the cross-border trend and successfully settled in Shenzhen.

Although there are still many sellers who make money on Amazon, the reality of Amazon’s increasingly high operating costs and the fact that they cannot settle down in Shenzhen have made many sellers exhausted. “I have worked hard in Shenzhen for several years and basically have to work overtime every week, but my wallet has not gotten fatter,” “ I have been working in Shenzhen for several years and I am so busy that I have no time to feel the hardship ,” “The work pressure in Shenzhen is too great. There is only work but no personal life here”... Therefore, a large number of sellers have come up with the idea of ​​“escaping from Shenzhen.”

Many sellers still live a comfortable life after leaving Shenzhen

Leaving Shenzhen means leaving the fertile cross-border soil. At this time, can the cross-border career continue happily?

It is reported that some people left Shenzhen to do cross-border business in other cities, but found that Shenzhen was more attractive, so they returned to this city that people both love and hate. Some people left Shenzhen and returned to their hometown to do cross-border business, but unexpectedly found that their lives could be very comfortable.

One seller said that he used to do cross-border business in Dongguan , but moved back to Xi'an two years ago , saving a lot of office expenses and labor costs. In fact, many sellers said that after leaving Shenzhen, the cost of doing Amazon business is lower:

I do cross-border business in my hometown in the countryside . I don’t have to pay for food and accommodation. Although I earn little, the pressure is much less .

Except for the inconvenience of shipping, everything else in my hometown is very good! The labor and venue are cheap, and I can be with my family.

The rent in my hometown is cheap, and the labor cost is half of that in Shenzhen. People always say that increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, although it is a little difficult to increase revenue by doing cross-border business at home, there is no problem in reducing expenditure.

In fact, in addition to some small and medium-sized sellers, many big sellers have now set up offices outside of Shenzhen. There are also many sellers outside of Shenzhen who have achieved very impressive positions, such as Henan home furnishing giant Zhiou.

What can you do if you don’t work for Amazon when you are over 30?

For some people, the decision is to go somewhere with a slower pace to do cross-border e-commerce, but some people simply leave the industry and stop doing cross-border business, or stop doing Amazon.

The reason they gave up was very simple, just like they wanted to escape from Shenzhen, it was nothing more than the high pressure, long overtime hours, and fear all day long.

An operator who just left the cross-border e-commerce industry said that he used to work overtime every day and his body couldn't stand it anymore. Others also said that they used to be able to fall asleep with just a pillow, but since they started working for Amazon, they suffer from insomnia every day. They are afraid of making their boss lose money, and their hair is falling out. One seller even said that when he learned that his account was blocked, he felt a sense of relief, thinking that he finally didn't have to work so hard anymore and had a reason to take a long vacation.

While leaving, they also began to think about a question : "If I don't work for Amazon anymore, what else can I do?"

If you search for the five words "don't do Amazon" on an industry forum , you can see as many as 20 related posts.

Some people are confused and say that they are 28 years old this year and have worked at Amazon for 3 years. If they are in their 30s, they are still an ordinary clerk. If they don’t work for Amazon, what else can they do if they change careers? Will any company want them at this age?

Others said that if they stopped working for Amazon, they would like to learn a technology or craft that would not be easily replaced by young people.

Some people also began to think about what they could learn if they stopped working at Amazon one day, what was the most growth-enhancing thing during this period of time, and what was the biggest gain?

They have witnessed the glory of the industry, experienced the shock of Amazon, worked in companies of all sizes, experienced ups and downs, and finally decided to leave because of the high pressure and long overtime at Amazon, and a problem that most of us face: the "age crisis." This can be vaguely seen from the above posts.

Not long ago, I saw a picture called "Universal Internet Careers" on some social media. In this universal career development path, whether you are a coder who is an architect, or an operations specialist or marketing specialist who is a director, by the age of 35, you can only deliver food, drive Didi, or work in insurance.

Although this may seem a bit shocking and one-sided, it is indeed happening to some people. This is a cruel phenomenon in the workplace.

Not only workers, but also Amazon sellers working alone face the age crisis. Recently, a post that sparked heated discussions on a forum mentioned that he had been working alone for three years and had just celebrated his 30th birthday. But now he is just waiting for orders every day. He has no motivation to do anything and is very confused. Moreover, the internal competition is getting more and more serious, and he has a great sense of crisis in his heart.

It is indeed a bit confusing to step into the threshold of 30 years old, especially at the age of 35. Many employers have set a limit on this age in their recruitment policies. But I think that instead of thinking about what you can do if you don’t work for Amazon at the age of 30, it is better to think about what you need to accumulate before the age of 30, and what your previous work experience can help you gain when you change careers, start a business, or make other choices in the future.

If you have accumulated some start-up capital, you can start a small business or invest; if you are good at English, you can get a teacher's certificate and become an English teacher; if you are good at data analysis, you can be a data planner, etc.

In conclusion: Some time ago, at an industry forum, a topic titled " Do Amazon employees dare to flee Shenzhen? Do they dare to flee the industry? " caused a heated discussion. Many people said they dared to do so. One highly praised answer was: I dare to do so, but I am confused about the future and have no idea of ​​the future direction. Therefore, the editor believes that instead of thinking about the issue of escape, it is better to clarify what you can do, what you want to do, and work hard for it.