Amazon Operations Confession Bureau: I regret being promoted to supervisor

There is a saying in the cross-border circle that there are basically only two options for older Amazon operators in the later stages of their careers: either promotion to management or going out to work on their own. If there is a third option, then it is to change careers and give up everything and start from scratch.

In the current economic environment, starting a business rashly is not a wise choice, so there will undoubtedly be more people who want to compete for management positions.

But as it is written in "The Fortress Besieged": " People outside the city want to get in, and people inside the city want to get out. " Those who have become supervisors will also miss the days when they were doing ordinary operations, and may even regret entering management.

Monthly salary 2w+, I don't want to be a supervisor anymore

Having been in the industry for 5 years and a supervisor for 2 years, Azu is already an old cross-border man. Currently, Azu's basic salary is about 10,000 yuan, and with commissions, he can get an average of 20,000+ yuan per month.

Although this is not considered a high salary in the cross-border circle, it is already a very good result for an ordinary worker who moves from the countryside to the city.

However, when talking about the current situation, A Zu sighed and said that he could not bear it any longer. According to A Zu, nowadays, whether it is suppliers, peers, or even colleagues in the company, they are getting more and more competitive.

In the company, although the boss does not encourage overtime, everyone tacitly chooses to work overtime after get off work. In this case, as a leader, I sometimes feel guilty for leaving early.

On the other hand, when I was doing operations before, I only needed to manage my own performance, but now that I am a leader I need to lead a team. Not only do I have to manage my own performance, I also have to consider the situation of the entire team . I have to worry about all kinds of messy things every day, and I have to hold endless review meetings.

When he was in his twenties, A-Zu was full of energy, but now life has smoothed his edges. If he could choose again, perhaps it would be much easier to just be an ordinary operator.

Now, A Zu is in a dilemma about his future career plan. On the one hand, he is reluctant to give up his current salary, and on the other hand, because of his age, he has no competitive advantage if he continues to work as an ordinary operator.

In fact, this situation is not unique in the Amazon circle. After years of working at the bottom, many operations personnel will face this choice: become a supervisor to lead a team? Or continue to hone their operational capabilities on the front line.

Different people have different opinions on this choice:

"If the performance is good, I'd rather do operations. Managing people is really tiring."

"I am in operations now. I think it's better to be a supervisor. I want to earn more money by doing operations while I am young. I still want to move into management in the future."

"At the beginning of the year, they asked me to be a supervisor and offered me a base salary that was as high as my current base salary plus commission, but they wanted to split the products, and I rejected it outright."

Combining the views of most operations, it can be seen that many people still prefer to be an operator honestly. They have no interest in management positions and do not want to bear greater pressure.

However, the question of whether or not to be a supervisor, in the eyes of most workers, may be more like the question of "why not eat meat porridge" of a few people.

Because for most people, there is no such opportunity for them to choose. In most cases, they choose to resign or be "forced to resign". After all, not everyone can be a supervisor.

Are older Amazon operators being abandoned by the industry?

In the cross-border circle, the future of older Amazon operations has always been a common question.

Many people in the industry believe that Amazon operations is a job that only young people can do, and that once you get older you will soon be replaced by younger operations staff.

On major social media platforms, there are many topics about operators considering changing careers at the age of 35. The question everyone is asking is, where have all the Amazon operators who are 35 years old or older gone?

Indeed, all walks of life are facing age anxiety, and Amazon operations are no exception. After years of development, the Amazon industry has become very mature, and many large companies have their own set of operating theories, which do not require employees to exercise too much subjective initiative.

However, this has also led to many people working in operations for many years without learning much, with some even lamenting that “after three years in the industry, I’m still a newbie when I return!”

Some time ago, OpenAI announced that starting from April 1, users can use ChatGPT for free without registration. As more and more companies are beginning to integrate artificial intelligence, this will undoubtedly make the situation of many operations even worse.

As we all know, artificial intelligence has now become a powerful tool for cross-border companies to reduce costs and increase efficiency. It can not only write listings, but also directly generate product images. One AI can replace several employees, which further dilutes the role that primary operations can play.

A big seller once said that using tools such as ChatGPT can not only improve the efficiency of business tasks such as product selection and design, and achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement, but also if intelligence is applied to large-scale operations in the future, the company's scale effect will be further expanded, establishing its unique competitive advantage and widening the moat for the company.

But everything has two sides. While artificial intelligence compresses the operating living space, it will also bring new opportunities.

Previously, many companies in the industry said that practitioners should have the ability to use AI. "I heard that adding ChatGPT to your resume can increase your salary by 2k," said a seller.

Another seller also wrote in the job requirements, "In addition to being familiar with Amazon operations and having Amazon advertising experience, it is also required to be proficient in using software such as ChatGPT."

One operator said that he started studying ChatGPT when it was first released, and now he can use ChatGPT proficiently in daily work, which has greatly improved his work efficiency.

Recently, this operator said that he got an offer from a big-name company thanks to this skill, and his salary increased by more than 30%. His previous efforts finally paid off.

From this point of view, how far an operations professional can go in the workplace may not have much to do with age. As long as workers can keep up with changing trends and continue to learn new skills, they will be able to maintain their competitiveness in the long run.

Therefore, there is no need for older Amazon operators to be too anxious. The most important thing at the moment is to determine what you really want. If you want to continue to stay in this industry and do not have the ability to be promoted to management, then constantly enriching your ability as an operator is the first priority.

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