Salary from 10,000 to 5,000! Amazon operations staff says it's hard to change careers

There is less than a month left before the Chinese New Year. Many people have already laid down and are waiting for the arrival of New Year's Eve, but many cross-border workers have already started preparing for their career plans after the Chinese New Year.

In the cross-border recruitment market, Amazon operations still account for the majority of demand, but many senior Amazon operations are still very anxious, worried about their future career development and choices, and even considering whether to change track as soon as possible.

Amazon operations considers switching to a new platform, but salary is a hurdle

By May this year, Andy has been in the industry for four years. Currently, Andy is the Amazon operations team leader of a technology company in Shenzhen, with a base salary of nearly 10,000 yuan, but age anxiety and confusion about the future make Andy feel deeply uneasy.

In recent months, the overall sales performance of Andy's team has not been ideal. Including the team leader Andy, the entire team has not received a decent commission for a long time and basically lives on the basic salary.

On the other hand, emerging platforms such as Temu and TikTok have risen strongly, and news of various GMVs continuously setting new records has filled major social media platforms.

In this atmosphere, Andy had the idea of ​​changing his career path. He immediately opened a recruitment software and started searching. Indeed, in the search list, there are indeed more related positions such as TikTok operation and Temu operation.

After comparing many options, Andy selected several companies and sent his resume. In the end, he only received a reply from one company. The position being recruited was TikTok operations, and the salary shown in the recruitment information was 6-8k.

After some communication, the other party said that he could come to the company to try first. However, because Andy had no relevant experience in TikTok, the base salary offered was only 5,000, and the commission was calculated separately. However, a reasonable commission model needed to be figured out in the early stage.

This obviously hit Andy a bit. Although he expected that his salary would be affected by changing his career, he didn't expect it to be cut in half. This made Andy hesitate. Although he might not get commissions in his current job, at least his base salary was high enough and his daily quality of life would not be affected.

After much hesitation, Andy decided to post this story online to see what netizens think. On a certain social platform, this post received a lot of attention from netizens. Many people believed that what they can get now is the real thing. If they switch jobs to work on TikTok, they will lose more than 30,000 yuan a year, which is not a small amount for ordinary workers.

But some people hold different opinions. They believe that it is basically difficult to continue to move up if you still stay at Amazon, but there is still much potential for emerging platforms such as Temu and TikTok. If you can take advantage of the opportunity to join them now, you will definitely be able to progress along with the development of the platform, and your salary will naturally rise.

Watching the two groups of netizens arguing fiercely online, Andy didn't know who to listen to for a moment. Considering the current situation, Andy decided to wait and see after the Chinese New Year.

Transformation is difficult! Amazon operations joins the ranks of civil servants and civil servants

Now a large number of Amazon operations personnel are beginning to face the 30-year-old crisis. If they cannot reach management level, older ordinary operations personnel will easily be replaced by younger labor.

For this reason, many people have begun to prepare for the future. However, it seems that it is not easy for Amazon operations to transform. Except for those who go out to work alone, few people can really have a "second spring" in the new track.

With very limited choices, joining the ranks of civil servants has become the first choice for many Amazon operators.

In October this year , the company Karan worked for announced its dissolution. Prior to this, Karan had been working in several cross-border e-commerce companies in Zhengzhou, where he had worked as a FB pitcher, Amazon operator, and independent website customer service.

But this year, the recruitment market was much more brutal than he had imagined. He sent out resumes for a month, interviewed at more than a dozen companies, and even got a lot of referrals from friends, but the results were not satisfactory.

As the rent was due, Karan gritted his teeth and decided to go back to his hometown to take the civil service exam. His decision surprised many of his friends. After all, in the eyes of many people, Karan is the kind of person who values ​​freedom very much. In every job, besides salary, what he values ​​most is whether he is happy doing it.

In addition, his work ability is beyond reproach, and he has some connections in the cross-border circle. But now even a person like him has decided to compromise with reality, which is really sad. It seems that the current situation is indeed very serious.

Information related to the civil service exam is now very popular on major social media platforms. When the prospects of all walks of life are uncertain, choosing a more stable path has naturally become a "safe haven" for more people.

It was previously reported that the boss of a cross-border company took the lead in taking the civil service examination, which became a topic of discussion among many people in the cross-border circle at the time.

At that time, Xiao Li, who had just graduated from college, chose an operations position at Amazon. After exploring for a few months, he realized that there was a future in this industry and decided to start his own business.

In the first year after graduation, Xiao Li registered his first Amazon store. In the early days, Xiao Li dabbled in many categories, selling clothing, shoes, accessories, etc. However, he soon found that there were too many categories and they were too diverse. It seemed that everything was easy to sell, but nothing sold well. In less than a year, Xiao Li switched to the home furnishing track.

Xiao Li said that after switching to home furnishings, for three consecutive years, two or three of his products have been on the Best Seller list in Amazon's sub-categories, and the sales of other products are also very good. During big promotions such as Black Friday, the store can sell more than 3,000 orders in total. "It's no problem to make a small million a year."

But later, the cross-border industry ushered in a cold winter, and Xiao Li's store was not spared. After comprehensive consideration, he decided to give up Amazon. At the farewell meeting with the team, Xiao Li mentioned that he planned to take the civil service exam. Unexpectedly, this idea was immediately shared by his teammates, so the company, including him, "hastily" decided on the next direction of their lives.

At that time, the office lease still had five months left, so Xiao Li and his team members were busy selling products while preparing for the exam. However, Xiao Li also said that if he failed the exam, he might come back to work for Amazon.

In fact, whether you are doing Amazon operations or any other job, you will face various problems and challenges. In this case, everyone’s different choices are not strictly right or wrong. After all, only the path that suits you is the best.

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