Post 80'S Workplace Outlook In China: Both Work And Play

According to the latest survey by Universum, a global employer brand consulting firm, 50.6% Chinese university graduates this year aim to "balance life and career" as a career goal.

Xiao Zhu is a graduate student in IT who graduated this year. She has four friends working in a famous Telecom Company in China. Ask her if she will follow a friend's footsteps, and she says no. Why? "Listen to my friends and work overtime," she replied. "There is no time to play."

Zhu Li (alias) graduated from Southampton University School of management and returned to China. She worked as a trainee in a state-owned enterprise in Shanghai, hoping to get a contract for formal work in this state-owned enterprise soon. Asked whether she would like to work in the UK or back to China, she said she would definitely return home, not only that she felt more suited to return to work, but also an important factor in China's fun. She said, "returning home is very lively and fun, and family and friends are in China."

It seems that more and more graduates are paying attention to the balance between life and work. According to a recent survey by Universum, a global employer brand consultancy, 50.6% of Chinese university graduates this year have made career and career balance a career goal, an increase of nearly 10% over last year. "These Chinese university graduates believe that work is for a better life." Gao Ying, a Universum brand consultant, said: "they will treat their work and life rationally, and they will not work as a workaholic."

To work or to live?

Among the friends who worked for the famous telecom company, two were high school classmates. They were career people. According to their introduction, although the starting salary is not high when they first entered the company, after two years of work, they are the strong hands of the IT industry. "They all want to be" cattle "," Xiao Zhu. " Listening to Xiao Zhu explained that the so-called "cattle man" is the meaning of a master.

When he studied at a Chinese University, he majored in electronic information engineering. He majored in information system in Graduate School in England. Asked Xiao Zhu's ambition, she did not intend to be a "cow man". She said: "do not mind adding a little bit, but not willing to work overtime." Asked her how to choose between "life and career balance" and "professional manager", she replied without thinking: "of course," life and career balance ".

For Xiao Zhu, career is just a part of life, not all. Her view of work is: "do it with all your heart, with reasonable income and relatively stable," she said. "Work is only an economic source of life."

Another student I interviewed randomly was Xiao Liu. Her career goal sounds different from that of Xiao Zhu: "my goal is to improve my strength." Liu Qing said clearly, "work should be ranked first."

Xiao Liu is a graduate of accounting major in a key university in Beijing in 2007. Since June this year, she has started working in King & Wood law office in Beijing. Ask her about her job carefully. Xiao Liu has similar views on overtime work with Xiao Zhu.

"If it is necessary, things are very important and urgent. I will not mind working overtime." Xiao Liu said, "but if I work overtime every day, I can't accept it. For me, working overtime late every day is unnecessary and can not be justified. "
Xiao Liu believes that when you work, do not think of anything else, but devote yourself to it. When you get home, you don't want to think about work. You don't want to know what else you're going to do today, nor what you want to do tomorrow. Do what you should do.

If you are upset or unhappy at work, you will take a hard time when you get off the class. Xiao Liu thought about it and said, "it's hard to worry." If you have any, find a friend or someone close to you and talk about it. The key is to seek help and solve problems at work. She said, "when I am free, I will pay great attention to life, but there must be a master."

China's post 80s job search needs

As far as employers are concerned, they are also concerned about the changes in job demands of young people in China in recent years. Lin Beilei, the hiring manager of Greater China in P&G, said in a telephone interview that the post-80s generation is a new generation of young people who do not mind hard work but pursue happiness at the same time. They are not afraid of work pressure and want flexibility in their work, that is, when they need to work, they can not mind working overtime and working hard, but when they finish work, they want to have personal choices and have their own time.

"After 80, the generation grew up under the one-child policy. The parents took a lot of care. Compared with people in 60s and 70s, they have no burden, no worries about life, and no setbacks, "says Lin Bei Lei. "Their hope for life is to be happy and happy."

In view of the characteristics of the post-80s generation, Procter & Gamble has made many adjustments in its work style, including home office planning, working at home one day a week, working flexibility and encouraging employees to keep fit.

"In Procter & Gamble, employees work 8 hours a day, commuting time is flexible." Lin Beilei said: "for example, you can choose to work at 7:30 in the morning or at 10:30 a.m. according to the need of work. If you are late for the conference call or overtime, you can come back second days later. "

Lin Beilei said, in the Procter & Gamble headquarters building in Guangzhou, there is a gym for employees to invest in health and relieve pressure on work. P & G will provide fitness cards for employees who can not enjoy the company's internal fitness facilities, and encourage employees to join fitness clubs everywhere. These fitness activities are very popular among young people. She said that in terms of job intensity, Procter & Gamble is challenging, but certainly not as hard as in IT or banking.

Asked why P & G would provide the work for the post-80s youth. Lin Beilei said that in Procter & Gamble, 60% of the employees are the post-80s generation, and this generation will be more and more. "This is not what we can choose, nor can other companies," Lin Beilei said. "Therefore, we need to make adjustments based on their needs."