"Labor Shortage" Has Become An Obstacle That Shoe Companies Can Not Get Through.

In December, Dongguan The highest temperature can reach more than 20 degrees, but the bright sunshine still feels cool. In the middle of December, the owner of Dongguan Guan Shun leather goods factory chose an unacceptable way to leave the world. The ads on the walls of the surrounding factories, such as "factory transfer", "factory rent" and so on, appear to be so dazzling.

In the view of senior local business people, there are a number of small businesses in Dongguan. Shoe enterprises For foreign orders, there is a high degree of dependence, in today's harsh market environment, it is better to opt out to find another way out. However, the overall economy of Dongguan is not as bad as the rumours of the outside world. The Chinese new year has come to us, and the outsiders in Dongguan seem to be eager to set foot on their way home. The commonplace "labor shortage" will become a big hurdle for many shoe companies at the end of the year.

　 That year was called 2008.

The locals in Dongguan think that 2008 is the turning point for many locals to start their businesses, and the scenery has gone with the cold wind of the financial crisis of that year. "Like this leather factory, it can be categorized as a simple processing enterprise relying on external orders, with a scale of around 100 people. Before 2008, they were the most beautiful days, earning millions of dollars a year. Talking about a family in Dongguan Leather goods When the owner of the factory burned himself, Gao Yang, a senior member of the local business community, came to Dongguan.

It is understood that many of these small businesses are businessmen from Taiwan or Hongkong set up in Dongguan. After the financial crisis in 2008, the huge reduction in overseas orders, the rising cost of raw materials, and the appreciation of the renminbi all had a significant negative impact on the profitability of enterprises.

Gao Yang told reporters, "I have a friend who is the owner of Guan Shun's boss. A shoemaking plant was co operated with a Taiwanese before, with around 180 employees. After the financial crisis, the Taiwanese looked at the wrong situation and left it alone. Overseas orders can be called lifeline for such small processing shoe enterprises. However, after 2008, the shrinkage of overseas orders has become a trend. After 2008, the takeover means the burden.

At the entrance of the industrial park, Guan Shun leather goods factory can see a large number of shops selling shoes. Local people say that shoemaking and furniture are the main industries in the region. "Friends begin to lose money after they take over the factory. Maybe they are full of expectation for the future. Maybe they have not come out of the past glory. They choose to fill the deficit continuously. They earn money before they get it, and borrow money from relatives and friends, or even usury." Regarding this, Gao Yang thought, "this kind of enterprise profit pattern has the injury, is also doomed to their final destiny, early withdrawal is the correct choice."

Recently, Gao Yang's friends finally failed to shoulder the snowball debts and chose to dissolve the factory under the strong intervention of his wife and family. However, in order to maintain the existing assets, Gao Yang's friends once transferred some of their assets through the "false divorce", and eventually, "fake leave" became "real divorced". It was in 2008 that Guan Shun leather factory moved to its present site and its business was getting worse and worse. In Gao Yang's view, 08 years after the boss of a local shoe factory or a shoe factory, choosing to switch to farming is actually a wise choice.

　 Labor shortage

Labor shortage is not only in Dongguan, but also at the end of the year. However, many enterprises in Dongguan, both manufacturing and service industries, have to face the end of the year.

It is understood that an electronic component manufacturer in Dongguan has recruited a technical school in the middle of the year. The location of the company's recruitment is a hotel booth. In three days, the company's human resources manager received less than ten resumes and looked helplessly at the front of the booth. Dramatic is, when reporters understand the relevant situation of Guan Shun leather goods factory, not far away, another leather factory has more than one crew member driving to recruit workers.

The leather factory staff said they heard that the factory was closed before they came to see if they could recruit some employees. This year, whether they are general practitioners or technicians, there is a certain gap. The end of the year is not optimistic. The leather factory worker once asked the reporter, "more than 2000 of our wages are packed, and there is overtime pay. It's not low. Why can't we find workers? Not only technicians, but even ordinary workers are dissatisfied." In fact, even in the service industry which seems to be more popular outside, it is also facing the problem of labor shortage.

Zhang Yong, general manager of Dongguan car nanny chain, told reporters: "labor shortage is a common phenomenon in Dongguan. According to my statistics, at the end of the year, our more than 30 direct, franchise and cooperative stores will basically have 20 days' closing time. " Reporters found that near the new year, some restaurants appeared in the doorway lined up, the empty table inside the strange scene. The waiter said, "even if you come in and sit down, no one will have time to take care of you, then you will complain".

"Some people say that the number of migrants in Dongguan is half as high as that in their prime. Is that so? I don't know, but some busy streets on weekends are now a lot more deserted, and my business has been greatly affected." A taxi driver in Dongguan said. In this regard, Zhang Yong believes that such a phenomenon in the coastal areas is taken for granted. Now the wage level in the mainland is not much different from that in the Pearl River Delta region.