Produced | Sohu School of Business

Editor | Xu Xiaoqi Wang Zhen

Today, when the pressure of social competition is accelerating, so-called irregular working time mechanisms such as the “996 work system” have been derived. Some people say that this is a kind of blessing that allows young people to grow up quickly. Others say that this is a shortcut to self-destruction.

Is the “996 work system” really a blessing? Entering the era of digital economy, what changes will corporate organizations have? Sohu Business School talked with Lv Shousheng, president of the Beijing Chinese and Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Association. Lv Shousheng believes that corporate competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and some companies with strong sense of crisis and weak profitability have to work overtime to adapt to this competition. To a certain extent, proper overtime can help to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, but excessive overtime can harm work efficiency to a certain extent.

Talking about the obstacles that Chinese companies face in “going out”, Lu Shousheng said that some countries have set many restrictions on the investment of Chinese companies, especially some industry associations and trade unions, which are full of vigilance about the entry of Chinese companies. “Some companies worry that we will move their technology to China in the course of mergers and acquisitions, thereby reducing local production. Therefore, they have doubts about our investment sincerity.”

According to Lu Shousheng, the “Going Global” of Weichai Group, where he belongs, is a successful case. Weichai is an international company with cross-field and cross-industry operations. It has power systems, automotive business, construction machinery, intelligent logistics, agricultural equipment, marine transportation equipment and other business sectors around the world. Its subsidiaries are in Europe, North America, Asia and other regions. , Products are exported to more than 110 countries and regions.

Lv Shousheng said that Weichai Group began its international exploration in 2009. In this process, The first is to be good at using international talents; the second is to establish a regular exchange mechanism for talents; the third is to do a good job in cultural communication and integration. Because the integration of cultures and people in different regions takes time, we must use the spirit of responsibility, communication, tolerance, and innovation to promote the two sides to reach consensus when differences arise.

The “14th Five-Year Plan” announced on March 12 and the 2035 long-term goal clearly stated that the statutory retirement age will be gradually delayed. What is the impact of delayed retirement on the job market? Lu Shousheng said that the overall situation of delaying retirement has been determined. In the future, it will be common for people in their 50s and 60s to find jobs in the job market. The silver hair market will gradually rise in the future, which is a useful supplement to the current shortage of talent market and labor supply.

Lu Shousheng believes that To deal with delayed retirement, companies need to provide timely training to people of similar ages. Some employees are limited by knowledge and skills, and have insufficient grasp of the new economy, especially digital capabilities. Companies should do some counseling and training early in this regard to avoid them Fall behind prematurely.

Second, create as many opportunities as possible to give full play to the talents of the elderly. Third, companies should strengthen health management and energy management, such as providing fitness facilities, enhancing the physical fitness of employees, and regularly arranging physical examinations to prevent them from getting too early. The exhaustion of physical function; the last thing is to do a good job of career guidance to prevent employees from not reaching the age of retirement, but they think of retirement early in their minds.

The following is a compilation of interviews:

Sohu Finance: 996, large and small work week, what are the underlying reasons for the existence of overtime culture in Chinese companies? From the perspective of corporate management, can it really improve corporate efficiency and competitiveness?

Lu Shousheng: At present, the competition among industries is very fierce. Companies mainly want to improve their competitiveness and increase output. They often actively and passively let employees work overtime. Some companies have unmatched advantages in natural resources, business models, core technologies, and customer acquisition. In this case, these companies do not need to work overtime.

However, some companies have a strong sense of crisis and relatively weak profitability. In addition, the production rhythm and production tasks are relatively heavy, and they have to work overtime to adapt to this competition. To a certain extent, proper overtime can help improve the efficiency and competitiveness of enterprises. Excessive overtime is not enough, which will damage work efficiency to a certain extent.

Sohu Finance: Excellent Chinese companies such as Huawei and ByteDance often face local policy challenges and pressures when going overseas. What do you think is the most important problem that Chinese companies need to solve in the process of internationalization?

Lu Shousheng: First of all, we must understand and understand the local employment policies and business rules, pay attention to cultural differences, and avoid discomfort.

Secondly, Chinese and foreign companies also have differences in personnel dismissal. European companies have relatively strong trade unions, and it is often very troublesome for companies to dismiss a person. But in China, the entry and exit of corporate personnel is relatively flexible.

Some countries have set many restrictions on the investment of Chinese companies in order to protect local industries. In particular, some industry associations and trade unions are full of vigilance about the entry of Chinese companies, and even doubt the sincerity of investment. These are obstacles that Chinese companies have to face in “going out”.

Sohu Finance: What are the successful examples of companies in the process of internationalization?

Lu Shousheng: The Weichai Group I serve now, their “going out” is a good case. Weichai Group began its international exploration in 2009, and successively acquired French company Baudouin with a history of 100 years. In the process of integration, many companies lost money at the beginning of mergers and acquisitions. However, through domestic and foreign linkages, we have achieved a turnaround from loss to profit, and achieved industrial synergy.

In the process of Weichai’s going global, the first is to be good at making use of international talents. The second is to establish a regular exchange mechanism for talents. We will invite the heads of overseas investment companies to the Chinese headquarters or affiliated companies for visits, learning, and exchanges. At the same time, high-potential talents cultivated in China are sent abroad to participate in their project learning process like a shadow plan.

The third is to do a good job in cultural communication and integration. Finally, the employees of Chinese local companies learn how foreign countries pay attention to quality and quality process optimization, so as to enhance our own management capabilities and increase the practical experience of the front line.

Sohu Finance: Compared with Western management models, what are the characteristics of Chinese management models and what practical results have they achieved? What aspects need to be learned from Western managers?

Lu Shousheng: It is difficult to have a unified definition of Chinese-style business management, let alone any standard. Chinese companies emphasize authoritative leadership, and employees have a strong sense of awe and respect for leaders. The West is relatively democratic. In terms of decision-making mechanisms and strategy formation, more emphasis is placed on teamwork.

Secondly, with regard to management style, the West favors a coaching style of leadership, that is, I teach you how to do it. In China, the leadership style is more command-based, that is, I say you do it. Chinese-style management has a strong affinity, and the West emphasizes equality and fairness. What needs to be learned from the West is to play the role of a coach, do less preaching, and provide more guidance instead of telling the answer directly.

Sohu Finance: Three years after Pinduoduo went public, Huang Zheng resigned as chairman, completing the exit of all the founders. How should we evaluate the impact of the founder’s exit on the company?

Lu Shousheng: The founder’s withdrawal from the company may be due to other pursuits of the founder. This is a proactive action, such as Wang Shi withdrawing from Vanke, Jack Ma withdrawing from Alibaba, and Huang Zheng withdrawing from Pinduoduo. Some of these withdrawals are motivated by personal hobbies, and some are motivated by the pursuit of other life values ​​and higher missions.

Some companies have made preparations for this a long time ago, such as Vanke’s Yu Liang and other managements, who are familiar with the company’s governance structure, management capabilities, company culture, and operating mechanism. Therefore, the exit of the founder will not have a major adverse impact on the company, but will be beneficial to the iteration and growth of talents.

Sohu Finance: The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has made it clear that the statutory retirement age will be gradually delayed. What is the impact of delayed retirement on the job market? As a company’s HR, how to deal with delayed retirement and what preparations should be made?

Lu Shousheng: The society needs to emphasize flexible employment, which means that people who are older but still have a good skill can continue to work. Companies should pay attention to employees’ innovation, willingness to work, and vitality. They cannot be one size fits all, but only look at age.

In the future, it will be more common for people in their 50s and 60s to get new job opportunities in the job market, and the silver hair market will gradually rise. This will be a useful supplement to our current shortage of talent market and labor supply, and it will also ease relatively speaking. The gospel of labor shortage and talent shortage.

First, companies must provide timely training to people of similar ages. Some personnel are limited by knowledge and skills, and have insufficient grasp of the new economy, especially digital capabilities. Companies must do some counseling and training early in this regard to avoid them prematurely The lagging behind.

Second, create as many opportunities as possible to give full play to the talents of the elderly. Third, companies should strengthen health management and energy management, such as providing certain fitness facilities, enhancing the physical and physical fitness of employees, and arranging regular physical examinations to prevent them from premature physical failure, and to prepare for a longer term. .

The last thing is to do a good job of guidance to prevent employees from thinking about retirement early in their hearts before they reach the age of retirement. Companies need to clarify their own mechanisms to provide better opportunities for older, but still vigorous and energetic employees.

Sohu Finance: Has the company’s requirements for outstanding employees changed under the influence of the long-term epidemic? Under the global market environment, how do companies carry out the strategic layout of talents?

Lu Shousheng: The first requirement for outstanding employees is performance. The second is strong learning ability and innovation ability. The third is attitude. Outstanding employees often have a strong sense of professionalism, collaboration, and teamwork.

Under the influence of the epidemic, some companies hope that outstanding employees can be more resilient and not give up because of temporary difficulties, which may cause doubt or frustration about the company. Excellent employees must be able to actively adapt to this change and turn the crisis into vitality. , Turn pressure into motivation. Excellent employees are those who seldom complain about the objective environment and will proactively look for opportunities.

If an enterprise has a globalization and internationalization strategy, it must reserve talents in advance. For example, whether the selected managers have bilingual communication skills, and whether they have a certain understanding of the international business environment. In addition, as the international situation continues to change, globalization issues are temporarily facing some challenges. Enterprises cannot change their determination to globalize. Under such circumstances, the acquisition and preparation of talents must be advanced, rather than behind closed doors.

When it comes to Nanchuan, people will immediately think of the famous Jinfo Mountain. Indeed, Jinfo Mountain is not only a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, but also a world natural heritage. It is definitely the leading IP in Nanchuan. It can be said that they have never been to Jinfo Mountain. I have actually been to Nanchuan, but is there only Jinfo Mountain in Nanchuan? That is definitely not the case. In addition to Jinfo Mountain, Nanchuan actually has many good places, such as Shenlong Gorge, Shanwangping, Nanzhu Mountain, etc., of course, including the East Street that this article will introduce to you. According to relevant information, Nanchuan is a thousand-year-old county. It has been established for more than 1,300 years. It has a long history and an extremely rich culture. However, it is hard to touch what Nanchuan was like a thousand years ago, but the modern East Street, We can remember, because Nanchuan City Investment and CYTS jointly invested 2.3 billion yuan in East Street to build a cultural and tourism integrated town covering an area of ​​120 acres, which highly restored its historical richness in the 1970s and 1980s. It is understood that Dongjie, as a carrier carrying the imprints of the young people’s lives in the small town, cleverly integrates the life of Nanchuan people and the landscape wonders, herbal culture, plant ecology and other characteristics of the Jinfo Mountain, and develops multiple thematic creative formats. Let people experience the local characteristic culture of Nanchuan in the process of recreation in Dongjie. Nanchuan East Street uses modern technology to fully restore the streetscape of the town in the 1980s and 1990s. A street paved with bluestone and a storefront decorated with wooden boards. People are trading needles and needles leisurely. On the stone bench in front of the door, they are dressed in blue. The old man in the blue cloth coat, sucking the soil smoke, very fanciful! These scenes can easily awaken the nostalgic emotions of people of multiple ages, and allow people to gain a sense of experience and identification with cultural life and memory. Walking on the East Street, what impressed me the most is the family memory hall inside. This family memory hall occupies four floors, and the first floor represents an era, from the 1960s and 70s to the 70s and 80s of the last century. It was there until the 1980s and 1990s. For example, in this family pavilion in the 1960s and 1970s, simple furniture, old kettles, porcelain bowls, sewing machines, etc., are in it as if you are traveling through it. Coming out of the Family Memory Museum in the 1960s and 1970s, I walked through an old corridor full of pictorials, mailboxes, newspaper boxes, and some advertisements belonging to the year. The next level is a scene from the 1970s and 1980s. Up. The first thing that attracted us was the pictorial on the wall. They were all Hong Kong and Taiwan stars of the year. Come and see, do you all recognize them? It is estimated that the friends who lived in those years are not all strangers to these pictorials, right? In those years, who hadn’t posted a few similar pictorials? Back then, there were no mobile phones, and people had to write letters or make calls in their communications, so public phones (or 200 phones with phone cards) have also been remembered by many people. At that time, money transfer was also called remittance, which was not as convenient as online payment today. In the 1970s and 1980s, with the continuous improvement of people’s economic income, people’s living standards also made great progress. Some musical instruments slowly began to enter ordinary people’s homes, such as organs, accordions, guitars, etc., which became the hobbies of many people. This was the appearance of many ordinary people at that time, with enamel washbasins, wooden washstands, temporary kitchens on the corridors, and old-fashioned washing machines slowly entering the homes of ordinary people. At that time, people’s hobbies became more and more extensive. Some cultural figures began to like traditional Chinese culture. The home began to set up a study room. A few calligraphy and paintings on the wall were also standard, and the middle of the study room was used to practice calligraphy. The big book stand looks very literary and artistic. At that time, furniture and electrical appliances in the house gradually increased. Black and white televisions began to enter the homes of ordinary people. TV series such as “Huo Yuan Jia” were strongly sought after. Comic strips were also very popular at that time. Comic strips, also known as comic strips and little people’s books, were ancient Chinese traditional books. It is said that they slowly took shape after the popularization of printing in the Song Dynasty. Using continuous pictures to tell stories and portray characters is a popular reading material suitable for all ages, with a wide range of subjects and various contents. For friends born in the 1970s and 1980s, comic strips definitely have deep memories, such as “San Mao Wanderings”, “Red Detachment of Women”, “White Haired Girl”, “Harbour”, “Shajia Bang”, ” “Red Lantern”, “A surprise attack on the White Tigers”, “Taking the Tiger Mountain”, “Ode to the Dragon River”, “God Legs and Du Xin Wu”, “Chen Zhen”, “The Adventures of Tintin”, etc. are all very familiar to everyone Comic strip. The next level is the 1980s and 1990s, when people’s living standards have been further improved compared to the 1970s and 1980s. For example, people pay more attention to entertainment after work, and the Chongqing area where Nanchuan is located has become popular. Although the first generation of mahjong seems to be not as big as it is today, everyone still had a great time and enjoyed it. Here, in addition to the family scenes of different ages, you can also see the scenes of some special shops, such as the tailor shop in the picture above, with ready-made garments hanging on one side, fabrics of various colors on the other side, and a generous table in the middle. It is a variety of patterns, needles and threads, and there is an old-fashioned sewing machine next to it. This is the scene of the commissary back then. Shancheng Beer, Tianfu Coke, Hongyan Ink, Shuxiu Washing Powder, Shancheng Watch, 100 Years RT-Mart, Hechuan Match, Rice Crackers… are all old Chongqing brands at that time, and many of them have now disappeared. , Only Shancheng Beer is still the original brand, but it has also been sold to Carlsberg. When Tianfu Coke was most popular, it had 108 years of packaging plants in the country. Later, it was a joint venture with Pepsi, and was tragically hidden in the snow, making a generation of famous drinks history. Litigation and other means have regained the brand, but the influence is no longer the same. This family memory hall allows almost every visitor to find childhood memories. The post-60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s are the same. Even if the post-00s are here under the leadership of the mother of China, they can also remember their hardships and sweetness. Find the scenes where mom, dad, grandparents and grandparents lived. You can change into the costumes of the time and take a photo. It is an interesting and meaningful photo of the Internet celebrity. It is understood that Dongjie was originally an old street in Nanchuan, and it also has a name called Jiefang Road. People habitually call it East Street because it is the east side of Nanchuan City, connecting Donghuan Road, and corresponding to South Street, North Street, and West Street. Perhaps Nanchuan City at that time was surrounded by East, South, West, and North Streets. of. The reason why it is called Jiefang Road may be related to the liberation of Nanchuan. On November 27, 1949, Liu and Deng’s army came from Wulong Baima, and Nanchuan was peacefully liberated. The Jiefang Army entered the city from Dongjie. To commemorate the peaceful liberation of Nanchuan, Dongjie was renamed Jiefang Road. Therefore, this road has a special memory for the people of Nanchuan. Now that it has invested 2.3 billion yuan to build a cultural tourism town, it is still worth a visit. There are not only the family memory hall mentioned above, but also the Yang Liping Art Center, Happy twist IP block, dream Ferris wheel, cultural and creative vegetable market and other projects, you can really come and visit if you have the opportunity.