Author | Meng Yana Jin Yan Zhao Lei
Edit | Wei Jia
The beginning of 2020 will be difficult. Many people ’s annual plans have changed from “Mastering a foreign language, losing ten pounds, gaining a promotion and raising a bill, and successfully getting a bill.”
Under the epidemic, Internet companies that are “thickly wealthy” on weekdays are also not allowed to keep struggling to survive, lay off employees or reduce pay. Xinchao Media announced a salary cut and a 10% reduction on the day of construction, and major Internet companies such as Ali, Tencent, and NetEase also reported news of layoffs.
Some Internet people have finally waited to return to work, and then face unemployment. We interviewed six young Internet workers who were unemployed under the epidemic. After being unemployed, some people are always anxious and rely on alcohol to hypnotize; some people have submitted resumes for two weeks in a row and received only one interview call; some people Began to reflect on his replaceability is too strong, unwilling.
But they are also actively adjusting their minds, looking for new possibilities. Among them, some people choose to follow Luo Luo’s footsteps to take live broadcasts; some try to shoot short videos of life and become a Vlogger; others are ready to start a business; others decide to take more courses at home while unemployed, hoping Full of skills …
Life has never been more than one choice, and every choice is a challenge to yourself.
I have been laid off as a result of sports events, and I plan to try video in the future
Chen Xiang, 29-year-old sports video editor
I am a sports video editor for an Internet content company. I have been working here for two and a half years, and my performance is not particularly outstanding, but I have not made any fatal mistakes. On March 20, I was interviewed for layoffs for a simple reason, because of the epidemic, sports events around the world stopped. We can only cut some sports topics related to the epidemic, but the traffic is poor.
When we resumed work, we heard the news of salary cuts and layoffs, so this layoff was not particularly unexpected. After me, some colleagues have left one after another, and those who are still living have been reduced by 30% to 50% of their salaries in disguise. However, the company and I got together well, gave me a month’s compensation, and agreed to wait until the match restarted and then recruited me back, but that’s the last word.