There is a very popular worry at present: when artificial intelligence emerges, more and more machines replace workers' labor, machines will snatch jobs that should belong to people, and it will be very difficult for people to find a job. This is logically, but this kind of worry is a bit naive in the face of a real crisis. The most real crisis facing manufacturing industry is that manufacturers find it difficult to recruit workers. Foxconn has encountered an unprecedented shortage of workers in three years, and this old manufacturing company cannot escape this situation. People are unwilling to work in factories, and there is a shortage of labor in production positions. Some manufacturers are trying hard to reduce profits and increase salaries, but they still cannot recruit people. The manufacturing industry has slowly fallen into a "labor shortage" crisis.
Why is the manufacturing industry falling into a "labor shortage" crisis? A large part of the reason for
is that it comes from the current young generation's perception of factories.
The era is changing quietly. The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s who were working hard at the time are slowly withdrawing from the stage of history. The 1990s and 100s who have just taken on the heavy responsibility of the times are already different from their parents in terms of ideas. A reporter's investigation found that the new generation of young people prefer to stay in urban areas with relatively sound infrastructure, and would rather deliver takeout than go to factories to work. The younger generation's ideological rejection of factory work fundamentally creates difficulties in recruiting workers in manufacturing. In addition, the new generation of young people are only children. They grow up under the close care of their predecessors. The factory has many rules and regulations and strict management. A little mistake will have serious consequences or severe punishment. The new generation of labor force cannot adapt to the production environment of the factory, which leads to the factory being unable to retain these people born in the 1990s and 2000s. "The factory work time is generally 12 hours. Even if you don't do anything, you can't stand watching TV for 12 hours. Besides, you still have to do things. In addition, you don't have much development prospects, low freedom, poor working environment, low salary, and difficult to find a partner." This is what many people describe the factory work. High-intensity workload, meager salary and difficult situations will eventually force the young people who are still sticking to it.
"labor shortage" on the other hand comes from the social environment. Think about the generation of grandparents, it is normal for them to have five or six children in the family. Now they only have two children at most. With the aging population structure, my country's demographic dividend is gradually disappearing.
From the recent saying that is very popular in the manufacturing industry, "It has been hard to run a factory for more than ten years, but it is not as valuable as a house." Through the comparison of data from various industries, it can be seen that the profits of the manufacturing industry rank at the bottom, especially heavy industrial manufacturing such as steel. Some manufacturing industries are not even as profitable as risk-free investments like depositing banks. Young people are unwilling to enter factories, and factories lack production labor. On the other hand, in order to attract young people, they can only increase their salaries. The rising wages of workers compress the already meager profits of manufacturing. Behind the "labor recruitment shortage" clearly indicates the survival crisis of the company.
At present, the prosperity of the service industry is in sharp contrast with the sluggish manufacturing industry. How to solve the "labor recruitment shortage" of manufacturing enterprises and slow down the survival pressure of enterprises?
If you are poor, you will think of change. The manufacturing industry has been developing all the way, and other countries have faced similar crises. How did they solve them? Besides moving factories to other countries where labor is cheaper, can we rely on other methods to make changes? Manufacturing is the foundation of a country. The government has also realized the difficulties of manufacturing and is actively finding a way out for manufacturing. By learning the methods of developing manufacturing in Germany and the United States, and further improving China's own national conditions, relevant departments have launched the Industrial Internet of Things. As the implementation of the Industrial Internet of Things, the enterprise's cloud-based platform that has been vigorously promoted throughout the country is a new way out for manufacturing.
Some people also say that Chinese factories must learn to slow down in order to develop healthily.You should know that society has a limit on the demand for industrial products. If all manufacturing industries work overtime to make money, finish the work of a year in three months, and in the end you have no work left, how can overcapacity come about? That's how it comes about! If the entire industry does not work overtime and does not rush to work, then your product production will naturally be less. Once the products are fewer, the prices will naturally be higher, and workers' welfare will naturally be better. Therefore, many manufacturing industries in China need to slow down. Only when they slow down can everyone have a way out.
What do you think about the current situation of the manufacturing industry for many years?
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