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"ah?"

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised.

The normal flow of talents is inevitable, and it is also a phenomenon that is conducive to the advancement of the industry. But what Zhang Yiming said is a bit exaggerated.

So many people have been lost in the China and Taiwan Business Department?

This won't work!

Doesn’t this empty out all the talent Ziweixing has? No matter how generous Zhou Buqi is, he would not want to see such a scene happen.

Zhou Buqi asked: "What's going on? Even if the company is listed, people will not be distracted, right? Why is the cohesion so low? What's the problem with He Yang?"

Zhang Yiming said quickly: "No, it has nothing to do with him."

Guo Pengfei was sitting next to him, and the old god said: "People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. Boss He or not, isn't this the case?"

Zhou Buqi smiled angrily and said, "What do you mean? If you change jobs and leave Ziweixing, you will go to higher places?"

Guo Pengfei said: "Almost!"

Zhang Yiming smiled, interrupted him, and said calmly: "This is not a common phenomenon. It is mainly related to the promotion of ranks. The WeChat business group has recently lost two M5 executives. The listing of Ziweixing is one aspect, but This is not the main reason, it is because they feel that their room for improvement has been blocked.”

"Um?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Guo Pengfei pointed at him, "According to your instructions, we went south to recruit our defeated general Zhang Xiaolong, and made him the vice president of the WeChat business group. It's not enough for him alone, and he was hired at the same time. There are a total of 17 people in a team. Zhang Xiaolong brought over all the 17 core members of his QQ mailbox and Qxin team."

Competitor Penguin has closed its QChat business and plans to use QQ Mobile as its main mobile competitor to WeChat in the future.

This is a major blow to Zhang Xiaolong and his team.

At this time, Ziweixing extended an olive branch, and they collectively changed jobs.

For Ziweixing, this is a good thing. It has poached its core team in a package and achieved great success in the war for talents.

However, there are some downsides.

These people are "airborne troops."

They came to the WeChat Business Group and all occupied important positions... There were only so many core positions in total, and being snatched away by the airborne troops was equivalent to blocking the promotion path of many of our own employees within the WeChat Business Group.

There will definitely be people who are dissatisfied, some who feel that there is no hope of promotion, and some who feel that there is no more room for development, and then they will leave.

In the past half month, two senior directors of M5 under Guo Pengfei resigned, which was caused by such factors.

Zhou Buqi is no longer in charge of the business, and he knows nothing about some personnel arrangements. He doesn't even know the names of the two resigned executives. He asked: "Who are these two resigned? How old are they?" ?”

Guo Pengfei was a little funny, "Does this have anything to do with age?"

"Of course it's relevant."

"They must be in their early thirties, older than us, and they all joined the company a few years ago."

"Then it's time to leave." Zhou Buqi was relatively indifferent to this, "As I said, flow is the only way to have vitality. It's not enough to just go in but not out, and it's not good to just go out and not go in. There must be a steady stream of flow. When new people join, many people will naturally leave. Since they are afraid of competition, it is not a bad thing to leave. The strong will stay and the fittest will survive."

Guo Pengfei felt a little helpless and sighed, "Boss Zhou, recruiting Zhang Xiaolong has really caused me a lot of trouble! Originally, the WeChat business group was united, but now it's almost divided into two factions."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "It's not a bad thing. What's good about stability? Stability is only good for your personal control of power. Sparks are generated in collisions. The addition of people like Zhang Xiaolong can break the inherent structure and make people more independent." Those who want to rely on WeChat to take advantage of the situation are getting nervous. Only by having impact and collision can the situation be enlivened. WeChat today is far from reaching the stage of stable development and needs to continue to innovate and launch. WeChat still has huge room for imagination in terms of new products, so we must not stop.”

What technology companies fear most is stability.

Stable companies are generally traditional companies that make money and pay dividends according to established plans every year. There will be no alarming growth or too much decline, and they can be a safe and sound value investment.

Technology companies are different.

It means to keep forging ahead.

If the enterprise is successful, the performance will explode suddenly, and it is normal for the stock price to increase four or five times within a year; if the enterprise fails, the small company may die immediately, but the large company is not afraid, and has abundant funds, and can continue to do so many times in a row. Keep trying.

It would be a tragedy for society if even technology companies began to pursue stability and were afraid to invest and start new projects and lose their enterprising spirit.

Now that Zhou Buqi has poached Zhang Xiaolong and his group into Ziweixing, there will definitely be some pain in the short term. There will be some internal friction and a new pattern will be formed, and many people will leave because of this.

But in the long run, this will bring vitality to the WeChat business group, so that those "heroes" will not stick to their credit books and then forget their true mission.

If you have no motivation or motivation, then it’s time to retire or resign. Don’t just sit there and give up your position to those who are still working hard and have not yet realized their dreams.

Zhang Yiming said: "This is also the reason why there is a continuous brain drain from the China-Taiwan Business Department."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Isn't it possible? Aren't we all training the China-Taiwan Business Department ourselves? We recruited many people from outside?"

Zhang Yiming shook his head, "It's not that we're recruiting people or not, but that the business of China Taiwan has very little room for improvement."

"Um."

Zhou Buqi had long realized this.

Zhang Yiming said: "The organizational planning of Dazhongtai is very good, and it has indeed saved a lot of costs. However, in terms of talent management, it has left many shortcomings. It is difficult for people in the middle office to rotate and transfer jobs. The vice president of WeChat BU can be transferred to Weidian BU as vice president, and the vice president of Cloud BU can also be transferred to media BU as a senior executive. There are no restrictions on these transfers, because these are front-line businesses. Different, but the core logic is the same, both facing products and users."

The same cannot be said for the China and Taiwan Business Department.

This is not a department facing users and the market. It is a department that provides technical services and does not need to be responsible for the market and users.

You just need to complete the task according to the needs of the front desk.

If the product fails, it is the responsibility of the front office and has nothing to do with the middle office.

Not taking responsibility sounds pretty nice.

In fact, there is an equal balance of power and responsibility. If you do not assume responsibility, you will not have the corresponding decision-making power. Without participation in decision-making, it will be difficult to improve your capabilities, let alone room for advancement.

Middle-office managers only need to be responsible for a single vertical business and do not need to think too much about how to develop and commercialize. This also leads to certain limitations in the fields they engage in and the abilities they acquire.

If you are the grassroots employees and managers in the middle office, you may not be able to feel anything.

But when you reach the middle and upper levels of the platform, you can clearly feel it.

Staff transfers within the group are very active.

If a company wants to cultivate talents, it must find ways to improve their overall quality. It needs to participate in as many different projects as possible to gain rich and comprehensive work experience, so as to be qualified for more complex jobs.

But the same cannot be said for China and Taiwan.

It’s hard to mobilize.

Having worked in the middle office for a long time, they all lack the experience to participate in the front line and directly face the market and users. Unless an M5 middle office is allowed to work as a grassroots manager in another large BU, can they agree to this?

This also means that many managers in the Central and Taiwan Business Department have seen the ceiling of career development.

Lost space for imagination.

what to do?

Then you can only leave and look for better development opportunities outside.

Coupled with the recent listing of Ziweixing.

It is not surprising that there has been a wave of resignations.