Never believe the saying 'our company is a big family'?

Trong những năm sau dịch COVID-19, nhiều công ty đã mạnh tay cắt giảm lao động - Ảnh: VŨ THỦY — In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have drastically cut their workforce - Photo: VU THUY

Give yourself a contingency plan.

That is the sharing of a reader under the article about the topic of unemployed 30-35 year olds having difficulty finding a job on Tuoi Tre Online .

This topic has received many comments from readers sharing about the mindset of working people. Among them are dark colors about the cruel elimination of businesses that make many people think.

Many people gave advice from their own stories - they were eliminated after many years of working, sticking with, and dedicating themselves to the company.

A reader named Vinh commented: "The truth hurts. I know that managers won't like it if I say it bluntly. Employees, especially young people, should never believe the phrase "our company is a big family" that leaders often use and then devote all their youth, mind, and health to that place.

Because no family would kick us out when there is a problem. It is true that we should work hard and try, but we should do it to a certain extent, and we need to have our own other career as a way out if things go wrong at the company.

A reader who calls himself "Non-Retired" commented: "I have devoted more than 27 years to a foreign company. Then when I turned 48, they planned to fire me 2 years before. But because I was too enthusiastic about my job, I did not think about a way to protect myself.

I joined the company in the early days, when the company was just starting out in the Vietnamese market. At that time, we had to borrow someone else’s desk.

I have tried to overcome all difficulties and obstacles to build the company from zero.

I simply thought that all beginnings are difficult, so I devoted all my heart, youth, energy and strength to the company. In the end, the company turned the tables on me in a very spectacular way."

This reader made a seemingly strange comparison, but many people agree with it when comparing the employee-company relationship with the marriage relationship between husband and wife: devoting all one's mind and youth, but it can also end halfway.

"Learning from my own painful lessons, I always tell the younger generation to prepare something for themselves to protect themselves and the best thing is to never work in one place for too long because even the relationship between husband and wife is uncertain, let alone a stable and lasting collaboration with the company," reader Huu Non advised.

Reader Kenman also said that in his twenties and thirties, he had witnessed many older people being forced to quit their jobs. From that, he had prepared himself.

"Seeing their disappointment, sadness and unwillingness, I told myself I had to start my own business, otherwise I would end up like them.

To start my own business, I switched to a small company with low salary and worse working conditions. But in these companies, I could learn a trade and, importantly, I didn't need much capital to start a business.

Until now, although it is still difficult, I am free, comfortable and able to live," this reader shared the results.

Reduce social insurance contribution rate to increase competition for middle-aged workers

In the comments section, many readers also suggested tax policies and incentive policies to solve the problem that most businesses prioritize recruiting young workers.

Reader Quoc Viet proposed to study reducing the social insurance contribution rate for people over 50 years old and have paid social insurance for 20 years.

This reader believes that this will increase the competitiveness of the elderly in relation to businesses. It will also encourage workers to maintain social insurance payments for 20 years to take care of their jobs when they are over 50 years old.

Reader An proposed tax incentives for businesses with many older workers: "There should be a policy of increasing corporate tax without a certain percentage of workers over 45 years old, to compensate for social policies. At the same time, tax incentives should be given to businesses that employ a certain percentage of workers over 50 years old."

Similarly, another reader also said that the State needs to have regulations on preferential policies for companies with a certain percentage of employees over 45 - 50 years old, and said that "only then can we reduce pressure on employees, social security policies, reduce unemployment rates...".

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