In fact, Mr. Nguyen Thac Thang, CEO of the Hanoi branch of First Alliances, a human resources consulting company, acknowledged that from about 1.5 months ago, it was also the time after the Lunar New Year. began to restrict new recruitment because production and business showed signs of decline. Not letting costs arise while revenue declines is the first thing to do.

The previous revenue forecast was completely affected and became unpredictable when the market situation worsened due to the impact of the Covid-19 virus, causing businesses to stop recruiting new jobs for each position. expected to arise for recalculation. Other expenses such as salary increases are also limited. Mr. Thang said that in Singapore, many companies have announced that there will be no salary increase, bonus or promotion this year.

As for the old group of jobs, some industries are heavily affected including aviation, tourism, hotels, restaurants... A big airline like Vietnam Airlines now only talks about cash flow to survive without Talk about profits. Twenty thousand domestic and foreign workers are affected by Covid-19.

In the immediate future, for foreign workers, Vietnam Airlines has worked so that pilots will take unpaid leave for about two weeks, this is a group of pilots with unique conditions and high salaries. Overseas Vietnamese workers take about two weeks to a month off. Directly at the Corporation, senior leaders in the Board of Directors, leaders of the Corporation will reduce salary by 40%, lower level is 30%, below is 20%, employees who have not applied salary reduction but will take alternate leave to move forward. wage cut.

First Alliances leaders said, in the market, there are businesses that cut about half the number of employees, each of which is left to take on more work. In addition, there are units that choose to reduce working hours; This option will usually apply to full-time employees while part-time jobs are no longer available.

For example, when a restaurant has to reduce about 30% in payroll costs, there are two options. One is to cut 30% of personnel, the other is to cut the total of 30% of employees' working hours. Customers who do not have, do not have enough money to cover costs and still want to keep people, reducing working hours is an optimal choice for many businesses.

It can be seen that the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic has caused human resource crises in some companies today, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises with limited capital, not to mention some companies that have to borrowed and is panicking to find a way around. Mr. Thang said that some large enterprises will still have a decrease in revenue, but at least there is still a "door" to "live" longer.

Recently, the Covid-19 virus is causing people to change their activity and consumption trends. Remote learning and working has become more popular than ever, buying goods through e-commerce sites to avoid crowded places is the choice of many people. At this time, some people think that the demand for personnel in these fields will also increase. However, according to Mr. Thang, the increase in personnel may happen, but mainly in the transportation department and a little in web management.

"The demand is there, but the actual demand has arisen or not, we have not recorded it," said Mr. Thang.

Thus, when consumption trends change, the growth factor is the revenue in the online business segment of enterprises, while the demand for human resources does not affect much. As the demand for online purchases increases, businesses need more delivery people while the management of the vehicle fleet or that unit remains unchanged.

Before the human resource problem during the Covid-19 epidemic, businesses are having different behaviors, depending on the characteristics of each company, without the common voice of people in the industry.

There are businesses that cut off staff as soon as there are signs of a crisis to make sure at least not to lose money, just wait for the epidemic to pass. Some sides are gradually cut. There are units that make the transition from traditional to online business models.

There are businesses that continue to maintain and focus on attracting customers in the hope that if they overcome this difficult period, they will develop more than the common ground. Or there are stronger parties to buy other businesses.

In the case of staff reduction, because the general market is difficult, in general, employees can partly understand. However, the story to note is that the leadership should consider how to communicate and communicate with employees so that they really understand. There are businesses that are really kind and care about their employees, and even meet to share, give subsidized leave and even find new jobs for their employees instead of cutting them "directly".

In the current time, there is an opinion that this is the time for businesses to take advantage of the opportunity and recruit good people with more "breathable" conditions. This, according to Mr. Thang, is yes, but it will not be easy. Because first, if it has to cut personnel, businesses will certainly not choose good people who can help them through difficult times.

Secondly, with a good employee, the job transfer story will be carefully considered and researched by them. When the market as a whole is struggling, determining which party to work for is better and less risky is not easy. Moreover, good people who have had the opportunity to develop at a business will tend to be attached and have a high sense of responsibility.

Source: Collector