There are reports that Tencent will launch a new wave of layoffs in the second half of this year.

In fact, Tencent had a wave of layoffs in the first half of this year, mainly targeting grassroots employees and fresh graduates. The layoff rate of some business groups exceeded 10%, and middle-level management and old employees were relatively safe. The layoffs in the second half of this year were mostly targeted at old management and old employees who had done nothing.

The news pointed out that the layoffs in the second half of the year will be planned uniformly by the group, and the layoff rate of some business teams in IEG (Interactive Entertainment Group), CDG (Corporate Development Group), TEG (Technology Engineering Group) and WXG (WeChat Group) may exceed 10%.

This year, there are rumors that Alibaba will also lay off a large number of employees, with the layoff ratio expected to reach 30%, and it is possible that the entire business line will be cut. Prior to this, Internet companies such as iQiyi, Didi, Kuaishou, Meituan, Bytedance, NetEase, and JD.com have also reported large-scale layoffs.

In the past two years, there have been frequent news of layoffs, coupled with some uncertainties caused by the repeated epidemics. This wave of layoffs has plunged the entire Internet industry into a state of anxiety. Whether they are ordinary employees or job seekers, they have all felt a chill.

Why is 35 a difficult age to overcome?

Many employees of large Internet companies have said: "If you are not promoted to the middle management level of the company by the age of 35, you may be the target of layoffs every time."

At the end of last year, a netizen's message on the Internet attracted the attention of netizens. From the message of this netizen, we can see that he is 45 years old, but he is proficient in Java and has obtained multiple related certificates. However, after quitting his job to accompany his son for half a year, when he wanted to return to the workplace again, he could hardly get an interview opportunity, and his expertise was nowhere to be used.

In recent years, the recruitment requirements of many domestic companies have made it difficult to find a job at the age of 35, let alone 45. Not only that, the current recruitment age of private enterprises is between 18 and 35 years old, and the recruitment age is getting younger year by year.

The age of 35 is a turning point in the career of most people. Most people of this age are under various life pressures such as parents, children, loans, etc. With limited energy, it is easy to have workplace anxiety, not to mention balancing work and life.

35 is the age threshold for us to enter middle age. Our work energy will decline with age, our memory and learning ability will weaken, and our thinking will become rigid. We will lose our enthusiasm for work in the repetitive work every day. Compared with young people, we will no longer have more abundant energy, better learning speed and innovation ability to keep up with the times. Most importantly, young people will only ask for lower salaries, which are all more important to companies and are closely related to interests.

In this general environment, companies need to screen job seekers. In addition, there are more than 10 million graduates seeking jobs every year. Except for those who have already been employed before graduation, most of them are new job seekers. This phenomenon of oversupply has also led to more choices and "voice" on the demand side.

In addition, in recruitment, there is a big discrepancy between the job that many job seekers over 35 years old expect and the output that the recruiting companies expect, and it is even extremely difficult to reconcile.

Many job seekers over 35 years old have relatively rich work experience and want to find a job with less work, high salary, and preferably a management position. However, for recruiters, they prefer to start working directly and bring their own resources for high-paying positions, and preferably they can cash in directly.

In fact, for most jobs, there is little difference in work skills between 25-year-olds and 35-year-olds. For positions such as editing, operations, and product, the older you are, the less popular you are. You also face problems such as aging thinking and lack of energy. There are so many people looking for jobs every day, and there are all kinds of talents. Companies will consider the needs together. The idea that both parties want to maximize their interests is the biggest conflict that leads to this problem.

Therefore, domestic companies seem to have an unwritten rule that all employees they recruit must be under 35 years old.

What to do after 35?

In fact, everyone knows that there are always only a few management positions. If you have not become a manager by the age of 35, then at this age, many people can only choose to change industries and start from scratch. Although the cost of trial and error is very high, it is a choice that many people have no choice but to make, because if they are doing well in the original industry, they will not rashly choose to change industries.

The economic recession will inevitably lead to the internal circulation of the industry, and under the internal circulation, some people are destined to be forced to leave the original track, which is also the consequence of failure in the competition in the industry. Judging from the layoffs of so many Internet giants, this phenomenon will not improve much in the next few years and will definitely be a trend.

The age of 35 seems to be slowly becoming the watershed for judging a person's success or failure. If you are not successful, you can only be a loser.

But in this situation, people still need to eat and live, so what can we do after leaving the original track?

For a 35-year-old, even if he or she changes industries and starts from scratch, such "old age" does not provide any advantages. In the job market, due to age, he or she may lose opportunities in the first round of screening before he or she has demonstrated any ability.

In the past few years, with the development of the Internet, many middle-aged people chose to work in industries such as food delivery and Didi after losing their jobs. Although these jobs are relatively tiring, the entry threshold is low and the returns are relatively stable. If you are diligent, you can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. Among these people, there are also many people with high education.

In the past two years, the explosion of short video self-media has also attracted many people to join in. According to previous data reports, there are more than 1 billion short video users in my country. Such a huge data also shows that this industry is currently very popular. However, it is easy to enter this industry, but it is actually difficult to succeed. In addition to good video quality, it also requires a little bit of luck. However, this industry does not have too many restrictions. Once you can gain a foothold, supporting your family is not a big problem.

At the age of 35, leaving a familiar job and choosing to start over actually requires a lot of courage. It is a choice of risk and opportunity. The "35-year-old crisis" is actually everyone's unwillingness to accept the past and uncertainty about the future.

Is it possible to be successful after 35?

In fact, after talking so much, if you put aside the psychological barriers, are able to start from scratch with the right mindset, stop thinking about your previous achievements and halo, and put more energy into your work, you are not necessarily a loser.

At the age of 35, Jack Ma gave up his stable job and scraped together 500,000 yuan with a few employees to establish Alibaba; Luo Zhenyu resigned from CCTV at the age of 35 and returned four years later with a new talk show "Luoji Siwei". In fact, there are many successful examples. More and more baggage is a hindrance to progress. If you slow down, you will be caught up by those behind.

Even if you change industries, you still need to reflect on yourself and think carefully about what you can and want to do. To plan for the future, you must at least determine your career goals and make a career plan, so that you can achieve a successful transformation in actual actions.

"At thirty, one should be able to stand on one's own feet" is mentioned in "The Analects of Confucius", and the word "stand" actually refers only to independence in personality and spirit. However, in this society, its meaning has been infinitely magnified. More and more people are bound by numbers and force themselves to keep up with the pace of young people, but the result is the opposite.

By the age of 35, most people have already entered into marriage, facing the pressure of taking care of the elderly and children, as well as car loans and mortgages. In their careers, they may face bottlenecks in their abilities and positions, salary difficulties, the pain of transformation, and confusion about the future. However, age is not a reason to set limits for yourself. Don't fast-forward your life because of a little frustration, compromise with age and give up your dreams. Just like Luo Zhenyu said: fight for the right to define your own life.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.