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Written by: Lin Yingxian
2021-01-20 12:40
Last update date: 2021-01-20 12:41
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has lasted for a year, and the tourism industry is close to shutting down. Dongying Tour announced yesterday (19th) the demobilization of 120 Japanese and long-line tour guides, involving 20 million severance payments.
A dismissed tour guide said that colleagues had stayed without pay for a long time and had waited for the company’s severance news for a long time. He described the company’s calculation of severance pay based on the salary of last January as "one of the surprises", but lamented that it is difficult to find permanent jobs at the moment. After the tourism industry recovers, it can return to its old business.
Feng Guoquan, executive director of Dongying Tour, said that the decision to lay off employees was sad, but described it as a "very positive and very tactical" arrangement. The company specifically announced its decision before the Lunar New Year in the hope that colleagues can get cash for the New Year. Last January It is also a period when business is "normal and preferential". Colleagues can get more compensation, and they promise to hire these experienced colleagues in order after the business recovers.
The tour guide Mr. Chen, who was dismissed by Dongying Tour, said bluntly, "It's good to be dismissed. I'll wait for the situation to be patient, and the family has a return and severance fee."
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Calculating severance pay according to the regulations of the Labour Department is one of the "surprise."
Mr. Chen, the former tour guide of Dongying Tour, said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan TV show "Millennium" this (20) morning that before returning to the company for a meeting yesterday, many of my colleagues were "determined to lose." , The atmosphere is not good", but after the meeting, he found surprises. He said that most of my colleagues are staying without pay, and a small number of colleagues can choose to go to work. The company will pay a monthly salary of 3,500 yuan. This situation is very bearable, and the family has a return and severance payment."
He also pointed out that the company’s calculation of severance payment in accordance with the provisions of the Labour Department was "one of the surprises". He lamented that the average income in the past year was almost zero. However, the company calculated the severance payment in January last year when the business was not too affected, so that employees could get For the normal amount of compensation, if the company delays for a few more months before announcing its decision, "compensation will be a lot worse."
Worry that many companies do not hire tourism practitioners
Regarding the prospects, Mr. Chen said frankly that many colleagues are working hard to find a job, but it is difficult to find long-term jobs. He thinks that many companies will not consider tourism employees. "(Tourism) recovers and you can go. Someone will invite you." I sigh that I can only do casual work now, without considering academic qualifications and background.
He still hopes to find long-term jobs in the short term, and return to his old business when tourism recovers in the future, and the company has promised to hire them first.
The decision announced before the Chinese New Year is to consider that many employees need funds for the New Year
Yun Guoquan, executive director of Dongying Tour, described the decision to severance as sad, but it was "a very positive and very tactical arrangement."
He explained that the announcement of the decision before the Lunar New Year was based on the fact that many employees need funds for the New Year. The main source of income for tour guides is service fees and commissions for guided tours. He is worried that the basic salary of employees will not support their livelihoods. Affected colleagues are issued severance pay, so that they "have money for emergency."
He also pointed out that the severance pay is now calculated in January of last year, describing that month as a "normal and preferred month". 95% of colleagues get the highest salary. Most of the affected colleagues have more than 10 years of experience and will have 10 More than 10,000 yuan in compensation, and some employees who have joined the company for more than 20 years have more than 300,000 severance pay.
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