A US group rider sent a video saying that he earned 1.02 million yuan in three years, which is a rare "bright color" this winter.
However, controversy followed, and some even rumored that he was beaten by his peers for "bragging".
In fact, the Shanghai Netcom rumor platform revealed that he received orders from two platforms and earned 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year, which is a leader among his peers, but it is not impossible.
Earlier, some media reported that a rider in SF earned 2 million in 8 years.
JD.COM’s official "JD.COM Blackboard" also published that "nearly 100 courier brothers earned more than one million yuan in three years".
First, reassess the blue collar: there are more and more high incomes.
These are "single kings", and they are the best in the industry. The so-called top performers are of course behind their high income.
In an interview with the media, the rider showed his hands to reporters, scarred and covered with frostbite.
He said that he owed 800,000 yuan due to the failure of catering business. He worked hard to earn money to pay off debts. He often worked 18 hours a day, and the Meituan platform was limited to 12 hours. He ran the perfect group and went to the hungry platform to run.
He doesn’t want everyone to fight like him.
The media will focus on these "single kings", just like the propaganda of model workers in the past.
This kind of focus has also attracted some controversy and even doubts. It is common to disbelieve or speculate on the oppression brought by "extreme labor".
What is more convincing is actually not the head player, but the "silent majority".
According to the data of the Research Report on the Employment of Blue-collar Groups in China in 2023,In 2023, the average monthly salary of blue-collar workers was 6043 yuan, 2.26 times that of 10 years ago.
In 2012, the average income of blue-collar workers in China was 2,684 yuan, and that of white-collar workers was 6,439 yuan. By 2023, the average income of blue-collar workers reached 6,043 yuan, and that of white-collar workers was 8,388 yuan, which further narrowed the gap.
The difference between "blue-collar" and white-collar workers is more about division of labor and mode of labor than income.
Consistent with everyone’s feelings, the three "blue-collar" industries with the highest income are Yueyue, truck drivers and delivery staff.
Ten years ago, the most concerned blue-collar workers were construction workers, who worked very hard and earned the highest income. In 2023, construction workers suffered the most unpaid wages, which was consistent with the overall situation of real estate.
In fact, as far as the "blue-collar" group is concerned, fundamental changes have taken place in the past 10 years.
Yueyue, truck drivers and takeout workers are actually "traditional jobs", but in the era of platform economy, these industries have all been transformed.
becauseWith the emergence of Internet platform, the overall trust of society has increased, and individual workers have gained more opportunities.
The monthly income of takeaway brother in the provincial capital city is six or seven thousand yuan, and the income in the fourth-and fifth-tier cities is four or five thousand yuan. These are daily experiences and will not attract media attention, but these "daily" means the real change of society: what we usually call "blue-collar" is not what it used to be.
Second, where is the so-called "new blue collar"?
The US group rider who earned 1.02 million yuan in three years was actually hungry.
Both platforms are open, which can maximize the "profit".
Whether it’s SF Express or JD.COM, high-income riders may be responsible for some site management.
Such an explanation, earning 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year, seems not difficult to understand, because it breaks the stereotype that a rider or a little brother only repeats every day, and a person’s time is always limited.
You can use two platforms to take orders, which is a feature of "platform economy" in itself.
The traditional economy, such as news organizations, works for two media at the same time, which violates industry ethics.
However, for take-out and online car rental, one person can use several applications and make money on several platforms.
The "freedom" provided by the platform economy is not only the freedom to do or not to do, but also the freedom to "choose a platform".
On platforms like SF, JD.COM and Meituan, a mature rider or courier can grow into a site manager or even a city regional manager, which is a "growth" channel.
In fact, although the entry threshold for take-away and express delivery is very low, more and more people can work for a long time. In addition to stable income, "growth" is also a reason.
Freedom and "growth" are the core of the new blue collar.
People will find that under the premise of maintaining greater freedom, personal "experience" is valuable, which can not only be converted into income, but also be respected.
The fundamental prejudice of society against "blue collar" is reflected here.
Many people think that blue-collar or manual labor "has no future" because it is only repetitive and easy to be replaced, without realizing that it is a skill that can be acquired through accumulation.
It is clear that the income of a takeaway does not simply depend on how much time you spend on the road.
How to grab and complete more orders in a short time is the skill, which is the skill in the digital age.
The same applies to those who bring goods from media entrepreneurs or videos. What kind of content do you like to watch?
Many people think that all this depends on luck, which is ignorance and disrespect for "new labor".
Third, "liquidity" and "stability"
Four or five years ago, when the take-away workers first became popular, I saw them riding battery cars in the shade of trees on the streets of the city, and suddenly I was a little envious of them: in the late 1990s, I studied hard to take the college entrance examination because I knew that I had no way out if I failed the college entrance examination. This was not lyrical, but a reality. How could you find your first job if I sent you to the city?
Now that this problem has been solved, this is progress.
A hardworking young man can start with a takeaway, and an unemployed person can also deliver a takeaway or express delivery first-this is everyone’s understanding of "platform economy".
It is one-sided, but it also captures the essence. The so-called "platform economy" is to bring together various needs in society.
In addition, there is a fundamental change:The rise of various platforms has greatly increased people’s mobility.
Yueyue, takeaway and hairdresser are the three most recognized occupations in the new blue collar. They all work hard and face all kinds of difficulties, but they all share the same pride: their freedom of work is relatively high and their income is relatively good.
With the increase of people’s mobility, people’s choices will increase, and the total opportunities of society will increase, which is the manifestation of the deepening urbanization in the past 20 years.
New blue-collar workers such as Yueyue and Takeaways have become an indispensable lubricant for the city. When the society is "still", people will find that they are inseparable.
The Research Report on the Employment of Blue-collar Groups in China in 2023 also talked about this point. One trend of the "new blue-collar" is that the work begins to show stability. For many people, "delivery" is no longer a temporary job, but a "career" that can be adhered to for a long time. It has growth and stable expectations.
This can also be understood, whether it is truck drivers, takeaways or Yueyue, they are eager for more "social understanding and respect".
There was once a takeaway who complained angrily to his peers: "Even if the monthly salary is over 10,000, he is still regarded as a bottom person."
This is a spiritual need and the direction of social efforts in the future.
Only when the blue-collar jobs such as delivery and moonlighting are regarded as a long-term sustainable and normal job in the public eye, rather than overlooking with colored glasses or sympathetic sympathy, can the new blue-collar workers have a greater development.
Once I met a takeaway brother in the elevator of the community, and his girlfriend was helping him tidy up his clothes and hats.
After a few words, I found out that he didn’t come in to deliver food, but lived in the community and bought a house in the community.
This moment was a little touched: not because they "finally bought a house", but because they have something called long-term in their hearts.
This article comes from WeChat WeChat official account:Acorn business review (id: acorn 9527x), Author: Zhang Hang, Editor: Qin Tuo
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