Capgemini looks at Chinese examples to cope with crisis

Many fears and uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic today absorb both entrepreneurs and employees around the world. Although the inhibition of some sectors of the economy occurred rapidly and contributed to stagnation in the labor market, the crisis also stimulated new methods of human resource management, among others. employee leasing. Capgemini Invent investigated how Chinese companies deal with challenges in this difficult time and how the future of employment is shaped.

China, as now almost every country in crisis, has sacrificed the economy to contain the epidemic. The retention of most business sectors was a necessity dictated by the limitation of the virus spread. The exclusion of individual branches of the economy as a result of changing the priorities of market needs led to the production stoppage, and the closing of many factories, hotels and restaurants. On the other hand, there has been a huge increase in interest in buying food products online. The expanding number of people quarantined, limited access to shops or restaurants, and concern for their own health have generated a large demand for e-shopping.

According to Walmart data, by the end of January, the supply of vegetables in China exceeded 10,000 metric tonnes and meat supply over 2,000 tonnes. After two weeks of spreading the virus, the demand for these products increased 1.5 times and constantly escalated. In just the first 9 days of January, the Chinese market leader recorded an increase in turnover of around 374 percent.

When workers in factories, restaurants and hotels lose their jobs, people employed in e-commerce are unable to handle their orders. The solution to such a dynamically developing problem on two sides is the human resource leasing model proposed by Alibaba Group. The holding, known for innovation in retail trade, has developed a system of temporary migration of employees from the sector with lower staffing demand to activities with greater consumer interest.

Alibaba Group offered employees of restaurants, closed for the duration of the pandemic, work in e-commerce. Thanks to this solution, the holding has increased its sales capabilities, the number of processed orders has been increased. People affected by unemployment resulting from the crisis received jobs in a sector with a dynamic increase in interest.

(WBJ)