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A few days ago, the video of "violent layoffs" of Shenzhou excellent car was circulated and discussed, and then Shenzhou excellent car also explained the matter and said there was a misunderstanding. After investigation, the complete situation will be explained.

The video shows a company HR announcing the unilateral termination of the labor contract to the employee sitting at the station, and another colleague made a video record. during the communication between the two sides, the employee was puzzled, but hr replied that "if you have any opinions, you can go to arbitration."

Due to public opinion, the person in charge of China excellent car also replied, saying that the hr was handled in an improper way, so the hr involved has made a reflection. After investigation, Shenzhou Youche responded again, saying that the company had negotiated the termination of labor relations with the employee four times, but could not reach an agreement, so there was a scene in the video.

In fact, with regard to the "layoffs" of car-hailing in China, it also reveals that in the current difficult situation in the market, car-hailing in China is facing huge losses and has taken measures to reduce costs and carry out large-scale layoffs.

For the whole of 2018, Shenzhou excellent car achieved 5.94 billion yuan in revenue and 318 million yuan in operating profit, according to previously released financial data. It has become the first profitable ride-hailing company in China. But in the first half of 2019, Shenzhou excellent car realized only 1.919 billion yuan in revenue, down about 48.98% from the same period last year. In the same period, the net profit fell from 144 million yuan to a net loss of 652 million yuan.

According to public information, Shenzhou excellent car has Shenzhou special car, Shenzhou Buy car, Shenzhou car flash loan, and owns 29% of the shares of Shenzhou Rental car. The company involved is Shenzhou Buy car (Xiamen) Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.

Among them, car rental revenue was 2.504 billion, up 21% from the same period last year, "fleet rental and other" business, that is, online car-hailing related revenue fell 11% to 373 million yuan, and used car sales revenue was 863 million yuan, up 48% from the same period last year. The reason for the decline of the ride-hailing plate is that it is occupied by Cao Cao chauffeured car under Geely Group and lost its leading position in the ride-hailing market.

In the face of the decline in profits, most enterprises will take "cost-saving" as the first choice, and Shenzhou excellent car is no exception. According to the financial report, Shenzhou excellent car has reduced the number of employees from 9533 to 5767, a cumulative reduction of 3766, only half a year.

Among them, drivers, sales and operation service personnel became the main jobs to be cut, with the number of drivers shrinking from 5841 to 3134, while the number of employees in operation services shrank from 1676 to 962, second to drivers.

As for the layoffs, Shenzhou Youche explained that some "unqualified" personnel had been laid off due to the decline of the chauffeured car business and the control of the ride-hailing industry. At the same time, the car flash loan business has also made active control.

However, according to the financial report, although the business of car-hailing in China is decreasing year by year, the fleet is increasing year by year, while the utilization rate of rental vehicles in China has dropped to 60.3%, which means that China excellent car can increase the profit of rental business by reducing the cost of hiring business.

A few days ago, a person in charge of Shanxi Taiyuan car rental company committed suicide by taking poison because he could not access the ride-hailing platform. He left his last "last words" before committing suicide, saying that as a legal person of the ride-hailing company, he actively organized drivers to obtain a legal double license for car-hailing operation through tedious procedures, but eventually refused to accept it because the platform refused to accept it on the grounds of excess capacity, resulting in unable to participate in the operation. This leads to a "tragedy". And this phenomenon precisely shows that the ride-hailing industry has become particularly difficult nowadays.

Today, the entire ride-hailing market is still in a normal state of loss. As a car-hailing company focused on the special car market, from profit to loss, as well as cutting 40% of its employees, it is not difficult to see that its development is in full decline. Shenzhou excellent car, which has gradually lost its leading position in the special car market, will also be difficult to get out of the current "dilemma".

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