Considering the inevitable delayed retirement in the future, it is not difficult for office workers to retire at the age of 60, but it is impossible. Because it is clearly stated in the long-term plan for 2035 that the gradual delayed retirement will be realized in 2035, and the retirement age is 65 for men and 65 for women.

On the other hand, from a realistic point of view, office workers may not only retire at the age of 65, but will continue to retire in the future. Why? The answer may also be relatively simple, because everyone needs money.

My uncle, who is almost 60 years old this year, has worked hard in a factory in Hangzhou for decades, bought a suite in his capital city, and now he is still suffering in that factory in Hangzhou, even if he has grandchildren now.

After working in the factory for decades, my uncle doesn't even have social security.

Uncle is a porter, and his main job is actually to move boxes, move a box weighing dozens of pounds to the cargo pile, and then wait for it to be forked out with a forklift.

This kind of work, day shift and night shift, uncle has worked for decades.

It's not that uncle still wants to do it, but the actual situation doesn't allow it. Not counting my uncle, there are five people in my family. They all need money. In my uncle's own words, "I have no education and no social security. When I get old, it's basically up to my son. I have to do more work now to prepare for my own pension in the future. "

As soon as the news of the extension came out, various opinions were also controversial. However, there is no doubt that although the retirement age abroad is 70 years old, the age discrimination and re-employment discrimination abroad are incomparable to our country.

This is the case with office workers now, and their bodies are already overwhelmed. Many people are looking forward to taking a taxi or finding a relatively easy job when they are old, but we all know that many jobs are not bought by social security. Even if you buy social security for decades from the beginning of your work, what will the quality of life be like in the future?

This problem, no one expected.

We haven't ushered in that day yet. There will be no day when the involution generation will get old, and there will be no day when the quality of life of the first batch of old people will decline after delaying retirement.

Things in the future are hard to predict, let alone many years later.

But what is certain is that it is very difficult for people in any industry and any job to retire at the age of 65 or 70. This requires not only a healthy body, but also a strong personal ability. Under the tide of involution and aging, it is not easy for you to take root and survive.

We all know the benefits of old-age insurance, and we all know that after retirement, everyone can get a good pension by doing nothing, but how do you say this?

To put it bluntly, this is something with the spirit of contract, this is something of the future and this is something of uncertainty. The most important thing is that it is based on your health.

In other words, the better your quality of life, the longer your life expectancy and the more pension you receive.

However, under the high-intensity work pressure and the universal overtime since 1996, too many office workers have appeared various sub-health and occupational diseases.

Some people used to say that 996 is a blessing, because we paid 996, and we can get income returns that match our efforts. When Baidu first went public, there were only 700 employees, and nearly half of them had stock options and became millionaires. That was in 2005.

When Alibaba went public, millions of people became millionaires, creating a miracle of getting rich in human history. On this basis, it is absolutely right for Ma Yun to say that 996 is a blessing. I believe many people are willing to work overtime for a long time in exchange for rich income.

However, the problem now is that 996 has become the "obligation" of employees in some companies. No overtime pay, no stock options, and even overtime work are assessed in the year-end performance, which determines your year-end bonus. Under such circumstances, 996 lost the background color of struggle and became the basic requirement of the company for employees.

When we use our health to create value for the company, our income is not much higher, which is brought by the involution. Under such circumstances, 996 has lost its original struggle significance.

In such an atmosphere, it is even more difficult for office workers to retire at 65 or even 70.

To further illustrate the seriousness of involution, let me give another example.

When Alibaba's market value was high, it was not affected by macro factors. Like Amazon, it is one of the top ten companies with the highest market value in the world. The business models of the two companies are also very coincident, focusing on e-commerce and cloud computing.

In contrast, the total number of employees in Alibaba is 251462; And Amazon? The total number of employees is nearly one million.

What is involution? To put it bluntly, it means doing the most with the least number of people, squeezing the work value of employees to the greatest extent, including work efficiency, in order to achieve the possibility of a top three or even a top four.

There are many factors that cause involution, including competition, industry, finance and taxation, employment population and so on.

But in any case, it is still difficult for office workers to live to retirement age.

Generally speaking, the past era of easy work and easy retirement has passed. Now retiring at the age of 60 is equivalent to running a marathon, and retiring at the age of 65 is equivalent to triathlon. As for retiring at the age of 70 in the future, this probably belongs to Goldmach's guess.

Today, with the increasing education level, many young people are also very smart; Among them, many young people choose to flock to the internet track for employment, hoping to realize "financial freedom" as soon as possible and retire early. In the past few decades, the Internet industry has indeed created one myth after another, bringing the possibility of financial freedom to many people.

However, today, with the tightening of supervision and the collapse of China Stock Exchange, Internet giants are also using practical actions to explain that the cold winter of this industry has arrived. Tencent, Alibaba and iQiyi all reported layoffs last year and this year.

Whenever an enterprise encounters external or internal challenges, layoffs are always the best choice. And they also have a nice saying, called "personnel optimization".