The Complicated World of Hiring and Firing in China

In the world of hiring and firing, China's labour market is a complex landscape. The country has been making strides in recent years to improve working conditions for employees by introducing new legislation at the start of year - with these changes coming into effect from early as 2008, which have not necessarily made it easier but certainly are an improvement over previous times when there was effectively no regulation on how employers could hire and fire. The lack of labour regulations led to a situation where workers were often hired without contracts in place at the lower end - particularly for foreign companies looking into starting their own business here, as well as new employees finding themselves jobless after just few short months working under poor conditions; which indeed made it easy but also created employee exploitation and very tough circumstances. The introduction of labour regulations aimed to tackle these problems by creating a fairer environment between employer and worker - with the goal being that companies would have to pay social insurance for their employees, making life easier when they are thinking about starting up on new business ventures within this domain.

As it turns into something much more complex in terms getting started out here than you might imagine from afar: "You'll be stuck between a rock and hard place" says Emily Chen - who was recently released from her role at *Find Work Abroad*. Her experiences were all too relatable to that of many others finding themselves jobless after just few short months working under poor conditions; having found herself in the unenviable position, she explains: "I applied for a dozen positions and never got past first interviews - I was stuck between rejection letters with no real feedback on my application even though they said Id be perfect if hired". She feels that there are many factors to consider when searching out new job opportunities especially at this lower end of the market where companies often hire workers without contracts; adding: "It's all too easy for them, I've heard it time and again from friends who were let go just because they didn't quite meet some arbitrary standard - which wasn’t even a real factor in their actual work performance." And indeed as Emily says that these conversations have been happening since long before she began *Find Work Abroad*, we see the impact of this culture when speaking with David Liu, an HR manager at one well known Chinese company who has seen it all from his perch: "I'm not looking for 'yes men' - Id rather find people I can trust to get a real job done; which means finding right person takes time."

The difficulty in hiring and firing does indeed make life tough as we navigate the labour market here where so many are caught up on this merry-go-round of hire, fire or demotion: David goes onto say "I think Id rather have someone who can do something constructive - than a 'yes man' which just doesn't cut it; but finding such individuals isn’t exactly easy". In fact as we chat with Emily and go over some aspects from her past experiences while working for Find Work Abroad, she speaks of “how hard the process is at ground level": where every company does things slightly differently - meaning that if you’re interested in making a real difference here then it’s going to take more than just showing up; "It's finding work which takes an individual from A and ends them at Z after having started out right" she concludes.

A big factor when determining the future of hiring and firing is how bosses are able to select new employees - there being a certain amount who might well be described as 'unreliable' or even ‘arbitrary’ in terms their actual job performance; which then makes life really tough: In this way we see from David that “Id rather have someone I can trust – than those people Id end up firing every time they walked into my office - although of course there are two sides to any coin". Emily does agrees on these points adding further "the problems don't stop here though when you try get past the interviews or even through your work itself; but become real concern over hiring and especially then, if one is going for a big position".

The conclusion must be drawn from all we have covered in this article: there are still improvements being made - meanwhile back to where it all began. This means at some point companies will not only think about 'how easy' new laws make their lives; but the way they too, bring change into effect over labour regulations so that our bosses do get best results from what is an already very tough market place and we have seen this happening with many well-known cases around us - even to Emily herself. In any event, one thing which remains constant for both sides at end of day: "Hiring & Firing" will be the change taking labour regulations into new effects after being pushed forward by all who participated; as an example here *Find Work Abroad*.
Emily agrees “It’s going to take more than just showing up - if you are thinking about making a difference then it

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