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这位大佬认为,美国工程师太懒,公司应该从乌克兰招人

这位大佬认为,美国工程师太懒,公司应该从乌克兰招人

COLIN LODEWICK 2022-05-13
比尔·阿克曼认为,美国工程师不够努力。

在疫情期间,随着数百万人改为线上虚拟生活,美国科技行业连续数年领跑牛市,如今该行业的热度似乎正在消退。

但潘兴广场资产管理公司(Pershing Square Capital Management)的创始人兼CEO比尔·阿克曼提出了为该行业注入新活力的途径:随着俄乌战火持续延烧,公司可以从乌克兰招聘开发者。

这位坐拥亿万身家的对冲基金大亨认为,美国工程师不够努力。

阿克曼周一晚上发推文称:“我今天与15位初创公司CEO共用晚餐,他们都在抱怨美国年轻工程师的职业道德欠缺,尤其是与新兴国家的工程师相比。我的想法是:从乌克兰招聘工程师。他们才华横溢,工作努力,懂得感恩,会帮助公司发展。”

这15位CEO可能只是为了应对美国高度紧张的劳动力市场。据美国劳工统计局(Bureau of Labor Statistics)最近的报告显示,美国4月新增就业岗位42.8万个,失业率一直维持在3.6%。美国公司依旧很难找到合适的人才。

在所谓“大辞职浪潮”期间,人们可以充分利用对劳动力的需求获得更高的薪酬和福利,或可以更轻易地跳槽。

科技公司招聘正在发生改变

科技公司一直很难满足人才需求。在今年早些时候谷歌(Google)召开的全体员工大会上,员工针对公司的年度员工满意度调查“Googlegeist”,向管理层提出了质疑。结果显示,员工对于公司的薪酬和绩效评估流程不满。

在大会上,谷歌员工直接提到了其他公司应对就业市场状况的措施,例如为了吸引和留住员工,亚马逊(Amazon)决定将最高基本工资提高到35万美元,苹果则选择发行限制性股票单位(RSU)奖金。会后,谷歌CEO桑达尔·皮查伊很快将一年两次的绩效评估调整为一年一次,但他并没有改变要求员工每周三天现场办公的命令。

阿克曼后来又发了一条推文,阐明了自己的立场:“需要说明的是,我建议通过虚拟形式雇佣乌克兰工程师,而不是将他们招到美国,因为这样做不仅耗时漫长,还会导致乌克兰人才流失。我们现在应该帮助乌克兰人找到工作和尊严,让他们可以养家糊口,报效国家。”

在呼吁投资乌克兰的同时,有其他公司号召停止与俄罗斯的业务往来。

但2022年前几个月,股市下跌导致科技公司累计损失170亿美元,因此科技公司并没有招聘新员工,反而似乎正在放慢招聘速度。

上周末,Uber的 CEO达拉·科斯罗萨西对员工表示,公司需要应对市场的“巨变”,并承诺削减成本,“像对待特权一样对待招聘工作”。

Meta过去几周放慢了对中高层岗位的招聘速度,奈飞(Netflix)先是股价暴跌,并公布第一季度流失20万订阅用户,然后宣布决定裁员数十人,这些负面消息引起关注。在疫情期间不断壮大的Robinhood宣布将裁员9%。1月奈飞股价下跌时,阿克曼收购了奈飞价值11亿美元的股票。三个月后,他抛售了这些股票,损失4.3亿美元。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

在疫情期间,随着数百万人改为线上虚拟生活,美国科技行业连续数年领跑牛市,如今该行业的热度似乎正在消退。

但潘兴广场资产管理公司(Pershing Square Capital Management)的创始人兼CEO比尔·阿克曼提出了为该行业注入新活力的途径:随着俄乌战火持续延烧,公司可以从乌克兰招聘开发者。

这位坐拥亿万身家的对冲基金大亨认为,美国工程师不够努力。

阿克曼周一晚上发推文称:“我今天与15位初创公司CEO共用晚餐,他们都在抱怨美国年轻工程师的职业道德欠缺,尤其是与新兴国家的工程师相比。我的想法是:从乌克兰招聘工程师。他们才华横溢,工作努力,懂得感恩,会帮助公司发展。”

这15位CEO可能只是为了应对美国高度紧张的劳动力市场。据美国劳工统计局(Bureau of Labor Statistics)最近的报告显示,美国4月新增就业岗位42.8万个,失业率一直维持在3.6%。美国公司依旧很难找到合适的人才。

在所谓“大辞职浪潮”期间,人们可以充分利用对劳动力的需求获得更高的薪酬和福利,或可以更轻易地跳槽。

科技公司招聘正在发生改变

科技公司一直很难满足人才需求。在今年早些时候谷歌(Google)召开的全体员工大会上,员工针对公司的年度员工满意度调查“Googlegeist”,向管理层提出了质疑。结果显示,员工对于公司的薪酬和绩效评估流程不满。

在大会上,谷歌员工直接提到了其他公司应对就业市场状况的措施,例如为了吸引和留住员工,亚马逊(Amazon)决定将最高基本工资提高到35万美元,苹果则选择发行限制性股票单位(RSU)奖金。会后,谷歌CEO桑达尔·皮查伊很快将一年两次的绩效评估调整为一年一次,但他并没有改变要求员工每周三天现场办公的命令。

阿克曼后来又发了一条推文,阐明了自己的立场:“需要说明的是,我建议通过虚拟形式雇佣乌克兰工程师,而不是将他们招到美国,因为这样做不仅耗时漫长,还会导致乌克兰人才流失。我们现在应该帮助乌克兰人找到工作和尊严,让他们可以养家糊口,报效国家。”

在呼吁投资乌克兰的同时,有其他公司号召停止与俄罗斯的业务往来。

但2022年前几个月,股市下跌导致科技公司累计损失170亿美元,因此科技公司并没有招聘新员工,反而似乎正在放慢招聘速度。

上周末,Uber的 CEO达拉·科斯罗萨西对员工表示,公司需要应对市场的“巨变”,并承诺削减成本,“像对待特权一样对待招聘工作”。

Meta过去几周放慢了对中高层岗位的招聘速度,奈飞(Netflix)先是股价暴跌,并公布第一季度流失20万订阅用户,然后宣布决定裁员数十人,这些负面消息引起关注。在疫情期间不断壮大的Robinhood宣布将裁员9%。1月奈飞股价下跌时,阿克曼收购了奈飞价值11亿美元的股票。三个月后,他抛售了这些股票,损失4.3亿美元。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

The tech industry in the U.S. seems to be cooling off after leading a multiyear bull run during the pandemic, with millions of people transitioning to more virtual lives.

But Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, has come up with a way to inject the sector with new energy: hire developers from Ukraine as Russia’s invasion continues.

The billionaire hedge fund mogul thinks American engineers don’t work as hard.

“Tonight I had dinner with 15 startup CEOs who bemoaned the work ethic of young US engineers, particularly compared with those from emerging countries. Idea: recruit engineers from @Ukraine. They are extremely talented, hard working and grateful, and you will be doing good,” Ackman tweeted Monday night.

These 15 CEOs could simply be responding to the conditions of a historically tight labor market. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent report, the U.S. added 428,000 jobs in April, with unemployment holding steady at 3.6%. Corporate America is still struggling to find the right talent.

Amid the so-called Great Resignation, workers have been able to leverage the demand for labor to push for better pay and benefits, or else jump between companies more easily than in the past.

The hiring worm turns for tech firms

Tech companies have scrambled to meet the demand. At a Google town hall earlier this year, employees questioned executive leadership about the “Googlegeist,” an annual survey that collects data on employee satisfaction. The results showed that employees were unhappy with compensation and the performance review process.

Google workers directly called out other companies’ responses to the labor market in the town hall, citing Amazon’s decision to raise its maximum base salary to $350,000 to attract and retain workers and Apple’s move to issue restricted stock unit (RSU) bonuses. CEO Sundar Pichai soon afterward changed the biannual review process to just once a year, although he didn’t budge on his firm orders to have workers back three days a week in offices.

Ackman clarified his position in a follow-up tweet: “To be clear, I recommend hiring Ukrainian engineers virtually, not recruiting them to the US, which takes time and will drain talent from @Ukraine. We should find Ukrainians work and dignity now so they can provide for their families and country.”

The call for investment in Ukraine coincides with other calls on businesses to cease their engagements in Russia.

But rather than hire new workers, tech companies appear to be slowing down recruitment after a market downturn resulted in a cumulative loss of $17 billion in the first months of 2022.

Over the weekend, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told employees that the company needs to react to a “seismic shift” in the market, vowing to cut costs and “treat hiring as a privilege.”

Meta has slowed down hiring over the past several weeks for mid-level and senior roles, while Netflix has drawn negative attention for its decision to lay off dozens of employees following a drastic drop in stock price and report that the company lost 200,000 subscribers in its first quarter. Robinhood announced it would be laying off 9% of its workforce, which exploded during the pandemic. Ackman purchased $1.1 billion in Netflix stock when prices dropped in January. He abandoned those shares three months later, losing $430 million.

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