What are the benefits of job rotation?

When it comes to "job rotation", many people may applaud at first reaction.

After all, there are so many positive reviews for it online!

All-star lineup (it is said that IBM, Google, Huawei, Lenovo, JD.com and other star companies have tried it);

There is no dead end in combating bureaucracy/standardism;

Exposure to more new things can help employees maintain an empty-cup mentality and achieve a comprehensive advancement from single ability to compound talents;

Employees learn and practice at the same time, except for the cost of trial and error, and there is no need to Spending other money is much more cost-effective than heavily subsidizing further education or training.

To elaborate: When you were on the job, you always complained about the lack of cooperation from other departments. Now that you are in the position you have been complaining about before, can you still learn to think differently and improve teamwork?

Besides, staying in one position for too long can easily lead to inertia and lack of ambition. Job rotation is great. It is both an incentive and a reminder. You will see whether you will be replaced by another colleague every minute. In this way, everyone's work efficiency and enthusiasm will be greatly improved Balala...

However, when it comes to practical applications, many companies are silent and suffer.

For example, the little whale whale is a friend. She was originally responsible for shipping and delivery at the supply chain end. The market has been sluggish in the past two years. In order to reduce costs, the company has cut its production lines in half, leaving the department with surplus manpower. It just so happened that someone in the HR department resigned and the position became vacant. The boss saw that she was an old employee and was diligent in her work. As soon as she received a job rotation notice, she was asked to become HR and promised to be promoted to the human resources manager if she performed well after one year.

She readily accepted the job rotation arrangement, but there was a huge psychological contrast after taking up the job.

Because I was not familiar with the business and had no one to guide me, it caused a lot of trouble for the company and the department. Later, she was put in charge of recruitment. Without special training, she was in a hurry to make phone interviews and on-site arrangements, and her colleagues laughed at her behind her back. She was so angry that she resigned after less than a month on the job. The boss felt it was very shameful and did not try to keep him.

There is another buddy who majored in computer technology. He graduated only 2 years ago. After 3 job rotations, he switched from R&D to operations, and then to sales.

In the third year, he switched jobs to a new company and talked about his rich experience. After listening, the interviewer only asked: "Which one do you think is the most professional among R&D, operations, and sales?"

The young man felt that what he learned was mostly superficial, and his performance in sales was not satisfactory. , was asked and was speechless for a long time. Later, he planned to return to research and development. However, after two years of no contact, he was already unfamiliar with the profession. It took him nearly a year to get over it.

The above are two failure cases. Of course, there are also many people who cultivate themselves into "T"-shaped talents through job rotation.

For example, Little Whale Whale’s former boss started out as a coder, and later worked as a consultant, CMO, COO, etc. He was able to do everything, and he also accumulated good experience in various major fields. Experience and achievements.

Another example is Zeng Maojun, the current president of Wanda Film. He was an engineer before. After joining Wanda, he completed a gorgeous transformation from HRVP to deputy general manager of the group’s human resources department, to director and president of the company. Working across multiple positions has accumulated profound comprehensive management capabilities.

It is said that job change is a stepping stone for job promotion, but it is still different from job transfer, promotion, etc. Well, that seems a bit far-fetched.