Sharp Review | NetEase HR apologized? I know it's wrong, I'll do it next time

Text｜Auntie Chen in the boiler room

NetEase has been troubled recently. Cloud Music has lost 5 billion in 3 years, but it will be listed in Hong Kong soon, which can allow shareholders to fill in the hole; Huyu HR said in the circle of friends that it can help to prescribe medicine for female colleagues to exchange a program resume, After being exposed, an apology letter was issued and the labor relationship was terminated.

The two things have nothing to do with each other, but they both happen to be related to NetEase, and the news happened on the same day, so I have to write them together and warn everyone that this company is poisonous, so don’t invest (including money and resumes).

Closer to home, regarding Netease Interactive Entertainment HR's remarks in the circle of friends, many discussions on the Internet focus on whether the professionalism of Dachang's HR is worrying, whether it is appropriate to speak like this, whether it is suspected of violating the law, and so on. However, I would like to say that the HR of Netease Interactive Entertainment can make such remarks in the circle of friends, which shows that it is a common word in their daily work communication. When he publicly commented on the photo and commented on himself, saying "I can even help prescribe medicine", he was secretly proud of his "fun", which not only reflected the HR's worrying professionalism and low moral quality, but also more likely Reflects that the company, and the industry in which it operates, is toxic!

Below, I will try my best to use real facts to show that such speculation is not overly generalized, but justified. In this matter, no matter how the HR person or the company apologized, believe me, they are wrong, but next time, Next time, dare!

Is this the first time that NetEase HR has objectified women?

Obviously, and unfortunately, this is certainly not the first time.

The screenshot above is from NetEase (self-proclaimed pig farm) posted on Station B on April 1st, the video of recruiting interns in 2022, in addition to the usual ridicule of the boss (pretending to be equal), it also uses "objects" as a gimmick to attract College students, in the "No Objects" scene is a row of young men (at least one of whom may also suffer from an occupational disease caused by 996 - hair loss), and the next scene "Better take it all" is replaced by a handsome young colleague , what a familiar taste, a familiar recipe. It doesn't matter to these HRs what department, what job, or how capable this beautiful female colleague is. She exists there, just waiting to be pursued, conquered, or even accepted or not? Isn't there HR to help me prescribe medicine?

A self-proclaimed interviewer of the Netease School said on Zhihu, "Unless you show the characteristics that are more likely to be possessed by female applicants, such as instability/fear of hardship, the female identity will not be deducted. Secretly said, if it is a beautiful woman , based on the bonus to the morale of colleagues, there may be a certain bonus.” Here, "unstable" and "fear of hardship" have become qualities that female candidates are more likely to possess, and when female candidates are beautiful, they will be awarded points, and the reason for the extra points is to improve team morale? ? ? ? ? I take the liberty to ask, HOW? ! ! ! ! It's hard not to raise my suspicions about workplace sexual harassment with such remarks.

Because in the eyes of these HRs, female colleagues are regarded as sexual resources because of their gender to attract future technology "big brothers". Yes, here, technology is powerful = male, this is not my YY, in 2020, "Netease Xiaozhao", operated by Netease Human Resources Department, released the recruitment song "Big Brother Submits Resume", and the lyrics are written clearly.

What a classic stereotype! Some people may suggest that in the computer profession, there are more men than women, and there is nothing wrong with the recruitment strategy of Internet companies. But should an industry with more men than women be allowed to see women as a tool to attract male “tech bosses” in the recruitment process? Even if the company is nothing but beautiful female colleagues, HR has asked female colleagues if they are willing to be sold like this? Even if a small number of female colleagues are willing to make such sacrifices for the development of the company, has HR considered what kind of industry culture this has shaped, and what impact will it have on men and women who are committed to developing in this industry in the future? Speaking of which, I can't help but think of the Liu Qiangdong case that has not yet been closed.

In addition, is there a Pygmalion effect that is constantly being strengthened in this industry with more men than women? It’s a clichéd fact that in the 1960s, when computer science was just emerging, women were the majority of the workforce in the industry. But as the interests of the tech industry pile up and the gender stereotypes inherent in the education industry, the proportion of women in computer science majors continues to decline. If the HR of Netease Interactive Entertainment really apologizes, it is better to count the ratio of men and women in various positions and ranks in your company, and deeply reflect on what kind of stereotype and habitual insult to women has caused to female colleagues. The actual impact is that there are several female programmers in your company, and several of the programmers above the manager level are female. At the same time, your company has several female administrative secretaries, and employees in the logistics department are managers and above. Several of them are women.

Is only NetEase toxic in the technology industry?

Obviously, and unfortunately, NetEase isn't even a standout in this space.

I don't want to say another word about the series of job advertisements full of pornographic and objectified women in Meituan's campus recruitment.

To say something else, in Zhihu's question: "Will women in the IT industry suffer from gender discrimination?" Below, Snail College IT Education - an IT training company that claims to "focus on mid-to-high-end IT training, full face-to-face job guarantees" - Answer this:

In the final analysis, this respondent from a "high-end IT training" institution believes that it is women themselves who discriminate against women. Why does the IT industry discriminate against women? Therefore, it is the element of women to "regulate yin and yang". Women are not needed because of technology, but because of "the company of a bunch of gentlemen, yin and yang are declining, communication is poor, and the atmosphere is dead." The needed speech is not sexist, but treats women as treasures!

Like the interviewer who claimed to be recruited by the NetEase school, the respondent of this training institution also regarded female employees as the company's "atmosphere regulator". When such a concept generally exists in an industry, we can easily understand why women In this industry, they are commonly referred to as "girls". Because female employees are considered "soft and cute" and "weak", they use their self-righteous "pampering" to degrade women to a position lower than men, and then tell women that this is all out of righteousness Women's "Love". As women, we have always misunderstood their painstaking efforts. However, I still have to ask the last question, out of such logic, why don't they call their male colleagues "little brother" dotingly? But what about a "big brother"? It can be seen that they deeply know that behind "sister" and "brother", in addition to age, there is also the honor and inferiority of status.

Further reading

Chinese tech firm removes sexist job ads