On October 26, Zhang Xue Motorcycle held a recruitment presentation at Chongqing University and planned to recruit about 100 people, 70 of whom would be R&D positions. According to Ifeng.com, the salary plan announced on site was:
985/211 fresh graduates from colleges and universities: annual salary for R&D positions is RMB 120,000-150,000, and for non-R&D positions is RMB 100,000-120,000;
Fresh graduates from other universities: RMB 100,000-130,000 for R&D positions, RMB 90,000-120,000 for non-R&D positions;
Overtime pay is calculated separately, and there are six insurances and one fund, staff canteen, dormitories and other benefits. Zhang Xue also said that most employees can get a 20% salary increase after one year of employment, and the top 10% in the first year can get a 50% salary increase.
Many media headlines simply state an annual salary of 100,000, which is not accurate.
After the salary was announced, some students and netizens thought it was low. In subsequent presentations, Zhang Xue used the example of an old employee with a junior college background who had been with him for ten years and now has an annual salary of 500,000 to 600,000 yuan and a shareholding valuation of 30 million yuan to illustrate the company’s growth space; this statement was considered by some commentators to be “a misplaced arrogance.”
On November 3, Zhang Xue responded publicly: “It’s so arrogant. Isn’t the choice a two-way street? You can’t force me to raise the salary of fresh graduates to 200,000, just like I can’t force you to come to work.” He also said in related comments that the salary can be said to be low, but he cannot be said to be disrespectful.
In fact, I think there is no need to pit the two sides against each other. Companies give their needs based on their own circumstances, and students can also make choices based on their own circumstances.
Zhang Xue’s “two-way choice” logic is correct. Companies can set prices based on their operating capabilities, and job seekers can also refuse. This is of course a two-way choice. We cannot require a growing motorcycle company to unconditionally pay wages according to the standards of leading new energy vehicle companies.
但Two-way selection also means that companies cannot necessarily recruit the people they want just because job seekers accept this logic.If Zhang Xue Motorcycle hopes to compete for outstanding R&D graduates from 985 universities, it still depends on the actual recruitment results. If you are not satisfied with the recruitment and cannot retain them, you must increase cash compensation or enhance other compensations; if you can recruit the right people, it means that the price is effective for the target group.
And some students think it is low, which is not without basis.
The controversy mainly occurs in 985 universities such as Chongqing University. Students majoring in vehicles, machinery, etc. can easily compare the R&D positions of leading car companies in the same region. If other companies can offer more than 200,000 yuan, then there is indeed a clear gap between 120,000 and 150,000 yuan. A report from Southern Finance also mentioned that some graduates with master’s degrees in the same major have entered companies such as BYD and Thalys, and their annual salaries can start from 200,000 yuan.
所以，For some students who have offers from leading car companies, being too low is a normal market judgment and does not mean that they have high ambitions and low ambitions.
What really arouses some students’ resentment may not be the salary itself, but “responding to starting salary doubts with individual successful cases.”
The high salary and equity of veteran employees ten years later can prove that the company has growth opportunities, but it cannot directly prove that the fresh graduates in 2027 can replicate it: this is a successful case, not a general salary data; the equity “valuation of 30 million yuan” does not mean that 30 million yuan in cash has been received; the opportunities that early employees get to grow together with the company may not be equivalent to the treatment of ordinary school enrollment later.
Therefore, when students ask “Is the current starting salary competitive?”, the company’s answer is “It may develop very well in the future.” Both questions are correct, but they are not discussing the same thing. This is what is considered “misplaced”. It’s not arrogance, but it does tend to make people feel that they are replacing immediate conditions with a distant future.
Overall, this salary is not low in my opinion: the average monthly salary is 10,000 yuan, and comes with room and board, overtime pay and salary increases. Although it is not particularly competitive for top engineering graduates, in today’s environment, it is not bad for a growing motorcycle company to offer such a salary.
而A growing private enterprise like Zhang Xue Motorcycle can still open school recruitment. Everyone really needs to cherish it and not go online.
What college students should really verify is what are the conditions for year-end bonuses and performance, whether salary increases are based on individual performance or need to be combined with company profits, how to determine overtime hours and the base of overtime pay, instead of just arguing between “should 100,000 be low” and “can they be worth tens of millions in the future?”
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