The triple blow of salary reduction, overtime and layoff has shattered the myth of high salary for AI talents

但云聪的员工并不特别兴奋。根据科技星球从"四小龙"员工和猎头公司了解到的情况，"四小龙"员工的平均月薪在20-35k之间，在人工智能行业并不算太高，这与之前传闻的数字基本一致。云聪在"四小龙"的薪酬水平排名中垫底。过去，个人员工年终奖金的发放一直存在拖延。直到今年5月，一些员工仍未能支付全部金额的12%。即使上市，大多数现有员工手中也没有股票。

But Yuncong's employees were not particularly excited. According to tech planet's understanding from the "four dragons" employees and headhunters, the average monthly salary of the "four dragons" employees is between 20-35k, which is not too high in the AI industry, which is basically consistent with the figure rumored in the previous pulse. Yuncong was at the bottom of the salary level ranking of the "four little dragons". In the past, there have been delays in the payment of year-end bonuses for individual employees. Until May this year, some employees still failed to pay 12% of the full amount. Even if listed, most existing employees do not have stocks in their hands.

"高价位新生"创造了行业高薪的繁荣局面。然而，在"Ai四条龙"工作了两三年后，"内卷"这个词看起来就像一个魔咒。就连长期与这些年轻面孔合作的猎头也觉得自己一文不值："四条龙的整体加薪速度非常缓慢。更常见的情况是，高学历的应聘者在两年内总加薪不超过15%。"

"High priced fresh students" created the prosperous appearance of high salary in the industry. However, after two or three years of working in the "Ai four dragons", the word "inner volume" appeared like a magic spell. Even headhunters who have long cooperated with these young faces feel worthless for them: "the overall salary increase rate of the 'four dragons' is very slow. It is even more common to meet highly educated candidates with a total salary increase of no more than 15% in two years."

风口之后，"四小龙"和人工智能行业都面临着盈利和发展的瓶颈。人工智能将持续吸引人才多久？人工智能从业者应该在人工智能实验室、互联网制造商和以"四小龙"为首的初创企业之间走到哪里？

After the tuyere, both the "four little dragons" and the AI industry are facing the bottleneck of profitability and development. How long will AI continue to attract talents? Where should AI practitioners go between artificial intelligence laboratories, Internet manufacturers and start-ups led by the "four little dragons"?

这片云层远非唯一一片被工作时间困住的云层。就在IPO于7月2日停止后，伊藤的员工也抱怨"每周72小时打卡，经常半夜回家"。据报道，曾被公认为业内"先锋"的尚堂每周工作55小时，并实施了出勤率排名。排名靠后的人经常被点名或采访，"在任务繁重、项目紧急的部门，996周和大大小小的一周是不可避免的。"

The cloud is far from the only one trapped by working hours. Just after the IPO was stopped on July 2, Yitu's employees also complained about the intensity of "punch in 72 hours a week and often go home in the middle of the night". Shangtang, previously recognized as the "vanguard" in the industry, has reportedly worked 55 hours a week and has implemented attendance ranking. People at the end of the ranking are often named or interviewed" In departments with heavy tasks and urgent projects, 996 and big and small weeks are inevitable. "

上堂人力资源部的一位员工对科技星球的回应是："8小时以上没有996"，是否加班取决于员工自身的效率面对这样的说法，一些葵涌员工似乎等同于官员不承认加班，这意味着没有互联网公司的加班津贴，如字节、快手等。

A Shangtang HR responded to tech Planet: there is no 996" For the time beyond 8 hours, whether to work overtime depends on the employee's own efficiency. " Faced with such a statement, some Kwai Tang staff seem to be equivalent to the fact that officials do not recognize overtime, which means that there is no such overtime allowance as Internet Co, such as bytes, fast hands, etc.

与其他行业相比，人工智能对员工的背景要求更为严格。虽然大多数年轻人都有工作，但人力成本的高支出仍然反映在公司的账目上。2018年至2020年，云研发费用11.8亿元，其中2020年研发费用占收入的77%；根据这一数字，2020年上半年，研发成本将达到3.81亿元，相当于收入。

Compared with other industries, artificial intelligence has more stringent requirements for the background of employees. Although most young people are employed, the high expenditure of human cost is still reflected in the company's book. From 2018 to 2020, the cloud R & D expenses totaled 1.18 billion yuan, of which the R & D expenses in 2020 accounted for 77% of the revenue; According to the figure, in the first half of 2020, the R & D cost will be 381 million yuan, which is equivalent to the revenue.

在2021年的过去六个月里，"减薪和裁员"的嫌疑仍然萦绕在员工头上。一位云计算员工告诉科技星球："今年新业务组织结构的实施，加上每年年初的绩效评估，将优化优胜劣汰，但这并不像另一位被优化的员工20%的传言那么严重，他开玩笑说："减薪和裁员在人工智能世界里并不是什么新鲜事。它们都是日常操作，以节省劳动力成本。在烧掉投资者的钱之前，先烧掉员工的钱。"

In the past six months of 2021, the suspicion of "salary reduction and layoffs" is still hanging over the heads of employees. A cloud employee told tech planet, "the implementation of the new business organization structure this year, coupled with the performance evaluation at the beginning of each year, will optimize the survival of the fittest, but it is not as serious as the rumor of 20% Another employee who was optimized out joked: "salary cuts and layoffs are nothing new in the AI world. They are all routine operations to save labor costs. Before burning the money of investors, burn the money of employees first. "

类似的故事正在义土上演，情况更加严峻。7月14日，钛媒体报道，益图科技已接近完成第三轮裁员，目标降至200-300人，整体裁员规模超过70%。"在年终奖上，看到云致胜和深蓝科技更能吸引观众，这是一件好事。"

Similar stories are being staged in a more severe situation in Yitu. On July 14, titanium media reported that Yitu technology was close to completing the third round of layoffs, the target was reduced to 200-300 people, and the overall layoff scale exceeded 70%. "It's a little better to see the cloud Zhisheng and Shenlan technology that pull the crotch more at the year-end award."

一位行业分析师告诉科技星球：在减少人力的背后，不仅是为了降低财务账目上的成本，而且在AI热爆发和人才供应增加后，提前为更好、更年轻的劳动力留出空间。越来越多的研究生校园项目中出现了自主驾驶等项目。

An industry analyst told tech Planet: behind the reduction of manpower, it is not only to reduce the cost on the financial book, but also to leave head space for better and younger labor force in advance after the outbreak of AI heat and the increase of talent supply. Projects such as autonomous driving have appeared in more and more graduate campus projects.

根据顾宇对2017年以来新增热门专业数量的统计，国内高校正在高速增加大量人工智能和大数据相关专业，缩小了人才供需差距，这势必影响行业未来的薪酬水平。

According to Gu Yu's statistics on the number of new popular majors since 2017, domestic universities are adding a large number of AI and big data related majors at a high speed, narrowing the gap between talent supply and demand, which is bound to affect the salary level of the industry in the future.

真正的矛盾往往出现在人力资源面试和薪酬谈判中。在经历了温水煮青蛙般的缓慢加薪后，出来寻找机会的"四条龙"员工表示，他们要求加薪几乎是"报复性反弹"，甚至要求整体加薪60%-100%，这让亨利惊呼"狮子开口了"。

The real contradiction usually appears in HR interview and salary negotiation. After the slow salary increase like a frog boiled in warm water, the "four dragons" employees who came out to look up at the opportunity showed their demands for the salary increase almost "retaliatory rebound", and even asked for a total package increase of 60% - 100%, which made Henry exclaim "the lion opens his mouth".

"许多人看不出他们的能力与那些在大工厂有相同成长年限的人之间的差异。"亨利评论道，"Ai四小龙"的优势在于通用Ai的技术积累，它可以积累进行项目管理和解决方案架构的能力，但它对该行业的理解"深度不够，广度不够"。大型互联网工厂的分工非常细致。员工通常只需要关注一组产品系统，以进行持续迭代。在这个过程中，他们可以遵循从实施到管理的路线，并且有完整的方法论积累。

"Many people can't see the difference between their abilities and those who have the same growth years in big factories." Henry commented" The advantage of "Ai four little dragons" lies in the technical accumulation of general-purpose AI, which can accumulate the ability to do project management and solution architecture, but its understanding of the industry is "insufficient in depth and more than breadth". The division of labor in large Internet factories is meticulous. Employees often only need to focus on a set of product system for continuous iteration. In the process, they can follow a line from implementation to management, and have a complete accumulation of methodology.

这也是双方互相吸引的一点。人工智能人才流向大型工厂的趋势越来越明显。在其背后，我们不仅仅关注主要工厂的"稳定性"。

This is also the point that both sides attract each other. The trend of AI talents flowing to large factories is becoming more and more obvious. Behind it, we don't just look at the "stability" of major factories.

"大哥大，小哥小，中层缺人"，这是"Ai四小龙"人才结构中的一个难题。目前，领导团队的副总裁和主管要么与创始人关系密切，要么与花费巨资的"空降兵"关系密切。招聘偏好，再加上与高校合作的研究所和实验室，已经产生了大量基层员工，而且不缺少太初级的职位级别的人员。在短短的几年时间里，既懂技术又懂商业的新中层工人刚刚培养出来，很容易被大工厂挖走。

"The big brother is very big, the little brother is very small, and the middle-level is very short of people", which is a difficult problem in the talent structure of the "Ai four dragons". At present, the VP and director who lead the team are either close to the founder or "airborne soldiers" who spend a lot of money. The recruitment preference, coupled with research institutes and laboratories cooperating with colleges and universities, has spawned a large number of grass-roots employees, and there is no shortage of people at the too junior post level. In just a few years, new middle-level workers who can grasp both technology and business have just been cultivated, and they are easy to be poached by big factories.

也许意识到中坚和中层的流失，"四小龙"也开始学会"止血"。

Perhaps aware of the loss of backbone and middle-level, the "four little dragons" also began to learn to "stop bleeding".

张涵在上塘工作了三年，被提升为L8（高级经理），仅次于L9（副主任）："我很不好意思说我的年薪只有10万美元。即使是在国内大型工厂，总承包商也会瞄准阿里的高级P6或P7。"

Zhang Han worked in Shangtang for three years and was promoted to L8 (Senior Manager), second only to L9 (deputy director)" I'm embarrassed to say that my annual salary is only $100000. Even if it is placed in a large domestic factory, the general contractor will target a senior P6 or P7 of Ali. "

几个月前，一家大工厂向他提出将工资提高一倍的要求。出人意料的是，当他提到辞职时，他被前雇主说服了。

A few months ago, a large factory offered him an offer to double his salary. Unexpectedly, when he mentioned his resignation, he was persuaded by his former employer.

"领导让我整晚喝一杯，答应给我加薪和升职，派了几十个人来领导团队，资源库立刻被填满了"。至于考察大型工厂所带来的方法沉淀和领导力提升等因素，"公司愿意付钱让我攻读在职MBA作为补偿。"

"The leader asked me for a drink all night, promised to give me a raise and promotion, allocated dozens of people to lead the team, and the resource pool was filled instantly". As for the factors such as methodological precipitation and leadership improvement brought by looking at major factories, "the company is willing to pay me to study an on-the-job MBA to compensate."

对于新生，张涵建议他们应该对这个行业有一个更清晰的了解："一旦他们进入AI圈，他们应该有长期的耐心；如果你想追逐风口，你必须首先区分哪个是真正的风口。"

For fresh students, Zhang Han suggested that they should have a clearer understanding of the industry: "once they enter the AI circle, they should have long-term patience; If you want to chase the tuyere, you must first distinguish which is the real tuyere. "

阿里一名负责技术招聘的人力资源部人员告诉科技星球，自今年以来，过去需要"抓人"的计算机视觉、自然语言处理和其他技术职位已经降温。特别是对于那些过于关注底层算法研究的岗位，在越来越追求盈利和落地的大型工厂中，额外空缺的数量逐渐减少。

An HR in charge of technical recruitment in Ali told tech planet that since this year, computer vision, natural language processing and other technical posts that needed to "grab people" in the past have cooled down. Especially for the posts that pay too much attention to the research of underlying algorithms, the number of additional opening is gradually reduced in large factories that are increasingly pursuing profitability and landing.

上市后如何继续为员工画蛋糕？

How to continue to draw cakes for employees after listing?

"云从上市，是不是持有国有资产的大腿？"一位思想开放的员工不同意。上市不是终点。如何继续激励剩余员工更为重要"当一家小公司上市时，它还被认为是向股东提供好看的财务报告数据。如果再小心一点，加薪就更难了。"

"Cloud from listing, is not holding the thigh of state-owned assets?" An open-minded employee disagreed. Listing is not the end point. How to continue to motivate the remaining employees is more important" When a small company is listed, it is also considered to present good-looking financial report data to shareholders. If it is more careful, it will be more difficult to get a raise. "

尽管郭杰没有得到股份，但他仍然为云聪即将上市感到高兴，"这表明我没有给这个行业付错钱。"他在选择硕士专业方向时遇到了一个难题："我们就要搬进新大楼了。"。我们期待着该公司的下一个新的气候，并希望该公司可以考虑引入一个新的股权激励计划，辐射更多的员工。

Although he didn't get a share, Guo Jie was still happy that Yuncong's listing was imminent" This shows that I didn't pay the industry wrong. " He had a tangle when choosing the direction of master's major" We are about to move into the new building. We look forward to the company's next new climate and hope that the company can consider introducing a new equity incentive plan that radiates more employees. "

除了薪水之外，选择商业场景所创造的价值感也很重要"有能力做算法研究的人通常是校园里的三个好学生。在进入职场时，他仍然有一些理想，并希望通过技术对现实世界进行有益的改变。"

In addition to salary, it is also important to select the sense of value created by the business scenario" People who have the ability to do algorithm research are often three good students on campus. When entering the workplace, he still has some ideals and hopes to make beneficial changes to the real world with technology. "

郭杰于2019年加入云聪，当时他非常满意，因为他有资深导师来做这个项目，并一直保持着收获感。当时他不知道的是，自2018年以来，人工智能行业开始洗牌，投资者越来越渴望看到人工智能的实际落地效应。随后，业内大量AI企业衰落，一些管理层也离开了云端。

Guo Jie joined Yuncong in 2019. He was very satisfied at that time when he had senior mentors to do the project and maintain a sense of harvest all the way. What he didn't know at that time was that since 2018, the AI industry has begun to shuffle, and investors are more and more anxious to see the actual landing effect of AI. Subsequently, a large number of AI enterprises in the industry declined and a number of management also left the cloud.

回顾过去，郭杰发现，许多像他这样刚进入职场的年轻算法工程师很难深入分析工作选择路线和自我追求是否完全匹配。互联网公司或"四小龙"在起薪线上也有相似之处。当然，应该注意"项目是否有趣"、"大老板是否值得欣赏和崇拜"、"办公室气氛是否良好"等等。

When reviewing the past, Guo Jie found that many young algorithm engineers like him who have just entered the workplace find it difficult to deeply analyze whether the job selection route and self pursuit match completely. Internet companies or the "four little dragons" are similar on the starting line of salary. Naturally, attention should be paid to "whether the project is interesting", "whether the big boss is worthy of appreciation and worship", "whether the office atmosphere is good" and so on.

换句话说，这种对企业、领导者和企业文化本身的关注与投资者的观点有些相似。投资者投资金钱，员工投资青春和时间。

In other words, this concern about business, leaders and corporate culture itself is somewhat similar to the perspective of investors. Investors invest money, while employees invest their youth and time.

自2019年以来，市场对人工智能商业化的要求不断提高，"四小龙"也渴望找到新的产业机会。7月14日，钛媒体报道说，他们开始根据失败的医疗赌注瞄准自动驾驶跑道。这也是继2021年新能源汽车狂风之后，第二个关注自动驾驶蛋糕的"四小龙"——就在四天前，尚堂官方宣布"建造汽车"，并发布了智能汽车解决方案的"消失的阴影"。

Since 2019, the market's requirements for AI commercialization have increased, and the "four little dragons" are also eager to find new industrial opportunities. On July 14, titanium media reported that they began to aim at the automatic driving track in accordance with the unsuccessful medical bet. This is also the second "four little dragons" who are eyeing the automatic driving cake after the strong wind of new energy vehicles in 2021 - just four days ago, Shangtang official announced "building cars" and released the "vanishing shadow" of intelligent vehicle solutions.

但即使是自动驾驶行业也不是所有从业人员都喜欢的。亨利接触过的自动驾驶人工智能公司如pony.AI、momenta和horizon的员工中，约有1/3的人对赛道缺乏热情，"实践者需要一个真正的助推器。"

But even the automatic driving industry is not favored by all practitioners. Among the employees of automatic driving AI companies such as pony.ai, momenta and horizon that Henry has contacted, about 1 / 3 of them are devoid of enthusiasm for the track, "practitioners need a real booster."

人工智能行业艰难的上市过程，探索未知智能前景的难度系数，促使该行业的泡沫迅速破灭，数百万人工智能人才高薪的神话不再存在。

AI industry's difficult listing process, exploring the difficulty coefficient of the unknown intelligence prospect, has prompted the industry's bubble to clear quickly, and the myth of high salaries of millions of AI talents is no longer there.

当然，人工智能行业也有着艰难的增长面。今年7月，CB insights发布的最新人工智能数字报告显示，尽管人工智能公司的总交易量较上一季度下降了10%，但今年第二季度人工智能初创公司的总投资超过200亿美元，创历史新高。

Of course, the AI industry also has a tough growth side. In July this year, the latest AI in numbers report released by CB insights showed that although the overall trading volume of AI companies fell by 10% compared with the previous quarter, the total investment of AI startups in the second quarter of this year exceeded US $20 billion, a record high.

一位行业分析师告诉TechPlanet，人工智能的发展空间取决于行业的发展空间。只要一个行业的效率没有达到上限，人工智能就有提高效率的空间"例如，占今年A股IPO规模约3/4的制造业，具有丰富的智能转型潜力：工业大数据的规模不亚于互联网上的社交网络和电子商务，这足以推动AI公司的增长。"

An industry analyst told tech planet that the development space of AI depends on the development space of the industry. As long as the efficiency of an industry does not reach the ceiling, AI has room to improve its efficiency" For example, the manufacturing industry, which accounts for about 3 / 4 of the scale of A-share IPOs this year, has rich potential for intelligent transformation: the magnitude of industrial big data is not inferior to that of social networking and e-commerce on the Internet, which is enough to drive the growth of AI companies. "

"此外，在今年河南的暴雨中，城市的救灾能力也显示出更大的提升空间。"极端天气越来越频繁，人工智能在城市防灾体系建设中的价值也值得关注。在智能安全和智能城市等大型项目之后，"Ai四小龙"在to B和to G业务中积累了自己的客户，尽管它们仍然面临着付款审批流程长、收款周期慢等挑战。

"In addition, the city's disaster response capacity also shows more room to be improved in this year's rainstorm in Henan." Extreme weather is becoming more and more frequent, and the value of AI in the construction of urban disaster prevention system should also be paid attention to. After large-scale projects such as smart security and smart city, the "Ai four dragons" have accumulated their own customers in to B and to G businesses, although they still face challenges such as long payment approval process and slow payment collection cycle.

万亿次智能升级的产业机会点应该让"四小龙"不再从人工智能人才中捞取蛋糕。

The Industrial Opportunity point of trillion intelligent upgrading should make the "four little dragons" no longer draw cakes from AI talents.

注：应受访者要求，亨利、张翰和郭杰为笔名

Note: at the request of the interviewee, Henry, Zhang Han and Guo Jie are pseudonyms

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