What should employees do if they go to work and speculate in stocks?

Fried? certainly! How much did you earn? Hehe...

If you set up a ranking for office topics, the number one ranking for half a year might be stock speculation. As of May 28, the total number of investor accounts in Shanghai and Shenzhen has exceeded 100 million. From relatives in the hometown to cleaning aunts in the unit, everyone is talking about the legend of the "stock god" that doubles every month.

As a result, on the computer screen during working hours, there is often a piece of "green, fat, red and thin". If the company blocks the viewing software, employees still have major financial websites to watch. The popularity of transaction methods such as the Internet and mobile phones makes it difficult to guarantee the quality of the eight-hour work. What should employees and companies do about this?

Employees: work to make potential stocks

For employees, if their career planning does not involve the securities and fund industry, then the biggest "potential stocks" are not in the stock market, but in the office.

According to the latest "Workplace Stock Speculation Survey", 45% of the respondents said that stock speculation has no negative impact on work, and 13.5% even believed that it has a positive effect on work. At the same time, 42% of the respondents said that the stock market is just an adjustment to the work, and another 38% of the respondents believe that it is a useful supplement to the work.

In terms of understanding, most people do not reverse the relationship between work and stock trading. But in action, office workers will still inevitably encroach on working hours within eight hours. At the very least, the mood and efficiency of employees in the office will be directly affected by the ups and downs of the stock market.

On May 30, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 281 points, once again proving that the bull market and the bear market are on the line. In the stock market, you may earn a month's wages in one day, or you may lose half your life savings in an hour. No one, including authoritative stock commentators, can promise a steady and increasing rate of return. In fact, the real "long-term blue-chip stock" is a job that suits you - with the investment of your time and energy, the people who are interested in the workplace will continue to appreciate in value.

Therefore, "job first" needs to be implemented from understanding to action, otherwise a few months of "part-time" stock speculation will destroy the career plan that I have operated for many years. Once the bull market in the stock market ends, my career will also usher in "Bear Market".

Of course, stock trading is one of the means of personal financial management, and it is not impossible for employees to get involved. Workplace experts have three suggestions:

First of all, office workers can choose blue-chip stocks or funds to hold for a long time, instead of paying frequent attention at work due to short-term operations Second, office workers can discover new topics from stock speculation, which is helpful for communication with other investors, colleagues and customers; finally, in the operation of entering the market, employees may wish to take the opportunity to learn financial securities knowledge, which may be beneficial to their future careers develop.

Enterprise: stock speculation to achieve high efficiency

For enterprises, it is not as simple as banning employees from stock trading during working hours. Technically, whether it is a "firewall" or a network disconnection, it is unlikely that one size fits all. In terms of emotional management, it is not very smart to insulate the stock market from the office, and companies will miss a good opportunity to rally morale.

Investing in stocks can not only shorten the eight hours of employees, but also improve their work and communication efficiency. The key lies in how the relevant departments of the company and their bosses manage.

The first step is to make it clear what can and cannot be done.

Part-time jobs while working are not allowed in any company. However, when stock speculation has become a national sport in China, and it is directly related to the vital interests of employees, the company cannot but face up to the huge temptation of this investment method for employees. Some companies pursue the traditional method of "fired" by going to work and speculating in stocks, in order to "intimidate" employees. Another part of the company has added half an hour or an hour to the daily working hours to "convenient for employees to invest in stocks".

Obviously, blindly "blocking" can hardly avoid the downturn of employees in the office and the stock market, and even lead to their rejection of work. The latter "sparse" can achieve the effect of "blocking" at a lower time cost, and virtually improve the work efficiency of employees and the sense of belonging to the company.

Managing people is like controlling water, it should be dredged and not blocked. This is not only suitable for preventing stock speculation at work, but when clarifying various mandatory regulations in the company, the premise of "sparse" will surely win employees' more conscious compliance.

The second step is to speculate on stocks and chat about stocks to promote informal communication inside and outside the company.

Modern management theory regards "a high degree of informal communication" as a characteristic of successful businesses. However, there is not much information suitable for informal communication, it must have universal value to employees and not negatively affect the interests of the company. When the era of national stock speculation comes, the informal communication of enterprises will inevitably gather here.

An important part of corporate informal communication lies in the response and active participation of the boss. For the ups and downs of the stock market, even if you have no interest in it, you might as well be a listener to understand the psychological fluctuations of employees. Positive feedback from the boss can also form a tacit, relaxed and open communication atmosphere in the enterprise, allowing employees to release negative emotions in communication. Outside of work, in the cross-level and cross-departmental stock market discussions, the barriers and frictions in daily work will also tend to disappear.

The topic of stocks even goes out of business and becomes a lubricant for communicating with customers. A sales manager said, "If I'm sure, I will recommend a few stocks to customers to shorten the distance between the two sides." Quanmin's stock market chat is also a great opportunity to improve the efficiency of communication with colleagues and customers.

The third step is to turn disadvantages into advantages and create a learning atmosphere through stock trading.

Once money is invested in the stock market, most people will learn relevant knowledge from books, newspapers, TV, and even everyone around them with rare enthusiasm. This kind of efficient learning is also necessary for enterprises to build a learning organization. When employees' minds are almost taken over by the stock market within eight hours, companies may wish to consider turning this into spontaneous learning that helps work.

On the one hand, enterprises can provide employees with welfare training, guide employees to pay attention to what can be improved in their own work with securities and financial knowledge, and popularize the basic skills of financial management. On the other hand, companies can also designate active shareholders and employees, who will organize relevant study groups, so that non-work-oriented stock market discussions can become part of the company's internal learning activities.

In short, it's not scary that "stock madness" spreads to every employee. What's scary is that letting it endanger personal development and corporate efficiency. And people-oriented rational decision-making and management will make employees and enterprises invincible in the national stock market.

The author is an associate editor of the CEConline website.