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最有人情味的雇主: 胖东来

忘掉谷歌吧:你愿意为一家超市工作吗?

胖东来:可能是最有人情味的雇主

多年来,谷歌这样的科技公司,一直被视为“梦想雇主”:漂亮办公室、免费美食、优厚福利、高薪,以及令人羡慕的工作环境。

但今天,世界上最值得研究的雇主之一,可能不是硅谷科技巨头。

而是来自中国河南的一家超市——胖东来。

它最特别的地方,不是免费咖啡,也不是豪华办公室。

而是它给员工一些比福利更珍贵的东西:

尊严、时间、信任,以及分享自己所创造财富的机会。

不开心?那就休假吧

试想一下,你告诉老板:“我今天不开心,我想请假。” 在很多公司,这句话可能会让老板“不开心”。但胖东来却设有著名的**“不开心假”**,让员工在情绪状态不好时可以休息。

背后的理念非常简单:

人,不是机器。

员工不是公司购买回来的“人力资源”,而是一个有情绪、有家庭、有生活的人。

胖东来也以相对较短的工时(1天6小时)、较多休假(1年30天),以及对员工生活品质的重视而闻名。

不要只说“员工是公司最重要的资产”

很多企业都会说:“员工是我们最重要的资产。”

问题是,说完以后呢?

胖东来的做法更直接。

根据公开报道,2025年其8,000多名员工平均税后月收入约为9,000元人民币;而IMD商学院的胖东来案例更指出,其模式把很大部分利润分配给员工及管理层。

它传递的是一个非常不同的信息:

“如果财富是大家一起创造的,那么创造财富的人,也应该分享财富。”

这才是真正把“以人为本”从口号变成制度。

对员工这么好,还能赚钱吗?

这可能是老板们最想问的问题。答案恰恰是胖东来最值得研究的地方。

善待员工,并没有阻碍它创造出色的商业成绩。

公开资料显示,胖东来2025年销售额达到约235亿元人民币,同比大幅增长。IMD的案例研究也特别关注它惊人的单店经营效率。

更特别的是,创办人于东来并没有把“不断开店、不断扩张”当作唯一目标。

当扩张可能破坏文化、降低员工生活品质时,他愿意控制发展的速度。

传统企业经常问:“我怎样才能从员工身上得到更多?”

胖东来问的似乎是:“在大家一起把企业做好的同时,我怎样让员工也过上更好的生活?”

这两个问题,造就的是完全不同的企业。

这就是企业里的“爱的智慧”

这也是为什么我认为,胖东来是**爱的智慧(LQ)**非常好的企业案例。

  • 关爱(Care)——把员工当人,而不仅仅是成本、职位和KPI。
  • 勇气(Courage)——敢于放弃一些短期利益、营业时间甚至扩张速度,保护员工的长期幸福。
  • 连接(Connection)——当员工感受到企业真正尊重自己,他们才更可能发自内心地尊重和服务顾客。

于是,一个很有意思的商业循环出现了:

关爱员工

→ 员工热爱工作

→ 员工关爱顾客

→ 顾客信任企业

→ 顾客忠诚

→ 企业赚钱

→ 与员工分享成果

→ 再次关爱员工


这不是慈善。

这是商业策略。

也许连Google都应该羡慕


科技公司可以提供健身房、免费餐厅、股票期权和漂亮的办公园区。

但是,有一种员工福利,是再豪华的办公室都无法取代的:

你知道自己的老板,真心希望你的人生过得好。

这才是胖东来真正厉害的地方。

它向所有CEO、HR和管理者提出了一个问题:你望员工真正热爱你的公司,还是只付钱让他们忍受你的公司?


这也带出了《爱的智慧》在企业管理中非常重要的一句话:

不要要求员工爱你的顾客,除非你的公司先学会爱自己的员工。

未来最好的工作场所,未必是拥有最多AI的公司,未必是科技最先进的公司,

而可能是最懂人性的公司。

而正在向我们展示这种未来的,竟然不是一家科技巨头。

而是一家超市:胖东来

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