Is there a dedicated person to fill the vacancy? Many brands responded, and netizens roast that it is easy to borrow and difficult to repay xx | city | brand
"Nowadays, shared power banks are expensive and difficult to repay..."
"Life advice: Don't borrow xx to share your power bank, otherwise you will not be able to find a return point."
Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that more and more netizens complained about the "easy to borrow and difficult to return" of the shared rechargeable treasure. Some netizens even disclosed their experience as a restorer of the shared rechargeable treasure, saying that "when there is a vacancy, you can make up immediately, so that everyone can't pay back."
Is there really a restocking agent for shared power banks?
Netizens claim to have worked as a restocker for shared power banks
Multi brand response: No such position available
Recently, a netizen claimed on social media that he used to work as a restocking assistant for shared power banks. "Although his salary was high, he worked for a month and then didn't work anymore. When he went to work, he just carried a bag full of power banks. When he visited various branches, he immediately filled up any available space..."
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On August 2nd, the Red Star Capital Bureau verified this with the customer service of multiple shared power bank brands.
Among them, the customer service representative who called from the shared power bank told the Red Star Capital Bureau that there was no position for restocking personnel set up internally during the call.
The customer service of Jiedian also told the Red Star Capital Bureau that they will not arrange staff to fill the charging compartment, "this will affect our company's own reputation and market."
The customer service representative stated that someone would borrow a power bank from the suburbs and return it when playing in the city center. The more prosperous the city is, the more concentrated the returned power banks will be, which may be why people have the impression of being easy to borrow but difficult to return.
In addition, regarding the presence of restocking personnel, the customer service of Xiaodian stated "no", while the customer service of Monster Charging stated "unclear".
It is worth mentioning that a staff member of a certain brand revealed to the Red Star Capital Bureau that the shared power bank brand they work for is mainly franchised, and franchisees need to register a company. The specific operation and maintenance will be handed over to local franchisees. After laying out the equipment, franchisees only need to deal with the malfunction and occasionally replenish the power bank. "The backend can see how many empty positions there are."
Does the power bank restocking staff really exist?
Or just a job for an operations and maintenance personnel
Red Star Capital Bureau found on various recruitment websites that the position of power bank restocker cannot be found in many places, but there are power bank maintenance personnel, power bank operation and maintenance personnel, and recruiters are generally third-party companies, suspected to be franchisees sharing the power bank brand.
In the description of these positions, there are keywords such as "handling empty positions", "replenishing treasure", and "replenishing batteries".
Taking a shared power bank maintenance worker in a certain area as an example, their monthly salary is 3000-4000 yuan, and their job description is "Power bank equipment stocking, maintenance, and battery replacement. They patrol and check in stores every day while working."
On August 1st, the Red Star Capital Bureau contacted the relevant person in charge of the company that was recruiting for the position, but the other party stated that it was already full and refused to disclose further information to reporters.
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In addition, a recruiter from a company told Red Star Capital Bureau that for power bank operators, supplementing power banks is just one of their tasks, and they also need to deal with machine and power bank malfunctions and recover damaged power banks.
In addition, the above-mentioned recruiters also stated that power bank maintenance personnel need to go to the market and negotiate cooperation with merchants.
