/ 28 July 2023

Jobs for the (lazy) girls

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A couple of weeks ago, we brought your attention to the joys of ‘girl dinner’, and now there’s another gendered TikTok trend to get across: ‘lazy-girl job’, and it’s the antithesis of the ‘girl boss’… TikToker Gabrielle Judge coined the term to describe a low-stress, fully remote job with a comfortable salary. For example, another TikTok user said all she does in her job is “copy and paste the same emails, take 3-4 calls a day, take my extra-long break, take more breaks AND get a nice salary”. The idea has struck a particular chord among burned-out working women – but Judge said it’s actually about changing views about what makes an ideal career in the Great Resignation era. Critics say the trend promotes a bad attitude in the workplace – but at least it’s a more positive development than China’s epidemic of ‘full-time children’

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