Lazy girl jobs latest TikTok workplace trend as gen Z turns against hard work

financialpost.com:

When Gabrielle Judge finished university in 2019, she got a job at a software company in the tech industry.

She had studied computer and information systems security — a subject most parents would consider to be a good bet for securing a well paying, steady job.

But after a year and half of working long hours, Judge burned out and quit her job.

She then found a “lazy girl job” — what members of generation Z are calling reasonably paid jobs that are not demanding.

Young women have taken to bragging about these jobs on ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, where videos with the #lazygirljobs hashtag have gone viral, amassing millions of views.

The term often refers to menial, technical office jobs that can be done remotely.

One TikTok user shares a video of herself sitting in front of a computer and writes, “I was born for lazy girl jobs. I get paid a bomb salary to talk to no one, take breaks whenever I want & be the office baddie.”

Another says all she does is “copy and paste the same emails, take 3-4 calls a day, take an extra long break, take more breaks AND get a nice salary.”

A third describes leaving whenever she’s done for the day and taking “as many breaks as I need.”

I was born for lazy girl jobs. I get paid a bomb salary to talk to no one, take breaks whenever I want & be the office baddie

For these gen-Z women, it is a point of pride to be paid well “to perform the bare minimum, ordering food whenever i want, & scrolling thru my socials,” as one TikTok user puts it.

The comments are filled with others saying they want these jobs and advice on how to get them.

Judge, 26, from Colorado, says she found a job as a technical account manager at a major tech company in the United States, which involved a minimal amount of work