2023-08-02 19:59:18
Critics worry about the consequences that such an attitude can have on the careers of young people who aspire to a “lazy girl job”. (Photo: 123RF)
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RÉVEIL-MATIN. After “quiet quiting” and “bare minimum Monday”, a new hashtag is taking over social networks to call for a better balance between work and personal life: the “lazy girl job”.
Don’t swallow your coffee the wrong way.
No, these “lazy girl jobs”, one can freely translate, is not a pejorative term according to its popularizer, the 26-year-old American content creator Gabrielle Judge.
Rather, the phrase refers to a job that pays bills and has such a healthy balance in life that it almost feels like laziness, she explains in a video.
Snub to the “hustle culture”, this movement encourages rather to occupy “non-technical positions in technology” for which one can work remotely, have a flexible work schedule and an attractive total remuneration. Gabrielle Judge refers to job titles like “marketing project manager, account manager, or customer success manager.”
This type of job, which she is promoting here, is not just for women, she adds, nor does it call into question the value of the people who occupy them. “Everything I promote [soit de trouver un équilibre entre le boulot et sa vie personnelle en respectant ses limites] is considered lazy compared to what is expected of toxic work environments”, nuances the content creator.
If she chose such an expression to describe this way of life which she promotes, it is also for its viral potential. And the reactions on social networks seem to prove him right. Many US media are reporting that videos with this hashtag have generated more than 18 million views since mid-May.
According to New York University Stern School of Business management professor Suzy Welch, this trend is further evidence of the refusal of some members of the younger generation to burn themselves out as we did their ancestors.
“They’re like, ‘I’m not going to wait my whole life to achieve work-life balance and put off my happiness. I don’t know if by following the rules of the game, I’m going to win the game, ”she explained to the American news channel CBS.
The danger of such a hashtag
Taking care to find a balance between work and personal life is one thing. Showing openly as someone who has a “lazy girl job” is another. Even Gabrielle Judge doesn’t recommend bragging about having such a job, as the negative connotation associated with the term can lead to unfortunate consequences in their workplace.
Critics also worry about the consequences such an attitude can have on the career development of young workers who adhere to it, it is reported. in the Wall Street Journal.
In the Washington Postcolumnist Megan McAdle wonders if adopting such a philosophy early in her career might be a bad idea in the long run.
Gen Zers, who seem to embrace the ‘lazy girl era’ the most, have only known a job market where there are more vacancies than there are workers, he observes. -She. However, the tide can turn, and not just because of an economic slowdown, but also because of the disruption that new technologies can generate.
And what they don’t know, but what millennials and Xers have already seen, is that it is precisely these attractive positions that are most at risk of being cut. “When a recession approaches, who will the employer let go first? The “quiet quits”, “the second least effective person on their team” (a strategy that Gabrielle Judge encourages workers to adopt in one of her videos), or the person who works remotely and who we barely know ?” she asks.
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