Are you a "Lazy-girl"?

[Alien826]

Here's a link that describes it.

The ‘Lazy-Girl Job’ Is In Right Now. Here’s Why.

Rather than lean in, young workers say they want jobs that can be done from home, come with a cool boss and end at 5 p.m. sharp.

www.wsj.com

Basically it's not about being lazy (that was just an attention getter) but a reaction to the overwork that has been imposed on people (in the USA) in recent years. It seems that some people want a different balance between work and the rest of their lives.

When I started work (in England) it was for an Insurance Company, a very boring underpaid job. Nevertheless, work started at 9am, and stopped at 5pm with a one hour lunch break. Those hours were expected to be adhered to, but there was no expectation of overtime, paid or unpaid, and we were never contacted at home. Essentially that was the pattern of work then. Set hours and that's all.

Much later, I worked as a contract computer programmer, and spent 18 months in the USA. There I found people were expected to work 60 hour weeks and were subject to being called in from home at any time. The contractors were paid for every hour worked, but the permanent staff were paid for 40 hours only. I was amazed at the degree of dedication I saw, despite what I felt was extreme exploitation. I predicted that Americans would someday wake up to the way they were being exploited. It seems to have happened.

Thoughts?

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

People do less and less for their jobs at times when pay increases don't match inflation.

 

[Stevicus]

Here's a link that describes it.

The ‘Lazy-Girl Job’ Is In Right Now. Here’s Why.

Rather than lean in, young workers say they want jobs that can be done from home, come with a cool boss and end at 5 p.m. sharp.

www.wsj.com

Basically it's not about being lazy (that was just an attention getter) but a reaction to the overwork that has been imposed on people (in the USA) in recent years. It seems that some people want a different balance between work and the rest of their lives.

When I started work (in England) it was for an Insurance Company, a very boring underpaid job. Nevertheless, work started at 9am, and stopped at 5pm with a one hour lunch break. Those hours were expected to be adhered to, but there was no expectation of overtime, paid or unpaid, and we were never contacted at home. Essentially that was the pattern of work then. Set hours and that's all.

Much later, I worked as a contract computer programmer, and spent 18 months in the USA. There I found people were expected to work 60 hour weeks and were subject to being called in from home at any time. The contractors were paid for every hour worked, but the permanent staff were paid for 40 hours only. I was amazed at the degree of dedication I saw, despite what I felt was extreme exploitation. I predicted that Americans would someday wake up to the way they were being exploited. It seems to have happened.

Thoughts?

Are there any "Lazy Boy" jobs? I mean, other than at a chair factory?

 

[Rival]

I'm a cleaner at my local hospital. I've never wanted to work overhours, make work my life, be some CEO. More interested in being a healthy housewife. If I work for money it's on my terms and I'm not sacrificing my health, mental or physical, for it. Never wanted a 'career'; just want to get by. Working for money doesn't and never will define my life.

 

[mangalavara]

There I found people were expected to work 60 hour weeks and were subject to being called in from home at any time.

That is an example of oppression though not by the government.

The contractors were paid for every hour worked, but the permanent staff were paid for 40 hours only.

That was unjust on the part of the employer regardless of the ‘But they’re paid a salary’ reasoning.

I was amazed at the degree of dedication I saw, despite what I felt was extreme exploitation.

The ol’ Korean... er, Protestant work ethic.

I predicted that Americans would someday wake up to the way they were being exploited. It seems to have happened.

I am glad that your prediction has come true. The exploitation that you witnessed involved oppression. As an American, I believe that my fellow citizens should unite and stand against oppression be it public or private.

I'm a cleaner at my local hospital. I've never wanted to work overhours, make work my life, be some CEO. More interested in being a healthy housewife.

What you are more interested in being is someone who plays an important role in a household and consequently the rest of society. I sometimes wish I were married so that someone could take better care of my residence considering that I work full time.

If I work for money it's on my terms and I'm not sacrificing my health, mental or physical, for it.

This is a good mindset!

Working for money doesn't and never will define my life.

Same here. If the greedy folks want more and more precious money, they can sell crafts on Etsy or something.

 

[JustGeorge]

Here's a link that describes it.

The ‘Lazy-Girl Job’ Is In Right Now. Here’s Why.

Rather than lean in, young workers say they want jobs that can be done from home, come with a cool boss and end at 5 p.m. sharp.

www.wsj.com

Basically it's not about being lazy (that was just an attention getter) but a reaction to the overwork that has been imposed on people (in the USA) in recent years. It seems that some people want a different balance between work and the rest of their lives.

When I started work (in England) it was for an Insurance Company, a very boring underpaid job. Nevertheless, work started at 9am, and stopped at 5pm with a one hour lunch break. Those hours were expected to be adhered to, but there was no expectation of overtime, paid or unpaid, and we were never contacted at home. Essentially that was the pattern of work then. Set hours and that's all.

Much later, I worked as a contract computer programmer, and spent 18 months in the USA. There I found people were expected to work 60 hour weeks and were subject to being called in from home at any time. The contractors were paid for every hour worked, but the permanent staff were paid for 40 hours only. I was amazed at the degree of dedication I saw, despite what I felt was extreme exploitation. I predicted that Americans would someday wake up to the way they were being exploited. It seems to have happened.

Thoughts?

It baffled people that I had no desire to expand in my job... I was working there to pay the bills. If bills became too expensive, I cut them back(you'd be surprised the crap you can live without). I worked the hours I was scheduled to, and I knew what those where ahead of time. When asked if I would pick up a shift, my response was generally to ask what the person had been drinking. (Some of the bosses started asking just to hear what the remark would be.) I liked my bosses; I treated them like people, and they seemed to respond as such.

What you are more interested in being is someone who plays an important role in a household and consequently the rest of society. I sometimes wish I were married so that someone could take better care of my residence considering that I work full time.

Maybe I oughta take a second husband, so he can keep this place clean, while I take care of the kids... (Now I know why Draupadi had 5...) However, the first would strongly object, and I don't think I'd have the energy for two....

Kids leave little time for residence cleaning, and have a lot for residence trashing.

But I suppose not all marriages result in children. And that most children aren't as destructive as my middle one.

 

[Alien826]

People do less and less for their jobs at times when pay increases don't match inflation.

That's called "quiet quitting". Doing just enough so you don't get fired and no more. It got a name recently, but in my experience has been around for much longer. If you don't treat staff well, they will repay you with less effort, but it won't be obvious why productivity has decreased as the staff appear to be working hard. The most productive people are those that consider themselves to be well treated. There are genuinely lazy people too, but that's a different problem.

 

[Alien826]

Are there any "Lazy Boy" jobs? I mean, other than at a chair factory?

This (the description) was started by a woman, but applies to men too.

 

[Alien826]

Maybe I oughta take a second husband, so he can keep this place clean, while I take care of the kids... (Now I know why Draupadi had 5...) However, the first would strongly object, and I don't think I'd have the energy for two....

Maybe two bi-sexual husbands?

 

[JustGeorge]

Maybe two bi-sexual husbands?

That might work, but the one I have isn't.

Though by energy, sexual energy isn't so much the problem.

Husbands are emotional creatures, and require at least as much(if not more) care and attention as children...

Or, at least the one I have does.