MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoChina’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’www.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down14file-text
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Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThey have an interesting strategy where they workout expenses for the year if they lived minimal. It might be 9k. So they work for a few months and save up that money then quit their job and “lay flat” for the rest of the year.
minus-squarerynzcycle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoHonestly, that sounds amazing, and illustrates why, “can you explain this gap on your resume” is such a bull shit interview question.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAlthough this only works when you’re not living a minimal existence, paycheck-to-paycheck. The next step will be to pay them less.
They have an interesting strategy where they workout expenses for the year if they lived minimal. It might be 9k. So they work for a few months and save up that money then quit their job and “lay flat” for the rest of the year.
Honestly, that sounds amazing, and illustrates why, “can you explain this gap on your resume” is such a bull shit interview question.
Although this only works when you’re not living a minimal existence, paycheck-to-paycheck.
The next step will be to pay them less.