Viral TikTok trend 'Lazy Girl Jobs' sparks Gen Z debate on work-life balance

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Young women have been sharing on TikTok their experiences of doing work that is less demanding but pays well

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Published: Thu 13 Jul 2023, 10:44 AM

Last updated: Wed 18 Sep 2024, 3:01 PM

In today’s fast-paced world, the quest is on for work-life balance. As Michelle Obama, former US First Lady, once said, “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to-do’ list.” And while the young workforce is trying to find ways to strike the perfect balance, a section of women is swearing by the latest trend on TikTok — “Lazy Girl Jobs”.

Women have been sharing their experiences of doing “Lazy Girl Jobs”, or work that is less demanding but pays well. The trend has taken over social media with some arguing that it is an effective way to strike a work-life balance.

According to the Business Insider, the “Lazy Girl Jobs” is defined as a low-stress job which doesn’t require you to put much effort but still offers a decent salary.

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It became a hit after Gabrielle Judge, 26, shared a video on the social media platform in May.

In the video, Judge shared some career advice and explained how one could draw a good salary at some jobs without working much, the report added.

“I'm a big fan of 'lazy girl jobs. There's a lot of jobs out there where you could make $60,000 (Dh 220379.40) to $80,000 (Dh 293839.20), so pretty comfortable salaries, and not do that much work,” Judge said.

@gabrielle_judge Career advice for women who don’t know what remote job to apply to. You can bay your bills at not feel tired at the end of the day. Women are here to collect those pay checks and move on from the work day. We have so much more fun stuff happeneing in our 5-9 that is way more important than a boss that you hate. #corporatejobs #jobsearchhacks #remoteworking #antihustleculture #9to5 ♬ original sound - Gabrielle👸🏻

Speaking to news.com.au, Judge said that she started “the trend ‘Lazy Girl Jobs’, which is just a way to describe jobs with work-life balance”. Judge said that she added the word "lazy" to the term because such jobs offer “so much work-life balance it should feel as if you are almost operating at a lazy state when compared to the American Hustle culture”.

@gabrielle_judge Ahhh I’m so excited to announce I’m launching a program to fully automate your job application process so you can secure your next role today! Lazy girl jobs are safe, remote, HIGH paying jobs that we all get to have this year. Financial stability and safe working environments are our first step as women to increase our well being. So we can then step into our other goals! #resumetemplate #jobhuntingtips #quietquitting #interviewprep #coverletterwriting #techrecruiter #highpayingjobs ♬ original sound - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯

After Judge, many women started sharing what their “Lazy Girl Jobs” entailed. A person went viral on TikTok for saying that she makes a “bomb salary” for doing a “lazy girl” job. “I get paid a bomb salary to talk to no one, take breaks whenever I want and be an office baddie,” she wrote, according to the New York Post.

Another TikToker revealed that her “lazy girl” job involves sitting at the desk from 9 to 4 and posting invoices “in my own time”. The woman also shared that she enjoys Netflix and TikTok and gets paid “decently an hour”. One woman claimed that does “copy and paste”, takes five calls a day, and still earns a “nice salary”.