What are lazy girl jobs?
Fuelled in part by the ever-so-temporary shift in the power of workers during the Great Resignation, lazy girl jobs are emerging as a new employment aspiration for people that have ceased to find meaning in their work.

Many are seeking out remote jobs that require minimum effort, participating in a flourishing anti-work culture that promotes putting your foot down on arduous tasks and the unbalanced work-life seesaw.

With over 18 million views on the #lazygirljob hashtag, lazy girl jobs are part of a new TikTok work trend driven by day-in-the-life content of tech employees and stay-at-home-girlfriends who rebuff working for someone else and embrace “being the office baddie” in a post-burnout work era.

The death of the girlboss
Lazy girls aren't lazy at work just for the sake of being lazy. Instead, they are disconnecting from centring their identities around their careers and what they contribute in the workplace. They are reclaiming their time to focus on personal pursuits and their own dreams.

Whether that's pursuing side hustles, embracing a “soft life” or rejecting the idea of being an overworked and underpaid girl boss, Gen Zers, in particular, are coming into their careers at a time when work environments are experiencing a reset. So it makes sense that Gen Z go-getters are responding to this shift with an ethos of anti-ambition

"I believe if you want to go full force in something, it should be for yourself. It shouldn't be for another person's company," said Gabrielle Judge, the figurehead of the Lazy Girl movement  "Don't go all in and work overtime and stuff like that if it's for someone else's dream."

The future of the anti-work movement
While it’s clear that these new workplace dynamics aren't going away anytime soon, 46% of Gen Zers and 37% of Gen Y are still looking to take on a second job – hinting at the fact that many simply cannot afford to choose a lazy job and have no choice but to be present in the workplace.

More telling, however, is the fact that given current economic realities a lot of employees aren't entirely comfortable exiting the career ladder to focus entirely on personal pursuits. Instead, young people are looking for a cushy fallback that offers them the opportunity to focus on what they really care about.

As 56% of 18-24-year-olds say they’d quit their job if it kept them from enjoying their lives, lazy girl ambitions appear to be more about regaining autonomy at a time when workloads can be unbalanced and unrealistic. In the end, this shift in mindset signals a future of work that takes into account employee wellbeing as well as hitting career goals and milestones. It's all about balance.