▲ 990 ▼ China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 232 comments fedilink hide all child comments Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) What? This illustrates exactly why it’s an important question. If you’re responsible for hiring are you going to hire someone who has gaps in their resume or someone that’s been consistently working? The person with gaps on their resume is more likely to quit on you. You aren’t going to hire someone who looks like they will quit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The actual solution is to figure out why work sucks so hard that people find loopholes like this to get around it. If i can work 4 months out of the year and take care of myself, why would you want to eork any more? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Agreed but employers don’t care. They are the ones with the power. Having you work 60 hours a week is a means of control. If you quit there is a line of people out there that’s willing to take the job. Employers know this and exploit it. If you think you can change this power dynamic then go for it, but there are too many desperate people out there for that to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) one of the problems of modern work environments is that workplaces get saturated with people who actually should leave but don't. It is a bullshit question even if (like many modern problems) it would make sense if we were still in an era where corporations valued long term employees and mutual loyalty was a thing that existed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Loyalty or not employers aren’t going to bother hiring someone they know is going to walk out in a month or two. That’s why they ask the question. It isn’t rocket science. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The actual solution is to figure out why work sucks so hard that people find loopholes like this to get around it. If i can work 4 months out of the year and take care of myself, why would you want to eork any more? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Agreed but employers don’t care. They are the ones with the power. Having you work 60 hours a week is a means of control. If you quit there is a line of people out there that’s willing to take the job. Employers know this and exploit it. If you think you can change this power dynamic then go for it, but there are too many desperate people out there for that to happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Agreed but employers don’t care. They are the ones with the power. Having you work 60 hours a week is a means of control. If you quit there is a line of people out there that’s willing to take the job. Employers know this and exploit it. If you think you can change this power dynamic then go for it, but there are too many desperate people out there for that to happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) one of the problems of modern work environments is that workplaces get saturated with people who actually should leave but don't. It is a bullshit question even if (like many modern problems) it would make sense if we were still in an era where corporations valued long term employees and mutual loyalty was a thing that existed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Loyalty or not employers aren’t going to bother hiring someone they know is going to walk out in a month or two. That’s why they ask the question. It isn’t rocket science. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Loyalty or not employers aren’t going to bother hiring someone they know is going to walk out in a month or two. That’s why they ask the question. It isn’t rocket science. permalink fedilink source parent