Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds
For a daily fee of between 30 and 50 yuan ($4-$7), these companies offer desks, Wi-Fi, coffee, lunch, and an atmosphere that mimics any work environment.
According to a report in Beijing Youth Daily, although there are no contracts or bosses, some firms simulate them: fictitious tasks are assigned and supervisory rounds are even organized.
For a fee, the theatricality can reach unimaginable levels, from pretending to be a manager with his own office to staging episodes of rebellion against a superior.
I can see many use cases. Here’s one.
Imagine Joe.
Joe makes well over $250k/year doing furry porn livestreams. Nobody knows Joe’s face but they are intimately familiar with his penis and anal sphincter.
Joe doesn’t want to explain to his friends and family what he does for a living.
Joe deepfakes himself a career.
His deeply conservative parents are very proud of Joe.
Found no furry porn posts on your account. I am the disappoint.
my alt account be like…
What an example.
Well my name’s not Joe, so I don’t think this is doxxing.
Wait, he does furry porn livestreams and also shows his body off? Got, uh, a link? For theorycrafting purposes
Jo gets deepdived by a dozen people. No … not the title of the next furry porn, just what is happening now on Lemmy.
This is dystopian on so many levels, I need a branded powerpoint to explain them.
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Finally, a third space!
Coffee and lunch for $4-7/day?
I’m in.Anyone else read the headline and think it’s about going to a real job but just scrolling the Fediverse all day?
I did, and I am.
I too chose this guys dead career
finally, no gaps on my resume
In the West, this is called a coworking space and people work on their ‘startup’.
I wish I could pay those prices for a co-working space! Wow, it is so cheap.
Wasn’t this a whole episode of what we do in the shadows?
From what I hear, Japan kind of does this too or maybe I heard wrong. Idk. Maybe the long hours are still around?
not all companies, but companies trying to fire an employee till they willigly quit will force them to do remidial stuff. due to strong labor laws in japan, its required that BOTH the company and employee agree to quit/get laid off to actually be an official transaction. its part of the reason why an employee might feel like theyre stuck in a company their entire life.
emphasis again, this does NOT apply to all companies
Thx for finally explaining this for me. I’ve not quite understood it till now.
Not knowing this detail made some Japan stories very odd.its more or less the pro/con of strong labor laws vs at will.
strong labor laws guarantees both sides will have some body to work a position, but theyre almost handcuffed together forever, so its extremely imperative to find the correct candidate.
at will has poor job security, but you have the freedom to get out of the contract with the other party as long as its not a protected reason. at will lets people jump jobs more often which is better for increasing your pay. but it has a shit saftey net, so the people at the bottom struggle.
Chaining someone to a job sounds more like indenture than strong labour laws.
Actually strong labour laws let employees choose to work for a different employer, while requiring the employer to have a valid reason to dismiss the employee.
For a fee, the theatricality can reach unimaginable levels, …to staging episodes of rebellion against a superior.
Okay, the whole trend is bizarre, but this is especially wild.
Does the “rebellion” happen in just one day, or over a longer period of time? I could see this being very cathartic for someone who hates their boss and can’t afford an expensive vacation.
I read this and thought “This would be an incredible training simulation for union organizing”.
I’m guessing it’s just a fun gimmick to blow off steam. But overall, I approve. I genuinely think more people should role play standing up for themselves to practice the skills.
japan, korea both have busy work.
4-7$? So I can basically save a little in the west, and live a stressfree life there? (When ignoring the CCP etc. ofc)
Damn. I thought these kinds of things only exist for a fully automated society, where AI and robots replace all the jobs, and everybody gets UBI. Some people might have nothing else to do, so they voluntarily go to (role play) work so they have a predictable life filled with purpose.
Did you read the article? They’re sold as a productive workspace for job seekers.
It must be nice not having to have a real job for healthcare.
