There is a widespread feeling that in China, Discipline and hard work are part of their culture. Not working is often seen as a lack of social responsibility, especially among young people.
Between parents and educators, the … extreme discipline, favoring studies and work over leisure. Because ultimately Chinese society has a high expectations of young people work intensely, associating unemployment or poor performance with personal failure.
All this set of circumstances has meant that there is Chinese people paying for a service who could be described as curious, to say the least. A news item which was commented on in A Chinese and a Half, the space of Jiajun Yin.
pretend to work
“In China you pay to pretend to work», Reveals this Chinese, who echoes the information that has gone viral in his country recently, through which a company simulates that you work.
“You go there, you pay and then they give you some kind of card, they give you a computer… And there you are, They take pictures of you so you can send them to your family and they can see that you are working.», he reveals between two laughs.
The reason? Jiajun Yin comments that it is quite possible that some young people think of their parents when they attend this service. “I don’t have a job, but I tell my parents I have a job, so I go over there to take some pictures,” he admits of the way some people can act.
Next to him, on the table is Julio Ceballos, business consultant in Chinaas well as the author of books such as “Looking at Rice Culture: How to Inhabit a World Led by China.” He analyzes why this behavior of the Chinese is due.
“They decided to get out of the wheel, but they can’t say it or they don’t say it”
“These Gen Z people who grew up in China in abundance, who did not know hunger, scarcity or insecurity, who had all kinds of material comforts, understands that there is more to life than just working, something more than constant effort. Value free time, value rest, conciliation.
As Julio Ceballos says, “they have decided not to get behind the wheel anymore, but they can’t say it or they don’t say it”, especially because of what was mentioned above about the general perception that exists in the country associated with work and effort.
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