Lazy Girl Jobs

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About

Lazy Girl Jobs, also known as the Lazy Girl Job Trend, is an internet slang term that refers to office or work-from-home jobs that often involve little physical activity and social interaction, lax deadlines, no uniform and flexible work hours. The term became popularized on TikTok in mid-2023 around the same time other "girl" TikTok trends and phrases became popular, including girl dinner and "girl math."

Origin

On May 22nd, 2023, TikToker^[1] @gabrielle_judge posted a video where she defines the idea of "lazy girl jobs," saying it's basically a job that you can quiet quit. She goes on to say most lazy girl jobs are remote and "non-technical tech roles," such as marketing associate, account manager and customer success manager. She also describes the jobs as "safe" with flexible hours and says they often pay between $60,000 to $80,000 per year. She then says that she believes "women are not meant to live paycheck to paycheck." She then advertises her "Lazy girl job program," a program she sells on Gumroad.^[2]

Spread

TikToker @Gabrielle_judge continued to post videos about lazy girl jobs over the following weeks, also inspiring other TikTokers to post videos about it. On May 24th, 2023, TikToker^[3] @itsdaniirosee posted a video celebrating her lazy girl job, garnering over 3.7 million views in three months (shown below, left). On May 30th, TikToker^[4] @mexicanjitt posted a video about lazy girl jobs garnering over 5.3 million views in three months (shown below, right).

On July 12th, TikToker^[5] @gabrielle_judge posted a recording of FOX News discussing lazy girl jobs (shown below). In August, the term was discussed increasingly in the media. On August 8th, Bloomberg^[6] published an article titled, "What ‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ Say About Gen Z." On August 10th, USA Today^[7] published an article titled, "'Girl math,' 'lazy girl job' and 'girl dinner': Why do we keep adding 'girl' to everything?" On August 11th, Narcity^[8] reported on the term.