I’ve been seeing a lot about “Lazy girl jobs,” which are well-paying jobs that allow for so much flexibility, someone doesn’t have to work too hard. It’s all about focusing on work-life balance. It’s a TikTok trend. It’s not limited to young female employees either–it’s basically quiet quitting.
For employees that can get away with this, fantastic. But what if these aren’t just people on TikTok? What if these are your employees? What do you do with ones that want the “lazy girl” job and lifestyle that comes with it?
Let them know that hours worked make a difference in their income
Most likely, if you have multiple employees, the ones who opt for the “lazy girl” approach won’t perform as well as those who put more into it. And you don’t need to feel guilty or worry about promoting and rewarding those who perform better.
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This is so wrong Suzanne. How about judging people by results and not by number of hours worked? You sound like you’re happy to pay more to someone who takes nine hours to do what someone else can do in seven.
Contrary to what the Commenter called The Wall of Creativity is implying, this article is addressing how to distinguish workers who want to continue the upward movement of their career work-life in the company and know that each worker contributes to making the team performance a priority while at work. Not all jobs are timed performance requiring x amount of results in a limited period. To achieve upward movement and higher pay compensation does require a higher effort beyond getting a title and getting a title doesn’t eliminate work just a change in job duties which means accepting responsibility for more than just your effort. Managing others involves a great deal of responsibility to develop those under your supervision and you can’t do that by just issuing orders and not following up to help get them to complete the job, and you have done more than criticize what they did wrong.
As for dealing with the lazy person’s attitude to do the least amount of work in the most amount of time, just make sure that in the performance reviews given that they understand the differences in performances on the job that will get them the most pay increase versus the minimum and leave the option to get more up to them as their decision. Eventually, any logical person will want more money and maybe a promotion but just showing up to work doesn’t guarantee anything but a paycheck as contracted. Results do matter in the long run
We had this exact problem recently, thankfully resolved with a good outcome for all parties.
I think there is a noticeable difference in young people today and what they are willing to do/accept in terms of work compared to the past…
For example, I have a younger sister, and many of her friend group refuse to hold down full-time jobs for any length of time as they deem them boring or as not paying him enough to be worth it. Many of them would rather sell themselves on ticktock or onlyfans, it’s really sad.
Not sure what the answer is but there will always be people that want to strive and those who don’t.