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The Unspoken Reality of Having a Good Job at 31 in China | Damon Teng
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Maybe I’d get a different job. Leaving the private tech industry is “risky” insomuch as he might have to take a job that paid less, like for instance working as a teacher, which is what he said he probably would have done had he not been in the right place at the right time when he entered the workforce. The industry he’s in pays very well but is very competitive and demanding. Money isn’t everything.
it fascinates me to no end that the work hours he describes are illegal in the country, but so pervasive nonetheless that its effects are transparently reflected on rednote and weibo.
like @manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml i too have had to jump from job to job and i always attributed the lack of stability as the result of the epstein classes' short term outlooks; but seeing a country full of people w significantly stronger social safety nets as well as significantly expanded worker protections have just as much instability driven angst as much as i do has been eye opening and troubling.
i'm no longer in such an industry myself and my current job is significantly below market rate for my skillset so i can attest that the lack nor abundance of competitiveness and/or demand have any bearing on the precariousness of work in this country.
My understanding is that it’s pervasive only in certain tech industries in certain special economic zones, so on the whole it’s uncommon.
i was aware of those economic zones and i sooth my anxiety with the conclusion that it's the social expectations related to making the most money that is driving up the angst of the workers within the closest thing that this world has to a workers paradise instead of a dysfunctional short-term oriented job market that i'm forced to contend with to keep a roof over my head and food on the table.