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Not satire: https://www.fastcompany.com/91357784/what-is-a-micro-retirement-inside-the-latest-gen-z-trend
But they specify that unlike PTO, this is an unpaid time off, which can be a break inbetween jobs or a unpaid vacation.
Still fucking ridiculous to call it "micro-retirement"
Soon we will hear how gen z is having nano-retirements every 5 days of work that can include 2 days of no work and often destructive behaviour such as parties and binge watching tv.
What about those eight hours at night? I mean people hardly even think about work while they are dreaming.
I think its called a nightmare usually
You mean my pico-retirement? Sometimes i lay thinking awake before i start it and yes, sometimes I have thought about work during it and yes sometimes I think about what the day holds just after coming out of it - but that's why you need to have a nano-retiremtent after every four to five pico-reti's you know.
I also try to stack them if I found myself to occupied with work. I'll allow myself a pico during a nano for example, instead of raving all night I choose to do some self-care. It's really about finding the right balance. Please leave a like and subscribe for more meaningful insights.
We need to abolish zepto-retirements (thinking about anything that isn't work while not yet retired)
Don't be too quick to judge what previous generations referred to as a lunch break, a replenished body can really help keep the workers functioning! ;)
Literally time theft, off with your head!
It's bad enough they get your waking life for minimum wage, but now they get your dreams for free.
I once had a dream that Steve Irwin had come in and wanted a tattoo of a budgie. Does that count?
Sounds like a billable hour to me.
Marketplace also covered the trend recently. They described it more as taking a few months to even a year or two off from work unpaid