I have a job.
This is about anti-work culture, which has grown increasingly cringe and dystopian over the years.
Careerist (adjective): a person whose main concern is for professional advancement, especially one willing to achieve this by any means.
Careerist behavior:
- upholds the status quo no matter how illogical it is
- posting feel-good, non-controversial statements all the time to gain popularity
- virtue-signalling on everything but has no serious personal stake/commitment
- does not tolerate opinions/ideas dissenting from the higher-ups
- does not tolerate critique, sarcasm or satire that challenges the status quo
- treats job as a popularity contest
- tries to get to know people just to exploit their weakness or insecurities
Use cases:
- John is a careerist academic. He only cares about citation counts. All his papers are worthless regurgitation of old ideas and are simply used to attend conferences overseas, and his ideas are not followed-up even by himself.
- Emily is a careerist HR manager. She comes from a very rich family and post fancy trips on her instagram all the time. However, on LinkedIn she posts things such as “you will make it as long as you do a little bit everyday”.
- Tiara is a careerist job-seeker. She posted a congratulatory post on LinkedIn on getting an interview from Google for a UX position. She believes if Google sees her post, then they will be more inclined to accept her. She hid the fact that she was rejected from Google afterwards, but decided to write a sentimental post about rejection on LinkedIn, which I recognized it to be partially plagiarized from the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series.