'Lazy girl' | Is this trend an empowering movement or are female workers taking the mick?

The term ‘lazy girl’ has been growing on social media, mostly to describe the way professional women can minimise the amount of work they do whilst continuing to get paid their regular salaries. The phenomenon arose on TikTok, when influencers started to share tips on how to have a stress-free job, whilst still being economically comfortable.

This new term to describe a woman earning a comfortable salary with few job-related worries has gained quick popularity, with the hashtag #lazygirljob garnering 15.6M views on TikTok. But what does it really mean?