Gen Z are sharing their unhinged hacks to surviving their toxic jobs, including CCing fake lawyers and being maliciously compliant

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• Gen Z is tackling their toxic jobs not by talking to HR or their therapist—but rather returning the favor to their employers with toxic-coping practices like malicious compliance and revenge quitting. With limited job security, high costs of living, and few attractive alternatives, many young people feel stuck—and these hacks are how they’re making it through. 

Gen Z is fed up with toxic workplaces where micromanagement and dismissed ideas are treated as the norm.