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China
China’s youngsters are now ‘retiring’ outside cities
Young workers in China are increasingly opting for early “retirement,” retreating to rural areas as they struggle to navigate the country’s ...
Carl Samson
Business
Asian American woman touts balancing family and business as sole breadwinner
Ellen Yin, an Asian American business owner based in Oregon, recently opened up about the pressures and joys of being the sole breadwinner f...
Editorial Staff
Asia
Bangladesh parliament dissolved after prime minister flees to India
Bangladesh’s political landscape faces a seismic shift after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India following weeks of inte...
Number of Japanese seniors looking for jobs doubled in 10 years: report
The number of Japanese people aged 65 and above looking for jobs has more than doubled in the past decade, according to a new report. Not re...
Bryan Ke
Study
Asian American workers most likely to be replaced by AI, study reveals
Asian workers face the highest risk of displacement at 24% compared to their white, Black and Hispanic counterparts. ...
Ryan General
Social Media
Viral #quietquitting advocate has quit his job and the idea of ‘quiet quitting’
“I was all for the idea of withholding labor from companies who don’t care about us” ...
Japanese workers use ‘job-leaving agents’ to quit without shame
Clients of such service providers have brought up a variety of other workplace issues that range from improper hygiene practices to animal a...
Chinese woman quits job of 15 years to become ‘full-time daughter’ for $565 a month
Nianan, a 40-year-old Chinese woman, quit her job to work as a “full-time daughter” for her parents. Before the transition, Nianan worked a...
Iris Jung
Chinese woman becomes cleaner, now owns 2 houses and cars
University graduate Liu Xiaoli told Chinese media outlet Ding Duan Xin Wen (Top News) on Tuesday that she quit her administrative job to be...
Man shares how he finally landed his Google job after nearly a decade of trying in viral Instagram post
Instagram user Advin Roy Netto (@advinroynetto), who has been applying for a job at Google since 2013, posted a video on Friday about final...
Isa Peralta
Issues & Racism
‘I am racist’: Man dismissed from job after going viral for hurling anti-Asian remarks in England
An investigation is underway after a man was captured in a viral video hurling racist remarks at an Asian couple in Bolton, England, during...
Michelle De Pacina
News
Shopee revokes Chinese engineer’s job offer right after he relocates for almost $10,000
A 28-year-old Chinese engineer found himself stuck in Singapore with his wife and their dog after e-commerce company Shopee rescinded his j...
27-year-old Chinese man struggles to find a job because of his youthful appearance
A 27-year-old Chinese man has been unable to attain a job for years due to his young appearance. Many companies have rejected the man due ...
Rebecca Moon
Studio Ghibli is Looking For a New Digital Artist for $2,250 a Month
Studio Ghibli, the legendary production team behind some of the most memorable anime in all of cinematic history, is on the hunt for a new d...
Woman in China Thinks She’s Too Beautiful to Work, Begs for Money Instead
A 30-year-old unnamed woman from Lijiang in southwest China’s Yunnan Province is making headlines claiming that she is “too beautiful to wor...
Boss Won’t Let Japanese Salaryman Go Home to Sick Wife, His Response is LEGENDARY
Japanese husbands have the unfair reputation of being office workaholics who show very little appreciation to their wives. Such stereotypes...
In China, You Now Need a Bachelor’s Degree to Become a Toilet Manager
It’s not apparently easy to land a job as a toilet manager in one of the districts in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei province. ...
Civil Rights
Vietnamese Dad Humiliated By HR Employee Because of His English Skills Finally Gets a Job
Last month, Seattle resident Emily Huynh tweeted about an incident where an HR director sent a horribly unprofessional email to her father a...
Heather Johnson Yu
Vietnamese Dad Insulted By Company for His English Gets Apology, Hiring Manager Fired
Nearly 24 hours after Emily Huynh tweeted a racist email from a potential employer to her father, the company has stated that the offending ...
World
Aspiring Teacher in India Commits Suicide After Landing Only Housekeeping Job
An aspiring Indian teacher was found dead in his home in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district. Tanu Mistry committed suicide by ha...
Kyle Encina
Thai Amputee Gets ‘Best Job in Thailand’ Earning $30,000 a Month
An amputee from Thailand who lost both of her legs in a horrible accident in Singapore in 2011 recently landed herself a new job that many a...
Jobless South Korean Millennials Are So Broke They Eat Only One Meal a Day
Unemployed young adults in South Korea are taking thrifty to the extreme by eating as little as once each day. The news comes from a survey ...
South Koreans Spend Years Studying for Insane Exams But Still Can’t Find Jobs
Once among Asia’s brightest economies, South Korea has slowed its growth in recent years, leaving such a strong impact on the nation’s youth...
Bangladeshi Sewer Cleaner Possibly Has the Crappiest Job Ever
Some people might loath their day jobs, that is, until they lay eyes on one of the most disgusting and putrid jobs in the entire world. Meet...
China’s Tencent Paid an Employee Almost Double What Apple’s Highest Paid Earned
Chinese tech firm Tencent, owner of the messenger app WeChat, was recently revealed to have paid some impressively high salaries last year, ...
Shanghai Company Looking to Hire ‘Professional Sleepers’
While you’d probably get sacked if you get caught sleeping on the job, this new position offered by a Shanghai dietary company will not only...
King Malleta
Japanese Job Will Pay You $440 A DAY to Nap in a Robot Suit
A job that pays ridiculously well for one of the most pleasurable activities known to man has just been posted. In line with the upcoming re...
U.S. Labor Department Accuses Oracle of Discrimination Against Women, Blacks and Asians
A Silicon Valley tech firm is in danger of losing federal contracts worth millions of dollars due to allegations of compensation discriminat...
Most Anime Workers Make So Little Money That They Are Living With Their Parents To Save Money
While anime is known to be a billion dollar industry that enjoys a massive global audience, not many are aware that most workers involved in...
Singaporean Company is Paying Someone $14,000 to Drink Beer for 4 Hours
After receiving more than 13,500 online applications for their ‘Probably The Best Job’ campaign, Carlsberg Singapore has finally chosen five...
Retiring Manager Epically Roasts His Bosses in Honest Exit Questionaire
After 35 years of working at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 58-year-old Michael Stuban felt it was time for him to retire. Before he ...
Interns Try to Fight Their Company’s Strict Dress Code — Immediately Regrets it
A group of interns who dared to challenge a company’s strict dress code got an unexpected response after the employers decided to fire...
Lifestyle
This 20-Year-Old Used Her Tinder Profile to Find a Job and It’s Actually Working
One clever college student decided to turn to Tinder after struggling to find a job the traditional way. Jessica Anderson, a 20-year-old int...
Man Who Hustled Airbnb For a $250,000 Salary Reveals How to Dominate a Job Interview
As an engineer, Haseeb Qureshi hustled Airbnb’s starting-pay package from $120,000 to $250,000. Qureshi, a former professional poker p...
Google Will Pay You $20 an Hour to Put Your Life in the Hands of Their Self-Driving Cars
Google is looking to pay some candidates $20 an hour to sit in the driver’s seats of their self-driving cars and collect data on how the ca...
Laura Dang
Florida Beer Company Will Pay 3 Interns $12,000 To Travel, Party and Drink Beer
Calling all beer drinkers who want to make money doing what they do best. A Florida-based chain of craft beer taverns called World of Beer ...
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