Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds

Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds

For a daily fee of between 30 and 50 yuan ($4-$7), these companies offer desks, Wi-Fi, coffee, lunch, and an atmosphere that mimics any work environment.

According to a report in Beijing Youth Daily, although there are no contracts or bosses, some firms simulate them: fictitious tasks are assigned and supervisory rounds are even organized.

For a fee, the theatricality can reach unimaginable levels, from pretending to be a manager with his own office to staging episodes of rebellion against a superior.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1661·
    7 days ago

    I can see many use cases. Here’s one.

    Imagine Joe.

    Joe makes well over $250k/year doing furry porn livestreams. Nobody knows Joe’s face but they are intimately familiar with his penis and anal sphincter.

    Joe doesn’t want to explain to his friends and family what he does for a living.

    Joe deepfakes himself a career.

    His deeply conservative parents are very proud of Joe.