Is ‘rage applying’ the new ‘quiet quitting’ for TikTokers?

PARIS: The grass is always greener somewhere else. This adage fits perfectly with the mood of TikTok advocates of “rage applying.”

This phenomenon consists in applying massively to job offers after something at work causes one serious disappointment, often either due to a lack of increase in salary or poor working conditions.

The concept has gone viral on TikTok. The associated hashtag has even attained more than 2.8 million views.

“I got mad at work and I rage applied to 15 jobs. And then I got a job that gave me a US$25,000 raise. And it’s a great place to work. So keep rage applying. It’ll happen,” explains TikTok user Redweez in a video on the platform that has over 2.3 million views.