Getting revenge on a ruthless boss is the whole lot rage amongst bored employees of generation Z and millennials.
The #RageApplying trend, which has emerged online as a latest viral form of workplace revenge, inspires overworked, missed, unappreciated and underpaid staff to mass-submit their resumes to job advertisements to secure more suitable positions – which frequently include handsome pay raises , flexible working hours and the ability to earn a living from home.
“I got mad at work and Rage applied to about 15 jobs. After which I got a job that gave me a $25,000 raise,” raved the 29-year-old TikToker, practically referred to as @RedWeez, in her social media testimonial, which has amassed over 2.4 million views.
“So use your rage,” she encouraged in conclusion.
![Overworked and underappreciated Millennials and Gen Z employees retaliate against their bosses with rage in many jobs in hopes of getting a new job with better benefits.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/NYPICHPDPICT000007402643.jpg?w=1024)
While it isn’t a latest concept, as a buzzword, “applying rage” is so simple as it sounds.
Frustrated participants in the #RageApply craze, which has garnered over 13.3 million views on TikTok, are applying to multiple job openings in hopes of landing their dream job.
And like the popular “Quit Quiet” and “Malicious Compliance” movements – retaliatory tactics utilized by burnt-out employees to punish their superiors for unfair treatment – the rage-inducing mania erupted in the ongoing era of Great Resignation.
In 2021-2022, amid serious concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, a complete of 85 million U.S. staff resigned voluntarily from work, in line with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2021 Mass Exodus Dynamics Report found that inadequate wages, limited profession advancement opportunities and lack of respect in the workplace were the most important reasons for staff abandoning their positions.
![As of 2021, over 85 million Americans have left their jobs due to unfair pay and mistreatment in the workplace.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/NYPICHPDPICT000007402647.jpg?w=1024)
And in line with a study conducted in November 2022 by Cengage Group, an academic technology company, as many as 85% of individuals who quit their jobs attempting to take up alternative employment they were joyful with their latest roles.
For Lisa Crist, a millennial mom from Indiana, furious helped catapult her from a job she had been confined to for nine years to a position that offered “so much extra money” and a “completely distant” work schedule.
And the hot corporate strategy shouldn’t be only about increasing popularity amongst twenties and thirties on American soil.
![A finance specialist named Sanjna, 28, furiously applied to a job that offered a promotion and a $50,000 pay raise.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/NYPICHPDPICT000007402633.jpg?w=615)
Sanjna, a 28-year-old finance skilled from Sydney, Australia, has amassed over 135,000 views on TikTok after revealing that she successfully increased her annual salary by $50,000 with the rage app.
“When I knew I wasn’t going to get a promotion in my Big 4 job, I furiously volunteered,” Sanjna explained to her 17,400 followers. “I reached out to all the recruiters who had come to me before and told them I was searching for a job again.”
Inside per week, she landed an executive position at a widely known bank that was part of the Big 4 accounting firms in the world – Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
“Sometimes you wish something that will not go your way,” Sanjna said, “[in order] realize that something higher is waiting for you only around the corner.”