Entering the graduate job hunting season, have you found a job yet?

 

According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education of China, in 2022 it is expected that there will be 10.76 million college graduates in China, a year-on-year increase of 1.67 million. There are reports that this year could be a tougher year for graduates to find jobs.

 

Is it to go to the traditional “good job”, or find a new way to find a new way, where is the way out for everyone?

 

Unexpectedly, a group of young people found a way out in the temple.

 

They really went to work in the temple.

After getting the offer from the temple, Xianxuan, who was born in 1998, quickly quit the house in Shanghai and packed his bags to start a new life in an unfamiliar city.

 

When someone asked her what was the difference in going to work in the temple, she thought about it and said, “It may be that my boss is a mage.”

Before that, she had a job that looked pretty good – as a content planner on a head Internet platform. Pan Pan graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University, and originally thought that he could get a good development in the corresponding industry. However, after suffering five months of beatings in the workplace, she resolutely chose to resign.

“You can think of this position as Party B, which is to accept other people’s money, listen to other people’s dispatch, do other people’s work, and listen to other people’s requirements. I have something I want to insist on, but the client does not approve it, and they can’t give it to them. Make clear requirements. As a result, the whole process is constantly revising, which I think is very pointless.”

 

The salary is not high, the development space is small, and there is no possibility of continuous learning, which is the summary of this job. “I don’t know how much I have discounted when I get it. I feel outrageous when I see the after-tax salary. This money can only guarantee me ‘alive’ in Shanghai.”

 

The sense of meaninglessness and constant internal friction are full of busy daily life. This is not only a panicky first experience in the workplace, but also the real feeling of many young people around her.

At the farewell party, a friend in the advertising industry mentioned his work and said: It is very boring, there is no challenge, and after finishing a project, you cannot get any sense of accomplishment.

Another girl added: “I just mentioned my resignation yesterday.

At this time, panic said to the camera: There are four people here, three of whom are currently not working.

This is the reality some young people are experiencing: wanting to find a job to survive, but also to work meaningfully. Both are too difficult.

After the dinner, the group of young people raised their glasses to wish each other: No matter whether there is a job or not, I hope everyone is happy. This congratulatory sentence is said in bits and pieces, and it is difficult to match the positive meaning it originally contains.

This reminds me of a scene from the Japanese drama “What About the Loose Generations”:

Yes, graduation is not the end, and there are more cruel survival problems to face in the future. There are no filters in reality, and there are rarely bright moments. For young people, the growth process is mostly loss, sadness and meaninglessness.

“Escape from introversion” has become a slogan in the past two years, but how many young people are willing to really leave the system and find another way to live their lives?

 

Facing the influx of a large number of fresh graduates, the “sweet pastry” positions in traditional Internet companies, institutions, and finance industries are bound to evolve into more intense competition.

 

Can you really just jump into this vortex?

 

After resigning in a panic, I stumbled across a tweet from the editor of a monastery recruiting magazine. The recruiting article said:

 

A three-month trial period, free vegetarian meals, and an on-the-job medical examination are arranged. The application requirements require a bachelor’s degree or above (philosophy, Chinese or religious studies are preferred)…

 

“I believe that liberal arts women have seen many posts related to temples on social platforms. When this job was placed in front of me, I understood that my new job search goal appeared!”

After a quick written test and interview, panic received an offer from the temple.

Pan panic is about to officially change from a “Buddhist youth” to a “Buddha youth”. She seemed to have found a new, less curly way.

There are not a few “Buddha youth” like Panpan.

 

The True Story Project last year reported on Hong Xin, a young man who quit his new media job to become a temple librarian.

In his self-report, he mentioned the reasons for his decision to join the temple:

 

After graduating from university, I became a Beijing drifter and became a reporter. I consciously used a little bit of writing to promote the progress of reality and help others, which is also the practice of Tetra Pak. At the beginning of 2020, the new crown epidemic was raging. I lived and worked in my Beijing residence for nearly three months, and I gradually became detached. First, I felt that my current life was boring. Except for going out for purchases, the scope of activities was limited to shared houses and limited public spaces in the community; second, , work requires me to be exposed to a lot of news related to the epidemic every day. Over time, I have accumulated a lot of negative energy, but the way to dispose of it is very limited, which makes me want to escape, to let go, and to experience a different life.

 

Pan panic also said: “Many of my friends have been admitted to the civil service. Although their parents are satisfied, they are not satisfied with this living state. I have taken the exam, but now I don’t want to take the exam because I can’t see my exam. What is the purpose of it. Some things are not very important to me, and I don’t want them. ”

 

Fortunately, panic has the support of parents. “My family thinks that good jobs are high-paying or within the system. The last job was really not very satisfactory to them, so there is no problem with giving up. On the contrary, it is a ‘temple’, which sounds more like a unit than the new media. “

But she wasn’t sure whether she met her parents’ expectations. In the film, panic and friends talk about how to treat the expectations of the elders.

 

Panic joking: “Being responsible to my parents is to provide for their retirement. I don’t want to meet any of their expectations, and don’t have any expectations of me.”

 

Hearing her words, I had a great resonance in front of the screen. Our generation has become accustomed to such a life setting: taking exams, going ashore, entering the workplace, constantly upgrading and fighting monsters, and continuing to the next round of competition.

Looking back at the news of the past few years, the number of people who have taken the postgraduate entrance examination and the public examination has repeatedly hit new highs. The tragedies caused by Dachang 996 and 007 continue to appear on the hot search. Employment, appearance, buying a house… All kinds of anxiety continue to flood into our daily life.

Most young people are rushing to jump on the involution wave because no one dares to fall behind.

 

Anthropologist Xiang Biao once described “involution” as a “topless endless loop that constantly beats itself.”

We are the spinning tops that are constantly beaten, accustomed to participating in competition, but have not really thought about the most fundamental question – how to live my life.

Remember Li Xueqin, who also graduated from Peking University? She said, “I look forward to getting off work every day, and I run away when I’m done. Why can’t someone from Peking University be a waste?”

 

“Trash” is not a kind of negativity, nor is it “laying down”, but an extreme confrontation in the face of endless incomprehension and questioning from the outside world. As panic said in the documentary: “I just don’t want to roll.”

Yes, even those who win at the starting line can choose to live a life that is not expected by others.

 

If you still don’t understand the panic choice, you may ask yourself: am I living the life I want now?

At present, Tanpan, who has entered the temple, is very satisfied with her work, and she finally has her own time.

“Since graduation, I haven’t really lived. Next, I want to adjust my work and leisure time and enter a more continuous writing state… Probably based on such a plan, I feel that I can live here, and I am very interested in this place. life with confidence.”

 

This is our new program, a series of documentary series “Free Growth Live Free” dedicated to answering the questions of contemporary youth. The first episode is called “My Boss is a Mage”, and the protagonist is the girl mentioned in the article. Thanks to her for accepting our shoot, and remember the Slogan of this series: You gotta stand up. Does the old iron stand up? Spring is here, come on.

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