Are You Annoyed by Your Boss? Viral Workplace Trend Shows Employees ‘Selling’ Managers on E-Commerce Site | Trends

Many people have complained about their jobs and how much stress they feel because of it. And if the workplace is toxic, that can be an additional burden. So, to reduce this stress, people in China are putting their bosses, coworkers, and jobs up for sale on second-hand e-commerce platforms. Yes, you read that right.

In an attempt to “wash off the smell of work,” young people in China are joking about “selling” their jobs and bosses on Alibaba’s second-hand e-commerce platform, Xianyu. The feeling of physical and mental exhaustion after a demanding day at work is called “work smell.” It’s commonly used to describe odors like cigarette smoke, subway sweat or the aroma of an iced Americano, the South China Morning Post reported. (Also read: Woman says her 12-hour corporate job makes her feel like a ‘dead puppet.’ People respond)

According to the website, more than 500 ads offer “annoying jobs,” “terrible bosses,” and “hated coworkers” for prices ranging from 2 yuan to 80,000 yuan ( ₹22 to ₹9,00,000).

One Beijing seller posted an offer: “I will sell a friend who is very good at being sarcastic for 3,999 yuan (approx. ₹45,000.) I can teach you how to deal with this colleague and give you 10 tips to avoid being a scapegoat at work.

Another man put his “terrible boss” up for sale for 500 yuan (almost ₹5,000), saying that his boss’s regular criticism of him caused him severe mental stress and that their personalities did not get along. For 10 yuan ( ₹110), another salesman from Beijing presented a document regarding a project that needed to be completed that evening.

Interestingly, sellers guarantee that the ads do not result in an actual financial exchange. In the event that a buyer buys the “product,” the seller usually backs out of the deal immediately after the sale is made or simply rejects the request. (Also read: Employee Treated Like a “Pest” by Boss After He Had to Leave Due to Injury. Here’s What Happened)

“Someone had paid before, but I applied for a refund and then removed the listing. This is just my way of venting my emotions, not actually buying or selling to anyone,” the seller told the South China Morning Post.

She added, “I saw many people selling their works on Xianyu and thought it was interesting, so I wanted to try it. Selling my work, which has no weekends, for only 9.9 yuan seems like a small act of revenge.”

Following this trend, Xianyu took to Weibo to say that it is against the law to sell products to someone without their consent.