‘Rage-applying’ is the new job trend that’s working wonders for employee salaries

Quiet quitting is so 2022 – or so a section of the internet would have you believe. A group of viral TikTokers is advocating “rage-applying” as the new workplace trend to land high-paying jobs.

According to a report in Fortune, TikTok user “Redweez” said in a video in early December that she had managed to get a $25,000 raise through rage-applying. She is not alone in endorsing the method.

Redweez, who describes herself as a “Canadian millennial” working in social media marketing, told her followers: “I got mad at work, and I rage-applied to, like, 15 jobs. And then I got a job that gave me a $25,000 raise, and it’s a great place to work. So keep rage-applying. It’ll happen.”

Rage-applying essentially refers to employees who are dissatisfied with their current role applying to several other places. For people who feel unappreciated or underutilised in the workplace, it has become a source of comfort and hope of landing a better-paying job.