What Is 'Gen Z Boss And A Mini' Trend And Why Is It Facing Backlash

Anything that gains popularity on social media is bound to go viral, and its reception—whether positive or negative—largely depends on the audience’s mood. This weekend, a flurry of discussion erupted around “Gen Z boss and a mini,” a catchphrase for a viral video circulating online. The video in question shows female office workers in their 20s raving about how they appear, which has sparked criticism and a discussion about Gen Z. The women in the video are simply participating in a TikTok trend, which, though harmless, has gained significant popularity and sparked a range of opinions, mostly unfavourable.

According to Glamour, the trend started with a seemingly random video featuring a few women. Each woman, to the same oddly captivating music, describes an element of her outfit. The women describe themselves as “boots and a slicked back bun,” “cowboy boots and blowie” and “sambas and a little red bag.”

As a growing number of women and their friends started to follow the trend, the video gained popularity. Certain individuals used personal attributes or bodily descriptions of themselves in addition to their attire while creating their descriptions.

Eventually, several coworkers at the Australian firm TBH Skincare made the decision to take it on. A group of well-dressed women in an office gave the trend its own unique twist in the video.

“Gen Z boss and a mini [skirt],” “five foot three and an attitude,” “secret product and a trench [coat],” “new Frank Green and a sneaky link,” and “fake tan hands and a hoop” are some of the ways the ladies describe themselves.

Why did this video become so popular among all the others following the trend? We might never know.

But what we know is that the Internet had a lot to say about this particular video which also ended up on X (formerly Twitter).

A comment read, “If this were my workplace, I’d be resigning real quick. Lol.”

Another user said, “The lunatics have taken over the asylum.”

A user, in all caps, said, “PLEASE MAKE IT STOP.”

Criticising, a user said, “Sorry I work at a $2B firm that actually gets stuff done, no time for this.”

“Tik-Tok is the plague….”, said yet another user.

The video did not receive much positive reactions on social media platforms.