Ten Years as a Clerk, I’m Taking It Easy, So Why Are You Panicking?

After ten years as a low-ranking civil servant in the system, Lin Zhou sees through the truth of the bureaucratic rat race for promotion, the drain of workplace relationships, and the habit of passing the buck. He awakens to the survival strategy of being a laid-back slacker.

He picks no sides, claims no credit, and takes no blame. He slacks off without getting caught and lies flat without stepping on a landmine. He drifts through work in a laid-back way, yet somehow keeps stumbling into solutions to workplace crises. He doesn't curry favor with leaders or compete with colleagues, but in his everyday slacking, he holds on to his principles and keeps his job, living with a clarity and perspective all his own.

This is a realistic novel about surviving in the bureaucracy, one that rejects the rat race and workplace burnout. It portrays the helplessness, clear-eyed awareness, and survival wisdom of ordinary people in the system, exposing the unspoken rules of human relationships, promotion, and workplace survival. See how a slacker civil servant makes his way through the bureaucracy at the lowest possible cost.