“Seven years passed but nothing left to me. There was no rise in my salary or position. My ability is\"to be obedient and write reports\", my social relations are \"my leaders and colleagues\". Now I am in my thirties and I feel I am a complete loser,” said a civil servant working in an institution at the municipal level in Shanghai in early 2014, which caused a hot discussion in society.
“碌碌無為過7年,都不知留下了什么。收入7年沒漲,職級7年沒變,能力是‘聽話加寫報告’,社會關系是‘領導加同事’。而人生已到而立之年,深感自己是個loser。”2014年初,一位曾在中國上海某市級機關供職7年的“80后”公務員的辭職自述引發了社會的熱議。