Overview
- Julian Kamps, a 24-year-old influencer known from a TV model show, posted a video after an eight-hour Excel training day saying a 40-hour week leaves him only three and a half evening hours and feels like “no life.”
- His post drew wide attention and polarized responses, with supporters endorsing his frustration over long days and critics portraying it as Gen Z unwillingness to work.
- Kamps said he is considering reducing his hours, and in an interview he described an ideal of working 50 percent at his marketing agency while spending the rest of his time on modeling and video production.
- Reporting frames the issue as a longstanding concern about alienation through work and a desire for autonomy, not a claim of inability to meet job demands.
- Analyses highlight broader questions about productivity and the growing acceptance of part-time choices, noting some argue the greater economic problem is full-time underperformance rather than voluntary reductions in hours.