“Shrekking” is the latest viral term to describe dating someone you’re not really attracted to in the hopes they will treat you well in return. (After all, it worked out for Princess Fiona.) But then, plot twist: The person beneath your standards still ends up breaking your heart. In other words? All ogre, no princess treatment.

Applying for jobs often feels like dating—so might a similar trend exist in people’s professional lives?

Well, just like some give up on finding their dream man, workers also sometimes stop chasing their dream job (if such a thing ever really existed). Instead, they sometimes pursue more drab, “boring” jobs that they feel are less flashy or impressive, or perhaps beneath them in some way, in the hopes of a trade-off: maybe better pay, better benefits, more stabil

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