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USA: Meet 24-year-old Chea who shucks oysters at parties now after she was laid off from tech firm where she worked as data analytics engineer
An American techie, who was recently laid off from her organisation, chose to pursue an alternative career of shucking oysters for partygoers at lavish events.
Hannah Chea worked as a data analytics engineer with Paramount until she was removed from the company in September.
Speaking to CNBC, Chea, who once made a six-figured salary for her tech role, said: "I fully expected this layoff."
“I really like the novelty of it,” Chea said abut her new profession.
She said: “I think it’s crazy to say I only do oyster shucking — in heels. I think I’m a very extroverted person. I really wanted break the monotony of my remote tech job [and] just staring at a computer all day.”
She performs her task of shucking oysters with a catering company named Oysters XO.
Chea declined to share how much she makes shucking oysters, but told CNBC that it’s generally “more than I thought it would be, and it definitely surprised me, which is also why I keep shucking.”
Chea said she was not hurrying up to find another tech job.
“I’m not in a rush to find a new tech job,” Chea said.
“I’ve been taking this time to just think about my life and what’s next,” she said.
She said: “I do feel very happy to have relief from the stress and worries about my job. I think that was such a big stressor, working in tech.”
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