Current Events > Some people have been quiet-quitting their entire lives.

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does that describe u

No
I just make everyone else think I work hard by appearing to be overworked and sper stressed out all the time so that they offer to do more work to help me
So like I do 20% max of my workrated

Quiet quitting isn't a real thing

idk that means but it's probably stupid.

You either quit or you don't.

Quiet Quitting sounds like it'd describe disappearing without a trace.

What is quiet quitting?

Turbam posted...

What is quiet quitting?

Going home when your shift is over and being done with work until you go back in

Turbam posted...

What is quiet quitting?

Propaganda statement by the rich to shame you for only doing your job and not multiples peoples' jobs.

Turbam posted...

What is quiet quitting?

I think it started with the Chinese Tang Ping movement which basically meant lower your expectations, live modestly, don't go feral trying to compete in the rat race.
Then there was Bai Lan which means something like Let It Rot. I'm pretty sure they were trying to scrub mentions of this from the internet a while ago. It's where you go in and do the absolute bare minimum. People bought it here and named it Quiet Quitting which doesn't have as much weight to it.

I'm fairly confident 'quiet quitting' does not directly descend from 'bai lan', although their causes are certainly similar

Turbam posted...

What is quiet quitting?

Doing a lot less work than what is expected, calling out sick/using rest of PTO or anything like that then just leaving until they fire you or you go do this shit at another job.

I quiet quit my old job. But it was purely because I knew they were going to be assholes and let go of a lot of people out of the blue. I started to figure that, let's say about 6 months beforehand when they started asking my department to compile backups of every project we had worked on...keep in mind this was completely out of nowhere & not in our scope of work to this extent. Add that in with new upper management, re organizing etc. I could see the writing on the wall. 5 min day of meeting heads up layoffs of 60+ people online...Those 6 months of "work" were very lax for me to say the least. I already had another job lined up during this 6 month period & just collected severance pay & stuck it out.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Doing a lot less work than what is expected, calling out sick/using rest of PTO or anything like that then just leaving until they fire you or you go do this shit at another job.

That's not quiet quitting.

As others said, it's just doing your job and nothing more. If you were scheduled 9 to 5, you show up at 9 and leave at 5. If you were hired a specific position, you only do your job as that position, not 2+ other positions because the employer doesn't want to hire additional staff.

Basically you complete the actual minimum requirements of your job.

Someone not getting the job done they were hired to do, calling out all the time and tardy is not quiet quitting.

Turbam posted...

What is quiet quitting?

When you're simply doing your job.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Doing a lot less work than what is expected, calling out sick/using rest of PTO or anything like that then just leaving until they fire you or you go do this shit at another job.

Found the manager falling behind in bullshit metrics because his employees don't buy into the "company culture"

hockeybub89 posted...

Found the manager falling behind in bullshit metrics because his employees don't buy into the "company culture"

Oh yeah because your coworkers who have to put up being understaffed are totally supportive of that shit

Lmao get a clue

t5yvxc posted...

That's not quiet quitting.

As others said, it's just doing your job and nothing more. If you were scheduled 9 to 5, you show up at 9 and leave at 5. If you were hired a specific position, you only do your job as that position, not 2+ other positions because the employer doesn't want to hire additional staff.

Basically you complete the actual minimum requirements of your job.

Someone not getting the job done they were hired to do, calling out all the time and tardy is not quiet quitting.

So where's the quit part

Its almost like there is no quit part because its a stupid gobbledygook term used to legitimize letting people who are just doing their jobs go

Rich people speak for "these people won't let us exploit them more for profits and we're angry about it" it just made me roll my eyes to see so many people, especially the older generation fall for that crap

The best definition of "quiet quitting" I've seen is "doing the job you agreed to do at the agreed upon wage."

Is it also quiet quitting when the employer only pays the wage in the contract and doesn't go the extra mile by paying out random bonuses? Or does this shaming only work in one direction?

Quiet quitting doesnt exist

Sexypwnstar posted...

So where's the quit part

You quit going above and beyond what you are paid to do

It's literally just doing your job and not going above and beyond. Which people suddenly thought wasn't really a thing prior to the term and it took off.

I tell people I work for I got two speeds and if you dont like this one, youre gonna hate the other one

In recent years when I get given work that goes beyond what I think is reasonable I just ask how much extra theyre going to pay me for it.

Usually they then dont want me to do it anymore. However, it probably depends on your own personal circumstances. My last few bosses have known that I could walk out and still have another good job within a week or two, without even needing a reference. It gives you a bit of bargaining power.

Oh yeah because your coworkers who have to put up being understaffed are totally supportive of that shit

that's not my problem, and it's not theirs, either, no matter how bad some weak manager wants to pawn it off as theirs.

Is it also quiet quitting when the employer only pays the wage in the contract and doesn't go the extra mile by paying out random bonuses?

i hope you're not insinuating that hard work actually pays off.

https://www.edelson-law.com/blog/2022/10/wage-theft-outpaces-all-other-theft-in-america/

just because you insist they actually pay the wage listed in the contract. nah, keep your eyes open, and watch your checks. learn about wage theft.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Oh yeah because your coworkers who have to put up being understaffed are totally supportive of that shit

Lmao get a clue

Sounds like you are the one fucking over your coworkers. They give 100%, so you give 110%. Then management decides 110% is the new baseline. Congratulations, you just gave everybody more work. You stay late everyday, then it becomes the expectation everybody stays late every day. You refuse to use vacation/PTO, then it looks bad when other people want to use what they have every right to use.

Turbam posted...

What is quiet quitting?

Do the bare minimum just to keep your job.

@Sexypwnstar

So where's the quit part

There isn't.

Like many fun terminologies that have popped up, the name doesn't fit what it actually is and just leaves low hanging fruit to distort what it really is.

Quiet quitting is not actually about quitting your job.

Sexypwnstar posted...

Oh yeah because your coworkers who have to put up being understaffed are totally supportive of that shit

Lmao get a clue

Then blame the employer. The employer is the one deciding to go understaffed expecting extra work for free.

Not the employee who is completing his/her 9 to 5 shift, completing their responsibilities for the 1 position they were hired for, then going home.

The employee and employer relationship isn't a charity, it's a business transaction. If the employer wants more work, they need to pay for it.

t5yvxc posted...

and the pay needs to be worth their time.

and it needs to account for a work life balance as well. If they want me to start working 14 hour days 6 days a week, thats going to have to be more than 5x what they are paying me for the 8-5 I currently work and more than the 4 weeks holidays I currently get a year