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[–] million@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Quiet quitting refers to a phenomenon where employees, particularly in the United States, increasingly prioritize work-life balance over excessive workplace engagement. Instead of going above and beyond their job duties, these employees simply fulfill their basic responsibilities and are often reluctant to work overtime.

I don’t know if there is objective definition on quiet quitting but this one feels off and a little gross to me. You can work your agreed upon hours with no overtime and still do an amazing job. This definition paints folks working full time jobs as slackers because they aren’t doing overtime, which in most cases is going to be free overtime.

[–] TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 year ago

Company propaganda. Definitely has all the ick

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus, how is doing your job 'quitting'?

Social media terms are always stupid and confusing.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only time/place I've heard "quiet quitting" has been in articles/online. Never from a real person in real life. It's akin to them trying to make fetch happen.

[–] Trebach@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The people who work for those who call just doing what you're paid for "quiet quitting" should show them what quiet quitting really is by going to lunch one day and never coming back.

[–] freebread@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The only time I refer to it in real life is when I go to the bathroom for an extended amount of time in the office AKA "quiet shitting" :P

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Yep it has been presented as that by the media but real people talking about it usually mean just half-assing your job like you don't care about it.

"Not going above and beyond" has worked pretty well for me the majority of my career, I just get the job done well and try to remember to do most of what I'm supposed to.

[–] sour@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

prioritizing your mental health is a "phenomenon"

._.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Every definition feels gross to me, but I agree this article has a bad slant.

I mean, yeah. It's a term that was created to make people who aren't hard working slaves look bad.