I used to think quiet quitting was something lazy employees used as an excuse not to do their jobs. It took me a while to realize that quiet quitting simply means doing your job and not letting the company take advantage of you by having you work unpaid overtime, on the weekends, on holidays, and doing the jobs of other people. Now, I have started quiet quitting as well as I look for a new job and I have no regrets.
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I loose faith is people because we still are using the quiet quitting term. It’s not real. I think a better way to put it is consistent producers. People who “quiet quit” are doing the bare minimum of their role is a consistent way as to stay employed and not get fired. This is a consistent performing employee. Again, quiet quitting is a term to shame people who don’t want to give into a model of “success” that is not upheld by their employer.
I don't look to work to provide my personal growth and development. Work is a paycheck. Nothing more.
The job hunting process has been made so miserable that I'm not going that route until I need to. Also, who is to say that a new remote-only gig won't pull their own fow cr-p down the road?
The situation is not ideal but I'll be damned if I'm going to reward a return-to-office mandate with hard work.
@1oft+1tE6CpIw I'm not the biggest fan of the concept either, but because people who "quiet quit" are always seem SO miserable
Great advice but nope. I will stay here and malinger, waste company resources, and stall productivity to any extent possible. But I will be sure to be in the office three full days.
Genuinely asking, how is spending three days a week twiddling your thumbs in an office preferable to finding a position elsewhere where you can develop and grow as a person? I totally understand the appeal of quiet quitting if you're WAH and the world is your oyster on your workdays, but spending 3 days a week doing NOTHING productive in an office is just a wasted life.
Kinda. I leave the office 8 hrs to thr minute that I arrive. If that means i have to drop off a meeting (or decline one) or have a task wait until tomorrow, then so be it. If the value is put on being in the office and nothing else, then this is the ramification of their emphasis on driving as being key to my contribution.
Great advice but nope. I will stay here and malinger, waste company resources, and stall productivity to any extent possible. But I will be sure to be in the office three full days.
If you don't like it, YOU are free to look elsewhere.
I hate this concept and you all should be ashamed. If you are not happy here, look for another job. If you manager is the problem, have skip level meetings. Why are you wasting your own time here while you could be learning and growing some place else.
I am for sure!
Quiet quit so hard that I do another job while I'm clocked in.
After going above and beyond, volunteering for work nobody else would do, after my mid year review I was told I should be taking initiative. I was flabbergasted and told my manager I always take on tasks and am a subject matter expert in a multitude of things the organization comes to me for. I was then told because it’s not related to my day to day work it doesn’t matter. I then told her I would be taking a step back and having other coworkers step in to focus on my day to day because I’m after promo. Got told someone who wanted promo would have just done it. Why would I continue going above and beyond if I’ve seen folks get promoted who aren’t doing half of what I do? Well now accusations are flying around me not being a team player. Imagine that. At least my manager can’t change my rating but I bet they wish they could - I am drawing the line and not doing work outside of my day to day and job searching in the meantime.
I have a different perspective on work than many folks in this organization.. As a Christian, I work to honor myself, my family, and my God. I have been put in my role for a reason, and my work should always point back to Christ; it should be outward focused and not self-serving. While I will be the first to say that FOW was a huge mistake for employees, I will not allow it to influence how I conduct myself in the workplace. I get everyone's frustration and would never condemn you for the position you take, but it’s not an approach that sits right with me. I hope better days are just around the corner for you.
Exactly! Did the pizza place ”quiet quit” when they didn't upgrade my order for free? Did the lawn care company ”quiet quit” when they didn't trim my trees, despite not being hired to? Etc...
Heck - with the wonderful return to office and the ongoing layoffs, I've quiet quit so thoroughly that it may as well be called quiet retirement
Quit quitting is BS, doing the bare minimum of your job is doing your job. I do the bare minimum to just collect my paycheck. I’ve made this choice after years of try harding with no results lol the only time I get anything is to negate any feedback I’d give that would make my manager look bad. They do the bare minimum for me so I return the favor. It’s not quiet quitting so stop low key shaming folks for trying to survive through cr-p situations. And yes, I’ve asked and told my managers over the years what I want, even framing it in long and short term goals. I don’t know anyone who is quiet quitting because if your employed you haven’t quit yet, quiet quitting is BS peer pressure. We should be talking about Cigna’s quiet layoffs
Quiet quit starting in September when I was forced back to the office. I was hired as WAH before the pandemic. Put in 45-50 hours a week regularly. But going to office was a pay cut because of time I lost, gas and vehicle depreciation, and me now having to pay CT income tax. So if Cigna wants to cut back my pay, I decided I would cut back my output and only do 40 hours of work and to just do my job. Going above and beyond got me nothing but a slap in the face and I am not going to just turn the other cheek.
Same. They've made this a job with no future, so it makes zero sense for me to put extra effort into it. I've been watching hard workers get laid off left and right. All my extra time now gets put into applying for other jobs or just surfing the internet, goofing off.
Welcome to the club, I've been here since FOW was 1st announced.