Let’s be real nobody’s exactly waking up fired up to work at Dell these days. But with how tight and unpredictable the market is right now, a lot of us are still tethered to our roles whether we like it or not. It’s less about passion at the moment and more about stability, timing, and being smart about the next move.
So we show up, do the work, keep things moving, and stay ready knowing that when the right opportunity comes along, we’ll be in a position to take it.
@ks The layoffs will continue for as long as people like you are putting in all those extra hours of unpaid time.
@ks 1st step is learning the difference between quite and quiet. Next step is the easy part, just stop working after hours and on weekends. Let things fall through the cracks, but be able to prove that you've been busy 9-5 M-F. From there just do s little less each week while maintaining tbe illusion that you're giving it everything you've got. After a few months you'll be like me and o my do 2-4 hours of actual work a day.
I do not see how u can quite quit … I feel like because of the layoffs we are left with less ppl having to do more work these days…I am afraid to even commit a weekend to my friends because I know at least part of it will be spent doing office work, the rest doing all possible meal prep so on weekdays I put in extra hours at work.
@e4 Ive been quiet quitting for 7 years now and haven't gotten a severance. I did somehow get a game changer award a few years back though. I am still scratching my head over that one.
Not me, I’ve been quietly quitting for months now. Just sticking around until I can get some of that sweet sweet severance.
I've noticed the amount of people joining calls whilst on holiday see s to be increasing. Not, I suspect, that they are completely involved, but mearly to keep their job.
And this one job still barely pays the bills. We've had to get two jobs between us to make it with the basics (not even have Netflix).
Survival of the fittest
@ac In the last century there were still a fair number of factories in my area where I worked in summers to earn college money. This was when a high school diploma could get you a job that would afford a middle class lifestyle.
Be it sewing soles on shoes, polishing jewelry, or running a heavy metal press the people doing these jobs seemed to have a things in common. Many had been on the job for years and they admitted it could be quite monotonous, there was a comradery among them that doesn’t exist in the tech world, and most had interesting hobbies. Some restored old cars, some did woodworking, others had nice little fishing boats and head out to the Cape Cod Canal area to fish. They had something to look forward to at the end of the day and the weekend.
That was work life balance before the term even existed. A concept Dell gives lip service to, but doesn’t seem to really believe.
Do what you got to do and get great hobbies
What group are you in?
Get real dude, no opportunities are coming. You’re stuck there.
It’s not Love, it’s Just a Job.