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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 56 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I fucking hate the 'quiet quitting' term. It puts the onus on the people who are tired of the inhumane hours and treatment, and the accompanying meager pay. Instead of putting it on the companies and government whose policies and ethics are fostering these awful conditions which engender these sorts of worker responses. It's not quiet quitting. It's holding boundaries between work and personal life. It's not allowing the company to steal your time away from you. It's preventing the company from overstepping their position in your life. It's so many things that are important and 'quiet quitting' does those people a disservice in favor of a catchy corporate approved soundbite. I find that disgusting.

[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 16 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I did not find any proper meaning of phrase quiet quitting

It might as well mean - working only the amount you are paid for - which sounds totally reasonable.

Totally corporate worded article.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

It's a phrase meant to replace the old phrase "working your wage", because that way of viewing it makes the whole situation less dramatic and more noble … and generates less clicks. Classic newsspeak.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I always took it to mean "doing the least amount of work possible without getting fired." If someone's making an effort to work the amount they're paid for, I wouldn't consider it quiet quitting.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago

You can define it that way, but the problem is that the authors of the article didn't give a definition. For example, I think they think the term means to do what's in your job description and contract. And they think that workers should be going above and beyond that. But if they were forced to spell it out, then people would ask why companies don't change the job description or contract, because obviously it's ridiculous to ask people to do what you didn't ask them to do.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

We used to just call it Work to Rule.