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I saw that same video about quiet quitting. It was very interesting and eye opening. Here is the link if anyone is interested in watching it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5YfJV12Xyo
I noticed that lots of people in the comments were saying that quiet quitting is not new. I'm inclined to agree. I do think it has gotten worse post-pandemic. But what does it say about our society when for decades people have been disillusioned at work and have been doing the bare minimum? And what does it say about the future of the workplace if more and more people are starting to do this?
The work world is getting worse and worse. There are reasons for this as everybody knows.
I'm consciously doing the bare minimum at my job right now. I'm responsive if anyone needs me for anything, but I'm pretty much certain now that this job isn't getting me anywhere close to the skills and experience I need for my long-term goals. So I'm trying to get my work done by 2-3 pm so I can have more time and energy for upskilling, portfolio projects, and job applications.
I think I would've made this decision even if the pandemic were having the opposite effect, and an economic crash was leading to higher unemployment and more selective employers. But the abundance of opportunities is certainly helping.
Great movie. I have it in my video collection, and really need to watch it again.
Of course, there was no lame, quiet quitting or leaving on the part of the main character in the movie. He was fully confident in his ways. That confidence - even while avoiding work and the rules - is exactly what earned him respect.
Oh man, I would really, really, really love to do this. Of course my ending would be much different than this guy's; no promotion for me - Ha! But I'd wait until I'm ready to retire anyway (unbeknownst to them). Just to see their gobsmacked faces would be golden and a cherished memory in my dotage.
Sweet payback for the steady stream of steaming B.S. over the years! It's government, so yeah, an ever-flowing font of crapola....
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I just figured out that with the inflation reduction act I could get really good health insurance through the affordable care act thanks to the tax credit for FREE if my income was low enough, say $20-35K.
We're talking $1000 deductible and $2000 out of pocket costs. It really gave me something to think about as I have the spare income where I don't need to be a wage slave for a corporation, stuck working overtime based on their needs, which is my main issue with working full time... I'd rather simply work my scheduled hours, and that's it. I detest working 7 straight 12 hour days in a row because of someone's scheduled vacation.
I enjoy minimalist living. Heck, the idea of working my current job just 6 months a year to make half my pay is quite appealing to me.
I was going to start my own thread on "quiet quitting" but there was already one created, so I'll bump it. Lots of articles popping up in September about the movement which has a global component to it. I didn't see this wasn't in the Politics subforum though. It might provoke more stimulating discussion there.
It's about the concept of people who weren't able to be part of the "Great Resignation," instead staying at their job, but just "quietly quitting" at the job, by checking out mentally and just doing the least they can to not get in trouble or get fired. They don't care, and do just enough to not get fired.
The video made it sound like it was some new phenomenon.
I know people who've been doing that for yeeeears before Covid.
I guess when pendants or sociologists come up with a name for it, it's some new thing. Uh, not.
Have you quietly quit?
Do you know people who have?
Without reading all the responses I can say that heck, yeah, that's been happening for a long, long time.
When someone is approaching retirement it actually becomes necessary for them to step back and let others take on some of the work. They are there to answer questions and will be there to step back in just in case.
But I've also heard of people mentally checking out and doing the bare minimum to keep earning a paycheck. They view themselves as short timers who will be outta there soon and they really don't care what happens once they leave.
You're not "slacking" if you're doing the job you were hired to do. You're just not overachieving.
"Quiet quitting" would be NOT doing your job for as long as you can get away with it and waiting to be fired.
*sigh*
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