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So let me get this straight. People are completing jobs then slow rolling it to the end of the day to turn in those completed jobs so they don't have to do additional work? Is that correct?
If someone could clarify what a quit quitter is that would be great.
a quiet quitter is someone who does their job. they use a lot of tone, insinuation and connotation talking about it, but if you press them for a definition, a quiet quitter is someone who does their job.
My understanding is the following: In companies, it is assumed that employees will try to reach for the promotion, getting a higher position for a higher pay. Managers have been trained to use that to push people to do more than what is strictly required of them, letting people think that's how they'll progress their career. Quiet quitter are people that simply stopped aiming for the promotion, they do what their job entail and that's it, no more trying to get more, no extra, no internal politics. They don'tgive a fuck about all this, all they wantis the paycheck and to enjoy their life away from all this non-sense.
They pinned the term quiet quitter, because this is usually the behavior of an employee that is about to quit the company for another position elsewhere, except quiet quitter don't plan on quitting.
It is a term for people who do their job, but don't do extra work for free. They are not in violation of their contract.
To me, it's doing your job just well enough that they can't actually fire you for anything, but no so well that you're being taken advantage of.
I also call it "proper time management" I properly manage my time so I can get all of MY work done in the time allocated to me, it's not my fault other people have terrible time management.
You know there's no definition of "quiet quitter" that makes sense to the people seriously using the term. They can't exactly say, "someone who does their job as specified in their official job duties" or "someone we can't abuse because they know labor law". Otherwise, nobody will sympathize with their goals (i.e., asking for things they aren't paying for).
Sort of? I think the idea is, you do your work, and not an inkling more, by any means necessary
That's...definitionally not quitting, quiet or otherwise. That's literally doing the work you agreed to do when hired.
Yes, but when they hired you, they planned to overwork and exploit you. It's not fair that they can't do so!
Oh well then I feel so bad for them /s
When I started my current job they told me the position was 45 hours/week. For my salary and task load that sounded reasonable. After that 45 I am gone and they respect my boundaries, which was honestly unexpected.
I didn't name the thing
You understand why its a shitty term then.
I think "quiet quiting" specifically refers to a sliding of your norms that remain within the outlined KPIs. For example, if you usually respond to requests within the hour and the organizational requirement is within 1 business day, starting to not respond to requests until they've sat for several hours without any actual change to your workload would be very noticeable, but ultimately its still well within the required timeframe
that's not quitting