Quiet Quitting

Grandmabatty and LOUISA1523 are correct. Unless you know the circumstances of the individual person then you have no right to judge them for quiet quitting.

In my case there has been structural changes in the profession whereby it has shifted to a graduate oriented one. So those of us who had qualified under an earlier system, climed the corporate ladder and had years of experience were being less valued than young kids with a bit of paper we did not have. One can argue that this was short sightedness on the part of the employer so maybe they no longer deserved loyalty and selflessness.

In any case after working my ass off to gain several degrees I never returned to that profession but became an academic. Nor did I quiet quit in that job because I loved it.

The people I feel sorry for are those in our age group who are just "hanging on" to draw their state or occupational pensions amd have come to a point where they are physically and emotionally drained. In that position there is no incentive to do more than you have to in a job.

I would hate to work with a ‘quiet quitter’. I have always done what was necessary to fulfill my obligations to clients and colleagues. It would never occur to me to do the bare minimum. A selfish attitude.

Mel1967

Quiet Quitting - ‘When an employee continues to put in the minimum amount of effort to keep their job, but don’t go the extra mile’

Does anyone do this?
It’s certainly something I’m considering 🤔

Why are you asking again you posted on this in January 24.

Germanshepherdsmum

Not an attitude that I admire.

We had a term in teaching: The handbag brigade. They came in just before the bell at 9.am and left at 3pm with only their handbag.
I can only imagine that their prep was done, when they should have been teaching.
One in particular was a support for learning teacher, who used to send her group of pupils back with their work for me to correct. She taught them, therefore her responsibility to correct. I used to send it back with pupils, with a message saying, "You must have forgotten to correct this work.".

I also taught SEN pupils and would never have considered sending work back to be corrected by their own teacher, neither would I consider to quitting quietly.

Yes I began a thread on this a little time ago.

Quiet quitting is NOT skiving or being lazy. Rather it is working to your job description and doing the hours you are paid to do, but no more. The name arose on Tiktok a couple of years ago but quiet quitting has been going on under the radar for some time.

It happens mostly when employees feel disengaged, desrespected and not valued as individuals. Quiet quitting behaviours involve:

not seeking promotion or more responsibility
turning down training opportunities
not volunteering or speaking up with ideas
only working ones designated hours
not answering phone calls, emails etc outside working hours
not becoming "socially involved" with colleagues

None of these bahaviours are skiving or pushing work onto others.

I began quiet quitting when I had made up my mind to leave the job and go to university. Applying to uni is a year long process so my energies went into that.

I used to do a lot of work in my own time. I stopped doing it and worked the hours I was paid.

Not an attitude that I admire.

eazybee

Mell967 Why are you considering doing this?

Do you not consider it to be dishonest?

Its not dishonest if you are fulfilling your job role ....the more you do the more is expected in some roles....I have had a couple jobs where I have done exactly what I was paid for and no more....because the management were not prepared to return my flexibility shown to them

I wouldn't judge someone for doing this, nor call them lazy. I worked very hard as a teacher and definitely did more than the minimum for most of my career. However my final boss was(and still is) lazy and didn't do his job. He relied on the faculty to do it for him. Eventually I realised that I was being used so I stopped helping him out. He was paid significantly more than me to do the job. I still did my job as the pupils were the important ones. He moved on to others in the department who, gradually over time, have also realised what he was up to. The year that I knew I was retiring, I wound down in what I was prepared to do for the school as a whole

Mell967 Why are you considering doing this?

Do you not consider it to be dishonest?

If you don't like your job find another, this is your life passing you by. Many moons ago I worked in a civil service job which paid well but was was so boring, i left and my life took off.

A fancy name for looking busy, taking the money, but sitting back letting others do the work.

If things are so bad, why don’t those folks find another job.

Another word is laziness.

I think biglouis is an advocate.
Not something I ever did, it would not feel righ.

Yes, so have I, Grannynannywanny
It's infuriating.

I would never have considered it. But over the years I’ve worked alongside a few people who did. Not sure it had the fancy label then. They were known as workshy/inconsiderate/selfish by their colleagues who picked up the slack .

Did you ask this a while ago?
Someone did, so there may be a thread on it.

Why would anyone do this? You either do the work (and in many cases, go the extra mile) or you leave and find another job.