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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by lethologica on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:25PM (#32421210)
What you’re doing is called “quiet quitting”

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/06/quiet-quitting...

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by kemayo on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:10AM (#32421497)
I dislike that framing. It seems disingenuous to call "doing what I'm required to do by my employer" any variant on "quitting". It's explicitly not quitting, after all. If the employer expects that you do more, it should require it.

Reminds me of the Office Space "flair" scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ChQK8j6so8

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by programmer_dude on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:03AM (#32423589)
That is a stupid name. Why not just say somthing like slacking or coasting?
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by type0 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:16AM (#32423654)
Some office workers are using the word "slacking" as being on Slack and you wouldn't use "coasting" when you live in flyover State /s
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by programmer_dude on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:37AM (#32423782)
LOL.
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by flappyeagle on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:54AM (#32423903)
Slacking or coasting implies you're lazy or you've lost motivation. Quiet quitting is a conscious choice
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by seneca on Thursday August 11, 2022 @09:40AM (#32425380)
It's a conscious choice to slack off and coast, plus an excuse.
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