Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl...
by bee_rider on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @09:28PM
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I’m pretty sure I first saw “quiet quitting” coming from, like, the productivity fetishist LinkedIn set, or something along those lines (although I could be wrong, this was not allocated a high-priority sector of memory). Which is to say, I think it is a term originally intended to shame employees who are simply fulfilling their responsibilities. I
guess it has been reclaimed or something, though?
Sounds like those folks are doing much less than required not to be fired.
My understanding of "quiet quitting" was
a) it's a stupid term made up to give people a sense that they're in control of something they're not - needing to work to survive and;
b) you were explicitly not trying to climb any ladder and merely doing your job as it was described, not shooting for promotions or accolades of any kind.
"Quiet quit" team members are 100% fine to have around IMO, as long as they stay out of the way of the folks trying to take on the larger/harder problems. That's the thing I reject about modern workplaces: this idea that everyone has to be "progressing" or "climbing" all the time.
It's totally cool to punch in/punch out 9-5, it just needs to be clear that's what the role is, and how much that reduces your ability to determine what it is you work on during those hours.