Even if we’re not all quiet quitting, lying flat or joining the Great Resignation, these 'movements' send a signal about work
Perhaps the TikTok-ers in Generation Z who coined “quiet quitting” have simply discovered what their elders eventually learnt: that for a sizeable number of people, work can be … work. A job is sometimes just a source of income, not deeper meaning. And to get fired, some people have to be actively bad at their jobs — not just quietly coasting.
It’s also normal for workloads and motivation to ebb and flow. Sometimes, the cause is random, but often it’s seasonal. Tax accountants will be busier in March than in July, for instance — we don’t accuse them of quiet quitting just because they have less to do. I used to feel anxious earlier in my career when I’d have a slow day. Now I’m wise enough to know that a fallow period never lasts long.
Seen from that perspective, quiet quitting is an understandable response to a workplace in which much is silently expected.
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