Why Quiet Quitting is a Good Sign - The Future of American Work Culture 

I prefer the term "acting your wage," much more than quiet quitting. It puts the responsibility on the employer instead of the employee.

I just hate the term "Quiet Quitting" when you're not quitting you are just doing the job you were hired to do.

"Your job wont love you back" is a pretty good read that supports the quiet quitting culture

I’m a black woman and a customer service worker and I use to go above and beyond at my job everyday until my job promoted my coworker who I previously reported for harassing me. On top of that, a manager asked me to work on my day off and I had to report her to HR as well. I wasn’t even given a raise or a bonus for exceeding their goals and they simply said I should do more work. That was my wake up call. After that, I started quiet quitting and my manager has been questioning me about not going above and beyond anymore but I don’t care. I updated my resume, applied for jobs, and now I start my new job in a few weeks. I also finally found a data entry job and no longer have to work in customer service. Also my response to the black woman who said black women can’t quiet quit is that I feel that it’s time black women stop going above and beyond to help others. If you aren’t up for a raise or a bonus, don’t go above and beyond. It’s time we put ourselves first. Stop pushing that narrative that it’s our job to help everyone but ourselves. I’m going to keep quiet quitting until my last day when I finally quit.

I was told during a job interview that there would be a bonus for meeting performance goals. After asking if they had ever been met, they answered no. 🤦‍♂️

So tired of Hustle Culture. I just watched someone who I worked with die from a heart attack and there was no mention of him. He worked there for 55 years. Worked long shifts and nothing. No minute of silence , no acknowledgment. A job posting was posted two days later on Indeed. So incredibly disappointed. I will no longer break my back to do the most for a job that will replace me in a second.

Can we also talk about quiet fireing...You know. The tactics companies use to make you so miserable that they quit. So the company doesn't have to pay for unemployment... Examples: - Penalizing minor tardiness -Refusing to accept paid time request made by the companies rules - Continually badgering employee about not "meeting quota" - Guilting employee into thinking each minor mistake is gonna destroy the company. -Piling a ridiculous amount of work

Here I was, fully convinced "quiet quitting" was a term for people silently leaving their job over email.

This quiet quitting-scandal sounds kind of funny to me. Being from Europe, that is actually what I have done all my life...😅 And we'd just call it work.

I quit grind culture in 2016. I burned out and couldn’t fake it anymore. I attempted to take my own life. I now collect disability and live a quiet life in the woods with my cat.

The company doesn't pay me extra for staying after hours or going above and beyond. I learned that the hard way after being taken advantage of in my first job where I was overworked for minimum wage and no benefits. I tried to make myself feel better by saying my work ethic is why all the work was piled on me but the truth is I was burned out and depressed.

I work at UPS. We were considered essential during the pandemic so we had to continue working. It took 9 months for them to even mandate masks in a crowded, close quartered, factory. We did not receive a cent of hazard pay. Which is funny because of how much money they made from everyone shipping EVERYTHING during the quarantines. It's sad how little that company cares for its employees....

Another thing to consider is that the new norm for corporations is having a higher budget for new hires vs investing in retention. This creates a fall out of this current resignation trend where you have workers doing what is best for them and skipping to a new job for better benefits and pay every 2-3years. Corporations are literally shooting themselves in the foot from multiple angles.

It’s also interesting to consider the fact that once you’re a salaried employee with healthcare and benefits, you’re no longer able to receive pay for working overtime. So if you want a stable income and healthcare (which should be a human right anyways.. 🙄), you’re expected to grind without reward and they essentially own your time even outside of working hours because you’re “salaried”. Our entire system was set up for exploitation.

I’ve known several people who were fired for transitioning to just doing their job and not working outside of work hours. Work places hate it when their employees have boundaries in my experience. Jobs are used to us working a lot of hours for free. Going “above and beyond” at the detriment to our well being is what’s expected to keep a job.

As a manager I always tell young people, I want you to do good work, I don't worry how many hours you're working. Some executives I worked with are obsessed with how many hours employees are working, making sure they work every second of every hour. I tell them if they're good at what they do and they get their weekly work done in 35 hours that's good. They can use the extra 5 hours doing whatever and in a lot of cases they use those 5 hours to come up with ideas or do something for their job that helps improve. Occasionally they will have to work over 40 hours and we tell them that but we also try to avoid those circumstances where we can and it helps with retention. Quiet quitting has always been a thing, always will be a thing, and executives complain because they complain about anything where they might have to adjust. They want you to do more for the same pay and act grateful. As a man in his forties who was both a teacher, worked in the private sector in finance, I use what I've learned to tell young people all you owe your employer is a good day's work, nothing more. You don't owe them loyalty, you don't owe them being grateful, you don't owe them your life because when you're on your death bed you're not going to look back on your life wishing you had worked for an average or crappy company more, you're going to wish you had more fun in life.

Never knew there was a term for this. It shouldn’t be seen as strange or out of the ordinary or ‘quitting’. You are doing what u were paid to do, come in and leave on time. I always felt it made me lazy that I wanted to leave on time because my co workers or managers made me feel I was trying to cut work early. And working retail is unbelievably stressful for someone like me who can’t do small talk or even look people in the eye, but it’s part of my job performance and my manager is hovering over me if I’m not making small talk with customers at the register .

What I hate is jobs that are designed to make you work 3 jobs for the price of 1.

I've always been great at my jobs and my bosses have always missed me when I've quit, but I've never been promoted. I've always established boundaries at work and let them know that I'm doing them the favor by coming in early, staying late, or coming in on my day off. Good to see the rest of America catching up on the stupid hustle culture.

Shout out for posting relevant clips about how quiet quitting doesn’t work for everyone and it is for certain professions, economic statuses, and other factors. I liked the clip from Stephanie Perry as I’m a subscriber of hers.

This is just "Only doing what your paid to do".

I still can't believe I spent10+ commuting to a building to do something I could have done at home from the start, kinda glad my last place did their "restructuring" and let me go (and are now struggling)

I have heard that you can replace ‘Quiet Quitting’ with ‘Act Your Wage’. The former is very misleading.

I worked in the hospitality (customer service) industry. Quiet Quitting isn't really practical as much as I would love to do it. One thing I would love is the idea of a Customer Service Purge Day. One day a year where those in the hospitality and customer service industry get to answer back and match energies with the people around you. Oh that would be bliss. the number of rude people I have dealt with over the years. And I have experience in different areas of the hospitality and customer service industry. I could start a podcast.

As an European it is very strange to me that actually coming at work on time, leaving on time, and doing what you job description requires can be called some kind of "quitting"...

I watched my own mother sacrifice her mental health and overall well-being, going above & beyond her job duties for 20 YEARS. Working 60 hours a week for years and what did she have to show for it? NOTHING. Not a pension plan, health benefits or even given the company car she was using (She was once promised it but never got anything in writing)! She got nothing for choosing work over her kids & family. I learned a lot watching her. I now “act my wage” and am still a stellar employee & like my job! No need to go above and beyond because if I were to die, they would find a replacement the same day. The boomers can teach us a lot!

man I wish I could quiet quit. I'm a first-year teacher and my boss told us about a month ago that from here on out he wants all of our lesson planning to happen at home so that we have our planning period free for paperwork

I've been quiet quitting for the last year after an negative experience I had when trying to go above and beyond. I still do my job, I am still reliable, and I am still have pride in my work ethic. However, I stopped stressing myself out all the time about impressing the people above me. Because they will NEVER be impressed. No matter how much work you do, it will always be expected and not praised. You will most often get rewarded with more work. So I work at a resonable pace, and if something doesn't get done by Fridy afternoon, well it will just have to wait until Monday. So many people associate quite quitting with slacking, but it doesn't have to be that way. You can still do a good job without pushing yourself to the limits. It's about balance and having pride in yourself. Also, if you need a day off, don't even bother telling your boss why. Just tell them you need the day off. They don't need the details, it's none of their business.

This is not meant to be a humble brag, but I *NEVER* bought into the idea that my work was my identity. I am so, so, so much more than what I get paid to do. And so are you. I hope you can be the whole, wonderful person you are too. ❤️

While they touched on it briefly, I'm glad they pointed out that "quiet quitting" isn't an option for all workers. If you are in a secure position and salaried, you have more options. People in essential jobs, low wage jobs, and people of color often don't have this privilege's. While I am salaried, in an office job, and in a union, I'm still a black woman. I still have to watch my back and I'm often given extra work by my boss because we are so short-staffed and we have an insane about of projects going on. I'm also the ONLY person that makes up my section. At one point, I had to tell him that it was too much, as it was affecting my physical and mental health. He did understand and said we could only do what we could. I do still get extra work aside from my required duties, but they are a bit more manageable now. I'm luck that I can choose to work overtime (which is paid) if I want to. Unlike others, it is a choice. When the end of the day hits, I'm done. If I'm sick or on vacation, I don't check email. This sounds like common sense, but it isn't for some. I've worked in the private sector before. My second week on the job was 57 hours and I was only paid for 40. This is common when you are a salaried worker in the private sector. Vacation time was cancelled for a whole section because they had to get stuff out. As much as this sucked, it's still better than those who don't have sick/vacation/PTO time, have to work with the public for very little money, and can be fired at-will for anything (barring a protected class issue). Things need to change in thsi country and I'm glad that so many are taking this time to speak up and take action.

I worked in department management for Kroger and when my to-do list for a closing shift doubled in length, I was gaslit by the store managers and told this issue was how me and my new supervisor need to figure out a way to get along. I was trying to work my way up to store HR and had dedicated several years with the company at that point. A month after I quit half of the store management positions in my state were dissolved because they did not want to pay the wages anymore. Also, my position in management was only paid the “cap” for the department I was in, so I made the same was a lot of my workers. But the position came with a mandatory 45 hr week schedule in which they were legally required to pay me…so I got no raise, I just got more responsibilities and longer hours.

I quiet quit my job 10 years before it was cool

There's a name for everything. We used to just call it "doing the bare minimum to get through the day" lol. But it's nice to know my workplace malaise is actually indicative of an larger, enlightened movement 😉

My bf and I both changed jobs during the pandemic bc we both realized how miserable and mistreated we were. For him, he was working in a restaurant that was run by a sibling who was completely taking advantage of how hard he worked. His sister (who was also his boss) was taking vacations and leaving early and cutting staff to take more money for the company and herself/the other higher ups, meanwhile she promoted my bf to a salary management job RIGHT before bumping his hours up to 70+ a week, every week, so he’d have to work at least 20 hours of unpaid labor just to make a reasonable wage for a 30 year old living on their own. He was so exhausted and so stressed one day he came home and said he’d seriously considered driving into a wall on the way home. The stress was severely aggravating his depression and straight up making him suicidal. He cared a lot about his job bc he’d been doing it most of his adult life and felt like he’d accomplished a lot there and especially bc he was working with family, but after that he just couldn’t take it anymore. He took a lower wage at another company just to have less hours and feel appreciated. For me, I have a really aggressive form of lupus that means I’m immunocompromised and need very regular medical treatment. I also have mental health issues, particularly PTSD, anxiety, and depression. My boss ignored literally every request off I put in the book even knowing that 99% of the time it was to seek medical treatment for a potentially life threatening issue. Then I’d have to try to trade shifts myself at the last possible second, which gave me nasty panic attacks and stressed me out so bad my hair started falling out, and made a ton of my coworkers hate me bc I was “messing with their days off” bc my boss was so lazy he didn’t care if his inaction killed me. They also required me to relocate to a new store on the opposite end of town and moved me from an overnight shift to a mid shift that left me only an hour or two a day with my bf and made me extremely depressed, on top of fucking up my sleep schedule. I started clocking out and leaving early once I was done with my work just so I’d get a couple extra hours with my bf, and my boss straight up tried to FIRE ME for getting my work done and clocking out. He even tried to tell me that after I’d expressed dozens of not hundreds of times that I PREFER a Night Shift he INSISTED he was doing me a favor by moving me to the louder, more chaotic, busier, and totally not aligned with my home life or sleep schedule day shift. He also got mad at me for having more panic attacks bc the changes he made (that I had no say in) were stressing me out so much. He went as far as to say “no place will treat you better than this so if you can’t handle it you won’t be able to handle anything”. So yeah, basically ‘if you have a physical or mental disability go fuck yourself bc no one else cares or is gonna accommodate you better than I do’. They literally counted down the days til I left and celebrated it bc they couldn’t possibly even attempt to work with a disabled person. Now I’ve been at my new job about 3 weeks and work as a supervisor bc they immediately noticed I know a lot about the stuff we’re making and genuinely enjoy what I do. I actually love my career, I found a job I love doing, I just got stuck doing it for a dick who made me miserable for literally no reason beyond not having any respect for me. My bf has been with his new job a little over a year and is already not only happier but also financially doing better, and now neither of us feel like we’re being worked to death or hung out to dry. It genuinely disgusts me how much people with power treat people without it like they’re not, ya know…. People. Ive regularly had to point out that human employees need breaks to eat, and pee, and need adequate time to sleep when they’re off the clock, and need to not come in when they’re sick and spread illnesses around, and need to see a doctor sometimes and take care of their body, and need time to recover from serious illnesses and injuries, and need to were proper clothes to protect them rather than just whatever’s in the dress code, and need days off and holidays and vacations and reasonable fucking hours to stay sane bc human workers are PEOPLE and you can’t just fucking treat them like a work machine, bc YOU as a boss might be able to replace them if they have a breakdown or quit or get hurt or sick or god forbid DIE, but the other people in their lives for whom they’re more than a fucking cog CANT. It’s so unbelievably distressing that I’ve had to explain this to multiple people in multiple companies bc they literally look at their employees like a commodity to be drained as quickly as possible and thrown away.

"Not coming in early, leaving on time." That doesn't sound like quitting, that sounds like doing your job. My job just recently told us, that they want us to leave, when we're supposed to.

There should be a law against your boss even asking you if you can work on your day off. I’ve been asked a few times to do this, and I believe it’s because they think they can lean on me for labor as a Black woman. This happens a lot in the restaurant industry, and it’s why so many working class people feel burned out and resentful of that industry. I think quiet quitting is more for people who have office/corporate jobs, not blue collar positions. America has really toxic working culture.

I'm one of the first zoomers who turned into an adult. I was disillusioned immediately and paid exactly no attention to hustle culture "norms". I'm 25 now, haven't really stayed at a job for more than a year, and have now given up on working more than full time. I'm constantly burnout, severely depressed, and ended up turning to socialism. Quiet quitting is a very promising sign. I hope that this blossoms into a beautiful and strong labor movement in the US because we BADLY need it.

If I felt safe enough to quit my terrible customer service job I would. 'just get another job!' I've heard that so many times when you come from customer service is hard to find another job

Meanwhile, over here in Europe (particularly in Scandinavia and the Dutch or German-speaking countries) work-life balance is largely considered the norm, and solid labor rights are enshrined into law. With very few exceptions, if an employee chooses not to go above and beyond and simply do their job, they will just not get as many promotions or bonuses. Leaving them more time and energy for family, hobbies, self-improvement or just a stress-free lifestyle.

I transferred to a position with better boundaries and the ability to actually take time off instead of just cramming all my work in before and after my vacation. I had to do it for my family, but that hustle culture mindset still made me feel like a failure. Of note, that previous position had been mine for ten years, so I know I didn't fail at it, but that is still how it felt.

All the talk about Quiet Quitting, there's no talk about Quiet Firing (where your hours are cut and your workplace makes working so difficult to get you to quit so they don't pay unemployment). Words of advice my brother gave me: Don't be loyal to a company because they're not loyal to you.

'You don't have to be the best, just be better than the worst."

Curious that “quiet quitting” comes after the huge wave of lay offs that have hit various industries

Personally I wouldn’t quite quit because you won’t get ahead but at the same time I’ve been in situations where I worked my ass off and I got negative references from unprofessional supervisors and I definitely didn’t grow. I understand why people are doing it and I’m glad that people are actually doing this because its forcing the conversation of what are employers doing wrong and why are people feeling the need to do this, so much needs to change in the workplace.

The way my zoomer sister responds to work exploitation is vastly different from my millennial way😂… can only imagine what my gen alpha bro will be like in the workforce

being from outside of the state and living in it currently this is wild! people deserve basic humane working conditions and a living wage plus benefits

I miss working from home. I was much more well rested as I didn't have to wake up early to get ready and commute. I was saving money for not having to spend on coffee, lunch, and gas. And my KPI was higher; I willingly worked on the weekends to get a start for the week, I was available after hours to answer simple requests and emails. There was also less distraction from coworkers.

LOVING these video topics lately

This is how I feel when I’ve work at my retail job for three years and I just put in my two weeks because it’s so toxic. When I first stated everything was fine but we started our construction and work through that crap. It’s loud and some of the employees says it hurts their ears and for what. Screw retail I bust my ass off and no one tells me how I’m doing a great job. So I’m done.

Thank you, I really needed this video. ❤

I started doing this when I realized a bunch of years ago that companies just don't care about you... Anyone!

I'm forever impressed with your editing.

Excellently done . Thanks for all the content !

A wonderfully comprehensive video. Nice job!

I started to do It since a company told me they are going to give more money for more activities and but no they increase my activities but no my salary

Great video! Thank you!

Great work

OMG THIS. I love your content.

I think what quiet quitting really comes down to isn’t that people are lazy and don’t want to work hard, but they don’t want to be exploited and under compensated for the work they do. I had a job that I went above and beyond for, produced exceptional work. But did I get a raise, more benefits or a promotion? No, I’m reality I wasn’t paid for half the hours I worked and I treated with disrespect. Employees are sick of going above and beyond for employers who can’t even do the bare minimum.

I WAS QUIET QUITTING SINCE 2011. I'm way ahead of the curb,. I majored in engineering and worked in high stressed jobs and then I moved to St Thomas as a bar tender in 2011 and never came back since.

I gotta say this is a international thing that's happening, people starting to balance Life and Work and not only living to work, in Mexico is happening too, I work on an office and my colleges always leave in time and get to work in time and do their work and not more, only what they get paid for. And I'm so glad that's happening in the present and future generations.

So I don't do much of any social media, and I had never heard the term, "quiet quitting" before this video. Now I am laughing because that's what I've been doing for years, and ecouraging others to do. I worked at a bookstore for a long while. I was a good worker, I stayed on task, plastered a smile on my face, BSed my way through when people insisted on personal recomendations of genres I never read, but as soon as my shift ended, that was it. I had friends though that would stay after their shift, after they had clocked out. They would work on the social media for the store, adding things to orders, fixing displays. Offically that was against company policy, but the managers totaly took advantage of it. They liked shopping there, and would come in on their days off, I almost never did because that was work place (if there was something I wanted to buy, I'd do it next time I was in). Some possitions were made redundant (that weren't), and our store coped with that by having someone else who didn't have the title or the pay level take over that possition (the person who took it over didn't actualy mind, because it meant almost no customer interaction). The stores that actually accepted that they no longer had those possitions were a mess, but they were only getting what they payed for. I'm at another job now, one that I like a lot better. I still do my best while I'm there, I'm trying to learn and grow in that place, I almost never take time off because I'm hoarding for future adventures, but when I leave, I leave.

I had to take 1 week off cause of covid and now everyone in my team either ignores me or treats me like shit. I get that we're supposed to plan our days off ahead of time. If I had known I would get sick I would have told people 3 months in advance. Unfortunately I can't predict the future.

The new ABC: Always Be Chillin Also glad you brought up how it's harder (riskier) for POCs to quiet quit.

If the boss wants more out of workers, maybe give us back some of what we have earned from increased productivity since 1980 that you kept almost all for yourselves.

I started quiet-quitting after I got let go from my previous job that I was over qualified for. I remember being the one always opening up the office and leaving the latest, never getting any recognition and being scared of my boss. I was extremely lucky to find a job that matched my abilities and goals only a week before I was officially let go. I understood then and there that I shouldn't have to exceed my job expectations unless I am offered something in return. That's why there is a job description, so you can stick to the script.

Why should I go above and beyond for the company when the company does just the bare minimum? The best times at jobs were my last two weeks where I pushed the envelope at every level from coming in exactly on time and leaving on time to refusing to do tasks that were not my responsibility to begin with. I would ease up on the office dress code, order food against policy, eat/ work at my desk all day through and then drop off everything just before the end of the day. If someone mentioned that I was shirking policy..." not being a team player " kind of b.s....I retorted, " What are you going to do? Fire me? " Two weeks notice is liberating.

In Romania we have 2 years of paid maternity leave.

So it’s a problem that you just do the bare minimum for minimum wage now? Lol

Corporations and businesses don't care about the people, they care about the bottom line. Now the only time I put in the extra work effort is if I'm helping out a coworker who I know personally, who needs some help to make their day better. I only step up for people who I know would do the same for me.

Love they included the Which Side Are You On song

My employer has been asking me to work after hours and even on weekends. I get paid for overtime, but that doesn’t mean I want to work until midnight every other night and in the middle of the day on Saturdays. I was hired for 9-5 on weekdays. I didn’t agree to more than that when I signed my employment contract. I asked a friend of mine, who is a manager where he works, if I have the right to refuse to work more than my agreed upon hours. He said that while I technically do have the right, refusing to work overtime will reflect badly on me and can be used as a reason to let me go. It just feels like a trap to me.

From the name quiet quitting sounds like when you stop showing up and never come back, basically ghosting your job. What a misnomer.

Dang. It’s like workers are the real ones who produce value or something

There’s a similar toxic work culture in Japan. Given the falling population, that bubble will bust soon too…

This is just having healthy boundaries, which we were all supposed to be implementing and reinforcing all along. It's true that caregivers, schools, and communities don't teach young people how to set and reinforce boundaries. Yet, it's a basic life skill. I'm glad more people are finally stepping into their adult power and learning to prioritize what's most important to them. Also, Black Americans as a group have been pushing back against unrealistic work expectations since slavery. One Black woman on a Take video person doesn't speak for Black people in general and she clearly didn't know Black American history.

As my grandfather told my mother and then she told me: "I don't live to work, I work to live"

Quiet Quitting defined like this sounds like working 40 hours a week still, I probably work 20 😂 figure out the most efficient way to complete your ASSIGNED duties and never volunteer for more. Do just above bare minimum but make sure it’s good work. Stay quiet and keep your work and home life separate. Don’t answer right back on emails and take your time with everything.

My gf & I personally know several self-identified "quiet quitters" at our companies. And from what we've seen, they are people who used to give 60% and now give just 25% but TALK like they used to give %150 and now only give %100. Ask them for a concrete example of when they went "above and beyond", they'll sputter and talk about some time they just actually did their job.

I've had so many employers take advantage of my nature to not be able to say no to tasks that it's ridiculous. Being able to say no to someone in the workplace when they want to abuse your hours and make you do tasks that aren't even in the requirement of your actual job is such an important thing. There's a difference between being a team player and just being a doormat. Don't let someone take advantage of your kindness without getting paid for it. In the end it just isn't worth it. If you're there to get paid, get paid for the job you're supposed to do.

Here in brazil companies often forbid extra hours

I can never do this. I naturally go overboard and try to do everything. It’s given me a great career but the stress!!!!!! Constantly pressure and I’m doing this to myself time and again. Always feel out of my depth and I just plow through everything when I really should just do what I’m paid to do.

You know it would be better to organize with your fellow workers than to do meaningless individualist bullshit that most bosses don't care about.

I started "quiet quitting " when I developed a small disability in my shoulder caused by stress. Worked 10 years on that company. Quiet quitting for 3 years while i was learning skills online. Then quit and get a less stressed part time job making more than before. And I'm happy.

America: *"quiet quitting"* France: *"normal"* :D

"If the economy gets worse you're going to be the one on the chopping block." Absolute BS right there. I've seen workaholics get let go as well as people who due the bare minimum. Corporate culture does not care who they let go. As long as Bosses and CEOs can make their several thousand if not several million dollar bonuses they don't care who's throat they cut just to get an extra dollar.

I worked in Education for 8 years, quitting the year before the Pandemic hit. During the Pandemic, I watched as some of my former colleagues were fired or had to adjust to remote learning or social distancing. The level of work they had to put in was not something I envied, and I realized that walking away from a thankless job saved my life.

This came just in time. I just quit my job lol

Going above and beyond at your job ain’t gonna get you shit but exhaustion at least for me that is. I don’t give a shit to go above and beyond at my job and I laugh in my head at my co workers that do thinking that management is going to give a shit.

You can’t pay the mortgage with Pizza Fridays.

Lol I quiet quit my job back in 2018. I was fucking tired! I’m so glad that people are starting to realize that they deserve more than what they’re getting. However, quiet quitting isn’t really the way to go about it. Set boundaries or just quit. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Why is this called Quiet Quitting if you don’t plan on quitting anytime soon? Quiet Quitting should be described for this situation if you are quitting withins weeks or months to leave for a better job or self employment.

Everyone should unionize, collectively fight for our rights, and overthrow the oppressive system. This is especially true for more privileged people who should start the effort to make it easier for people who can't. Any advice around making workplaces better in the US that doesn't involve unionizing and taking back power is just a band-aid at best, and actively harmful and counterproductive at worst. Companies/Work places will NEVER give us what we deserve unless we demand it of them---unless we make them.

I've been quiet quitting since my first job.

Am an office worker in the managed care sector of healthcare. I will never claim to love my job but i it's a job that gives me benefits and a steady paycheck so I can save a lot for the next ten year and reach my goal of switching to part time work in a job where salary won't play the role it plays now. I do the job i was hired to do (and will not lie, my salary is pretty cushy) and i go home. You'd think this is the best job in the world, and quite frankly it would be if it weren't for managers looking for ways to make themselves feel useful. There is truly nothing worst for office workers then managers who like to give "input" on every single aspect of your job even though you are the one doing the work and know exactly what needs to be done.

them: can you believe people aren't taking work seriously anymore?! me: yall were taking this *obvious* bullshit seriously to begin with? I've been doing the bare minimum.

Work life balance issues need to be addressed. I’m glad that people are finally demanding that we do,

"Quiet Quitting" makes you look like the slacker at work. Unless it's done as a coordinated rebellion with all coworkers on board, your coworkers will attack YOU. It would be like a virtual union if it could work.

I'm excited for the resurgence of labor unions and more equitable work spaces. Now is the time to unite and ask more of corporations that for too long have taken abuse of unfair labor laws and practices and for them to start taking responsibility!

"Small annual raises" ... if you get any at all 😂😔💀 ...