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Quiet quitting is an application of work-to-rule, in which employees work within defined work hours and engage solely in activities within those hours. Despite the name, the philosophy of quiet quitting is not necessarily connected to quitting a job outright, but rather doing precisely what the job requires.[1] Proponents of quiet quitting also refer to it as acting your wage.[2]
History
The term quiet quitting was initially coined at a Texas A&M economics symposium on diminishing ambitions in Venezuela in September 2009 by economist Mark Boldger. The term continued to be used by other figures, including writer Nick Adams and economist Thomas Sowell.[citation needed]
Although the term quiet quitting was coined in 2009, aspects of quiet quitting have existed in the workplace and popular culture. The film Office Space (1999) depicts a character engaging in quiet quitting; in the film, Ron Livingston's character Peter Gibbons abandons the concept of work entirely and does the bare minimum required of him.[3]
In April 2021, a movement in China arose known as tang ping ("lying flat").[4] Tang ping shares many common characteristics with quiet quitting, although the concept of quiet quitting predates the movement.[citation needed]
In 2022, quiet quitting experienced a surge in popularity in numerous publications following a viral TikTok video. That same year, Gallup found that roughly half of the U.S. workforce was quiet quitters.[5]
Underlying philosophy
The term "quiet quitting" has different shades of meaning depending on the source. While individual contributors might think in terms of otherwise "engaged workers setting reasonable boundaries", their employers might see them instead as "slackers who are willfully underperforming".[6]
Another perspective differentiates "quiet quitting" from "work-to-rule", positing that the primary objective of quiet quitting is not to disrupt the workplace, but rather to avoid occupational burnout and to pay more attention to one's mental health and personal well-being.[4]
Just as the term "quiet quitting" was created to represent workers deliberately limiting the scope of their contributions to the company, the related term "quiet firing" has also come into usage to mean employers reducing the scope of a worker's responsibilities to encourage them to quit voluntarily.[6] The classic film satire Office Space (1999) illustrated this concept with the "Milton Waddams" sub-plot, in which a disfavored employee is ultimately banished to a closet in the basement.[7] "Quiet hiring" is another term that has been used to describe a strategy by employers to give additional responsibilities to hard-working employees.[8]
Quiet firing
The opposite of 'quiet quitting' is 'quiet firing', in which an employer deliberately offers only a minimum wage and benefits and denies any advances in the hope that an unwanted employee would quit.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Multiple sources:
- Tapper, James (2022-08-06). "Quiet quitting: why doing the bare minimum at work has gone global". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- Bakshi, Pema. "In Defence Of 'Quiet Quitting' Your Job". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- Scott, Ellen (2022-07-29). "Could 'quiet quitting' your job be the answer to burnout? What you need to know". Metro. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- Yang, Lindsay Ellis and Angela (2022-08-12). "If Your Co-Workers Are 'Quiet Quitting,' Here's What That Means". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "'Business'". "The Economist". 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Albom, Mitch (2022-08-28). "Mitch Albom: The only thing new about quiet quitting is the name". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b Kolev, Galin (2022-08-16). "What Is "Quiet Quitting" (And Should You Join The Trend)". Officetopics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ Harter, Jim (2022-09-06). "Is Quiet Quitting Real?". Gallup.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ a b Miller, Karla L. (2022-09-08). "Actually, we've been 'quiet quitting' and 'quiet firing' for years". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Hyman, Jon (2013-07-11). "Giving Employee the "Milton Treatment" Leads to Discrimination Claim". Business Management Daily. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Breen, Amanda (2022-09-09). "Google's 'Quiet Hiring' Method Is Bad News for 'Quiet Quitters'". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Miller, Karla L. (September 1, 2022). "After 'quiet quitting,' here comes 'quiet firing'". Business. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
External links
Detail on quiet quitting https://swarmhr.com/buzz/quiet-quitting