• edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Isn’t quiet quitting completing work to the minimum you can get away with?

    How is this quiet quitting, and if it is, what isn’t?

    • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      7 months ago

      It’s not quiet quitting. This is a perfect example of words being so overused and applied so broadly that the meaning is lost.

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        7 months ago

        The only usage that would make any sense, and what I have always thought must have been the original meaning, is people who literally sit on their phone and send in job applications and do little to no work until the boss notices.

        This got turned into “doing only exactly what was asked” and now we’re finally at “Really great work but could do more!!!”

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      7 months ago

      I think what they mean here is that the person does their assigned work and then goes home early instead of sitting around pretending to be busy.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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        7 months ago

        I think it’s not asking for extra work, but the thing is if they did that their performance would likely drop. I genuinely don’t get how managers seem incapable of understanding that the quality of the work turned in is directly related to timelines and workload.