“Quiet quitting” is not-so-quietly gathering steam and heat on social media. You could be wondering what I mean by the term quiet quitting. Well, it is described on these E Streets as; “You’re not outright quitting your job, but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond,”
Had you been with me, I’d be telling you that the E streets say that “You’re still performing your duties, but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality that work has to be your life.”
For some, quiet quitting simply means quitting on hustle culture, which is a great thing. But for many others, it means just going through the motions, accepting a lack of engagement, joy and purpose in our work as a long-term solution to burnout or, in some cases, lost interest. That’s the version of quiet quitting which is most prevalent.
There’s a reason quiet quitting is resonating so widely. It’s a response to a very real problem — the global epidemic of stress and burnout. It’s also about how people feel about their work — what they give to their jobs and what they get in return. What the quiet quitting phenomenon tells us is that far too many people feel that their employers aren’t holding up their end of the agreement. They don’t feel seen, valued or cared about. And as Adam Grant put it: “When they don’t feel cared about, people eventually stop caring”
Your thoughts on this? Have you joined the band wagon of the quiet quitters? Yet?
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