• JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I fucking hate the ‘quiet quitting’ term. It puts the onus on the people who are tired of the inhumane hours and treatment, and the accompanying meager pay. Instead of putting it on the companies and government whose policies and ethics are fostering these awful conditions which engender these sorts of worker responses. It’s not quiet quitting. It’s holding boundaries between work and personal life. It’s not allowing the company to steal your time away from you. It’s preventing the company from overstepping their position in your life. It’s so many things that are important and ‘quiet quitting’ does those people a disservice in favor of a catchy corporate approved soundbite. I find that disgusting.

    • TFO Winder@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      I did not find any proper meaning of phrase quiet quitting

      It might as well mean - working only the amount you are paid for - which sounds totally reasonable.

      Totally corporate worded article.

      • TeddE@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        It’s a phrase meant to replace the old phrase “working your wage”, because that way of viewing it makes the whole situation less dramatic and more noble … and generates less clicks. Classic newsspeak.

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        3 months ago

        I always took it to mean “doing the least amount of work possible without getting fired.” If someone’s making an effort to work the amount they’re paid for, I wouldn’t consider it quiet quitting.

  • rasakaf679@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    You miss spelled it… Its not quiet quitting… Its doing what’s necessary and nothing excess… if you aren’t paid for it

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    3 months ago

    From what I’ve read, Japan’s work ethic has been more about presenteeism than productivity for a while. While long hours are the norm, it’s more important to be seen to be working than to be productive, so you don’t leave before the boss does, but you do spend a large amount of that time staring out the window or otherwise idling.

    • Rooty@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Employee burnout is a symptom of a toxic work culture, and “quiet quitting” is a corporate psyop invented to prevent you from noticing it.

      • wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org
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        3 months ago

        It’s corporate media term for doing what your job requires, but not giving your time to companies for free

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    Man, fuck all those guys for doing their job to a sufficient quality and quantity to not get fired, eh?

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      3 months ago

      Well productivity is a good thing, I think the problem is the incentives. Their government essentially funnels all the money to their elderly via monetary policy, and the youth get the table scraps.

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    From the original reporting in the Japan Times:

    Some 45% of full-time employees in Japan are “quiet quitters” — workers doing the bare minimum to meet their job requirements

    Oh, no! People are doing their jobs! What a disaster!