The Truth About 'Quiet Quitting' | Robert Reich

Workers aren't "quiet quitting." They're refusing to be exploited for their labor. And they're flexing their muscles for the first time in decades.
Rest assured: When you pay people what they're worth, they'll want to work for you.

[Roguefem]

Very true. Employers are just getting salty because they can't expect "above and beyond" from their employees while paying below and short.

[renatocorvaro]

Employers getting mad that employees are doing their jobs is peak capitalism.

It's not called "Quiet Quitting", it's called "Work To Rule" and it's a good thing. I support everyone who does so.

[hillxhill]

Worker productivity has steadily increased because we're all doing the jobs that used to be done by 2 or 3 workers.

[tommeyer]

Inadequate. He needed another 30 seconds to make the actual point… “quiet quitting” is propaganda. The workforce is fulfilling its obligations, and the bosses are upset that their employees are taking control by refusing to preform additional time and tasks for no pay… “but now a word from our sponsors (😊corporate overlords)”

[saahiliyer]

If you hire me to cut your grass, don’t be pissed if I don’t water your plants for free. If you want extra work done, pay for it. It’s a very simple concept.

[lynnejamieson]

I take it the term ‘Quiet Quitting’ was a media creation to appease corporate bosses and make the workforce seem lazy and uninvested in their work, because the term that has been used for this practice (often carried out under Trade Union instruction), is not one that would engender such feelings. As that term is ‘Work To Rule’ and it reflects that the employee is doing all that they were hired to do, without the derogatory implications that go hand in hand with the term ‘Quiet Quitting’.

[jeremygregorio]

It's not quite quitting it has a name and it's called working to rule

[bobshea]

Employers deserve nothing more. Managers are constantly pressured to contain costs by paying employees the bare minimum.

[johnchessant]

Exactly, if you want us to go above and beyond then pay us above and beyond.
Compare how differently labor ("lazy bums!") and capital ("smart businessmen!") are treated when doing the bare minimum.

[SusieKatpersonKoch]

Before I retired, I saw what management was doing to us. We were constantly being given more work.. more work.. more work & they were not replacing people. At one time, there were 6 of us to share workloads in one specific area. By the time I was close to retirement, we were down to 2 people doing the work of six and it got to be ridiculous. Every time management would tell us "we'd love to know what your ideas are; what your opinions are etc., " and when we would give them our opinions all we heard was "oh no no we can't do that, no we're not going to do that" So, I purposely slowed down and did the bare minimum because they were horrible managers. Funny thing is, the supervisors and managers we had prior to the last group were terrific. They supported us, they backed us every time & they were amazing. It just goes to show how piss poor management destroys morale.

[brandonmiller]

People need to stop saying that "quiet quitting" is doing the bare minimum. That is not the case. It is doing the job you are paid to do and not doing the jobs you are not paid to do. You are paid to be a full time employee...not an all-day employee

[cshubs]

Bosses want us all to be Golden Gooses-- people who work like dogs and put cash in the boss's pocket for minimal wages or salary. Experience has shown us that that level of work does NOT end in promotions or raises, so why do it? You get what you pay for.

[theUnconventionalGamer]

It's infuriating - we can "phone it in" and still LITERALLY be 3+ times as productive a those that came before us, and they call us 'lazy.'
And no, the talking head is incorrect - the data is demonstrably solid.
'The data is pretty soft' my ass.

[WeWander]

I gave it my best but when it finally was clear that management truly did not care about staff or customers. I quit without notice. I retired. We were so understaffed there's no way to train employee and serve customers. FU corporate America

[CthulhuPresident]

Quiet Quitting is how I've always handled jobs.
If you expect me to get something done I need to first know it's expected of me, then I need to be trained to do it and have the time to get it done.
If you refuse to give me any of those 3 things, don't ask for more than what is in writing as my job.

[laurens.]

It's not "quiet quitting, " it's people finally setting boundaries on the obscene exploitation by their employers. Companies have no problem literally working people to their deaths using whatever tricks the in book that won't get them sued. So, workers are doing the work listed within their job requirements in direct association to the quality of their compensation. Nothing more, nothing less. You get what you pay for...if you want your workers to do more, then compensate them accordingly for the additional workloads and responsibilities.

[pshaw]

It's always great when the interviewee is an experienced teacher.

[tombarclay]

Before I retired, I worked for a fortune 500 company in a quality assurance lab which had had 6 technicians. The company didn't allow anyone to even mention the word, 'union'. Anyone caught doing so would be immediately terminated, usually for some trumped up infraction. As time passed, the older technicians retired, but were never replaced. Before I retired, I was the only technician working in the lab. The work load was ridiculous. I finally said 'screw it', and put in my retirement papers. They promoted someone who was totally unqualified for the position... and it showed. I had one week to train him, but he was a very lazy person, often saying "Well, they'll just have to accept that I'm a slow learner". Five years later, that plant was closed down because of quality issues. Our customers started migrating to overseas suppliers because the quality of our product plummeted.

[barbaraklaser]

Maybe people are simply imposing the work-life balance that should have been there all along. It's known that the US has a terrible work-life balance, and it's been known for decades. Do your job, but have a life.

[kwennemar]

Hard work just gets you more hardwork.