Is it quiet quitting...or just doing the job?

[MeridianWest]

What Trevor is saying reminds me of something I read years ago in the book "Die Broke": Your job is not your life; your job is what you do so you can have a life.

[GdoubleWB]

It’s really evident that hustle culture has poisoned our collective mindset when showing up and doing your job is considered a form of quitting.

[roentgen]

Scott Seiss said it best: If I'm supposed to go above and beyond (for my job) then so should my pay.

[SuperPowderpig]

Employers hate hearing that it's just a job. They want commitment, sacrifice, and undying gratitude for the paycheck. But now, it's time for employees to wield the power.

[slotos]

How dare they do exactly what we pay them for?!!

[mlggamer]

And this is why America is so weird just doing your job from the normal time Isn't really quiet quitting it's just doing the job.

[MadameWesker]

I'm forever speaking about my job, because the owner is absolutely the exception. He pays those who do more much more. He believes in the mental health and wellbeing of his employees. He believes in life work balance. Most of us that have been with him awhile are fiercely loyal to him.

[skmarshall]

THANK YOU 👏 I feel like employers have forgotten they’re paying for a set number of work hours. They don’t OWN your life.

[oldretireddude]

Employers have tried to leverage more work out of fewer people, especially "professional" & white collar positions. These flexible working environments are just the latest way. Their HR departments talk work/life balance but managers encourage co-mingling of the workday with family time, leaving no real downtime for employees.

[Rawnblade]

Like the old saying goes "You get what you paid for."
If you're not compensating people appropriately, don't expect maximum effort.

[cmdraftbrn]

oh and these same companies whining about how they cant find anyone to fill those JOBS!

[trikitrikitriki]

Yup. As a teacher, if a parent emails me after 3pm, they're not getting an answer until the next morning when I sign in for work. Email me Friday at 3pm, you'll hear from me first thing Monday morning.

[HellHunter]

Ask not what your company can do for you(because it'll do nothing and lay you off once a cheaper option presents itself)-ask what you can do for your company(unpaid overtime, being on-call well past your agreed work hours and maximizing profit cos the CEO needs a new yacht).

[DescartesStrollsIntoAPub]

It’s called doing least amount of work required because they pay us the least they legally can. My loyalty is paid for. Don’t pay me, then don’t cry when I turn on you. It is that simple.

[TStark-vjwo]

Messed up that not working beyond 8 hrs a day (or whatever you agreed to with your company) is considered slacking and a negative thing.

[TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

So true....those teams message notification sounds past 5 always runs an uncomfortable chill down my spine, a deep rooted dread i cannot fully explain prowling in my stomach.

[carolinamurtha]

Back in 2012, I didn’t get a raise in my 6 month review at Starbucks because, according to my manager, “you come to work and when you’re done you just, like, go home. You don’t hang out or anything.” And?! It was such a weird criticism; she didn’t like that I came to work, did my job and left when I clocked out. So I didn’t get my $.50 raise. She asked me if I had any suggestions on what I could do to improve so I could get the raise next time. I answered “I guess I could stick around when I’m off.” But I didn’t want to; I worked opening shift so when I clocked out I wanted to go home and sleep! It’s so bizarre when work treats you like your job is your life and what else could you possibly be doing if you’re not at work?

[esthercullen]

I have a friend who responded to a work email sent at 4.58pm at 9.05am the next day and said that she responded 7 minutes later. A legend.

[josephhayes]

The bosses need to hear this, they’re the ones expecting people to go above and beyond for no extra benefit.

[doubleslit]

Between the ages of about 25 to 40 I worked 60 to 80 hour workweeks on average. I was never asked to do so but I felt I needed to put in the hours to continue climbing the corporate ladder. I would look around me and see that the overwhelming # of employees put in their 8 hours a day and split. I got ahead quicker than most and hid knows I got more done and received bigger bonuses but looking back in it; I truly believe my peers who put in fewer hours and had fewer responsibilities were actually smarter than I was. They had more time for the things the actually WANTED to do and considerably less stress. So, yeah. If I had it to do over, i think I’d go with the fewer hours model.