Why QUIET QUITTING is the BEST THING GEN Z ever Did

Quiet Quitting Tiktok has blown up in the past few months. Tik Tok users have been posting about their experiences with bad bosses, bad workplaces, and how they've quiet quit their jobs.

In turn, many have asked What is Quiet Quitting and Is Quiet Quitting a bad thing?

Quiet Quitting (QQ) can be defined as follows: Meeting your job's minimum requirements, but not going beyond. You're mentally checked out of work after you're off the clock.

"Quiet Quitting" largely came from Generation Z (Gen Z) kids, tired of their bad work environments, low wages, and bad bosses. The movement spread across Tiktok and other social media platforms quickly, as more and more young people identified with the trend, and some older boomers wrestled with the idea.

Today we examine Why Quiet Quitting has become so big and so popular over the past few months - we also address whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.

In my view, Quiet Quitting is a byproduct of decades of poor economic decisions, short sided corporate leadership, and working class burnout. Quiet Quitting, by virtue of what it is, means that workers are still collecting their paychecks, and doing the bare minimum work to collect those paychecks, but they're not getting mentally invested in their jobs. I argue that Quiet Quitters are extremely burnt out. Quiet Quitting is a byproduct of workplace burnout.

Some have referred to Quiet Quitting as Silent Quitting, because it's not technically quitting. Workers who quiet quit are really just checking the boxes of what their managers expect.

They're getting their jobs done - they're just not doing extra for zero pay. This is where you get the term "Act Your Wage" - if you're not being paid to do something, then don't do it.

I have a lot of sympathy for Gen Z and Millennials who are focused to Quiet Quit like this. Baby Boomers have beaten the idea of "hard work" into young people, but in 2022 - hard work is simply not enough. Young workers today are forced to work 2 and sometimes 3 jobs to survive. The idea of being mentally present and dedicated to multiple jobs isn't realistic.

Young people today are having troubles buying homes, buying cars, and even paying rent. The economy is doing terrible and young people are running out of options.

My argument is: If Gen. Z and Millennials can't afford homes even after dedicating themselves fully to a job, then why should we expect people not to quiet quit? Quiet Quitting can be a good thing if it means people can get paid for two or three jobs instead of just 1. Mental bandwidth is limited in 2022 and 2023. Our minds aren't limitless. We have to work smarter, not harder with our times.

The Working Class is Quiet Quitting your jobs because it's the only way to survive. Companies aren't paying out enough for people to justify complete loyalty to a single company.

Bosses aren't cutting checks good enough for the average middle class kid to buy a house.

Prices just keep going up. Corporate profits keep going up. Inflation keeps going up. The only thing that doesn't go up in any meaningful way is Worker Pay - Worker Wages - Worker Compensation.

These economic trends help to explain why quiet quitting happens.

Also, after the great resignation happened - worker burnout hit a new level. Workers who stayed at their jobs became very tired and overworked. Quiet Quitting is partially a byproduct of that great resignation that happened in mid to late 2022.

I believe that this movement is largely a defense mechanism of a stressed American Working Class. People can't justify being more productive when there's no monetary reward. Labor isn't free. Labor needs to be compensated - that's how the youth largely feels.

Some of the biggest names in media have talked about Quiet Quitting: Dr. Phil, Trevor Noah, Matt Walsh, Mr. Wonderful a.k.a kevin o'leary, joshua fluke, cnn, etc. This just goes to show how powerful this movement has become. Social media users have essentially started a digital union.

Workers rights will be fought for on social media in the next decade - that's the trend that I'm seeing.

I believe Quiet Quitting is a tool that Gen Z can use to regain leverage in the job market. Quiet Quitting is not a bad thing if used correctly. It could allow people in their 20's to have a brighter future. That's just my two cents though - what do you think?

Is Quiet Quitting a good thing?
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Is Quiet Quitting a bad thing?

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I hope you guys can appreciate my perspective here and stay polite in the comment section.

Have a good one y'all!

- Mitch

[orange_soda_pop]

My dad always told me "You'll always be replaceable at work but at home, you're irreplaceable to your loved ones. So get your priorities right."

[Mighty_Dork]

Being called "a loser" and "not an American" by a CEO or a billionaire is the biggest compliment/achievement

[JonSudano]

My mom passed away last year from cancer. She was a caretaker for disabled seniors. She went above and beyond for her company, stayed long hours, even spent her own personal funds for the guys she took care of. Her company canceled her insurance while she was on medical leave literally in the midst of rehab and she died a few months later.

Your company does. Not. Care. About. You.

[MorbidlyObeseChell]

Productivity has risen, company profit margins have risen but somehow wages have not

[Yahoo]

How sick a society has to be to call “quitting” what is, essentially, just “working”.

[quiet.success]

From a European perspective "Quiet quitting" is what we call "doing your job". Do not mistake hustle culture for consented slavery.

[Tailstraw_xD]

I had a friend who ran the entire line, AND washed the dishes in a local restaurant single-handedly, for minimum wage. I told my chef about it and he offered him a job for a 6 dollar raise, he told his current boss he'd stay if they could match the offer from my chef.

They said no, and he came to work for us full-time, and his old boss had to hire 3 people to replace him

[reidmock]

Watching Kevin O'Leary, a billionaire, call quiet quitters "losers" and "un-American" was truly rich. I could care less about his opinion

[TheRoseBoy]

We're not "being lazy".

We're against corporate greed and working at demoralizing places.

[wheeliemcgee]

The quiet quitting isn't the problem. It's the solution to the rampant employee exploitation that's been plaguing the market for decades

[Culebrunch]

As Gen Z myself, I can safely say that quiet quitting is nothing new at all and simply a pointless new buzzword. The idea of quiet quitting is basically what I've been using as a motto for most of my early work life, being:

*Never give 100% to something or someone that won't give 100% back.*

[SamuelLestrauss-bnyt]

In Brazil, there's a now very popular motto: "minimum wage, minimum efforts".
Basically, it became quite common to hear people say that, in a way it spread even to older people.
I tend to get hyper focused in whatever I'm doing, and I remember a 52 years old woman telling me "why working so hard? minimum wage, minimum efforts"
that got me for reals

[darkySp]

"If you're a quiet quitter, you are a loser. You are an un-American."
Told by Kevin O'Leary, a businessman who's made millions on millions exploiting the unpaid hours and personal life sacrifices by the employees under him with the hope that they'll rise up.
He sees that people are snapping out of the fear of being fired, their pay cut and not sacrificing themselves for a job position and he's scared of it.

[ryanjones]

It isn't quiet quitting, its acting your wage. Companies expecting extra work for the same pay is just as silly as employees expecting extra pay for the same work.

[EdgyMemeMaker]

Quiet quitting is the equivilant of skipping and ad as soon as you can, you arent earning anything from watching the whole ad, your just helping advance shitty companies

[jovan]

Just realised I was quiet quitting every job in every company where my wage was not good or where I didn't feel respected.

[maddog]

The term quiet quitting was coined by companies who think we should be doing more than what we get paid for. It's a scam. Stop making these guys rich on your hard back. Do the job that they hired you for. Accept the money you both agreed on. Go home and forget that place even exists.

[jainthorne]

I'm an older woman and I completely support the idea of quiet quitting. It doesn't mean not doing your job. It does mean not being taken advantage of.

[lilhedgehog]

I don’t like the fact that people who are opposed to quiet quitting are calling them lazy.

Instead of getting upset at the quiet quitters, they should get upset at the broken workforce systems, the companies who don’t give a shit about their workers and treat them as dispensable, the low pay rates. The rich, famous and elite who don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves.

Anyone would find it insulting to have to work twice as much for the same amount of barely livable money.
All these things are the reason why quiet quitting even exists.

[tritondriver]

Gen X here - Thankyou Young People. Thankyou !!