So is the goal to actually get fired? Or to just not go for a promotion? I’m a little confused.
Or is it the guy from office space? “[make a guy]…work just hard enough to not get fired.”
Edit: Oh… I’ve got a good way to help clarify this…
Another office space reference, but I think this quantifies it well:
So if they ask you to wear 37 pieces of flair, is quiet quitting wearing 35, 36, 37, or 38 pieces of flair?
and that’s a write up for explicit underperformance and en route to being let go.
is basically the same thing but could be taken as a technicality or mistake.
is technically right, but a lot of shitty bosses will have a fit with their own standards and be all passive aggressive about it, and may even rock the boat until they have to fire you.
is juuust above the bare minimum, so they can’t say shit, but you won’t be getting a promotion anytime soon.
And anything above that, I’m just going to categorize as not quiet quitting for sake of simplicity. Don’t worry about performance percentages, that’s not the point here.
The goal is apathy. How can I put in the absolute minimum amount of effort to not get fired with the mindset that if I did get fired it wouldn’t be the end of the world. It generally comes from feeling like you aren’t appreciated or properly compensated from your job.
I think the guy from office space with the “work just hard enough to not get fired” sums it up perfectly
It’s not a new concept as office space made a joke about it in the 90s but it’s a current buzzword and becomes more applicable as the gap between C suites and average employees continues to grow
So is the goal to actually get fired? Or to just not go for a promotion? I’m a little confused.
Or is it the guy from office space? “[make a guy]…work just hard enough to not get fired.”
Edit: Oh… I’ve got a good way to help clarify this…
Another office space reference, but I think this quantifies it well:
So if they ask you to wear 37 pieces of flair, is quiet quitting wearing 35, 36, 37, or 38 pieces of flair?
and that’s a write up for explicit underperformance and en route to being let go.
is basically the same thing but could be taken as a technicality or mistake.
is technically right, but a lot of shitty bosses will have a fit with their own standards and be all passive aggressive about it, and may even rock the boat until they have to fire you.
is juuust above the bare minimum, so they can’t say shit, but you won’t be getting a promotion anytime soon.
And anything above that, I’m just going to categorize as not quiet quitting for sake of simplicity. Don’t worry about performance percentages, that’s not the point here.
This one.
The goal is apathy. How can I put in the absolute minimum amount of effort to not get fired with the mindset that if I did get fired it wouldn’t be the end of the world. It generally comes from feeling like you aren’t appreciated or properly compensated from your job.
I think the guy from office space with the “work just hard enough to not get fired” sums it up perfectly
It’s not a new concept as office space made a joke about it in the 90s but it’s a current buzzword and becomes more applicable as the gap between C suites and average employees continues to grow