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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 74 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Yea, every article using the term quiet quitting is getting a down vote. Doing what you're paid for is simply doing your job. This is basically akin to getting mad you didn't get a tip. A TIP IS OPTIONAL.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 32 points 17 hours ago

Doing just what you’re paid for and not one bit more is called “Work to Rule” and it’s just total bullshit that it’s an effective labour tactic of resistance, because it implies that exploitation is part of the expectation in capitalism.

People want to do a good job and employers milk that.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Whoa dude, Americans can see this! Don't say that!

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Ohh, right....

I should make that part bigger.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 24 points 18 hours ago

You're doing exactly as much as required? How rude of you.

[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

Tipping is optional but in the US many tipped employees are making $2.35/hr. They're paid a minimum of min wage after tips, but their tips first have to cover them to minwage

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, that's not what quiet quitting is. Quiet quitting is doing the bare minimum to not get fired from your job, which is different from the bare minimum that would be reasonably expected of you. Most of the time, if your employer actually knew how much work you were doing, they would want to fire you, and it would be for-cause, because you are doing essentially nothing.

This is possible because many workplaces have very little accountability. One of the classic moves is to always be working on multiple projects - so anytime someone asks you to do something, you say "I dunno how quickly I'll be able to get that done, I'm pretty swamped from X" - at which point everyone sagely nods and agrees that the team working on X is definitely swamped.

If your bosses actually knew that you were just lying, and were spending 7.5 hours everyday playing video games, you'd be fired. But since they don't know that, you can keep getting paid for showing up to a few meetings every week. That's what quiet quitting is.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I have never seen the term used the way you describe. Because doing that is definitely not doing your job and grounds for termination if they ever found out.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

... yeah. That's the "quitting" part. You aren't doing your job, but you are quiet about it so you keep getting paid. That's what this phrase means.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 8 points 13 hours ago

Hence the quietness

[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

So what does it mean in the context of Japan, where employees cannot be fired except under exceptional circumstances?

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I dunno. I'm not Japanese.