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Ask HN: Is anyone out there “quiet quitting” and willing to talk about it?

11 points by zw123456 4y ago

Cypher 4y ago
Me
ok_dad 4y ago
I do my job without breaking my back everyday, so I'm a "quitter" now because I didn't go above and beyond? Maybe the OP didn't intend it, but this term is something that seems like it was coined by some big-business PR firm to make people look badly if they don't break their ass off working for the man their whole lives. I can't wait for the usual crowd to come in and look down on those of us who don't enjoy work and just do it to pay for what we do enjoy: living our lives.
- downrightmike 4y ago
8bitsrule 4y ago
A certain percentage of us gets through the genetic, educational, political, hehavioral, game-playing, and/or socio-economic filters, and gets an opportunity to do something they can truly enjoy and are good at. The rest of us get to settle for whatever the 'free market' throws at us. We don't have to be too grateful.
- EddieDante 4y ago
  > We don't have to be too grateful. I'm not grateful at all.
EddieDante 4y ago
I'm not quietly quitting. I quietly quit in middle school. All I ever wanted was to hide in my room, smoke cannabis, and listen to heavy metal while reading 70s New Wave sf. Unfortunately, those turned out to be rather expensive tastes, and I didn't have the sense to be born into money. I'm not interested in killing myself to live. I show up, put in a solid day's work, and get paid. I'm not going above and beyond, I'm not gunning for a promotion, and I sure as shit ain't working overtime unless I get time and a half.
- the_cramer 4y ago
  This. I don't want to work too. I like developing software, I like the tech world, I love the intellectual soup this and other communities brew together. But if I was free from the need of money to live without much loss of comfort, I'd rather not choose to work 40-60 hours on the same thing in front of the screen. Therefore my approach is "I need money, you need work" let's frame the extent of that and fulfill both ends of the contract. Maybe it's a lack of passion but I've seen so many people break because they somehow feel the need to be a "good bee" for a company. I like living and that's the most important point on my daily todo list.
tamaharbor 4y ago
I quietly quit when forced to work from home. Especially when Judge Judy was on.
toomuchtodo 4y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-bai-lan-why-chinas-frustrated-youth-are-ready-to-let-it-rot https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-ba... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/the-low-desire-life-why-people-in-china-are-rejecting-high-pressure-jobs-in-favour-of-lying-flat https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/the-low-desire...
postalrat 4y ago
Isn't this what people mean when they say they are more productive working remotely?
leros 4y ago
I don't like the term quietly quitting. I was always an overachiever at work, producing 10x the amount of other people. I've basically "quiet quit". I only work a few hours a week but I'm still producing a very acceptable amount of results, partially because I'm good at what I do and partially because I only choose to work on high ROI projects. I say I don't like the term quiet quitting because it feels more like I stopped overworking and now do the same amount that lots of other people were always doing.

11 points by zw123456 4y ago

I do my job without breaking my back everyday, so I'm a "quitter" now because I didn't go above and beyond? Maybe the OP didn't intend it, but this term is something that seems like it was coined by some big-business PR firm to make people look badly if they don't break their ass off working for the man their whole lives. I can't wait for the usual crowd to come in and look down on those of us who don't enjoy work and just do it to pay for what we do enjoy: living our lives.

downrightmike 4y ago

8bitsrule 4y ago

A certain percentage of us gets through the genetic, educational, political, hehavioral, game-playing, and/or socio-economic filters, and gets an opportunity to do something they can truly enjoy and are good at. The rest of us get to settle for whatever the 'free market' throws at us. We don't have to be too grateful.

EddieDante 4y ago
> We don't have to be too grateful. I'm not grateful at all.

EddieDante 4y ago

I'm not quietly quitting. I quietly quit in middle school. All I ever wanted was to hide in my room, smoke cannabis, and listen to heavy metal while reading 70s New Wave sf. Unfortunately, those turned out to be rather expensive tastes, and I didn't have the sense to be born into money. I'm not interested in killing myself to live. I show up, put in a solid day's work, and get paid. I'm not going above and beyond, I'm not gunning for a promotion, and I sure as shit ain't working overtime unless I get time and a half.

the_cramer 4y ago
This. I don't want to work too. I like developing software, I like the tech world, I love the intellectual soup this and other communities brew together. But if I was free from the need of money to live without much loss of comfort, I'd rather not choose to work 40-60 hours on the same thing in front of the screen. Therefore my approach is "I need money, you need work" let's frame the extent of that and fulfill both ends of the contract. Maybe it's a lack of passion but I've seen so many people break because they somehow feel the need to be a "good bee" for a company. I like living and that's the most important point on my daily todo list.

tamaharbor 4y ago

I quietly quit when forced to work from home. Especially when Judge Judy was on.

toomuchtodo 4y ago

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-bai-lan-why-chinas-frustrated-youth-are-ready-to-let-it-rot https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-ba... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/the-low-desire-life-why-people-in-china-are-rejecting-high-pressure-jobs-in-favour-of-lying-flat https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/the-low-desire...

postalrat 4y ago

Isn't this what people mean when they say they are more productive working remotely?

leros 4y ago

I don't like the term quietly quitting. I was always an overachiever at work, producing 10x the amount of other people. I've basically "quiet quit". I only work a few hours a week but I'm still producing a very acceptable amount of results, partially because I'm good at what I do and partially because I only choose to work on high ROI projects. I say I don't like the term quiet quitting because it feels more like I stopped overworking and now do the same amount that lots of other people were always doing.