It's amazing to me that the way I've worked my whole life (Do what you're asked to do, clock out at the end of the day) now has a name, and even a negative conn

It's amazing to me that the way I've worked my whole life (Do what you're asked to do, clock out at the end of the day) now has a name, and even a negative connotation. Myself and nearly everyone I know works this way the majority of the time.