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>It's origin is quite clear: disillusioned employees don't quit their job, but instead do the bare minimum needed to not get fired. That's not how I understood
by tonyedgecombe 3y ago
>It's origin is quite clear: disillusioned employees don't quit their job, but instead do the bare minimum needed to not get fired.
That's not how I understood it so maybe it isn't that clear. My understanding was that it was doing the work you were contracted to do. So if you were salaried to work 40 hours a week then you wouldn't do 50 or read your emails at home.
- cedilla 3y agoBut how is that "quitting"?
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoIt's quitting doing the extra work for free that most salaried employees get guilted into.
- rantallion 3y agoMaintaining a healthy work/life balance is in no way 'quitting'. Employers expected too much (without adequate reward) and are simply shocked that people are drawing a line.
- voakbasda 3y agoExactly. Which is why I read the phrase as sympathetically directed toward management. They are the ones losing here, and they want a way to shift the blame away from their own incompetence that requires such free overtime to run a profitable business.
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>Maintaining a healthy work/life balance is in no way 'quitting'. Hence the new term.