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Serious question, does anyone else find the whole 'quiet quitting' thing kind of a normal Tuesday?

I was on a job site in Everett last month, just laying down some vinyl plank in a condo, and the homeowner was on a video call in the next room. I heard him telling someone, 'Oh, I'm just quiet quitting, doing the bare minimum.' And it hit me, I mean, isn't that just... working? For like fifteen years before I went solo, my whole job was show up, do the task they gave me, go home. I didn't have some big moral stance about it, that was just the gig. Calling it a movement makes it sound like a choice, but for a lot of people, it's just the baseline reality of a job you don't own. Maybe it's just me, but framing it as some new act of rebellion feels weird. Has anyone else had a moment where a trendy term just described your regular, unglamorous life?

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reesemiller1mo ago

But what do they call it when you actually try, a loud promotion?

jade5401mo ago

Right? My buddy who works at the warehouse said his boss gave a whole speech about "quiet quitting" like it was a disease. He just looked at his coworker and was like, isn't that what we've been doing since we got hired?

cameron5381mo ago

Man that's so real. It's wild how bosses act like doing your job and going home is some new rebellion. Your buddy's coworker nailed it, we've all just been working for the paycheck this whole time. Makes you wonder what they actually expect from people, right?