Employees Say ‘Quiet Quitting’ is Just Setting Boundaries. Companies Fear Long-Term Effects
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Employees Say 'Quiet Quitting' Is Just Setting Boundaries. Companies Fear Long-Term Effects:
Maggie Perkins, a Georgia-based teaching advocate, had been working as a teacher for nearly half a decade before she decided to "quiet quit" her job. The decision didn't mean she'd leave her position, but rather limit her work to her contract hours. Nothing more, nothing less.
"No matter how much I hustle as a teacher, there isn't a growth system or recognition incentive," Perkins told TIME. "If I didn't quiet quit my teaching job, I would burn out."
Perkins joins a larger online community of workers who have been sharing their experiences on TikTok, taking a "quiet quitting" mentality-the concept of no longer going above and beyond, and instead doing what their job description requires of them and only that.
The movement comes in the wake of a global pandemic that caused employees to reimagine what work could look like, considering the potentials of extending remote work, not working much on Fridays, or in some cases, amid the Great Resignation, not working at all. Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post and CEO at Thrive, wrote in a viral LinkedIn post, "Quiet quitting isn't just about quitting on a job, it's a step toward quitting on life."
As "quiet quitters" defend their choice to take a step back from work, company executives and workplace experts argue that although doing less might feel good in the short-term, it could harm your career-and your company-in the long run.
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