The quote: “Quiet quitters are hard to handle because they continue to complete their assigned workload to the same (often high) standard, giving their managers an uneasy feeling but nothing specific to complain about.”

  • niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    My first reaction to this “quiet quitting” thing was that it’s gotta be some sort of parody. Then I remembered the 90s film “Office Space” and Jennifer Aniston as a waitress getting cornered and reprimanded over wearing the minimum amount of flair required as codified by the employee manual, page whatever, article whatever else.

    “We’re here to have fun! Get a little crazy! Be a team!” - as the original spirit of the thing, which fairly quickly gets hijacked by the first petty tyrant that sees an opportunity to exploit.

    And that, kids, is why we can’t have nice things. Because one of every four or five of us, turns out to be a petty tyrant first chance they get.