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-'''Quiet quitting''' is an application of [[work-to-rule]], in which employees work within defined [[work hours]] and engage solely in activities within those hours. Despite the name, the philosophy of quiet quitting is not necessarily connected to [[Resignation|quitting a job]] outright, but rather doing precisely what the job requires.<ref>Multiple sources:
-* {{Cite web |first=James |last=Tapper |date=2022-08-06 |title=Quiet quitting: why doing the bare minimum at work has gone global |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/06/quiet-quitting-why-doing-the-bare-minimum-at-work-has-gone-global |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
-* {{Cite web |last=Bakshi |first=Pema |title=In Defence Of 'Quiet Quitting' Your Job |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/quiet-quitting-job |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en-GB}}
-* {{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Ellen |date=2022-07-29 |title=Could 'quiet quitting' your job be the answer to burnout? What you need to know |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/29/could-the-quiet-quitting-trend-be-the-answer-to-burnout-what-you-need-to-know-17085827/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Metro |language=en}}
-* {{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Lindsay Ellis and Angela |date=2022-08-12 |title=If Your Co-Workers Are 'Quiet Quitting,' Here's What That Means |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-your-gen-z-co-workers-are-quiet-quitting-heres-what-that-means-11660260608 |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Proponents of quiet quitting also refer to it as '''acting your wage'''.<ref>{{cite news |title='Business' |url=https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/2022/09/01/business |access-date=2022-09-03 |publisher="The Economist" |date=2022-09-01 }}</ref>
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-==History==
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-The term ''quiet quitting'' was initially coined at a [[Texas A&M]] economics symposium on diminishing ambitions in Venezuela in September 2009 by economist Mark Boldger. The term continued to be used by other figures, including writer [[Nick Adams (writer)|Nick Adams]] and economist [[Thomas Sowell]].{{cn|date=September 2022}}
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-Although the term ''quiet quitting'' was coined in 2009, aspects of quiet quitting have existed in the workplace and popular culture. The film ''[[Office Space]]'' (1999) depicts a character engaging in quiet quitting; in the film, [[Ron Livingston]]'s character Peter Gibbons abandons the concept of work entirely and does the bare minimum required of him.<ref name="FreepOfficeSpace">{{Cite web |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/mitch-albom/2022/08/28/mitch-albom-the-only-thing-new-about-quiet-quitting-is-the-name/65460190007/ |title=Mitch Albom: The only thing new about quiet quitting is the name |date=2022-08-28 |last=Albom |first=Mitch |work=Detroit Free Press |access-date=2022-09-05 }}</ref>
-In April 2021, a movement in [[China]] arose known as ''[[tang ping]]'' ("lying flat").<ref name=":0" /> ''Tang ping'' shares many common characteristics with quiet quitting, although the concept of quiet quitting predates the movement.{{fact|date=September 2022}}
-In 2022, quiet quitting experienced a surge in popularity in numerous publications following a viral [[TikTok]] video. That same year, Gallup found that roughly half of the U.S. workforce was quiet quitters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harter |first=Jim |date=2022-09-06 |title=Is Quiet Quitting Real? |url=https://www.gallup.com/workplace/398306/quiet-quitting-real.aspx |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Gallup.com |language=en}}</ref>
-==Underlying philosophy==
-The term "quiet quitting" has different shades of meaning depending on the source. While individual contributors might think in terms of otherwise "engaged workers setting reasonable boundaries", their employers might see them instead as "slackers who are willfully underperforming".<ref name="wp20220908">{{ cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/08/quiet-quitting-quiet-firing-what-to-do/ |title=Actually, we’ve been ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘quiet firing’ for years |first=Karla L. |last=Miller |date=2022-09-08 |accessdate=2022-09-12 |work=The Washington Post }}</ref>
-Another perspective differentiates "quiet quitting" from "work-to-rule", positing that the primary objective of quiet quitting is not to disrupt the workplace, but rather to avoid [[occupational burnout]] and to pay more attention to one's mental health and personal [[well-being]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kolev |first=Galin |date=2022-08-16 |title=What Is "Quiet Quitting" (And Should You Join The Trend) |url=https://officetopics.com/what-is-quiet-quitting/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |publisher=Officetopics.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
-Just as the term "quiet quitting" was created to represent workers deliberately limiting the scope of their contributions to the company, the related term "quiet firing" has also come into usage to mean employers reducing the scope of a worker's responsibilities to encourage them to quit voluntarily.<ref name="wp20220908" /> The classic film satire ''[[Office Space]]'' (1999) illustrated this concept with the "Milton Waddams" sub-plot, in which a disfavored employee is ultimately banished to a closet in the basement.<ref name="hyman2013">{{ cite web |url=https://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/36036/giving-employee-the-milton-treatment-leads-to-discrimination-claim/ |title=Giving Employee the “Milton Treatment” Leads to Discrimination Claim |first=Jon |last=Hyman |date=2013-07-11 |accessdate=2022-09-12 |work=Business Management Daily }}</ref> "Quiet hiring" is another term that has been used to describe a strategy by employers to give additional responsibilities to hard-working employees.<ref name="Breen 2022">{{cite web |last=Breen |first=Amanda |date=2022-09-09 |title=Google's 'Quiet Hiring' Method Is Bad News for 'Quiet Quitters' |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/googles-quiet-hiring-method-is-bad-news-for-quiet/435043 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Entrepreneur}}</ref>
-== Quiet firing ==
-The opposite of 'quiet quitting' is 'quiet firing', in which an employer deliberately offers only a minimum wage and benefits and denies any advances in the hope that an unwanted employee would quit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Karla L. |date=September 1, 2022 |title=After ‘quiet quitting,’ here comes ‘quiet firing’ |work=The Washington Post |department=Business |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/01/quiet-quitting-and-firing/ |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/wPrUK |archive-date=September 2, 2022}}</ref>
-== See also ==
-{{Portal|Economics|Society}}
-* [[Great Resignation]]
-* [[Protestant work ethic]]
-* [[Slowdown]]
-== References ==
-{{Reflist|1}}
-==External links==
-* [https://swarmhr.com/buzz/quiet-quitting/ Details on quiet quitting
-[[Category:Criticism of work]]
-[[Category:2009 neologisms]]