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Gen Z is quiet quitting because we've seen Millennials suffer economic hardship

by momirlan on 10/17/23, 11:06 PM with 21 comments

  • by jtreminio on 10/17/23, 11:40 PM

    > to me quiet quitting is fulfilling your job responsibilities and contract hours without going above and beyond for a workplace that just won't love you back.

    Someone needs to come up with a better name for this. “Quiet quitting” absolutely does not imply the above meaning… that’s simply work and nothing else.

    From the POV of a software developer I’d consider quiet quitting as doing the bare minimum work to not be fired outright and instead placed on a PIP with no intention of surviving it.

    You play your cards right and you would basically be paid 6 months for minimal effort, between when performance degradation is first noticed, PIP deployed, and your company Slack access is finally disabled.

  • by Pigalowda on 10/18/23, 12:08 AM

    > I showed up to my job and did what I was required to do, but I didn't show initiative to push myself beyond that

    That’s just becoming an office drone. A few people go above and beyond and most people don’t. Welcome to the rest of your life I guess? You’ll probably lose your job a couple times due to economic factors out of your control but huge corps like when people just show up to work and do what they are required.

  • by fallingfrog on 10/18/23, 1:21 AM

    See also: 50% of bandcamp employees just got laid off.

    I mean if they don’t care about us.. why would they expect us to care about the business? Seems like an absurd expectation.

  • by Quinzel on 10/18/23, 7:12 AM

    I’m a millennial, and I too just turn up and do only what I’m paid for in fact, my employer will use money to bribe me into staying an extra hour or too some times. My fave was when I was having a day off, and they rang me and asked me if I could come in for the day, and I said no, they called me back an hour later, and asked me if I’d come in for 1.5hrs later in the day, for 8 hours pay, a free day of annual leave, travel costs and a free meal. Then I said yes.

  • by jelliclesfarm on 10/17/23, 11:32 PM

    Disposable work force. Can be easily replaced.