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[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 137 points 1 year ago

First off, not working overtime isn’t quiet quitting.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 51 points 1 year ago

Quiet quitting is the new 'doing what you were hired to do.'

[-] Newusername4oldfart@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

Second, the title says overtime hours, but this is overtime minutes, and based on the amount it’ll be rounded down and you won’t even get paid for them.

[-] million@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quiet quitting refers to a phenomenon where employees, particularly in the United States, increasingly prioritize work-life balance over excessive workplace engagement. Instead of going above and beyond their job duties, these employees simply fulfill their basic responsibilities and are often reluctant to work overtime.

I don’t know if there is objective definition on quiet quitting but this one feels off and a little gross to me. You can work your agreed upon hours with no overtime and still do an amazing job. This definition paints folks working full time jobs as slackers because they aren’t doing overtime, which in most cases is going to be free overtime.

[-] TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

Company propaganda. Definitely has all the ick

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

Plus, how is doing your job 'quitting'?

Social media terms are always stupid and confusing.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

The only time/place I've heard "quiet quitting" has been in articles/online. Never from a real person in real life. It's akin to them trying to make fetch happen.

[-] Trebach@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The people who work for those who call just doing what you're paid for "quiet quitting" should show them what quiet quitting really is by going to lunch one day and never coming back.

[-] freebread@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The only time I refer to it in real life is when I go to the bathroom for an extended amount of time in the office AKA "quiet shitting" :P

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Yep it has been presented as that by the media but real people talking about it usually mean just half-assing your job like you don't care about it.

"Not going above and beyond" has worked pretty well for me the majority of my career, I just get the job done well and try to remember to do most of what I'm supposed to.

[-] sour@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

prioritizing your mental health is a "phenomenon"

._.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Every definition feels gross to me, but I agree this article has a bad slant.

I mean, yeah. It's a term that was created to make people who aren't hard working slaves look bad.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

3.60 minutes less overtime per week then non-psilocybin users? Is this a typo? It's hard to believe this is really that statistically significant. I know they try to make the point that it adds up when you start doing the math, but it's hard to believe 3.60 minutes is anywhere near being significant enough to propose a potential correlation.

Semi-related, how long until we start getting widespread hit pieces on psychedelics? Even if it's only 3.60 minutes, that's 3.60 minutes that your boss probably believes that you owe him. I'm wondering if we're going to start seeing widespread pushback from the media and corporations.

Edit: hell, 3.60 minutes seems so insignificant that it makes me wonder if this was meant to be a (subtle) hit piece.

[-] Alto@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Nothing subtle about it

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Working FEWER overtime hours is now considered quitting? How did we get here?

[-] Gordon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

I had a review recently where I expressed my frustration at excessive work and unreasonable or un-communicated deadlines, and my boss basically took the stance that how was he supposed to know I was overloaded if I wasn't working a bunch of overtime?

Like, dude, that's NOT going to happen. I can be overloaded AF but I'm still leaving at 4.

We talked in circles about this for about 30 minutes and I don't think he understood or simply refused to understand.

Whatever.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"quiet" quitting AKA doing your job description

[-] sour@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

and being a human being with a life outside work

[-] halfempty@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mushroom use tied to not getting exploited at the workplace.

[-] theotherone@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There’s a TED talk waiting to happen. Just during regular business hours only, of course.

[-] alternative_factor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yup that's what I got from it. I'm not into drugs but I guess the machine elves are based.

[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

Quite quitting is a corporate paid shill shit attempt to make it a bad thing to put in the same effort to pay.

That's insane. How the fuck is "I'm going to do what I'm paid to do" a bad thing? Fuck this terminology

[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

I thought quiet quitting was sort of like scrolling through Lemmy and commenting on a quiet quitting post while the office meeting goes on and on and fades into the background until it goes quiet and you realise they have been waiting for your response to a question? You then realise that though Ukrainian drones skipping over Russian drone nets with ease is an interesting topic it’s not actually what they expect you to talk about nor is it what your paid for.

[-] mossy_capivara@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago
[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Was expecting Fight Club.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Haha that's great. Sage advice

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Assuming causation here is literally the dumbest take imaginable.

Corporate America will absolutely endorse it.

[-] sour@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

new excuse for mushroom restriction

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Good luck. I can already get it delivered to my door within a couple hours.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

These findings carry significant implications, especially in the context of the ongoing discussions about the decriminalization and legalization of psilocybin in various parts of the United States. While it might seem that reduced overtime work could be costly for organizations, it is also possible that employees who have used psilocybin may be more productive during their regular work hours, reducing the need for overtime to complete tasks.

(emphasis mine)

I see it as a very possible takeaway but they barely mention it.

this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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