Following the pandemic, the Great Resignation marked a trend with large numbers of people resigning from their jobs. However, quitting isn’t an option for everyone; many people have obligations, such as loans to repay or medical insurance that is linked to their jobs. Serving notice was simply not an option. Therefore, quiet quitting has become an alternative to resigning.
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So what is quiet quitting? Why do so many employees see it as an option? Should employers worry about it?
What is quiet quitting?
Simply put, quiet quitting is taking a step back and evaluating your work effort. Essentially, you’re determining whether you’re going above and beyond for a company that isn’t reciprocating.
This trend originated on TikTok and quickly spread through news and social media. Commonly, it’s described as:
• Restricting work to work hours and not picking up tasks after this time
• Avoiding work calls and messages during vacations and time off
• Doing the designated work that was listed in the job description
• Unsubscribing from the hustle culture of going beyond any additional duties
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The Elephant in the Room
Let's not forget that many companies threatened employees' livelihoods in order to coerce them into taking the experimental pharmaceutical products marketed as COVID-19 vaccines.
I separated from a company, in part, because it was attempting to collect private medical information in order to implement the Biden Administration's OSHA "requirement," despite its questionable legality and the pending challenges from numerous state attorneys general. I am not someone who can "just go through the motions," and it was killing me that I could not be passionate for a company that was trying to ruin my life. So I left.
Employment is already based on an illusion of loyalty that we buy into because we think that it will pay off for us in the long run. But I have no loyalty for anyone who is prepared to destroy my family because I declined to take drugs.
You mention diversity and inclusion...
What could be less inclusive than threatening people's homes and the food on their table over a private medical decision regarding a product for which there is no long term safety data?
What could be less fostering of diversity than running roughshod over your employees' religious freedom, medical privacy, freedom of conscience, and bodily autonomy?... with a "one size fits all" prescription.
This egregious erasure of the rights of the American worker did not go unnoticed by talented and critical thinkers who aren't going to fall for some hollow appeal to "work-life balance" or "mental wellness" when there has been no reckoning whatsoever over the lost sleep, marital strain, and financial burden that these faceless employers were eager to inflict upon their workers without a second thought.
There is simply no going back. The illusion of loyalty was always part of the employment calculus, and that illusion has been thoroughly mangled by these gross overreaches. I will never view the world, or the people in it, in the same way again.
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