By now, you’ve probably heard about “quiet quitting.” It’s not about actually quitting your job and then trying to keep quiet about it. It’s about coasting in the job you currently have. Advocates see it as “looking to draw firmer work-life boundaries after two years of pandemic overtime.” In other words, no more burnout.
Critics, such as Arianna Huffington, write that quiet quitting “isn’t just about quitting on a job, it’s a step toward quitting on life.” Or as Kevin O’Leary, co-star on ABC’s “Shark Tank” and chairman of O’Shares ETFs, said in a CNBC video essay, quiet quitting is a horrible approach to building a career: “You have to go beyond because you want to. That’s how you achieve success.”
If you define “quiet quitting” as saying “no” to extra work without extra compensation, then it’s hard to push back against simply doing the job you were initially hired to do at the pay you agreed to do it for. But…
