Quiet Quitting

Definition

The revolutionary act of doing exactly what you're paid to do and absolutely nothing more. Somehow this basic employment concept needed a trendy name to scandalize LinkedIn thought leaders everywhere. Turns out "working your job description" needed a rebrand.

Example Usage

"I started quiet quitting by leaving at 5 PM and not checking email on weekends. My coworkers staged an intervention. Apparently, boundaries are contagious and management is concerned." - A radical rule-follower

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employee

A person who trades their labor, expertise, and roughly 40 hours per week for a paycheck and the thrilling uncertainty of corporate restructuring. Unlike freelancers, they get benefits and PTO; unlike executives, they get neither stock options worth mentioning nor the luxury of failing upward. The organizational building block that HR refers to as 'headcount.'

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