To think that quiet quitting without looking for something better is just an attitude problem?

[ThatJadeSwan]

I get why people disengage from toxic workplaces but if you’re quiet quitting and not even trying to find a better role, then what’s the point? At that stage, it’s less about setting boundaries and more about settling for misery.

Isn't it just self-sabotage to stay in a job you hate without making moves to leave? Or do some people genuinely believe this is a long-term solution?

We live in times where big companies would rather pay big bonuses to the people at the top, if they cut running costs, even if it means cutting half the people at the bottom, the ones that are really holding the fort, and leave the other half stressed out of their minds doing double the work....why would anyone try and go above and beyond when the CEOs and CFOs are getting paid hundreds of sometimes thousand times what regular employees get paid? No thanks. I'll do my job and clock out and forget about work. If I do one extra minute today I'll take it off tomorrow. I have no interest in climbing the ladder either to get taxed to death...

Why is doing your job and taking your leave even referred to as "quiet quitting"?? That's ridiculous. It's not any kind of quitting. It's doing exactly what you're employed to do. Annual leave is there to be taken otherwise why would it be granted?

I’m quite surprised by this definition of quiet quitting too. It’s not how I understood it, but I see I’m in the minority on this thread. Using the term in this way suggests that working past your contractual hours and going above and beyond in your job is the norm, or should be. Which is ridiculous.

I was regularly working 50-60 hour weeks, never took a lunch break, cancelled holidays to complete projects and really neglected my family. My wake up call was when I was blamed for an error on a piece of work I never even looked at. When I highlighted this I was reprimanded by my manager, whose mistake it was, for not being a team player. I now work 8 to 4. Always take my full half hour lunch, buy an additional 5 days annual leave every year and enjoy every single one of them. I do a fantastic job and give 100% for every one of my 37.5 hours but at 4pm my laptop closes and I go home.

in terms of working to what your paid etc why is there an issue around the eg 9am start, because your only paid when you clock in etc

yes i prefer early so its cuppa then set up equipment etc

but if your working to what your paid etc