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[CalminHeart]

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@Sooner wrote:

The proper term for that is "Slacker."  "Bum" is applicable as well.  Among others.  Entitled people, etc.

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And then we wonder why they're quitting.

If you treat people with respect and pay them a living wage, they'll be a lot more productive and loyal.

[Group 5 minus 1]

Couldn't that get you fired?

[CAcableGirl2]

It's all about integrity.  If you don't like your job, leave.  If you are paid to do a job, do it, and if you want to advance and be appreciated, work harder than the others.  If you feel that you aren't recognized for your extra efforts, leave and find a company that does appreciate you.

Those who are "quiet quitting" will never get ahead and years later will wonder why they've been passed over, and probably blame someone else - take a look in the mirror. 

Turnover is a problem for many companies, and if their staff is constantly changing because people are leaving, then senior leadership should be finding out why. 

I have worked for multiple companies through mergers and acquisitions, and have found that if you work hard, put in a solid days worth, then you will be rewarded.  If I felt unappreciated in the 40 years that I've worked, I would have left and found a company that does appreciate my efforts. 

I've always said that you are only as good as the last day you worked, if you were a slacker yesterday, then you are a slacker worker and it doesn't matter how long you've been there. 

[AuntG]

We have all seen that throughout our careers. Slackers who did just enough not to be fired.

[Meowingkitty]

It's nothing new. It just has a name now. In my last job I basically did quiet quitting. I hated the company, not fond of most of the people and the work was mind numbing. The company did not give raises ever. (Oh maybe a few bucks every five years or so but basically nothing much). I stayed because I had enough time in to get a nice severance package and I was only hanging on because of it. I was with the company 8 years and saw nothing but a company being run into the ground. Sure I could have probably quit years earlier but I was getting to old for most places to want to hire me even though I was only in my 50's.Transfer to another position wouldn't happen either because most jobs were out of state. When review time came around everyone got the same review but with a different grade. If you were one of the last ones hired in the department the best you would ever get would be a 4 with 5 being the lowest. No matter if you reinvented the wheel you would get a bad review. I knew it was just a matter of time before layoffs were coming so I basically did the bare minimum since I knew there was nothing in it for me and the company didn't care. And frankly neither did any of the employees at this point.  I was right. After about two years into my current position they transferred the job to another city. I got what I wanted, my severance pay. I decided I had had enough of corporate America and retired. I understand why quiet quitting is a thing.

[Nancy Drew]

Dr Phil had a show on this a couple months ago. Lazy people want the pay check but don't want to do the work. Nothing new just has a name and people brag about it on social media.

[Stray]

If someone is fulfilling minimum requirements of their job it’s very difficult if not impossible to fire them. However, it was my experience, that if you went above or beyond expectations, you could be rewarded quite handsomely. I had many “quiet quitters” working for me but I’d not use that term. They were basically long term employees who felt they would never be fired & were lazy.

In the end, they lost their jobs when the Company outsourced our department & tried to place many of the employees with the new company. Only high performers were selected. If you are of a certain age & lose your pension, that’s a big deal.

[skatting44]

" Quiet Quitters " should get a taste of their own medicine. They should be on the receiving end of lousy service .  At one time in America people 's self esteem was in part based on how they treated their fellow humans  and their work ethic. Now a days , many are feeding their egos on Facebook, Tik tok or some other social platform , bragging abt gaming others or being mean. There were some old Youtube  videos abt those guys who  enacted mean " jokes " on people esp homeless brought on a new world to teens .

I worked in health care and I came across lazy slackers whose slow or lack of action  almost cost peoples lives so Quiet Quitters need to think abt themselves being in a life threatening situation where another Quier Quitter could cost them their life by slow or lack of action.  The workforce is dwindling down by this sick egotism .

[FiddleDeeDee]

This is nothing new. If people think it is, well, ok then.

[RollTide2008]

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@willomenia wrote:
Then companies should start doing quiet firing. Give them less hours, harder tasks to perform. When they can't keep up, fire them.

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Unemployment is hovering around 4%.  Everyone is short staffed.  Where are you going to find people to replace them?  

I can tell by many of these comments some of you have been out of the workforce for some time.  Go above and beyond and get rewarded?  Ha!  How about go above and beyond and you'll be given someone else's job too.  Companies downsized during the last recession and worked their remaining staff harder for no more, and sometimes less, money and fewer resources.  When workers voluntarily left the workforce during the pandemic, that only got worse.