The workplace trend that named a generation's frustration
The workplace trend that named a generation's frustration
TODAY'S WORD Quiet quittingKWY-ut KWIT-ing |
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DEFINITION (noun) The practice of doing exactly what your job requires and nothing more — no extra hours, no going above and beyond, no emotional investment beyond the minimum. Not actually quitting, but opting out of the culture of overwork. |
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He still showed up, still met every deadline, still answered every email — but the days of staying late and volunteering for extra projects were over. Quiet quitting, his friend called it. He called it boundaries. |
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He still showed up, still met every deadline, still answered every email — but the days of staying late and volunteering for extra projects were over. Quiet quitting, his friend called it. He called it boundaries. |
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💬 Why It's Trending Quiet quitting exploded in 2022 after a TikTok video framing it as a rejection of hustle culture went viral. The term was immediately divisive — employers called it disengagement, employees called it sanity. What made it culturally significant wasn't the behavior itself, which has always existed, but the naming of it: a generation deciding collectively that work didn't have to be an identity, and that doing your job well didn't require doing someone else's too. |
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🌍 WORD ORIGIN A compound of quiet — suggesting something done without announcement or drama — and quitting, which despite appearances isn't literally happening. The phrase belongs to a tradition of workplace euphemisms that describe disengagement in softer terms, though quiet quitting is notably more honest than most about what it actually means. |
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Where do you land on quiet quitting?
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