quiet quitting

English

Verb

quiet quitting

1. present participle and gerund of quiet quit
   • 2023, Sydney D. Richardson, Making the Entrepreneurial Transition, page 113:

     While this schedule (Table 8.1) may still present itself as ideal and not a reality, entre-employees use quiet quitting; identifying that work will always be present and many components of it can (and should) be saved for the next day.

   • 2023, Ramesh Behl Rajagopal, Paradigm Shift in Business, page 427:

     To be clear, quiet quitting does not mean that collaborators are resigning, rather, they are no longer working extra hours, specially without compensation, are not defining themselves by the work they do or the position they hold or subscribing to the hustle-culture mentality which means that they live to work.

   • 2024, Dr Ali Fenwick, Red Flags, Green Flags: Modern psychology for everyday drama:

     In the past few years, quiet quitting has become quite the phenomenon in the workplace. Quiet quitting is not actually quitting your job, but slowly not showing up anymore or going the extra mile.

Noun

quiet quitting

1. (informal) An act or instance of the ceasing of overachieving at one's workplace.