His body, devoid of animating spirit and somehow both rigid and limp at the same time, was testament to the only truism that matters in the sport of mixed martial arts-try as you might, it’s impossible to impose order on something so inherently chaotic.Īfter the fight, Edwards was beyond buoyant, brimming with energy, his Jamaica-by-way-of-Britain patois openly sharing with the world all the dreams he had for the future, fantasizing about how his life would change as UFC champ. Welcome to the workplace, folks.Perhaps that explains why Usman quickly leaned to his left when he saw it coming, expecting, once again, to be a step ahead of the challenger? Instead, head met shin, a battle that rarely goes well for the head, and Usman’s reign and claim to pound-for-pound glory were both relegated to the history books. Gen Xers did the same in the '90s, and now Millennials are doing it. So were boomers, who made "work/life balance" practically a mantra in the '70s. For some reason this bit of threadbare advice has gotten 3 million views and this is enough for people who should know better to go gaga over the claim that Millennials and Gen Zs are widely unhappy with their work/life balance.Īnd maybe they are. So where did "quiet quitting" come from?Īs near as I can tell from the article, last month a TikTok user named zaidleppelin invented the term in a banal 17-second video that told people there's more to life than work. But stress on the job seems to have gone up only a bit, and even at that only to the level it was at for most of the aughts. It would be remarkable if there hadn't been.
God knows there was an uptick in general unhappiness during the pandemic. Quiet quitting means working your 40 hours a week and then going home.Ībsolutely no evidence is provided for any of the claims about burnout, tension, or reevaluating work.Workers are reevaluating how work should fit into their lives.We are also at a moment of peak tension between workers and managers.We are in a moment of unprecedented burnout.Quiet quitting is just a new term for an old idea.
“If some one is giving their best in 40 hours and then want to spend rest of time for living isn’t terming/labeling that behavior quiet quitting derogatory?” a HomeAway employee asked earlier this week on Blind, an anonymous corporate messaging board.Ĭonsider what we've been told-and what we haven't:
It’s coming in on the heels of the “Great Resignation,” which saw an average of nearly 4 million employees leave their jobs each month in 2021 amid clashes over flexibility and a widespread reevaluation of how work should fit into their lives.Īnd it’s also gaining steam at a moment of peak tension between managers and employees, as many companies prepare for another push to bring workers back to offices.įor some workers, office mandates aren’t just a pain.
Kathy Kacher, founder of Career/Life Alliance Services, said that “quiet quitting” is a new term for an old concept: employee disengagement.īut it’s arriving in a moment of “unprecedented burnout,” Kacher said. The Washington Post gets us up to speed today on the latest meme/vibe/tiktok taking over the business world.
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