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      [Verb]  | "quiet quit" 


      1: to do the minimum amount of work required for a job : to engage in quiet quitting


      Origin: 2022 ;

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       [ "Quiet quit" ]

      1: When physically, you still turn up to work but mentally, you check out and do the absolute bare minimum to get by.

        * e.g.,  ... My boss has been an asshole lately but I need the money so I just quiet quit. 

       [ "Quiet quitting" ]

      1: Big company made-up term for employees who perform their duties written in the contract, it's typically used to shame them.

        * e.g.,  ... Hey John, i recently started to notice that you're Quiet Quitting the company. 

       [ "Quiet quitting" ]

      1: A terminology mainly used by employers and industry to describe employees’ refusal to be exploited through means such as overtime, unpaid work or doing work outside of their responsibilities.

        * e.g.,  ... Le Manager: Damn, everyone on the team is suddenly Quiet Quitting. We’re never going to catch up on orders. Nobody wants to work. Supervisor: So you’re saying that because everybody is working to contract the company is getting behind on work, and you think it’s the employees’ fault and not because you haven’t hired enough hands? 

       [ "Quiet quitting" ]

      1: A terminology mainly used by employers and industry to describe employees’ refusal to be exploited through means such as overtime, unpaid work or doing work outside of their responsibilities.

        * e.g.,  ... Le Manager: Damn, everyone on the team is suddenly Quiet Quitting. We’re never going to catch up on orders. Nobody wants to work. Supervisor: So you’re saying that because everybody is working to contract the company is getting behind on work, and you think it’s the employees’ fault and not because you haven’t hired enough hands? 

       [ "Quiet Quitting" ]

      1: Working no more, and no less, than 40 hours a week in a full time job.

        * e.g.,  ... Alex has been leaving work at 5pm each day recently because he’s quiet quitting. 

       [ "Quiet Quitting" ]

      1: A word millennials came up with that equates to doing your job without picking up overtime. Basically it’s doing what you’re supposed to do at your job.

        * e.g.,  ... I’m thinking about quiet quitting my job. “That’s not quiet quitting, that’s just doing your job.” 

       [ "Quiet Quitting" ]

      1: Quiet Quitting is when you just stop showing up at work instead of giving formal notice. Like "ghosting" your job.

        * e.g.,  ... I haven't seen Jeff all week! Is he sick? 

       [ "quiet quitting" ]

      1: a slang or slur made by corporation and managers to shame their employee for doing only whats LEGALLY written in contract, and refuse to do overtime for free. this often was done because corporation and managers cant fire or even sue their employees because by contract, the employees did their duty for the wage they are given.

        * e.g.,  ... "can you do this overtime for me?" 

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