The quote: “Quiet quitters are hard to handle because they continue to complete their assigned workload to the same (often high) standard, giving their managers an uneasy feeling but nothing specific to complain about.”
“Quiet quitting? Oh, do you mean acting my wage?”
exactly. because it’s a proven fact, actually, that working harder DOES NOT EVER result in higher compensation.
the results are in. it’s a closed issue. the managerial class has fucked the workers long enough.
if they want more than minimum, they need to pay more than minimum.
we’re done working more than minimum uncompensated.
FUCK 'EM.
Every boss wants every employee to care about the bottom line.
Then make it an employee owned company. Oh, you don’t want to do that because you have to share the profits? Then deal with no one caring.
Not every boss. I do care about the bottom line, because it’s my job to guide the team to efficiency. Most of my employees are solid and make managing easy. Where I make my paycheck is making sure all the customers get their shit during the holidays when they all burn their PTO.
I had this conversation with one boss once.
“You don’t seem deeply committed to this place.”
“Yeah. No shit. You might have noticed that you have to pay me to even show up.”
That put an end to that line of inquiry.
Haha I like that line. Like, it’s obvious, but I’ve never seen it phrased like that.
My first reaction to this “quiet quitting” thing was that it’s gotta be some sort of parody. Then I remembered the 90s film “Office Space” and Jennifer Aniston as a waitress getting cornered and reprimanded over wearing the minimum amount of flair required as codified by the employee manual, page whatever, article whatever else.
“We’re here to have fun! Get a little crazy! Be a team!” - as the original spirit of the thing, which fairly quickly gets hijacked by the first petty tyrant that sees an opportunity to exploit.
And that, kids, is why we can’t have nice things. Because one of every four or five of us, turns out to be a petty tyrant first chance they get.
