quiet quit | Idiomator

Meaning: (ambitransitive,idiomatic)To ceaseoverachievingat one'sworkplaceto focus on one's personal life; to do only what is reasonably or contractually required.[since 2022]Near-synonym:work to ruleHe said that he is going toquiet quithis job because he wants to focus on his family.[2022July 26, Jake Alban, “‘Quitting the idea of going above and beyond’: TikToker says he’s ‘quiet quitting’ his job, sparking debate”, inThe Daily Dot‎[1], retrieved30 July 2022:The TikToker [@zkchillin] narrates in the video: “I recently learned about this term calledquiet quitting, where you’re not outright quitting your job but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond.[…]”]2022August 31, Perisha Kudhail, “Quiet quitting: The workplace trend taking over TikTok”, inBBC News‎[2], archived fromthe originalon1 September 2022:Emma O'Brien, 31, from Londonquiet quitfrom her job as a personal assistant within the retail sector, after also being turned down for a pay rise.2022October 3, Sarah Green Carmichael, “Don’t quit quiet: work quiet and quit loud”, inPittsburgh Post-Gazette, pageA14:Instead of managers worrying aboutquiet quitting, I think they should take away one lesson: Don't rely so heavily on employees going above and beyond their job description.2023February 9, Jason Lalljee, “‘Resenteeism’: When you hate your job enough to do more than ‘quiet quit’ but are too anxious about the economy to leave”, inBusiness Insider, New York:Part of what has enabled workers to participate inquiet quittingand the Great Resignation is the rare amount of leverage they've had amid a persisting labor shortage, but “resenteeism” signals that people are finding themselves in a tougher spot with the cost of living and a fear of layoffs.2023August, Lu Mingxiao, Abdullah Al Mamun, Xuelin Chen, Qing Yang, Mohammad Masukujjaman, “Quiet quitting during COVID-19: the role of psychological empowerment”, inHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, volume10, number 1, issue published December 2023, page485:Under these circumstances, an increasing number of university lecturers in Chinese universities seem to experience job burnout and experience QQ. There is an urgent need to examine and represent the formation and development ofquiet-quittingintentions among Chinese university lecturers.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seequiet,‎quit.

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