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Quiet quitting

Big company made-up term for employees who perform their duties written in the contract, it's typically used to shame them.
Hey John, i recently started to notice that you're Quiet Quitting the company.
- It's not called quiet quitting, it's called Acting My Wage
by VemonP55 August 22, 2022
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Quiet quitting

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.
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?
by JimmiRustle October 2, 2022
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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.
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?
by JimmiRustle October 2, 2022
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Working no more, and no less, than 40 hours a week in a full time job.
Alex has been leaving work at 5pm each day recently because he’s quiet quitting.
by Drinks are on…the house September 5, 2022
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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.
I’m thinking about quiet quitting my job.

“That’s not quiet quitting, that’s just doing your job.”
by TheAlwaysCorrect1 September 8, 2022
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Quiet Quitting is when you just stop showing up at work instead of giving formal notice. Like "ghosting" your job.
I haven't seen Jeff all week! Is he sick?
No dude, he's quiet quitting - he's never coming back!
by Quokka Cola August 19, 2022
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quiet quitting

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.
"can you do this overtime for me?"
"am i getting paid extra for that hour?"
"nope you will have to do it VOLUNTARILY"
"then no"
"so you are quiet quitting?"
by jarniwan October 29, 2023
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