Quiet Quitting: Slacking Off or Valid Boundaries? | We The People

The Wall Street Journal to The Economist, open any newspaper or tune into a podcast and one will hear the new buzz word - "quiet quitting". It is a new workplace trend where employees, returning to work after the pandemic, stay in their job but don't take on the extra work that might be causing them stress and affecting their mental health. They say "no" to requests to go beyond what they think should be expected of a person in their position, no to extra hours and working weekends. Is this an act of establishing healthy boundaries or is this slacking off? As the global economy picks itself up again, is it time to get back to "business as usual" or is it time to set the rest button?

 

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