Quiet quitting

[WJ99mobile]

It means doing only what your job demands and nothing more. Quitting doing anything extra. You still show up for work, but stay strictly within the boundaries of your job requirements. So no more helping out with additional tasks or checking emails outside work hours.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62638908

Imagine only doing what you get paid to do!

[North Cardiff Blue]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62638908

Imagine only doing what you get paid to do!

Pretty much what I do these days, i'm past the stage of ambition and trying to impress, although you really need to wait till your fifites unless you don't want to get on in life.

[TWGL1]

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Pretty much what I do these days, i'm past the stage of ambition and trying to impress, although you really need to wait till your fifites unless you don't want to get on in life.

Can you imagine going for an interview with the intention of doing the minimum job requirement :hehe:

No chance of employment in the police, fire service , NHS , Local government etc ….

[superfeathers]

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Would walk into a job in government though. Doing the minimum requirement would be seen as going above and beyond

[the other bob wilson]

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Can you imagine going for an interview with the intention of doing the minimum job requirement :hehe:

No chance of employment in the police, fire service , NHS , Local government etc ….

The employer deems the job worthy of a particular rate of pay and a contract is offered based on that. That offer is considered the “minimum job requirement” by the employer - if it wasn’t they would offer less.

If someone decides to do the minimum requirement as agreed by their employer, then what’s the problem?

[Organ Morgan.]

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Would walk into a job in government though. Doing the minimum requirement would be seen as going above and beyond

I wondered how long it would take for someone to mention public sector desk jockeys.

[TWGL1]

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The employer deems the job worthy of a particular rate of pay and a contract is offered based on that. That offer is considered the “minimum job requirement” by the employer - if it wasn’t they would offer less.

If someone decides to do the minimum requirement as agreed by their employer, then what’s the problem?

Hmm I’ve always worked overtime , and checked emails unpaid , and I interview staff.
From experience, the people with the most ambition usually excel and get promoted quicker than those who don’t.

Depends on what’s important to the individual.

[life on mars]

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Would walk into a job in government though. Doing the minimum requirement would be seen as going above and beyond

Probably be sacked within hour's.

[the other bob wilson]

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Hmm I’ve always worked overtime , and checked emails unpaid , and I interview staff.
From experience, the people with the most ambition usually excel and get promoted quicker than those who don’t.

Depends on what’s important to the individual.

None of which makes anything I said wrong - all you’re saying is your attitude is different to other peoples.

I’ve known a few middle managers with ambition - they’d drop their staff in it in terms of more work if it made them look good.

[UNDERHILL1927]

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Would walk into a job in government though. Doing the minimum requirement would be seen as going above and beyond

Uninformed sweeping statement of the week. Shouldn’t you be on a Spurs message board Sir Alan you plonker?

[JamesWales]

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Consequence of increased WFH - lots of people doing very little. Lots working way over the hours intended. It's much harder to allocate and monitor work properly, and some people will be too tempted to log in, if their work laptop is staring at them from the corner of the living room. This is all unhealthy for the individual, the business and society at large.

I think it's ridiculous to regularly do work you aren't paid for, and ridiculous to do work in the evenings too.

Work to Live not Live to Work I say!

[superfeathers]

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Uninformed sweeping statement of the week. Shouldn’t you be on a Spurs message board Sir Alan you plonker?

Sore subject? 😂

[ToTaL ITK]

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Well according to your next Prime minister Liz Truss you are a lazy idle lot that want something for nothing. She prefers the "Chinese way" (let's see who gets that) of work ethics. I wish you all the best with Lizzy :hehe:

[sneggyblubird]

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It's just the pendulum swinging the other way. I used to work for a company who's MD put great store in staff willing to go the extra mile for nothing. During a course I was attending at head office I was struck by the mayhem of employees fighting to get out of the car park 2 mins after the MD had done his half hour extra as an example to the minions. The standard management most used phrase in the 80/90s was "if you don't like it **** off cause there's 3 people waiting to do your job on my terms. Now with employers struggling to fill vacancies its no surprise to me to hear this sort of behaviour coming back into the workplace. Something else to blame Brexit on.:hehe:

[J R Hartley]

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Listened to a debate on the radio this morning. Young girl on minimum wage, taken on as an admin assistant, was soon given extra responsibility to original job / contract she signed up for, ie managing other and in charge of multi million pound budgets, working 50-60 hours a week on a 37 hour contracts. Minimum wage son every hour she worked for a extra her hourly rate was actually less than the legal minimum wage. Asked for a pay rise and got told no so she quietly quit, or worked to rule as I would call it whilst she looked for another job. Don’t blame her. She spoke eloquently and put her argument across well.