A 2023 Guide to 'Quiet Quitting' That You Should Never Share with Your Boss

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 6, 2023 2:00 PM EST

2022 may have been the year of quiet quitting. What are the takeaways for this year?

 

Well, according to this thread on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, there are plenty of concrete rules you can follow if you're planning to "quiet quit" this year. Now, as folks in the comments section suggest, there is a reason to avoid using this buzzword in 2023. Because as we all know, quiet quitting makes it seem like the employee is the only person at fault here. Really, this is all about acting your wage and ensuring that your boundaries between work and life aren't crossed. If they are, then employees should ensure that they are compensated for that extra effort. Hopefully, now that we're in a new year, employers can approach their reactions to "quiet quitting" with less hostility, less doubling down, and less aggression. That's not how you're going to motivate people. Let's hope that 2023 will be about listening and implementing actual changes to work environments. 

 

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    Font - THE BURNED OUT PROFESSIONAL'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE QUIET QUITTING 1. Do as little as possible, as often as possible. 2. If you must act, act with the least effort possible. 3. Make your work seem much harder than it actually is. 4. Work as slowly as possible, take your time. 5. Give plausible reasons for deadline extensions. 6. Use templates and automation wherever feasible. 7. Praise your boss for their "leadership." 8. Talk about the importance of "diligence." 9. Keep your resume, referen
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    Font - Scat fiend 1 day ago 11. Don't actually quit. Just stop showing up. It is possible that your absence will not be noticed and they'll keep sending you checks. 103 Reply Share
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    Vertebrate - dragon_fiesta. 1 day ago Am I the only one who has always done as little as possible at work?
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    Rectangle - InfiniteCommission13 22 hr. ago Nope, that's why I am doing some quality Reddit time as I type this
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    Font - dirty_cuban 21 hr. ago I know right? I feel like I've done this for 15 years through my entire career. Did no one else do this before it had a fancy name?
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    Font - BAM Roylander 23 hr. ago Lets take it back a step and stop using the phrase "quiet quiting". Its miss leading and makes the workers look bad when the problem is the employer. Next do the work your paid to do. Nothing more or less.
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    Font - Most importantly: Prioritize people over profits. That means stop trying to benefit from someone elses miss fortune. That's right. If you find $100 on the street fu understand that it still belongs to the person who lost it. Finders Keepers is not a thing if you want a healthy community. Do your best to get it back to the owner first. Apply that logic to everything. Bottom line. Just fu support each other.
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    Font - BandicootSoggy6170 OP - 20 hr. ago Do less than expected, and less than assigned, but make it feel like more. Extract value, go home, they do it to you. Take care of your people, corporations don't care about you.
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    Font - Acceptable-Ad-1436 23 hr. ago Or save up your pto and then get a nice check on your way out.. That's what I did at my last company
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    Font - profoak 21 hr. ago I thought we weren't using the media hot button word, and instead work to rule?
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    Font - BandicootSoggy6170 OP 20 hr. ago Language was used intentionally. I am not advocating WTR. I AM, in fact, advocating for quietly doing as little as possible, up to and including not doing your job as assigned.
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    Font - Runkind4141. 1 day ago Effective Acting your Wage
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    Font - BandicootSoggy6170 OP 20 hr. ago I would recommend this regardless of wage. The value you are producing is being siphoned, stolen, and these measures can be used to help you take it back.
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    Font - 2021fireman10 - 20 hr. ago Can we please stop calling it quiet quitting and start calling it what it actually is..."work to rules".
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    Smile - rustbelthiker 21 hr. ago Or organize a union and make your job better for you and all your coworkers.
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    Font - AdamJadam. 1 day ago I advise against anyone using up their PTO if they don't expect to keep a job. Sick days yes, use those. But PTO is paid back after you leave, so gives a boost to your last paycheck.
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