Who are really the quiet quitters? Bosses discusses how is like to manage a group of remote workers, the good, the bad: ‘the quiet quitters aren’t the ones who everyone assumes’

In the story below, we have a manager telling people that remote workers aren’t really how most people picture them. They usually think that the people who are going to disappear without a warning are the ones who end their shift online and are unavailable after working hours, but usually, they are the best employees. The problem is actually with the ones who seem to always be online, as they are mostly pretending to be busy instead of actually working.

This opinion was validated by other people who have either worked remotely or knew someone who did. As it is true, it’s really easy to appear busy when you don’t have your boss walking to your desk to “control” you. And usually, the employees who know their shifts and respect them spend all their work time actually doing their job instead of just responding quickly to messages. The more they seem to be working remotely as they would on-site, the better employees they prove to be. So let’s not assume that we know how remote work really is and actually listen to the people who have been doing this kind of work for a while.