Quiet Quit If You Want Your Ambition to Die, Along With Your Career.

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[@bobcharlie7982]

of course a ceo os going to tell you quiet quitting is a bad idea never work more than what you are paid to do

[@mamadragonful]

Quiet quitting is also called "acting your wage". There are SOME employers who will promote someone who is working twice as much as anyone else. Those employers get hard workers. There are also some employers who just exploit someone working harder than anyone else. Those employers get the work of two employees for one low wage and pocket the profits. If that's the kind of boss you have, "work your wage" until you can find a better job. "Quiet quitting" is generally a precursor to upgrading to a better job. Or retirement.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Pretty much. I have zero sympathy for companies that don't reward the workhorses, but I don't think those types of business models are as numerous as social media would have us believe. Tricky thing is these legit lazy types of zoomers will claim to be exploited for being asked to do the minimum after being on the job for less than 4 months.

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

Nailed it.

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

@@ocarinaplaya I disagree. The people who take advantage far outnumber the ones who reward hard work.

[@nickholland3829]

I think millennials (myself included) get tired of doing twice the work of their older peers and getting paid much less. All the while having to listen to the older peers piss and moan about "kids these days don't want to work". Meanwhile, it takes them so long to do shit bc they refuse to learn new technology

[@dylanvanhoorne3191]

@@nickholland3829 no no they put there work in 20 years ago.you know they start work thirty five minutes after everyone else cause the boss just had nothing to do but talk about his stupid ass lawn to the good old fuk cause he has no friends,wife hates him and kids just pump and dump him like atm

[@i_am_aaronman]

The other factor to your advice is having an employer that appreciates your above-and-beyond efforts. Most places will just exploit you. If they exploit your work ethic, DO NOT STOP UNTIL YOU HAVE ANOTHER JOB LINED UP.

[@valentine8161]

Best you can do is create an immersion from the start. Don't be lazy but don't put yourself at a strain with how much you do. If you play it right you can perhaps even create an impression of you slightly overperforming while actually not doing anything that is above your average. This is how you truly get ahead in life, especially in todays corporate world. Also don't forget to spend that extra energy you aren't wasting on work networking with your colleagues and managers. Worst case scenario you can level up with your next job, best case you actually become "that" guy who got promoted over the guy who actually sweated his ass off working morning to dusk like a madman.

[@peterjohn8625]

I quiet quitted about 8 years ago, exactly for the reasons in this title, and have never regretted it. BTW I'm not a lefty either.

[@willowallen4688]

Sorry but I can't agree with you on this. I worked at FedEx for 2 years. I gave that job my all and I strove to become the best in my area. And I accomplished it. No one was as fast or efficient as me. Did I get any compensation for that? No. I was still paid the same as the people giving it their minimum. When we became low staffed and I had to make up the work of 3 people, I told myself "its just until they hire more people, then I can have a break and it can go back to normal." That didn't happen. They came up to us and basically said "wow you guys are doing so good by yourselves, you don't need more people! This is the new standard now." I was overworking myself for nothing. I applied for higher positions and was turned down every time. Then when I was unloading a trailer by myself, I slipped on the wet floor and injured my knee. After that they cut my hours drastically and I couldn't afford to pay for anything anymore. Companies don't care about you and even of you give it your all, they are just going to exploit you for it. So yes, absolutely quiet quit your job. Do a good job but don't give them more than that. You more than likely won't see it returning back to you with good fortune.

[@alaeacusmcfly4353]

100% Truth.

[@AndyJ-le7tp]

Agreed.

[@RemiliaVampire]

Now if they lose you they are losing the work of three people. You have to use this to your leverage & ask for more money/promotion/ect. They aren't just going to throw money at you because they like you. Companies aren't obligated to care about you and I doubt you give a crap about your boss.

[@joonalehtinen8041]

Sorry to hear 🙁

[@Waishwhw72i19sjx7]

First 5 years at Costco I spent every minute of every day trying to take care of everything. Be fast. Be efficient. Be friendly. Keep all areas clean. Step up. Volunteer to help. Go the extra mile. Come early. Stay late. After putting in that time a chance popped up to promote and I went for it. Updated my resume, my wardrobe, and my attitude. I was all-in. They gave it to the guy who got written up CONSTANTLY and was consistently late once or twice a week for all those years. The reasoning? Well if he's removed from this position nothing really changes because you're still here to do everything. If you're removed and it's just him left behind it will all go to shit. We can't afford to NOT have you here in this spot. Punished for doing well. Rewarded for doing trash. Fuck all these companies, every one of them. Just do enough to go unnoticed and not get fired. Be polite and friendly but don't strain yourself. As soon as a better opportunity comes along, fuck em'.

[@pure_zzzz7326]

A lot of companies had favoritism, promote lazy people, druggy person, and all BS politics 😆✌️❤️

[@ruthnm5303]

It’s my understanding that “quiet quitting” is doing all that is expected of you during the 8 hour day. It is to give you balance in life. I’ve worked many projects and hours away from family for companies that don’t care about me as a person. This is normal because it is the bottom line or the management glory that is important. So it appears that the term quiet quitting isn’t the best phrase. People doing this are finding self worth and fulfillment outside of their position and work.

[@jpatt85]

Dumbest shit I've ever heard

[@mkdaname7050]

amen turning 22 on the 16th and work as an assistant manager at my towns local family dollar and this is kinda what i'm going through, last check I pulled 120.66 hours and really don't have time to even balance my social life anymore, yet my other asm and my manager are always showing up late or not at all or always asking me to come in early or stay late and it really kills my motivation (there is literally just us 3 trying to run the store now cuz everyone keeps leaving) and I can't help but feel like theres more to life than a corporate 9-5

[@RemiliaVampire]

They aren't obligated to care about you as a person. If it's worth the money to take time away from your family then do the project, if it isn't then don't or ask to be paid for over time.

[@jpatt85]

@@mkdaname7050 You're not working a corporate 9-5. You're working a bullshit Dollar Store job thts not meant for long-term anyhow. Go further your education or you'll be stuck working shitty jobs until you chose to challenge yourself. Learn a skilled trade, HVAC, Electrician, plumbing, Audio Visual etc. Google something and learn how to get paid while learning. Take some college courses. Join the Navy. Anything is better than complaining like a pu**y on KZbin. And if you're already in school, good job, now all you got to do is find a "better" temporary job

[@IridescentW]

@@RemiliaVampire You're not obligated to treat anyone well. But if you treat people poorly, no one will want to be around you or work for you.

[@raywhite7742]

Disagree... Been in the private sector for over 30 years. Just working harder and smarter won't get you recognized. You have to learn to schmooze and backstab and aggressively promote yourself. While I don't advocate "quiet quitting", you really need to look out for yourself and not just be merely useful.

[@louismeloche3857]

Yes had many backstabbers in my line of work, but the ass kissers and bone smokers were the worst.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Sounds like a white collar problem. Being easy to work with does require a sociable personality which many young people seem to lack from being raised on social media.

[@teachingwithipad]

Quiet Quit is dumb but working for corporate is worse. There is a third option. Figure it out

[@TheIronChainMaster]

I work at a car dealership. The managers owners award , promote and justify sticking it to the customers who are overpaying for car and getting low balled on their trade in because it's more money in their pockets

[@alaeacusmcfly4353]

Facts.

[@MandoMTL]

Crazy how wages have been keeping up with the cost of living since 1975. Oh wait... 🤔

[@DruuzilTechGames]

Maybe if certain Government entities would stop printing money...

[@davidr2299]

@@DruuzilTechGames 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@davidr2299]

I blame daddy Reagan and his unequivocally stooopid trickle down economics for the MASSIVE increasing inequality gap since the 1980s. Pro big business tax cuts, deregulation etc spell horrors for the middle class. Go figure, trickle down economics NEVER worked. It was a clown show of a policy from the start. They just succeed in making you useful idiots in their propaganda campaign. Matt Walsh is a 1%er obviously will defend corporations to the death. But still a clown nonetheless.

[@therealeleusis]

The Great Resignation caused companies to up their wages to fill spots but you see what's happened, they just raised the prices on the shit they sell you so it's basically a wash. I thought making over 20 bucks an hour was gonna be life on easy street. I'd finally be able to breathe a little, send my kid to school maybe without him owing a college loan for a hundred years etc... nope, finally make what I thought was a decent wage and they raise prices on literally everything. 🤬

[@ponti5882]

Maybe you should open a book on economics instead of just assuming that’s the way things are supposed to be. Do you know how much markets have changed since 1975?

[@vwr32jeep]

We are watching coworkers get promoted past us based solely on filling company diversity quotas, knowing full well they rode the success wave of the overachievers on their team. There’s more to quiet quitting than Matt is hitting on.

[@ilyholly99]

I definitely put zero effort into the grocery store job i had in college because it was just plain awful, and I knew it wasnt what I was going to be doing for the rest of my life. My current job is so amazing and I look forward to it every day. You have to find something youre passionate about or else you wont be motivated.

[@SurrogateActivities]

"Just work harder" And what? Expect higher pay? Are you telling me to TRUST THEM?

[@gwhatcott]

No, don't trust. Document your outstanding effort and present it when possible. Make noise for yourself, but don't be boastful. Show what you have genuinely done.

[@Opal5674]

@@gwhatcott If you are working for a major corporation they do not care. I worked at Walmart. I was a fast cashier and people would get in my line specifically once they figured that out. I could troubleshoot all the problems and I also did loss prevention because peopoe will com through your line to try and scam you in certian ways. I'd be working hard and then finally look up and realize no cahsisrs were at the registers in front of me or behind me. They were leaving me to check people put alone during prime time. I made 6 bucks and hour and I was on foodstamps

[@laika5707]

@@gwhatcott Yes, present it to them asking for a higher pay. Then, a week later you’ll mysteriously be terminated from your job on unrelated reasons. If you ask, they’ll drop you. If you don’t, you don’t get paid enough. The logical conclusion is to not dedicate your entire soul to a job you hate that pays shit.

[@thomasbailey921]

It depends, do you have a salaried pay or an hourly pay? If you have a salaried pay, then dont quiet quit your moron, you will never get a raise or a promotion that way. If you have an hourly pay... chances are they already treat you like crap, just coast by until a better job opportunity comes along.

[@c.m.9613]

It doesn’t mean you’re current employer will reward you. It has an effect on you, and it will prepare you for better opportunities.

[@theoc007]

Tbh I have done this twice and everytime it came from two weeks of non stop managers not listening to my hours for school and scheduling me during class times. Those jobs typically paid lower end and now I am making $30 an hour part time going to school with the best managers I have ever had. Matt come on man, you want kids to end up minnimum wage all their lives? Most businesses are gonna be greedy so it's ok to find one that fits you better.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Not every business will work around your schedule, but its nice when you find a good fit. Matt isn't wrong to say that putting in the time to work will pay off if you play your cards right. Guys that worked at McDonalds for a year are far more valuable to most employers than guys who worked at McDonalds for 2 months. Instant gratification is a curse of the post-internet millennial and zoomer.

[@20tigerpaw20]

@@ocarinaplaya "guys who worked at McDonalds for a year are more valuable" Bull fuckin shit, and my dad can attest to this. He was forced to retire from a security job of about 20 years, and he has yet to find ANY job willing to pay 55k a year after 2 years now.

[@dylanvanhoorne3191]

@@ocarinaplaya but what about the guy next to that one who worked just as hard.but didnt talk about the bosses lawn for thirty minutes while there is a rush.wonder who got a promotion.

[@sdizzy3863]

I'm curious what job pays $30/hr. Part-time and how do I apply??

[@theoc007]

@@sdizzy3863 take a delivery pizza role, you avg $25-35 depending on tips. I will say though you will find yourself working on the Line a lot once you get back to the store so its actually the hardest job and your insurance isn't included.

[@LiberPater777]

It honestly depends on who you're working for. The idea that hard work will always lead to recognition and success isn't true. If you're efforts aren't appreciated and they're blowing smoke up your a**, move on.

[@Basedtiroler]

Just come here to Switzerland, sallary is good

[@lizzie3724]

True. Hardwork doesn't always pay

[@Kjf2691]

For sure.

[@camerons.8499]

Quite quitting comes after you spent four years at a company and you have been passed over for promotions. Heck they get an external resource that you train up. Even tho your annual reviews are above average. I don’t have to quite quit I just get new jobs paying more at this point.

[@robertb.4202]

Unfortunately, that’s when there’s a good argument for job hopping. I made my biggest pay bumps in hopping.

[@svenmorgenstern9506]

Did that since the mid 1980's, folks. Not exactly news. Loyalty to a company's been dead for quite awhile now. Learn what you can at employer x, sell it to employer x+1 at a profit. Lather, rinse, repeat. Or, go indie. Both work.

[@robertb.4202]

@@svenmorgenstern9506, company loyalty is a one way street. They want you to give it your all only to chew you up and spit you out.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Congrats, you did what every other person in your position does. This isn't new, but the current phenomenon is the boomers going straight to activism instead of investing in themselves.

[@RobertPatrician]

At the same time: Do the job you're paid for. If you do the job one step above you for your current pay, they have no reason to promote you. Be good at what they pay you to do, but don't work for free.

[@h.mutawa866]

I disagree going the extra mile is one of the best reasons to ask for a raise

[@ghostaccountlmao]

@@h.mutawa866 it's like a woman who sleeps with a man and then expects dinner. Good luck, he's not taking you anywhere.

[@dylanvanhoorne3191]

@@h.mutawa866 ask.....ask for crumbs you will get a empty plate.but yeah keep begging boy

[@20tigerpaw20]

This is what "quiet quitting" is. Do what your paid to do at the speed its reasonably expected to be done at, and not a moment more.

[@h.mutawa866]

don't take my word for it lads that's the opinion of napoleon hill

[@obadijahparks]

That work ethic just makes you have their work on top of yours. No extra pay. I have had this crap for years. My family members have had the same thing all of their lives.

[@davidtucker9498]

This is why you ALSO have to know your worth, and push for promotion once you are competent. Also, have a back up plan. If you DON'T get the promotion or raise you ask for, be ready to leave for a new job, and make sure you tell your boss that you plan to do so. Hard work is step 1, but you have to promote yourself as well. Bosses LOVE hardworking employees that never ask for anything in return.

[@LlghtStar]

Yeah, work smarter and harder. If you work harder not smarter you will get taken advantage of

[@Bigolhusk]

Everyone 30 and younger is looking at the world without any reason to even have the ambition. Telling them to just have it isnt going to work. "Take your time do things right and then.... well nothing because the country at large is dying off." Hell i cant be the only one to forgo have children because they may die in a nuclear explosion anyway. Just ruin my life. Its not unrealistic for people to not be able to care about work anymore. Heck any ACTUAL good worker can quit a job and have another that day.

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

We’re in a transition period. It’s been going on for a few decades. It started with companies laying off workers after decades of loyalty and pensions being lost. Then a generation who saw their parents always miserable after work. Now we have technology to know everyone feels this way. And workers are like nah, I’m good doing the minimum. Companies expect their employees to give them their lives for scraps in return. Their lucky it’s a quiet revolt.

[@20tigerpaw20]

This. This. THIS. FUCKING THIS. All these "reproooducers" telling me to go grab a random woman off the street and have 12 kids before I'm 30, while also telling me to just "stop being a lazy ass" AND THEN going on and on about everything it is about to go to shit...just fuckin pisses me off. Not having kids untill I'm stable AND find THE woman for me. Good house, Good vehicle, Both fully paid off, And a good wife. Then, then kids. The order of the above can change, but the kids will be last, period. Not gonna let them go through life with a father who is too busy to even be able to think about them, like mine was...

[@yaboiavery5986]

You say the country is dying off, yet you don't seem like you have purpose? That's what purpose is for, to keep things from going to shit, to make things better. People really underestimate what they're capable of, a single person could solve damn near any problem if they put their 100% into it. Pick a problem to solve and solve it

[@maddyg3208]

You' don't need to make excuses about children dying in a nuclear explosion (which incidentally has been a possibility for almost everyone on the planet since 1945, and hasn't happened). It's 2022 and we understand that you people were just "born that way".

[@Bigolhusk]

@@yaboiavery5986 sorry but geopolitics are kind of out of everyones reach. You dont get to make any attempts.

[@Faust_YT]

This is my work ethic, just focus on getting just slightly better than your peers. One step more is more than enough.

[@ChefRengar]

This is just advanced quiet quitting 😂

[@salemthorup9536]

It's true. Don't quiet quit. Your company doesn't own you. Go where your work is appreciated if you've really put in years of hard work and it's not valued where you are. Take your value somewhere else, don't erase that value because it isn't seen.

[@ghostaccountlmao]

Employers can terminate you immediately without any notice. Employees understand they can do the same. Quiet quitting does not mean my career is done, just as termination doesn't mean the company goes out of business. It means a relationship is over. That's it

[@thekeepr]

Do you not understand context

[@davidr2299]

@@thekeepr corporate and big business shill alert 🚨

[@ghostaccountlmao]

@@thekeepr I'm a software engineer. It's simply smarter to quit my job every couple of years and get a new one elsewhere because I'll get my pay raise.

[@penelopew77]

I don’t think you understand what quiet quitting is.

[@ponti5882]

@@ghostaccountlmao then quit your job and get a better one. Quitting your job for a better one isn’t the same as quiet quitting where you actively decide to be a terrible employee keeping your same job.

[@cake6420]

What if you don't like your job because everyone is leaving? Leaving you with everyone elses work? For the same pay.

[@elenabob4953]

And if you succed keeping up they won't hire the people for those positions but they will let you do the tasks permanently for the same paycheck.

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

I would love to know how The Daily Wire promotes or offers raises. Do they promote from within, or is there talent they overlook year after year because they want to cut cost and scale? Beware Daily Wire, you might have a few quiet quitters yourself.

[@20tigerpaw20]

Hahaha, i didn't remember he ran a company, no wonder he hates quiet quitters! They make him less money while also doing everything he pays them to do!

[@saintseer8214]

@@20tigerpaw20probably employs couple of boomers who've sucked the corporate d8k down their throat so they can be paid $10 to be taken advantage of

[@drumyogi9281]

I used to work in Pest Control. I worked 12 hour days and 6 days a week in the summer. Many, many, many times I would commute 3 hours without pay to my first job site, drag hose all day in the hot hot sun. I had a perfect driving score, top sales and had my plaque on the wall. Did I get a raise? No. I got written up with I had to slow down do to 3 bulging disks in my neck and very badly bruised ribs. I became like everybody else and upper management felt it was appropriate to stock me and harass me for "Not living up to my potential". After the second write up I quiet quit. I no longer would take on other peoples jobs so they could take vacation and I no longer would work extra Saturdays. I ended up quitting without a 2 week notice and got a 35% raise by getting a new job Quiet quitting can be a wonderful tool to abusive people.

[@christophershafer1857]

Really depends on the job.

[@johnsmith7303]

It doesn’t if your goal is to get a better job

[@blaizeatri]

My new job didn’t require anything from my old job so it depends on the job

[@pfeifferized]

Why do support corporations, Matt?

[@loganparsons5179]

Why wouldn’t you is a better question. Corporations provide jobs for millions to pay for basic necessities

[@dsadik666]

@@loganparsons5179 you work at Walmart?

[@20tigerpaw20]

@@loganparsons5179 UH OH corpo shill alert!

[@loganparsons5179]

@@dsadik666 No I’m in college

[@loganparsons5179]

@@20tigerpaw20 Just grateful that if my career prospects don’t work out there are plenty of corporate jobs to make ends meat

[@ryancrozier7941]

The thing for me is I do not care about a career. I truly don't. I care about making enough money to then spend as much time with my family as possible. I truly don't care about my career because I'd rather be worth less comparatively with a bunch more time and love invested in my family than in a "career"

[@youknowelgin]

I am in total agreement with you, I would be completely satisfied with a small plot of land to farm and a small home where I can raise my family in quiet peace and not worry about making some billionaire more billions

[@elenabob4953]

Really great choice, I congratulate you. I wasted și much time before I realized the same thing.

[@chrism3790]

True, but as soon as you have a family, you have more responsibility than to just love them. You also need to provide.

[@luisandrade2254]

The problem is that you’ll be competing with others who don’t think like that

[@russelldevaney7001]

Tell me this in 20 years 😅

[@victorfinngall3911]

Now all I have to do is get myself un-burned out

[@Zieg_Games]

That's the easy part. Look at your peers.

[@piratekid1]

There's nothing wrong with "quiet quitting", that's just looking for better options and that's great. Quit your current job if you need to, or just go on an actual vacation, no cellphone, no PC, take a break from everything

[@generalralph6291]

@@Zieg_Games What are you talking about? I suspect you have no idea what burnout is.

[@Zieg_Games]

@@generalralph6291 Burnout is what quitters whine about while winners pass them by

[@generalralph6291]

@@Zieg_Games Therefore you have no clue what you’re talking about, like a democrat.

[@nickholland3829]

Here's an example of the problem. I've been in my industry for five years (plus two exp bc I have a master's). I have two coworkers who are entitled boomers and have been in the industry for around thirty years. I do more work than both of them combined and make 40% less. I asked for a raise based on performance and got 3%. So yeah my efforts going forward will match my pay and those two coworkers will be taking some of their responsibilities back. I will watch them f up until my company wants to pay me more.

[@TheChryslerBuilding2024]

Why not jump ship to a competitor? When I hit a wall like you did I jumped ship because I was afraid the lack of moving forward would make me bitter. I made the move last January for a slightly better wage but much better insurance, pension plan etc.

[@spdog3344]

Most of the millennials I know are legitimately hard workers and we are trying our best! With hard work and social skills you can do well. It is definitely frustrating how much more expensive everything is now than it was when I was a child and my parents were my age, but I refuse to give in to victimhood!

[@louismeloche3857]

Now you need to be very careful with your vote.

[@kerirae4777]

You keep that attitude and you'll get what you want in life! Life's not a game for the weak- you'll do fine!!👍 Best of luck✌️🙏👊

[@maddyg3208]

You have the right attitude mate

[@melic5432]

It's not quiet quitting its balance, lots of workers have just had enough of the bs, for example remote work, time keeping systems where you have to write out every 15 mins or being in a call to be watched all day. Or working over my required 8 hours. It's not quiet quitting we are working the time set forth when hired doing the required job and then going home or logging off. If it's not a dire situation I'm not working past my 8 hours or on the weekend. Any time quitting out my time card will be counted as work, if I'm being watched I will be going to the bathroom. Honestly I'm tired of the whole 2 week thing too, employer doesn't give me 2 weeks why am I giving them that time. It's bs.

[@jgabraham4913]

The problem with the phrase "quiet quitting" is that some people use it to mean "doing the bare minimum required to keep the job", which is another way of saying a bad work ethic, and that some people use it to mean "having a healthy work/life balance." And those are two very different things.

[@Normal1855]

Exactly. Work hard, and you'll get ahead. It took me 30 years to become truly financially independent.

[@CCJJ160Channels]

“Imagine if you go above and beyond that.” My boss gets a bonus and l get more work.

[@martanieradka4675]

Awesome news for all of us who are hard workers!

[@RacingSnails64]

"You're quiet quitting when you just quiet started??" Lmaooo

[@appamaddox8190]

Quiet quit anyway!

[@wendyslittleprogram3984]

Matt is right, if you’re 19 just going into the workforce, you have almost no competition from your peers.

[@OceanAce]

All this is true but only in the right work setting. Otherwise you're a lemon that still hasn't finished juicing.

[@lucasforney850]

This is true I'm 19 and in the career field I always wanted to be in due to hard work and determination I worked over a year and a half in retail before getting a chance to work as an electrician and if you apply yourself and have the drive to succeed you can accomplish anything you want the only thing you need to do is not quit

[@kevinh2345]

Being 19 and giving life-advice is hilarious.

[@MiaMia-rx9dw]

@@kevinh2345 art least it's good advice! I don't hear many other 19 year olds saying things like this these days.🤷‍♀️ Good for you Lucas! You go for everything you want in life & keep that positive attitude👍💜

[@kerirae4777]

After reading a few of these comments- feeling alot better about the young folks!! Don't give up guys!!👍👊👊🙏✌️

[@TheIronChainMaster]

No that's just a company using and taking advantage of you like squeezing for lemon juice

[@Confindencedrugee]

If you’re interested in the trades this applies. Plus a lot of guys are getting close to retirement.

[@kerirae4777]

All tradesmen are needed BADLY!! Why would anyone go to college right now!?? Dumb.🤔👍

[@IridescentW]

@@kerirae4777 You prefer to go to a doctor who hasn't gone to college? You want crazy people seeing a therapist with no education? College is necessary for society, and the highest paying jobs are only possible with a college degree. Nothing wrong with trades but your attitude seems to be against anybody going to college, and we most certainly need people like doctors to go to college.

[@blakepeachey5188]

@@IridescentW some very important professions in our society definitely require a college degree. I don't think there's any question about that, and I don't think Keri believes doctors shouldn't need to go to med school. No offense, but I think that's a strawman. The problem is that these formal educations (even the necessary ones) are incredibly expensive and arguably overpriced. This is currently a necessary evil for some fields as you pointed out, but on top of that there is also a serious problem of far too many people funneling into fields and degree programs outside of STEM that are robbing them blind and giving them 0 marketable skills in return, leaving them stuck only qualifying for crappy low wage jobs for huge corporations and a mountain of debt that they have no hope of paying off. (Side note: Shelling tons of taxpayer dollars into forgiving that is only treating the symptom and ignoring the problem of how to handle these corrupt administrator-top-heavy educational institutions.) People in my generation got bamboozled into thinking that the most successful avenue in life is to go to college get a degree in whatever you're most passionate about instead of being exposed to the idea that you can start with picking a marketable field/skill that is in demand that you find relatively interesting and then building passion around excelling in that field. It's a very rewarding experience. Like Matt said the stage is set, and as Keri mentioned, there are very high paying trades that are begging for bodies and companies that will reimburse trade school tuition in full. I graduated with a liberal arts degree in 2016 and immediately got my CDL (paid for by the trucking company) and paid off my debt as fast as possible and now I work in IT and have a lot more growth potential yet. It all started with taking control of my own life and putting in effort to find success instead of blaming society and others for my own shortcomings.

[@ahoneyman]

@@kerirae4777 No, they don't. As a third year electrician's apprentice I made $16/hr. To be a journeyman I needed 2 more years of experience. That's 5 years making slightly more than a cashier at Costco.

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

If you or your colleagues are quiet quitting and it's a large percent of them, maybe the issue isn't lazy workers it's a boss who fails to recognise good staff and they get burned out on a hamster wheel. One of my colleagues worked at my business for 20 years, she constantly got compliments for her hard work something no one else did, but guess how many of those compliments resulted in a better wage, better hours or any reward? None, Infact the expectation for her to just work harder grew and grew until she died of a stroke and they had shorted her 16 thousand dollars in unpaid wages over the years the company and the family have been in legal battles over the money for years and she never saw a cent, worse they stole from her. If you work hard and get recognition for it, keep it up. But if you are killing yourself and never get recognised you need to quiet quit and start looking for a new job.

[@Billiard-cp1my]

I don't know about quiet quitting. I seem to be working harder than ever. I will probably never be able to afford to retire. When I go, I think I will go noisily at work!

[@elenabob4953]

If you are "lucky" you will due as one of my colly in your early 40sdueto a heart stroke or when you just got married when you are 30s due to a perforated ulcer.

[@fifski]

'We are living in a world of mediocrity' can't sum modern times better. I would even go as far as 'We are living in a world of very, very low expectations'. It is not that hard to achieve any success these days

[@laraoneal7284]

In today’s toxic society I totally understand quiet quitting.

[@aerofight5994]

I normally agree with you Matt but clearly you haven’t done your research on this. Quiet has nothing to do with how hard you work and everything to do with complete if established responsibilities. We shouldn’t have to work at things that were not generally made apparent.

[@ponti5882]

You’re wrong about quiet quitting and You essentially said “this isn’t a rectangle, it’s a square!” Doing things that aren’t “generally made apparent” is part of working hard. Because in the real world, situations arise that are unexpected. You have to deal with them nonetheless. When a problem comes up you don’t get to just decide to ignore it and hope it goes away, it’s still going to be there. The hard worker gets his tools ready to address the problem. The childish bum says “that wasn’t in my job description, let someone else do it” or “I’m just going to half-ass it.” When you have no self-respect for the work you do, you do a piss poor job. You make up ridiculous excuses and standards like a company having to predict and document every infinite potential little thing that they may have to ask for your help on just so you don’t have to do extra work. If you really think your labor is being taken advantage of, be an adult and quit. Find a different job. But don’t be a child doing the bare minimum because you got asked to help out on something that wasn’t in listed on your 5-bullet job description.

[@20tigerpaw20]

@@ponti5882 ok, suit.

[@aerofight5994]

@@ponti5882 bare minimum? I'm saying that people shouldn't be forced into responsibilities that weren't apparent of the job descriptions this doens't mean helping someone out or working through a surprising scenario. Many workplaces offload tons of work onto people regardless of their description this isn't a healthy thing. Many people work very hard but that doens't mean they have to sell their soul to work. In the end its about having a healthy relationship between work life and non work life, setting boundries on how much you work is very important in insuring you are giving your best work and not burning out.

[@aerofight5994]

@@ponti5882 like if the job says that you'll be preparing and serving food to customers and you come into work and they tell you that you will now be preparing and serving food but you also have to manage your coworkers and close the store and stay late becuase it was a hard day and prepare for the next day and clean the bathrooms and work through online orders with customers and take online orders. I have had this happen to me before and although I did it, it was awful because I was put into a position where I had to work in areas I wasn't trained and wasn't aware of before going to work. The point of quiet quiting isn't to be lazy it is keep work consistent, now you don't seem like the person who would change their mind easily so I'll just leave this convo at that but don't insult people becuase you think that you have a high and mightier opinion.

[@kanjo4976]

I was quiet quitting before it was cool. I call it “don’t wanna do this job no mo”. And the consequences of my actions cost me MULTIPLE promotions. Maybe I’m just depressed.

[@Alex-tm4th]

Aren’t we all

[@Butane9000]

Sometimes working hard can only go so far in a company that's actively using you. Quiet quitting is basically the employees waking up to the company using them. I was moving towards the same scenario until they pushed me to far and I just resigned. Now I'm studying to try to get into a new field and make more money. For those who "quiet quit" right after they start there's no real excuse. For those who have worked hard and busted their asses only to be disrespected by their management/bosses? No quiet quitting is justified entirely because all that extra work isn't rewarding you with more money or a better position.

[@franksnow5165]

Josh Fluke has several good pieces on this. One, hard work doesn't pay off, it just gets you hosed. The only "opportunity" he talks of here is getting to work for free. Getting to work for not enough to live on, have a roof, or eat everyday; while the CEO gets another plane or yacht, or blows the company's money on crypto or NFT scam.

[@Karmasu_L]

Can confirm. I somehow got promoted because there wasn't anyone else who could do the job.

[@joshuakelly9743]

Some of us have gone all out for our companies, providing a ton of value, and burned ourselves out. I will do my job, but I don’t act with the same level of commitment as an owner. I’m not incentivized to sacrifice to that level.

[@PhazonOmega]

As someone who can't seem to get my career going in life but who is too stubborn to quit or be lazy, this is inspiring. It may be taking a while, but I'll get there!

[@FRY524]

"Hey doing exactly the amount of work you're paid to do is a bad idea guys. We'll have to spend more money if everyone doesn't go the extra mile for free."

[@garrisonwall8675]

I got a 4% raise along with all my coworkers despite working hard. Meanwhile inflation is more than 15%. This is why people are quiet quitting. Why work harder for less money?

[@TheAmphicyon]

I already saw it back in 1989 when I started working. If people complain about their job socially or quiet quit is your god given right.

[@BloodBathFenix]

Rare Miss on Matt's side. Quiet Quitting is not that. It's a made up term dinosaurs came up with for "not putting the extra effort" I work 2 tech jobs because one doesn't cover my livelihood (3rd country here) but I've worked for big companies. Doing EXACTLY what's outlined for me to do and doing it right is NOT quiet quitting.

[@ponti5882]

Dinosaurs didn’t invent this term. This is not a miss. Firms don’t outline everything that may be required of you, obviously because on any given day to day for most businesses situations can arise that can’t predicted or difficult to account for. So they give a general, non-exhaustive list of duties when you’re hired. That doesn’t mean that those are your sole responsibilities, and just as an upstanding person, you should want to do the best job you can do and take some pride in the work you’re doing. Doing the bare minimum because someone asked you to do something that wasn’t fit in on the small job posting you got is childish, and it’s reflective of a culture of man-children. If you think your company is taking advantage of your hard work and not properly compensating you, then own it and quit. Find a new job. But until then, you do what’s asked of you to the best of your ability. No company or person is going to create a thousand page document on a job posting trying to predict every situation that they may or may not need you to do and to expect them to do that so that you can check your imaginary box of what’s “your job” is ridiculous.

[@agathachris9722]

Exactly. Absolutely agree with this in principle but not in general.

[@paulwheeler3723]

I needed this, not for work but for life.

[@trumpetpunk42]

Yeah, exactly - Don't waste your dash.

[@bkilpatr100]

I've given my all to companies in the past. It's just how I'm programmed to work. I've never been fired, but I have been laid off a handful of times and have given my notice a handful. I learned one main point from my experience. At the end of the day, the company will kick you to the curb when they decide to restructure or whatever. They are not loyal to me and I never will be loyal to them again. When I find a better opportunity I take it. I've been promised the world so many times, then it's, "Oh sorry. We really hate to have to do this... You are great and we'll keep you in mind for the future..."

[@aol11]

Quiet quitting has gotten me so much more work it's ridiculous. I will definitely take 2 paychecks over one. The more lazy people that quiet quit, the more us workers will thrive.

[@i69GrzzlyBears]

I work for one of the most reputable natural gas companies in the nation at the moment. I have my own work truck, great benefits, a great salary, plus all the overtime I want. Last year was the first year I was able to spend more than 100 dollars on my son's Christmas presents. I am finally comfortable and am happier than I've ever been, but this did not happen over night. For just over 3 years I cut my teeth digging ditches with a shovel and working 12 hour days, 6 days a week. I busted my ass harder than I ever wished I had to, but I will never wish to take that time in my life away because it made me into the man I am today.

[@louisbarbisan2608]

I remember of one time, one of my main customer stated to scream at me for a job not being done on time, I didn't say a beep to difend myself because i would've been to say anything but, the day after, he realized that, that job was already in place on the opposite side. Well? The face on him, when he ask me to come to his office was,,,,,. So, sometimes, stand8ng in SILENCE is priceless, and the rewards?

[@alyssarose3880]

Like when people say “they don’t pay me enough for this.” You have to start at the bottom and work your way up!

[@gregcarlson8438]

I did quiet quitting for about a year and a half. I didn’t work more than 15-20 hours a week. Now they laid me off eventually with $15k severance and six months of unemployment. I have no regrets.

[@maxwellschneiter]

With inflation every one on a fixed pay scale is getting a pay decrease every month. It's not really the businesses fault, bit you can't really blame people for giving up when they can't even afford to survive on the same pay anymore.

[@ForceMaximus84]

Accurate. Granted, it’s easier to work hard if you enjoy what you do, but in the end, hard work will always pay off better than slacking.

[@owenb8636]

I spent the last year not quiet quitting like half the people in my workplace did and then my company decided to stop giving the annual performance bonus because "they couldn't find enough investors". All my hard work means exactly as much as if I'd done the bare minimum!

[@rodmm1235]

The elephant in the room is that many of this day bosses are only interested in wealth or career progress, summiting their workers to illogical demands in order to achieve their outcome. As a business owner,I do know, that looking after your workers it is extremely important. It goes both ways.

[@vashti7751]

People are quitting their jobs and here I am desperate for one.

[@thatcandian_guy3312]

Man i just started a bus driving job a few months ago , and i get diferent runs every week so i have to learn the route as i go along . But then i took a route that brought me places i had never seen in my life and then add construction, then Add , kids crying then add parents worrying because i was missing the stop..... never been this stressed in my life . BUT i know in the end this stress and toughness will make me better in the long run .

[@jennylynn9668]

When you watch people get away with the bare minimum for decades it starts to sink in. Quiet quit if need be.

[@VtheVictorious]

Thank you, Matt, for this information. If you did more of this and less of inciting harassment towards people for simply being affiliated with someone whom you dislike, you wouldn’t be seen as a terrible person by nearly as many people.

[@susanharris9239]

Quiet quitting, first time I heard of that. Have a strong life, work ethic that pays off. Of course with success comes some failures. Retired and applying that same life, work ethic now.

[@ablemayble214]

I agree, hard work truly pays off. But I also hate what money has done to humanity.

[@BrookeACrowe]

After seven years of doing what they asked I find myself quiet quitting, but I didn’t know what it was called.

[@SteverRob]

I’m 62. Born legally blind. I’ve had my share of hurdles, disasters, near-misses, things that laid me out, had me ready to quit everything. I’m now in my 26th year with NASA. Quiet quitting? I’ll probably go out in a spectacular ball of fire.

[@kje8254]

The the DC bureaucracy… lots of quiet quitting we have been paying for for years!

[@firstname2072]

I do the bare minimum and get paid 250k a year. Go out for drinks with the right people, be a good person to be around. Much more important than being great at your job. Working is for schmucks

[@isaacmartin2481]

I think the disconnect comes from the fact that the base line pay at the vast majority of jobs is too low and then small raises don't add up because of inflation. Your yearly raises are still a net loss. It's soul crushing.

[@matthewmiksza5855]

Honestly as someone who has high ambitions im all for a ton of people doing quiet quitting or wanting to work from home because as Matt says it makes it much easier to stand out.

[@kenc439]

my son started his first job at 14 working as much as he could and saved that money to buy his first car he could afford by himself. he didn't want any help with it or borrow any money.

[@elconquistadorism]

You are absolutely right. Genz makes me look like a star at work. 👍👍🤘🤘

[@jamesboone3678]

I started working for my company and these new hires are already doing the minimum of work which is passing off customers. That's when the company is going to fire you for not being a right fit. They don't believe that a company can fire you for not living up to there standards.

[@shizanepimp1]

I have a 21 yo that is perfectly fine with delivering cheeseburgers and makes 30 bucks a day. He's cool with that

[@marsbellows]

How dare ANYONE question their corporate overlords. Your happiness is in servitude to the corporation, board members. Obey subordinates!

[@VanityDivined]

Working smart AND working hard are the way to go. Use your judgment

[@nogenetherapy7912]

It took me a year working my ass off just to get a promotion. Now I’m gonna work my ass off and get another! More output. I’m a G baby! I believe in service to others and bring back the world I used to know with hard work, personal responsibility, and above all freedom!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Nous520]

“Slight more useful than a slug” 😂

[@Dvinven]

Pictured: People telling you how to life your life that have no idea what your life is like or what honest work is.

[@suroguner]

"life your life" you mean "Live your life" right?

[@dylanvanhoorne3191]

@@suroguner you mean this is youtube not Harvard english.get over your self

[@suroguner]

@@dylanvanhoorne3191 If poor grammar ans snelling promte han gon righahead

[@hiwayhighway9925]

Matt thank you. Hope this breaks through with the young people I sent it to

[@jenniferkhan3686]

I quit after 15 years of doing my job and the work of 3 or 4 other ppl….NO REGRETS

[@troybingham6426]

It's not just young people. I'm 50 and I've been with the same company for over 20 yrs, as have most of the people I work with. Gradually, over time, the company has demanded more and more and offered less and less in return. If "quiet quitting" is providing work effort that's commensurate with your pay, only a company that intended to take advantage of you would object to it.

[@joshuahadley776]

Matt’s wrong about this, we work like we’re paid

[@smb8677]

Even tho I knew this… I needed the reinforcement. Thank you!

[@QuitYourCryin]

Can confirm, I am slightly more useful than a slug.

[@HarryToeface]

This issue with above and beyond is when you work for a company that takes Advantage of you and wouldn't dream of promoting you because you're already doing everything above and beyond your position. Why give someone a raise when they already exert maximum effort? So many dirty shady underhanded companies do this. It happened to me when I became a manager for a well known restaurant, we were always short staffed and because I was capable of doing multiple jobs at once why ever fix the problem? I asked for a raise and showed proof of why I deserved it even went through how much more profit the restaurant showed and they figured by keeping my salary below a livable wage was more profitable then keeping someone that was literally breaking their body to keep up with the work and giving me a raise and a promotion or just one of those options. I was the least paid manager in my entire district btw!

[@benfrank6856]

Quiet quitting is just doing your job. nothing more nothing less.. I worked harder than all of my peers, as well as some older people with far more experience. After many people quit during the pandemic, I realized I was now working three jobs, so I asked for a raise. I didn't get it and was given the same amount of work, and when I stopped going above and beyond, I was let go... I will never invest that much energy for someone else again. They called me back a month later, offering far more than I had requested. The same manager who kept telling me I wasn't ready to advance to the next level called again and again, asking if I would return, but by that time my mind was made up. My head was messed up and I didn't even have the confidence or belief that I could perform at that level again. Managers don’t give af about you and they dang sure won’t keep you around long enough for you to excel past them.

[@lousmith5885]

I'm all for their quit quitting. It will weed out the weak and lazy.

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

One of the few things I disagree with you on, some bosses won't pay you for the extra effort. They just pile on more work for the same pay

[@timgiraud7591]

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