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Quiet Quitting? Well that a new term.

Posted on 8/19/22 at 5:51 pm
Posted by sawtooth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2017
3588 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 5:51 pm
Oh my how the American workforce is faltering. Everyone is entitled. Everyone is getting treated unfairly. If we had to endure the working conditions of our forefathers we would realize how good we have it.

We are falling behind on so many levels. Soon all we will have left is agriculture (thank you Mexicans) and tourism.

I’m just thankful that I only have a few more years of this crap.

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Across generations, U.S. employee engagement is falling, according to survey data from Gallup, but Gen Z and younger millennials, born in 1989 and after, reported the lowest engagement of all during the first quarter at 31%. Jim Harter, chief scientist for Gallup’s workplace and well-being research, said workers’ descriptions of “quiet quitting” align with a large group of survey respondents that he classifies as “not engaged”—those who will show up to work and do the minimum required but not much else. More than half of workers surveyed by Gallup who were born after 1989—54%—fall into this category.


LINK to the Hedge

Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
22170 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 5:56 pm to
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Gen Z and younger millennials

Two generations of lazy, entitled shitheads.
Posted by el duderino III
People's Republic of Austin
Member since Jul 2011
2383 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 5:57 pm to
i'm not usually in the "ok boomer" camp, but uh...

A decent share of this falls on the failure of management. Managers can feel entitled to their staff just as much as someone can feel entitled to a check.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
77418 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 5:59 pm to
Im an older millennial, and i get it. Work/life balance. Makes no sense to go above and beyond and put in more hours than is needed.
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 6:00 pm
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:01 pm to
But they’re the smartest, most well informed people ever!! They know everything cause they have phones and computers and Wiki.


It’s a shame wiki can’t teach them a work ethic.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
58762 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:02 pm to
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those who will show up to work and do the minimum required but not much else


Is this bad?
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5051 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:02 pm to
I notice this with younger employees, in both low level service jobs and in the entry level roles at the company I'm in.

People used to actually halfway care about the service you got even if you were serving them fast food. The entry level sales reps used to try their hardest to get promoted faster. Now it seems like neither group gives a shite. They do the absolute minimum.
Posted by sawtooth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2017
3588 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:02 pm to
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Makes no sense to go above and beyond and put in more hours than is needed.


This is why we are outsourcing our engineers right now to Asia. Congrats.
Posted by OvertheDwayneBowe
Member since Sep 2016
2885 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:03 pm to
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A decent share of this falls on the failure of management. Managers can feel entitled to their staff just as much as someone can feel entitled to a check


This right here.

How many people are told "you are very valuable to this company" but are denied promotions.

Plus you hear the advice all the time about how your company is not your friend and cannot be trusted.

Employers want it both ways to treat their workforce like mindless workers but not act like it.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
422561 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:04 pm to
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But they’re the smartest, most well informed people ever!!

Well yeah. They know they're entering a workforce that the boomers have skewed by a half generation or so by remaining working for too long. Their prospects of high advancement are almost 0 because of this. Why put forth the effort?
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
58762 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:06 pm to
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This is why we are outsourcing our engineers right now to Asia. Congrats.


No it’s not. “We” are doing that because those Asians are cheaper. Hence another reason why many workers don’t want to go above and beyond for companies.
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40534 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:07 pm to
I work in agriculture so that sounds good to me.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202942 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:08 pm to
Agree 100%.
Posted by 21JumpStreet
Member since Jul 2012
14652 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:10 pm to
We're passed the days where boomers think it's ok to work 80 hours and miss important life/family shite.
Posted by sawtooth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2017
3588 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:10 pm to
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Asians are cheaper


Asians also don’t complain about have to go to an office to work.

It’s time to be an adult. I’ve worked 7 months/84 hours a week once. I also made a shite pile of money.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:10 pm to
I hate millenials and zoomers as much as the next old guy but if a company gives zero fricks about its employees there's no reason the employees should give any fricks about the company.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145165 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:11 pm to
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Two generations of lazy, entitled shitheads.
following the heels of the boomers and gen xers. The, without question, worst generations in human history. Dually responsible for killing this once great nation
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 6:12 pm
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
58762 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:12 pm to
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Asians also don’t complain about have to go to an office to work.


How do you know? And why do you have to be in an office to work?

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It’s time to be an adult. I’ve worked 7 months/84 hours a week once. I also made a shite pile of money.


Congrats? Sounds miserable.
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
14857 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:12 pm to
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Is this bad?




Depends on your mindset, I guess. I'm competitive and do everything balls-to-the-wall and if I don't like a job I find another one, but I give max effort while I'm there. I expected to be compensated accordingly. I learned that this mindset would never be fully rewarded when working for someone else, so I have been self-employed for a while and doing well.
Most people, especially younger people, try to avoid hard work, I have found that it's better to lean into it. It makes the day go faster and is more fulfilling that dicking off. It also opens up a lot of opportunities. You never know who's watching.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145165 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 6:12 pm to
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I’ve worked 7 months/84 hours a week once.
awesome job you had there
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