quiet quit

present singular third person quiet quits · participle present quiet quitting · participle past quiet quitted · past quiet quitted · alternative quiet-quit

1. ambitransitiveerror lua execidiomaticTo cease overachieving at one's workplace to focus on one's personal life; to do only what is reasonably or contractually required.First known use since 2022

   Near-synonym: work to rule

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   He said that he is going to quiet quit his job because he wants to focus on his family.

   The TikToker [@zkchillin] narrates in the video: “I recently learned about this term called quiet quitting, where you’re not outright quitting your job but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond.[…]”

   [2022 July 26, Jake Alban, “‘Quitting the idea of going above and beyond’: TikToker says he’s ‘quiet quitting’ his job, sparking debate”, in The Daily Dot, retrieved 30 Jul 2022

   Emma O'Brien, 31, from London quiet quit from her job as a personal assistant within the retail sector, after also being turned down for a pay rise.

   2022 August 31, Perisha Kudhail, “Quiet quitting: The workplace trend taking over TikTok”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022

   Instead of managers worrying about quiet quitting, I think they should take away one lesson: Don't rely so heavily on employees going above and beyond their job description.

   2022 October 3, Sarah Green Carmichael, “Don’t quit quiet: work quiet and quit loud”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page A14

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quiet, quit.