Opinion: Why ‘quiet quitting’ is bad (mostly because of the ‘quiet’ bit...) | Jessica Irvine
It’s the 17-second video clip which has gone viral on TikTok and sparked a global debate about work-life balance in the post-pandemic era.of a young man sitting quietly on a bench in a New York subway station. Cut to sweeping shots of the green sunlit canopy of Central Park, along with other iconic streetscapes from the city that never sleeps.
“You’re not outright quitting your job, but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond. You’re still performing your duties, but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle-culture mentality that work has to be your life. The reality is it’s not and your worth as a person is not defined by your labour.”Cue sighs of relief from burnt-out Millennial and Gen Z workers newly inspired to leave work at 5pm and pause work notifications.
On average, employees who worked from home during lockdowns reallocated this time towards 19 extra minutes of “caring”, 49 extra minutes of “personal time” and 13 more minutes of “work”. Professional office workers, however, spent a supersized 25 extra minutes a day working. At some point, however, we must reach our limits as human beings who require a certain number of hours each day to allocate to sleep, exercise, time with loved ones and preparing nutritious food for optimal health, both physical and mental.
But for most workers, I think the healthier approach would be an open and honest conversation with managers about the limited number of hours in the day and how best they can organise their working lives to produce the required outputs.
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