Quiet quitting simply makes it easier to determine whose head is going to roll, argue legal experts Howard Levitt and Peter Carey. Read more.
Some commentators have indicated that the concept is an extension of the trend toward work-life balance. Others have observed, more poignantly, that such behaviour is not conducive to career advancement.
As an illustrative tale, consider the story of one of the brightest people Peter ever knew, a friend in high school. He studied engineering science at the University of Toronto, one of its toughest programs. He aced all of his courses in mathematics, physics and circuit theory and graduated at the top of his class. He got a job at a major industrial concern. While employed as an engineer, he was assigned projects to complete along with a suggested timetable for completion. Here was the problem.
He had stumbled onto one of the great truths in life. You only get out of something what you put into it. If you are determined to put in as little as possible, that defines what you will get out of it: as little as possible. As a footnote, having discovered this great truth, Peter’s friend then went on to have a great career.