Isn't quiet quitting just doing your fucking job and then leaving and not answering your phone when you clock out instead of doing extra work that you're not paid for?
Not responding to my bosses texts or emails over the weekend and getting high instead is the most pleasant experience I've had in the working world in a long time, it's nice
No they really are just whining that people are doing the job they're paid to do instead of doing unpaid overtime, working through brakes, and tongue polishing the bosses loafers.
Ironically, he's right but that's because that's how capitalism works lmao it demands a reduction in variable capital, so that unpaid labour is essential to the functioning of capitalism.
It’s basically just individual slow-downs without any organized worker action. I am skeptical that it even exists as a real trend, but anyone promoting it as “praxis” is getting sucked into bourgeois individualist ideology in a knee-jerk reaction.
Things like strikes and slow downs only work when they are organized and have demands.
I’m not saying you have to slave away for your boss, I am not saying it’s bad to do a “quiet quitting” slow-down, go for it. It’s just not political or praxis or revolutionary. And if you are actively involved in organizing, I recommend doing a competent job so you can’t be fired easily, and any retaliation would be easier to prove
Isn't quiet quitting just doing your fucking job and then leaving and not answering your phone when you clock out instead of doing extra work that you're not paid for?
Not responding to my bosses texts or emails over the weekend and getting high instead is the most pleasant experience I've had in the working world in a long time, it's nice
Yes, it's when the peons fail to show sufficient fealty to their wealthy masters, and ghouls like this guy are mad about it
Is that what it is!? This whole time I've assumed it was quitting without telling your boss.
No they really are just whining that people are doing the job they're paid to do instead of doing unpaid overtime, working through brakes, and tongue polishing the bosses loafers.
Ironically, he's right but that's because that's how capitalism works lmao it demands a reduction in variable capital, so that unpaid labour is essential to the functioning of capitalism.
i.e. slavery
Wow turns out I've been "quiet quitting" my entire career lol. Who checks on shit when they get home I forget I have a job the second I leave work
It’s basically just individual slow-downs without any organized worker action. I am skeptical that it even exists as a real trend, but anyone promoting it as “praxis” is getting sucked into bourgeois individualist ideology in a knee-jerk reaction.
Things like strikes and slow downs only work when they are organized and have demands.
I’m not saying you have to slave away for your boss, I am not saying it’s bad to do a “quiet quitting” slow-down, go for it. It’s just not political or praxis or revolutionary. And if you are actively involved in organizing, I recommend doing a competent job so you can’t be fired easily, and any retaliation would be easier to prove
The cool thing about sandbagging is if you unionize you can easily work a bit more afterward and make it harder for management to create pretexts