{"id":82079,"date":"2022-08-23T19:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/?p=82079"},"modified":"2022-08-23T19:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:50:32","slug":"quiet-quitting-is-setting-healthy-work-boundary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/quiet-quitting-is-setting-healthy-work-boundary\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t call it ‘quiet quitting’ when it’s just setting a boundary between family and work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, it seems, the people of the internet develop some trendy new term the rest of us must scramble to understand. The latest addition to this evolving social media vocabulary set is quiet quitting. The term recently went viral, thanks to TikTok and a hotly debated article by USA Today<\/a>. The phrase “quiet quitting” describes a growing, pandemic-related push to scale back at work, but some parents and caregivers are fighting back against what they see as an attempt to reclassify workplace boundaries as something negative.<\/p>

What is ‘quiet quitting’?<\/h2>

“Quiet quitting” doesn’t mean actually leaving your job. Rather, it’s a practice of letting go of the stress of performing above and beyond your job duties, particularly when doing so isn’t rewarded with additional pay or other benefits. As NPR<\/a> reports, “It’s the choice to do only your assigned work — and nothing more.”<\/p>

You may have heard of \"quiet quitting.\"

It's the choice to do only your assigned work — and nothing more.

But some experts say it's a misnomer for simply setting healthy workplace boundaries and refusing to be exploited for free extra labor.https:\/\/t.co\/PC0Du7tFI6<\/a><\/p>— NPR (@NPR) August 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>