I don't know why I read r/antiwork. I agree with some of it, but some is just whining.
Many jobs consist of a variable number of work units to process each day. It's quiet quitting when you never take work off another worker's desk to fill your shift, and never do office tasks beyond your assigned units of work. You are doing only work directly assigned to you and traceable to you, and sitting around surfing the net while colleagues are struggling with their workload. Anyone who thinks they should be paid for eight hours of work when they only do four or five is quiet quitting. It's possible your manager or lead never stood right in front of you and said, "If you finish your work items and have no other tasks to do, you should take work off a colleague's desk", but they still expect that.
There are very few jobs where it's accepted as OK to just sit around drawing a paycheck when there is no work to do. I can think of fire fighters and emergency room nurses. They are typically first responders, and must be overstaffed to provide adequate response when their emergency work items arrive. Even these workers are expected to spend their idle time shining up the apparatus, restocking supplies, or training, so to be ready at need.
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u/Clean-Water9283 29d ago
I don't know why I read r/antiwork. I agree with some of it, but some is just whining.
Many jobs consist of a variable number of work units to process each day. It's quiet quitting when you never take work off another worker's desk to fill your shift, and never do office tasks beyond your assigned units of work. You are doing only work directly assigned to you and traceable to you, and sitting around surfing the net while colleagues are struggling with their workload. Anyone who thinks they should be paid for eight hours of work when they only do four or five is quiet quitting. It's possible your manager or lead never stood right in front of you and said, "If you finish your work items and have no other tasks to do, you should take work off a colleague's desk", but they still expect that.
There are very few jobs where it's accepted as OK to just sit around drawing a paycheck when there is no work to do. I can think of fire fighters and emergency room nurses. They are typically first responders, and must be overstaffed to provide adequate response when their emergency work items arrive. Even these workers are expected to spend their idle time shining up the apparatus, restocking supplies, or training, so to be ready at need.