Quiet quitting also known as gaslighting your employees for simply doing their job, and not overworking. Oh, Jimmy clocked out at 5pm like his contract said he could? Quiet quitter. Bob didn't stay online on the weekend to discuss sprint plans? Quiet quitter. The level of emotional abuse that many companies get away with baffles me. So many of them systematically destroy your confidence and brainwash you into thinking that being a slave is somehow a noble life, and how to best serve your master is something we should all strive towards.
They want you to make your job your entire identity to imprison you further and have even more mental leverage to treat you like trash. We are a family, of course, but only when it suits them, otherwise you are a quiet quitter, and despite record profits, we simply don't have the budget for a raise Janet!
LinkedIn where instead of a HR influencer cargo cult black void there would be honest feedback about companies (and maybe employees?) where we could all figure out how to best work together? One can dream.
They want you to make your job your entire identity to imprison you further and have even more mental leverage to treat you like trash. We are a family, of course, but only when it suits them, otherwise you are a quiet quitter, and despite record profits, we simply don't have the budget for a raise Janet!