It’s the only resource none of us can ever replenish: Time. So why is it now a revolutionary act to say that you’ll spend exactly as much time at work as your boss is willing to pay you for? Quiet quitting is a resoundingly stupid name for simply doing your job.
I was paid to write this. I have an agreement with the publisher of this website to perform certain functions in exchange for money. Another word for this is work. The column you’re reading is one of the many work products I created this week.
In this job, and in most of the jobs I’ve ever had, I’m an engaged member of the team, which, according to Gallup, means being enthusiastic about work and highly involved in the workplace. It’s typical for me to begin work early and stay late. The company’s goals become my goals. I think about work when I’m not at my desk.
Today, I do all those things because I’m treated with respect and it’s made clear to me (financially and in other ways) that my time and talents are valuable. But I’ve had my share of jobs where neither of those things were true or that while my time and talents were valuable, the company couldn’t or wouldn’t adequately compensate me for either.
Faced with continuing to grind away for a company that would never reward or recognize my efforts, I sometimes did what might…
