Quiet quitting
Meaning in business english, with examples
In business english, quiet quitting means: An informal label for doing the required job while declining extra work beyond it.
In Turkish: işin gerektirdiğiyle yetinme, sessiz istifa
How it is used
A contested workplace label, not an actual resignation. Describe the behaviour precisely instead of assuming laziness or a single motivation.
Example sentences
The article called refusing unpaid weekend tasks quiet quitting, although staff were completing their normal duties.
The label is applied to boundaries around extra work, not leaving employment.
Our manager asked what quiet quitting meant in the survey before drawing conclusions about commitment.
Clarifying the label avoids treating different behaviours as one problem.
Common collocations
- debate quiet quitting
- describe behaviour as quiet quitting
Related terms
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