Every day there’s a new article trying to shame workers for existing.

  • Norgur
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    31 month ago

    That’s what media tried to sell as “quiet quitting” here as well. They used the English term instead of the German one to make it appear as something new, cursing “gen Z” for not wanting to do overtime and such (which in reality is not a gen Z, but a Baby boomer thing here in Germany) which came out of fucking nowhere.

    On the other side, someone who’s gotten into a “Stille Kündigung” mindset might not even quit. They’ll just withdraw to a point where the barely meet the minimum requirements for their job, become passive and inflexible. It’s usually seen as the ultimate consequence when employers disappoint someone too often and seen as something unrecoverable and to be avoided.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago
      • the idea that employers could disappoint anybody other than the shareholders is a completely alien concept in the US
      • DW recently did a documentary on Burnout which does a good job of explaining that “becoming passive and inflexible” – but EU companies are at least trying to maintain a façade of loyalty to their employees