Considering the article specifically mentions Japan, and that typical Japanese work culture is quite literally the opposite of what I’ve observed, I think this is very related.
It is an interesting anecdote that was worth sharing, but quiet quitting employees underperform and do the bare minimum while watching the seconds until the end of their shift. Your teams are doing the opposite.
Underperforming = being unproductive enough that you get yelled at
Don’t agree with this definition. In a group, half the people will be underperforming and half will be overperforming. Yelling is not at all guaranteed.
But we do agree that if you do less than the bare minimum then you do get shouted at.
Japanese work culture often meant staying late and working unpaid overtime to appear extra-productive. Now you’ve got an anecdote describing people who finish the job, consider their work done, and cut out early despite not having fulfilled an arbitrarily dictated number of hours worked. It is a sharp reversal in behavior.
Hmm, what’s your definition of quiet quitting? The definition I understand is doing your job as it is described to you, but not doing any of the “going the extra mile” for free, or putting in extra effort beyond what the job description entails.
I’m also curious if those replying to you also have the same or different definitions, since conversations only work if we agree on the definition of terms.
How is this related to quiet quitting?
Considering the article specifically mentions Japan, and that typical Japanese work culture is quite literally the opposite of what I’ve observed, I think this is very related.
It is an interesting anecdote that was worth sharing, but quiet quitting employees underperform and do the bare minimum while watching the seconds until the end of their shift. Your teams are doing the opposite.
You can’t say employees are both doing the bare minimum and underperforming. It doesn’t make sense.
A person doing the bare minimum underperforms the average worker.
Makes sense to me.
No, no, no. Two concepts.
Doing the bare minimum = being productive enough that you don’t get yelled at Underperforming = being unproductive enough that you get yelled at
It’s not possible to do both.
Don’t agree with this definition. In a group, half the people will be underperforming and half will be overperforming. Yelling is not at all guaranteed.
But we do agree that if you do less than the bare minimum then you do get shouted at.
So you think it’s literally impossible for a group of people to all be performing well? I disagree.
Take the worst person in that group. They are underperforming.
Japanese work culture often meant staying late and working unpaid overtime to appear extra-productive. Now you’ve got an anecdote describing people who finish the job, consider their work done, and cut out early despite not having fulfilled an arbitrarily dictated number of hours worked. It is a sharp reversal in behavior.
Hmm, what’s your definition of quiet quitting? The definition I understand is doing your job as it is described to you, but not doing any of the “going the extra mile” for free, or putting in extra effort beyond what the job description entails.
I’m also curious if those replying to you also have the same or different definitions, since conversations only work if we agree on the definition of terms.