Everybody seems to be talking about “quiet quitting” these days. You know the idea that workers only do what they are paid to do, and don’t go above and beyond what is required of their job. But while a lot of workers may be adopting this philosophy on the job, what do people really think about it? Well, a new poll set out to discover the truth.
A new YouGov poll finds:
- 47% of Americans support the idea of quiet quitting.
- That includes 17% who strongly support it, and 30% who somewhat support it.
- 27% of Americans oppose it, including 10% who strongly oppose it.
- Of course, not everyone has heard of quiet quitting, and of those who have, 27% strongly support it.
But it turns out, not everyone agrees about what the definition of quiet quitting is.
- The survey actually defined it as "doing a job without taking on additional work.”
- But 37% who’ve heard about quiet quitting say it means doing the bare minimum amount of work needed to not get fired.
- 25% actually believed it meant resigning from a job without telling anyone.
- 19% say it means declining additional work if you’re not getting compensated for it.
Not surprisingly, younger workers are more likely to embrace the concept of quiet quitting.
- In fact, 64% of those 18 to 29 strongly or somewhat agree that employees should only do work they are paid to do, as compared to 46% of all those polled.
- And while 68% of all those polled either strongly or somewhat agree that employees should try and go above and beyond at work, older folks are more likely to agree with that, including 82% of those 65 and older, and 74% of those 45 to 64.
- But most people think employees should stop letting themselves be taken advantage of.
- 71% of people strongly or somewhat agree that employees should set boundaries around the amount of extra work they do.
Source: YouGov