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Discussion on: Quiet Quitting is About Loyalty

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tnypxl • Edited

Once you think this way, it would be hard to get back to a positive workspace attitude. If you don’t get that, then good places won’t want to hire you. Can you keep “quiet quitting” for the rest of your life?

Quiet quitting is about decoupling loyalty from my ability to perform well at my job. Most employers want you to be believe that you cannot succeed lest you are loyal. That anything but loyalty is toxic. That just isn’t true and never has been. Loyalty [in the workplace] is a currency that lacks return on investment and people are finally waking up to that.

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Shai Almog

I feel loyalty is something I give for my own sake. This is similar to my view of Karma. I'm not a believer in that, I think I need to be a good person for my own sake. It makes me feel better spiritually and more productive as a person.

I can't compartmentalize these things. I don't think of this as a currency for which I get an immediate or even an eventual return. Its reward is inherent for me.