The Year in Quiet Quitting | The New Yorker
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A new generation discovers that it’s hard to balance work with a well-lived life.
Save this story Save this story The whirlwind surrounding “ quiet quitting ” first stirred in July when Zaid Khan, a twentysomething engineer, posted a TikTok of himself talking over a montage of urban scenes: waiting for the subway, looking up at leaves on a tree-lined street. “I recently learned about this term called quiet quitting, where you’re not outright quitting your job but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond,” Khan says. “You’re still performing your duties, but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle-culture mentality that work has to be your life. The reality is i
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