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  1. It isn't quiet quitting, its acting your wage. Companies expecting extra work for the same pay is just as silly as employees expecting extra pay for the same work.
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  2. As someone who literally was in the ER this week from a heart attack at 29 from working 100hrs a week and too much stress. I’m right here. I am fully invested in quiet quitting. I will not literally kill myself for this economy.
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  3. I'm a small business owner, never had an issue with quiet quitting. My secret? I pay my employees well, give them paid time off when they need it, allow them to make decisions important to the company, and give them a level of autonomy in their daily tasks. So I get the opposite, they voluntarily put extra time into work. They feel happy and motivated. My youngest employee 24 says its the best job he's ever worked. And the business does well.
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  4. I'm 35 and used to work middle management. It was so infuriating because I had staff working 60+ hours a week making $10 an hour. I pushed and pushed for my supervisors to give raises, especially considering how much of our workforce bailed during COVID. I ended up joining the Great Resignation. I simply could not deal with the greed any longer.
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  5. I’m a restaurant owner (2 locations) and I used to work non-stop bending over backwards to keep everything perfect in both places to accommodate my guests. We were open for dinner, we were open on Saturdays, it was stressful but I had to do it. Ever since covid some of our guests have become increasingly demanding, mean, and difficult to satisfy as well as lacking politeness and social skills. I have since closed for weekends, we are now only open for lunch and we still do a great business. My team is happier, I’m happier. I’ve realized that Karen’s lunch isn’t more important than our quality of life. I guess I’ve basically quite quit on myself!
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  6. As a Gen-Xer I watched the transition from doing more work getting you those promotions to doing more work getting you nothing. That dynamic has changed over a very short period. It’s great to see a movement like this and I’ve switched my working model to 2-5 year job swaps and avoiding over-time without extra compensation. My current CEO makes in the range of $25 Million a year + bonuses and options. There’s no way they provide that much more value than I do, so loyalty is out and the best job offer wins. +++ It’s not just Gen Z dealing with this.
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  7. I remember at the beginning of my career, I put in 70 hour weeks for 4 months straight in my company plus came in on holidays and I got nothing out of it. They didn’t pay me any overtime. They didn’t care at all. I kept noticing that the more I worked beyond my job description, it didn’t matter. I noticed the only thing that really mattered was if I came in and left on time. So my attitude at work completely changed. I only skim emails and only really pay attention if I’m mentioned explicitly by name. Same with work group texts. I listen to music and podcasts at work all the time. I do only what is asked of me and nothing more. And guess what? My boss doesn’t care either way. In fact, in my latest performance review, they told me I was awesome and one of their hardest working employees. So I really wonder what my coworkers do all day. Haha!
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  8. I think that part of the reason quiet quitting is so big now is the fact that a lot of us saw our parents and maybe even grandparents be pushed to their absolute limit day after day for our entire lives and we wont put up with the same thing happening to us.
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  9. I’m in my mid forties. The younger generation has learned from our mistakes. NEVER give your all for something you don’t own or control.
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  10. I'm a 73 year old retiree and I can tell you that this guy is dead on accurate. It does my heart good to find that the younger generation hss broken the code. The governement, the Federal Reserve and the big money elites are NOT YOUR FRIEND!!! You are a rented set of arms and legs. Today you are the employee of the month, tomorrow you'll find your Sh*T out on the street. I always laughed when an employer told me how much they valued me. That might be true today but tomorrow they won't even remember your name!! Your labor belongs to you. Use it to your benefit!!
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  11. I'm just a drop of water in the ocean, but here's my story: I tried the old-fashioned work ethic at first. Started my first job in 2020 at $15 an hour, a seasonal position that I hoped would turn into a part time job while I went to school. I worked my ass off and made it known I was trying to stay. The big company decided that year, unlike past years, our store had to let go of all the seasonal staff when the holidays ended. I had shown ambition to stay and my managers got an exception made for me to stay on above what should have been our headcount. A year after I started, I was out of school and explained to our General Manager that I wanted benefits, like paid time off for an upcoming vacation, and wanted a full time job. Again, the managers talked with corporate and got an exception made so I could be over our head count for full time spots. I asked for a raise up to 16.50 and got it. I was proud of myself for being openly ambitious, and earning myself more by putting in the work. A year in, I was taking on leadership duties as a "shift lead" which is where I also do management work but am not compensated like a manager. I was admired by the staff in the store for knowing all the ins and outs of operating the place. And when it came time, the position above my current job title opened up at another one of our stores nearby. Here's where corporate greed turned me from a hard worker into a "quiet quitter" who was now in touch with reality. The new position was the same pay grade, for tons of extra work. I declined unless they were willing to pay me more than that position was capped out at. The managers there were sad to say that they could not make that exception, as corporate wouldn't allow it, despite how much they wanted me for the job and knew I'd be perfect for it. A few months later I found a different job with the same company that is far easier than what I had been doing, and they would pay me $2.50 more and hour to do it. I told my boss I was leaving even though I liked my job, because at the end of the day a man's gotta eat. I'm now at a position I care much less about, but I can afford a house with my girlfriend of 3 years and for 128 hours a week I am happy. I do the bare minimum every day at work and the company treats me way better because I sell their stuff instead of doing the shipping and receiving, which was a much more fulfilling and important job. But what matters is what the big man in the top chair thinks you're worth, and to him you're just a number. Stop caring since they don't. Get paid and go enjoy your time off the clock.
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  12. I'm a right-leaning Gen X'er and I fully support doing the job you were hired to do. Going "above and beyond" is pointless. Also, as a business owner, do you know how hard it is to find employees that will simply show up to work? I'd KILL for some quiet quitters right about now!
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  13. I worked in retail at the end of my high school years and it was hell, the management expected my heart and soul even on my off days I was asked to come in, I quit and started my own business . I now work less than 5 hours a day and my income has increased 4 times. I support quite quitting. I’ve got 2 people who work with me, and I pay them 90% of the money they bring in. I’m not interested in getting rich I just want to live life on my own terms
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  14. I agree with you. I can't believe the way Americans have to live in such a developed nation. Companies there treat people like dirt and everything is geared towards big companies making max profit. I live in South Africa and I have excellent private healthcare, I own a nice house and I get plenty of paid sick and annual leave. American workers deserve better
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  15. We decided to do a test and see who would get treated better when me and a friend decided that I would work harder and he would work more akin to the quiet quitting setting. Well, I was taken advantage of a lot. I would always come in whenever I was asked and despite the fact that I was still in High School was averaging 56 hours a week and would usually only get 1 or 2 days off at most. I remember us both asking for the same day off. I asked for it a month and a half in advance and he asked for it just a couple of weeks in advance. We overheard my boss saying "He won't be upset if he has to come in and work. He's pretty good with that" well. I was scheduled and he wasn't. I wasn't even able to get my own 18th birthday off when he was after I asked for it 3 months in advance. I was making $2.50 less an hour than he was. He was given 6 free meal tickets over the 8 months that we worked together. Not even on Christmas was I given any bonus at all even though other people who worked there getting over $100 in reward points. We presented the information to our boss and her reasoning was 'I expected people to be giving you those benefits. You're hard working so we assume that you're already getting benefits regularly from other managers". I don't entirely believe her but I think she has some merit with her response. Take it how you will.
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  16. I hope the older people start understanding why milenials are so fed up. 2008 is traumatically engraved in our memories
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  17. There's no such thing as "Quiet quitting", it's called doing your job
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  18. As a retired person..... 31 Years with the same company (that screwed me out of a lot of benefit promises), I appreciated this video. Well done. Being the, in early, stay late, always ready to do extra guy, really did not help me in the end.......I thought "quiet quitting" was doing as little as possible. Your explanation of it being "doing what you were hired to do" has made me change my view. I feel bad for young folks as I watch companies suck up all the neighborhood homes for rentals and squeeze out the very people they were designed for....I watch the value of our dollar collapse and wonder what is in store for my children and grandchildren........
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  19. I’m 42 and I just a “left a company rather than address the conflict” because “addressing” it means a big waste of my time on something I cannot control or change which is a toxic culture. So yeah, I’m not going to stick around for that nonsense.
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  20. i just shared this with my coworker group chat, and we can all agree that we are not getting paid enough for what we provide, and it’s caused all of us to quit staring that shockwave. it’s time for every large corporation to take a step back and treat us like our wage
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  21. This is the exact advice my dad gave me "don't become complacent and shop around for jobs" and that's coming from a guy that has stayed with the same company for years.
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  22. Man don't let anyone tell us demanding fair pay, paid overtime and work-life balance means being impossible to work with
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  23. As someone who is generation z and making plenty of money, I love working. It seems that if you pay your workers fairly they might actually enjoy being there
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  24. Thanks for making this video. When I first started my job I tried giving it my all but the second they threatened to fire me over something as stupid as talking to another coworker I decided I’m going to give them the absolute bare minimum now.
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  25. FACTS BRO! I'm 29 and I'm lucky that we bought our home in 2019 right before the big bump in prices. It's becoming almost impossible for most people my age to buy even when they have stable careers.
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  26. My guy,spitting straight facts! Been saying this stuff for years! The federal reserve is a problem. I'm 45, literally broke my back making money for other ppl! I found myself trying to distill my work ethic into my kids & realized I was wrong. I love how this generation is finding others ways to get their hustle!
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  27. everytime someone follows me i still have the same amount of followers it doesn’t let me grow
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  28. This is why incentives do wonders. You get extra work done then you get extra pay. The worker gets more money and so does the company and everyone wins.
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  29. Great video. This should be higher ranked. I got passed over for promotion last year, despite working three roles, despite helping save my directors’ role by restructuring her department. I have quietly quit since and spend my time with my family and exercising, and it feels great. With the amount of tax on higher earners now, there’s not much incentive to go above and beyond even with the prospect of promotion.
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  30. I called this valuing your time, and though they won’t admit it, bosses respect this. I worked my butt off in college, but when I entered the freelance world, I noticed this early on and now I’m a CEO of my own successful company.
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  31. MBA execs: we need you in the office! Also MBA execs: we're outsourcing another team to India to save money!
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  32. This was a very well written piece, with enough facts to paint the picture without being overwhelming. Bravo! I agree with this. I used to guilt trip myself for the times I wasn’t working at 150% capacity, but after several years of 2-3% raises, I’ve learned to just do what’s required. An employment contract is just like any other contract. It’s an agreement between parties. If you tell me “hey I want you to do these three things for this much money” and I agree, that’s all I’m doing for that money. Anything extra is a breach of contract and will have to be renegotiated until an agreement is made.
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  33. I know this is a old video, but if like to share my story . My dad started work for the council initially as a yaht and boat builder fresh out of uni in late teens , he went on to be working 12 hours a day 7 days a week for 11 months of the year and took December off . He had that job until he passed away in his early 50s. All of Sandwell council had a couple hours off to pay respect at the funeral i was awestruck by the amount of people that wanted to pay their respect to my father. fast forward a couple of months all his tools was moved to storage since they needed the workshop which is fair enough , however storage was accessible to all the council . Tens of thousands of pounds worth of tools were stolen by the very people who payed their respects . The big guys didn't even bother making sure the storage was private so as to keep tools safe to await collection, and the people my father worked with didn't even have the decency to not steal from him when he passed . This told me dont dedicate too much of your life to work because neither the people you work for or with will give a second thought about you or your family after you have been put into the ground or a urn .
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  34. I stumbled into a better video than I was ever expecting. I am 31 and have been feeling the "odds stacked against me for some time". Long story short... I think you nailed this one and have one additional subscriber now.
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  35. @Jake I have definitely payed tradesman more than they charged me because they didn't charge enough, if they do a good job. I also usually sit down with them and explain why they need to charge more and how to start pricing work. I was a tradesman that under priced work at one point, I understand the pain that comes with that.
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  36. I went from making a 5% commission on my sales at $300,000/mo to being chopped down to an hourly wage TWICE since 2018. Then the company I worked for developed an internal raffle system, used the years you worked for the company as entries, and then raffled off 50-100k to its employees paid over several quarters. In other words, they stole my income and then devised an evil system wherein i have to pray I win the company internal lottery system in order to continue earning a respectable portion of what I had been earning before. I got a management position based on my excellent performance history and I basically just do my job and go home. I made the right call investing in two properties that supplement my income and now I focus on my mental and physical health. Saving to open my own business.
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  37. Man if companies give us mortgage vouchers instead of starbucks ones that would be great.
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  38. No see my account has been stuck on 32.6k and I've been getting followers every single day but it's not increasing at all
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  39. Can't afford them. That and I don't want my kids dying for israel.
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  40. 1:32 if you rewind that graph on the right a bit further you'll see the poverty level dropped from 30% to 15% over the span of a decade, by itself, and then the "war on poverty" began and it basically flatlined. My Grandfather on my mom's aside agrees Social Security was a terrible idea while on my Dad's side my grandparents demand their monthly checks. I will not allow my children to fall into this trap. If I have to slog away for 60-80 hours a week so my family is free of debt I will do that. This nonsense has to stop with us, no more kicking the can down the road.
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  41. This channel is Bloody amazing
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  42. Quiet quitting is not a new phenomenon. I worked tons of free hours, even helped lead a win of a $140 million contract. What happened at raise time. I was told it's not my turn. That's when I quiet quitted at 45 years old. This was in 2004
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  43. Honestly I agree with this. I’m a young guy but working as hard as I have been since 18 and now 4 years later doesn’t even feel worth putting the extra work. They don’t care not to mention safety. They’ll stack work on you and make you feel insignificant while setting unrealistic goals.
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  44. HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. I haven’t heard anyone else outline the exact reason why this happening 100% but you did it. More people need to hear this because it FULLY AND CONCISELY defines quiet quitting to a tee without missing one aspect. Where other partial takes fail to fully outline, you did. Bravo.
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  45. Never heard this term before, but after quiet quitting (I was already job hopping before), I more than doubled my salary. The 10 years I spent doing work at home for 16 hours a day and building up who I am is worth absolutely nothing! I work with people in higher positions who have little to no passion and have less than a fifth of my experience. It's embarrassing how much time I wasted away from my family trying to be a somebody only to learn that none of it mattered!
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  46. Millennial here! I love working with my Gen Z peeps! We work really well together and they help me understand the importance of a work-life balance ♥
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  47. Wow, your analysis is very shallow. There is a clear lack of understanding of economics and current world history. Your analysis reflects talking points rather than a deep dive into facts. I rate your analysis a harangue, akin to Russian propaganda. There legit reasons too both for either or neither. You missed on all points.
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  48. The biggest advantage of work from home is the amount of money (and time) saved on commute. Spend less on gas. No hours wasted driving through traffic.
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  49. Dudes just giving out this priceless information for free, imagine
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  50. This is an excellent video! Very well researched and very well put together! If you can keep making videos of this quality, I can easily see you being a channel with millions of subscribers. There is a ton of value in this video.
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