Hot take: that viral "quiet quitting" guy from last year didn't deserve the hate he got

I was at a bar in Cleveland last Tuesday and overheard two guys ripping into that guy who filmed himself doing the bare minimum at his office job. Everyone called him lazy and said he was ruining work culture. But honestly, I think people missed the point. The guy wasn't trying to be a hero, he was just fed up with doing three jobs for one paycheck. I've been in that spot before, answering emails at 10pm for a boss who never said thanks. That video went viral because a lot of us felt the same way, not because he was some villain. I dunno, does anyone else think the backlash was overblown?

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the_matthew21d ago

The quiet quitting guy actually exposed something nobody wants to admit... that most people's jobs aren't designed for humans to care about them long term. We build these fake corporate cultures that preach passion and purpose but really just want you to sacrifice your evenings and weekends for free. That video was just one person finally saying the quiet part out loud after years of being told to be grateful for the privilege of working 60 hour weeks. The people who hated on him the hardest were probably the ones who built their whole identity around being a martyr for a company that would replace them in a week.

paige8621d ago

Cue the shocked pikachu faces from management.