{"id":905,"date":"2022-09-14T08:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizcraft.co.za\/blog\/?p=905"},"modified":"2022-09-14T08:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:57:56","slug":"what-is-quiet-quitting-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizcraft.co.za\/blog\/what-is-quiet-quitting-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Should South Africans Consider Quiet Quitting?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quiet Quitting is a new trend sweeping across social media at the moment. A quick search for the hashtag #QuietQuitting will turn up numerous posts, all with different views on this controversial movement. And quiet quitting here in South Africa is no different.<\/p>\n

But what is quiet quitting, and what is causing this trend to blow up at the moment? Who does it affect, and is it a good idea for you to quiet quit? Lets take a deep dive into this new tendency and try to uncover some of these answers. Who knows, quiet quitting might be just the answer you needed to solve your employment problems.<\/p>\n

What is Quiet Quitting?<\/h2>\n

Many South Africans have found the term confusing because quiet quitting does not actually involve quitting your job. It is actually the practice of doing only the bare minimum at work, doing only what you are contracted to do and not an inch more. In other words, and this is what most proponents of quiet quitting will say, you are basically just doing exactly what you are getting paid to do.<\/p>\n

Now I do completely understand this argument. And here\u2019s why. When we are employed by a company we are essentially selling our time and expertise to that company. The company purchases our time in an effort to use that time\/expertise to turn a profit for itself.<\/p>\n

When you do extra, you are essentially giving away your time for free so that the company can turn a bigger profit at your expense. You get nothing! And when we really boil everything down to its roots we realise that the most valuable thing we have in our lifetime is time, and it is very limited. So why give it away for free.<\/p>\n

Should You Quiet Quit in South Africa?<\/h3>\n

You might be thinking at this stage, \u201cHell yes I\u2019m quiet quitting!\u201d But lets not be to hasty because there is a lot more to consider before we can make up our minds. Let’s first have a look at some of the causes of Quiet quitting and consider the pros and cons.<\/p>\n

What Are the Pros of Quiet Quitting?<\/h4>\n

What are the benefits of quiet quitting?<\/p>\n