Author ｜ Li Hezi
The word literally translates to “quiet resignation,” and some people also translate it as “on-the-job resignation” or “quiet resignation.” Although the literal meaning has the meaning of resignation, it does not mean that the person who said this really intends to give up work completely, but gives up the idea of surpassing oneself at work.
In layman’s terms, today’s foreign workers can’t get involved either.
This foreign anti-roll wave originally originated from TikTok, and was gradually carried forward by various netizens and jokers, and finally became a widely discussed social phenomenon.
The video was originally posted by a user on TikTok with the ID @zaidleppelin. In this 17-second video released on July 26 this year, zaidleppelin edited a video of daily shooting and said with a soothing music:
I’ve recently heard a word called “quiet quitting”, (meaning) you’re not ready to quit your job, you’re giving up the idea of taking your job to the next level. You will still carry out your responsibilities at work, but you no longer identify with the culture of involution at work. The reality is that work is not your life, and your worth is not defined by your output at work.
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The video has been viewed more than 3.5 million times as of press time.
Zaidleppelin himself is a musician by profession. Although he is not a real worker, he released a new song of his own on August 26, but this does not seem to prevent “quiet quitting” from becoming the current English language. Circle Internet buzzwords.
After the video was released, the foreign subculture media “Daily Dot” first captured the new word and connected it with the current working conditions of young people in the United States.
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So soon, more and more TikTokers began to post short videos related to “quiet quitting”, and zaidleppelin himself responded a day later with an unbelievable tone, “This is the first time I’ve been reported publicly, I’m super happy You guys will watch my videos…but I never said I quiet quitting my job.”
At first, “quiet quitting” was only discussed in a small area on TikTok, until an old man with TiKTok ID @chefkoumbis405 stood up and said a lot of words against “quiet quitting”, the word was only targeted by netizens They further arched the top.
The old man said in the video:
This word means nothing to me. Quiet quitting means you put in a little effort to pay your living bills and end up with a little savings. It’s all because you don’t want to do the extra work…you get as much in return as you put in, and you only get so much in return for a little. If you want to buy a car or a house or anything, don’t think about quiet quitting, it’s ridiculous, do more.
He also talked about how hard he worked when he was young, and when he said the word “a little”, he made a gesture of clenching his thumb and index finger tightly.
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Don’t say it doesn’t matter, as soon as the video was posted, it immediately angered many netizens who couldn’t get used to his appearance as a teacher.
Soon his video clips were cut into their own videos by many TikTokers, and one of the long-haired brothers with a beard responded angrily, the parents’ generation always talked about how they got what they are today with their own efforts. It was successful, but they didn’t know that with the little salary they earned, they couldn’t afford the current market price of the house they were living in.
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Another woman angrily recounted her experience of being treated unfairly in the response video, with round eyes that made one believe that if the old man stood in front of her, she would punch him at any time.
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A similar situation also appeared a few days later in the Canadian businessmen, entrepreneurs andtelevisionBelow a video posted by show host Kevin O’Leary.
The Kevin said without mercy in the video, “quiet quitting is a pretty bad idea. If you are a quiet quitter, then you are a loser.”
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One stone stirred up a thousand waves. In the face of this big brother’s blatant provocation, the netizen with the ID of @evanlikesstartrek on TikTok directly revealed his old bottom. Judging from the video he posted, my brother was born in a wealthy family since he was a child, and his mother was a wealthy investor. His first job was as an assistant to a brand manager, and all the loans used by the first company came from His mommy, his current worth is 400 million US dollars, a level that ordinary people can’t achieve in their whole life…
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It is not surprising to say the above.
In this way, among supporters and opponents, the word “quiet quitting” gradually became known by more and more foreign netizens. The discussion around it has also derived from the original interpretation of the eight classics, all kinds of fancy jokes.
Among them, a short video released by TikToker @saraisthreads on August 22 pushed the discussion of quiet quitting to a climax.
In the video, saraisthreads played the role of the employee who popularized quiet quitting with colleagues in the office, the department manager who had no way to take her, and another tool colleague. saraisthreads expressed the wishes of the majority of netizens through the mouths of employees:
“Do you think it’s healthy to make employees work more without paying them more?”
“I come here to do my work, and then I go home and pay my bills.”
“If you want me to outdo myself at work, then you pay me more.”
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The video has been viewed more than 6.1 million times on TikTok and is the most viewed video under the topic “quiet quitting”.
However, the most impressive memory of this video is the phrase “acting our wage (only responsible for our own wages)”, and it has taken over “quiet quitting” and became synonymous with lying flat.
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Because in the opinion of some netizens, quiet quitting may be a bit passive and not strong enough. Acting our wage can only call out the momentum that my life is up to me.
Judging from the feedback from most netizens, those who support quiet quitting and acting our wage are the majority.
Whether it is quiet quitting or acting our wage, it actually represents a less positive attitude towards work among many young Europeans and Americans today.
Being sealed at home for a long time by the epidemic, the boundaries between work and life have become blurred, and convenient means of communication allow work to constantly invade people’s living space; the opposite of work that seems to be unfinished every day, there is no hope of promotion and salary increase. , I don’t know when the rate of salary increases will catch up with inflation, and I feel like a luxury to eat a box of ice cream after paying my monthly bills.
Instead of working hard, make yourself a little happier. But also can not do without work, then simply quiet quitting.
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