Hey, it's Iris Smyth here,
coming to you with quite an unplanned
and impromptu video that I knew, I just knew
I had to make when I heard about quiet quitting.
Now, you may or may not know what quiet quitting is,
but in this video I'll explain very briefly
what that means, and if it's a smart idea to do
if you are thinking about changing careers,
because changing careers is my jam.
I'm here to help you find a new job
or build a career that you do not want to escape from.
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All right, let's talk about quiet quitting, shall we?
All right, so, first things first.
What is quiet quitting?
Quiet quitting is when you don't actually hand in
your notice and leave.
No, you decide to stick with it even though
you really do want to leave,
but you feel that's not a realistic option
for you right now, so you stick with your job,
but then you only do the bare minimum to survive.
You only do the bare minimum to not get fired.
So, you emotionally disconnect from the work you're doing.
You show up.
You do what you need to do, but then you leave again.
You've lost that love or enthusiasm for your job,
and you're just seeing it as a means to an end right now.
So, yes, you're there,
you do what you need to do, but then it's adios.
I'm going to go do my own thing again.
You want to be able to live a life.
You want to see your family.
You want to have time for your hobbies.
So, it is a means to an end, so you can pay the bills.
Now, in a way I really believe that quiet quitting
is a counter movement to that hustle culture,
where you go 110% for your job.
You know, you do everything for your job, for your boss,
for the company you work for.
You go above and beyond.
And COVID, the pandemic, has made huge, huge, huge
impact on all of us, on our attitudes towards work.
Over the past 18 months to two years, we've had to adopt
a different way of living and a different way of working,
and I think for a lot of people that's opened our eyes.
It's opened our eyes to how we can live our lives,
and what's most important to us.
We've had to rethink how we want to live our lives,
how we want to work, and what's most important to us.
And now, we're coming out at the other side,
we're, kind of, going, like, hey, hang on...
I don't want to continue doing how I used to do things.
I think I need to make some changes,
and if at the moment you don't feel like
you can actually quit your job,
then quiet quitting might seem like a,
like the logical thing to do next.
Now, the first thing I want to say about this all is
that it's okay to say no to the hustle culture.
It's, honestly, it's okay to not want to give
your all to work, to give your everything to work.
It's okay to say, hey, actually, I don't want
to sacrifice my health.
I don't want to sacrifice having a life outside of work.
I don't want to sacrifice time spent with family.
In fact, if you ask me, I think the long hours, pressure,
deadline after deadline, hustling for that promotion,
showing your boss that you're all in.
All of that is massively overrated,
and it's normal to want to see your friends during the week
or, to grab a bite with them.
It's normal to say, hey,
I want to be at home for bath time with my kids.
I want to be able to pursue other interests
that I have outside of work.
We've somehow come to believe that we need to hustle
for every job that we have
and that that's the only way to be,
and I think it's complete BS.
It really is okay to show up at your job,
do what you need to do, deliver on your responsibilities,
and then go home.
I believe that your work doesn't need to be
your be all and end all.
It doesn't need to be your everything,
and you don't need to give everything to your job.
It's okay to be content at your job
and not want more, not want that next thing.
But here's the thing:
that's not what quiet quitting is.
Quiet quitting is not when you're content with your job,
and you're saying, actually, you know, I'm happy here,
and I don't need to go all-in,
and I don't need to go above and beyond all the time.
I don't need to go that extra mile all the time.
Quiet quitting is when you want to leave.
You don't like what you're doing.
You want to go.
You want to walk out that door, but you don't feel like
you have that option, so you disengage.
You emotionally disconnect and you stop caring
about the work that you do.
It's almost like you're not there anymore,
and that, my friend, is not healthy.
What it comes down to I believe,
is that quiet quitting is an unhealthy
and counter-productive strategy to deal with
an unsustainable and toxic work environment.
Because that's often what it is.
It's a response to an unhealthy, unsustainable,
or toxic work environment,
where you don't feel appreciated,
you don't feel acknowledged, or you don't feel respected
for the work that you do.
And really, that's all anyone needs to feel good
about the work that they do.
If you don't feel appreciated,
if you don't feel acknowledged,
if you don't feel respected for all of the work you do,
then there's a good chance that you want
to walk out that door.
And if you don't feel that that's a realistic option
to you, then quiet quitting might sound like the answer.
But, here's what I want you to remember.
Quiet quitting is hugely draining.
It really is hugely draining.
You will get more and more disengaged with work
as time goes on, and it will become harder
and harder to drag yourself to work on a daily basis.
So, as a coping strategy? It's a terrible coping strategy.
I really don't recommend you take it, to take this strategy,
to get through the days and get through the weeks,
and I've seen this, not only with people that I work with,
hundreds of people that I've helped to change careers,
I've experienced it myself as well.
On top of that, it's not just me saying this.
There's actually research that's been done by Gallup,
and according to this research, you are far more likely
to experience stress, depression, physical pain,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol
if you are disengaged at work.
So, quiet quitting really isn't the answer.
It's not a great solution that's going to benefit you
in the long run.
If you don't want to be in a job or career that you're in,
if you want to change careers, then quiet quitting
is not the answer.
There are far better alternatives or strategies
to deal with an unhealthy, unsustainable
or toxic work environment.
I'm going to record another video
about those strategies really soon.
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Thank you so much for watching.
If you have another 5 to 10 minutes then,
why not check out this video down here
in which I explain why and when it's absolutely
perfectly fine to quit your job
without another one lined up.
Bye!