Who Invented Quiet Quitting?
The first people talked about “Quiet Quitting” in 2022, but Wikipedia says it started in 2009 according to a man called “Economist Mark Boldger”. But they do not have any proof of this. So, there is not any proof of who invented Quiet Quitting, but it is trending in 2022 and after that. Quiet quitting is a new term, but the concept has been around for a long time.
According to Anthony Klotz, a professor at University of College London’s School of Management, “Although this has come from a younger generation and in new packaging, this trend has been studied under different names for decades: disengagement, neglect, withdrawal.”
Quiet quitting is a way people behave at work when they start to lose interest or feel unhappy, but they do not tell anyone or officially quit. It is a term we use to describe this kind of behaviour. It is not something that was created or invented by one person, but rather something we noticed happening in workplaces. We know that not everyone who is unhappy at work will make it obvious, and that is why we use the term quiet quitting to describe it. It is a way to talk about this behaviour so that both employees and employers understand what is happening.