It is not quitting, you are still doing your job and you still get paid (unless you are fired). Is it different from regular work-to-rule (if you do that as a form of protest) or just doing your job (if you simply don't take unreasonable, out-of-contract requests)?
“Quiet quitting” is a frame implicitly shaming workers for not providing more than the contracted work.
Similarly, “Quiet firing” could be a frame for employers paying employees the contractual amount without additional compensation for any effort above the contracted amount.
In these terms, employers have been “quiet firing” forever.
Note which frame is being repeated and by whom - as an indication of which frame and interests these outlets represent.
(I did not invent the “quiet firing” counter-frame, I just find it to be a great example of framing the issue)
“If you get your opponent to use your frame, no matter what they say, you still win” — also George Lakoff
It's a very BS term that tries to harass people into doing charity for the rich.
"Lockdown made Brits lazy and entitled, they will face a rude awakening CAROLE MALONE
There's a new craze sweeping the nation. It's called Quiet Quitting. It's a craze that started on TikTok, the same social media platform that encourages people who aren't disabled to pretend that they are in order to dodge airport queues. Nice, eh?"
Some people said != platform encourages
lest we start describing what HN "encourages"