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Aug 2023
30m 27s

Chatterbox #309 – Quiet quitting

CULIPS ENGLISH PODCAST
About this episode

In this Chatterbox episode, Andrew and Anna discuss quiet quitting. This term gained popularity during the COVID pandemic, and it refers to a situation where workers do the bare minimum of their employment responsibilities and do only the job that they’re being paid to do. Through this, employees refuse to engage in hustle culture. The question is, is quiet quitting a problem or a solution? Tune in to find out what our hosts think about it!

Fun facts

Quiet quitting is a popular topic these days, but have you heard of quiet firing? Quiet firing is when an employer tries to get rid of an employee without directly firing them. They make the employee’s job less important or exclude them from important tasks, hoping that the employee will leave voluntarily. It seems like both employees and employers have found their own indirect ways of dealing with workplace challenges!

Expressions included in the study guide

  • Fed up
  • To put [one’s] best foot forward
  • Stiff upper lip
  • To get on board with [something]
  • Laid-back
  • Ripped off

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