I’ve seen folks call it “acting your wage,” and I think that’s a way better way to describe this movement than “quiet quitting.” “I finally had enough when he asked me to do a presentation for a C-level director on a proposal I had. When the time to present it came, he asked another team member (a friend of his) to do it, without consulting me or even telling me about it.” —Lily, Chicago —morgan_le_slay “Our local office no longer has an HR office. They eliminated the position and rerouted our complaints to another state. We don’t even have a phone number to contact them. “They’re 100% trying to drive people to quit so they can replace us cheaper overseas. Everyone is trying to find a way out. “The latest ’new and exciting’ change is going 100% remote. Sounds good in theory, but they gave everyone less than 30 days notice, and they’re not providing equipment. If you don’t have a fast enough computer or reliable internet at home, you either need to get those things, or at the end of a month, you’re out of a job. I know people who have been there 10+ years who got very little notice that they’re about to be unemployed because they don’t have a private room with a wired connection and lockable door in their multi-kid house. “It’s really sad, because it used to be a really fun place to work.” —Laura, Boise “It’s cowardly and unfair. And for the record, in my opinion, the people I’ve seen this happen to didn’t deserve to be let go, and the one person who DID need to go was allowed to stick around for way too long. It’s completely arbitrary.” —nicgee —Anonymous “Two months later, I was called into HR and told that the company had a new vision and that I would be moved into another role. My replacement? The CEO’s girlfriend. She had been trying for almost a year to come back to the corporate office, but there were no vacancies available. So, they created one by moving me to another department. “The witch hunt and stress they put me through for 60 days resulted in zero performance findings. They couldn’t write me up or fire me, so they had to keep me. I ended up in a financial role with no clear scope of responsibilities or guidance. Because it was a ’new’ role, they couldn’t give me my title (some excuse). They held my performance review and raise for six months. Every time I asked, I was told they were ‘still working on it.’“I realized my career would become stagnant there, so I gave myself a year to learn it all before jumping ship. Once I was ready, I turned in my notice and didn’t look back. I’ve been promoted twice in less than a year and received three raises.” —Anonymous “I show up Sunday afternoon, and everyone is confused as to why I’m there. So, I go check the schedule. Not only did he change my schedule from Sunday evening to Sunday morning (meaning I had no-showed for an entire shift), he’d also cut my hours from 20-24 a week to less than 10. “I turned around, walked out, and never came back.” —Anonymous —Anonymous —jillian57 “We all got jobs at other clubs shortly after, most of us taking our regulars with us, and that club shut down a few months later. Brilliant move, buddy!” —gmancan “I complained to my coworker (who I’d known for years and who I actually had gotten my dog from as a puppy). I guess she told the boss because once again, I was taken completely off the next schedule. I just left it like that. Assholes.” —brandyb441ce8fa5 “Complaining to her bosses did nothing because he was a big client. This went on for several months until she couldn’t take it anymore and quit.” —lunallee212
