In this episode of the finding career zen podcast, Pete Newsome changes it up by bringing on HR Consultant and college professor Ricky Baez to discuss a controversial new topic getting a lot of attention lately: quiet quitting.
Fueled by social media, many employees are staying in positions that don’t matter to them, with the intention of putting forth minimum effort.
This approach sounded to Pete like it’s the opposite of career zen, which is why he asked Ricky to join him for a discussion about this hot topic. Jump in to learn more about why quiet quitting is happening, and what can be done about it. Most importantly, listen to make sure it doesn’t happen to you!
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Advice for those considering quiet quitting
- Don’t treat your future relationships based on your experience with previous ones. If you want to just do your job, then fine. But doing the bare minimum will result in minimum results. If you ever want to get promoted, quiet quitting is not going to help you on your quest to moving up the career ladder.
- Job descriptions rarely reflect the actual job. They are cumbersome. Hiring managers don’t usually have the depth of knowledge required for the job you desire, so don’t base too much of how you’re going to behave on what’s in a job description.
- If you don’t have the skill sets needed, go get them. It’s an employee’s market. You still need to put in the effort and training, but some organizations today are willing to hire and train individuals in order to keep their employees long-term.
- Reconsider what you’re doing every day. You have a choice each day, so make it one you’re happy and excited about. Go find reliable, credible resources and avoid getting your advice from social media. If you’re in an unhappy situation, get out as soon as possible. How do you want to spend your waking hours?
- Success doesn’t happen by accident. If you want to achieve things, it’s never going to happen by doing the bare minimum. Look long term. You need to go above and beyond to show you have what it takes to operate at the next level of leadership in an organization.
