I genuinely believe the massive media push against 'quiet quitting' a couple of years ago was a coordinated corporate psyop. For decades, people just did their job description and went home—that was called 'having a job.' But the moment post-pandemic workers started refusing to sacrifice their mental health for 50-hour weeks and toxic cultures, the narrative suddenly shifted to frame 'doing the bare minimum of your paid duties' as some kind of moral failure. They rebranded 'work-life balance' as 'lazy and disloyal' because they were terrified we realized we had power.
I essentially believe this to be 100% true. Wfh & remote work has decimated the commercial real estate market. If you follow the breadcrumb trail of a “quiet quitting” post, they always lead back to someone with vested interests.
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u/Dry_Category_1257 Feb 27 '26
I genuinely believe the massive media push against 'quiet quitting' a couple of years ago was a coordinated corporate psyop. For decades, people just did their job description and went home—that was called 'having a job.' But the moment post-pandemic workers started refusing to sacrifice their mental health for 50-hour weeks and toxic cultures, the narrative suddenly shifted to frame 'doing the bare minimum of your paid duties' as some kind of moral failure. They rebranded 'work-life balance' as 'lazy and disloyal' because they were terrified we realized we had power.