Quiet Quitting
Doing only the minimum requirements of your job, without going "above and beyond." A response to burnout and overwork culture, often driven by personality-career mismatch.
Quiet quitting (viral in 2022) describes employees who stop putting in discretionary effort — no extra hours, no volunteering for projects, no emotional investment. They do their contracted work and nothing more.
Research suggests quiet quitting is often a symptom, not a choice: person-job mismatch (wrong RIASEC type), burnout (Maslach dimensions), unmet psychological needs (SDT: autonomy, competence, relatedness), or toxic management.
Personality assessment can diagnose the root cause: if your RIASEC code doesn't match your job's code, no amount of motivation hacks will help — you need a pivot, not a productivity system. If your Big Five shows high Openness but your job offers zero creativity, you're not "lazy" — you're mismatched.
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