Before quiet quitting, there was also antiwork, 7 the Great Resignation, 8 a resurgence of union organizing, 9 and a lasting discussion of the challenges faced by workers with caretaking responsibilities. On the contrary, as one commentator put it, “hat the kids are now calling ‘quiet quitting’ was, in previous and simpler decades, simply known as ‘having a job.’” 6 Still, it was the newest in a series of viral work-related trends that have dominated the public discourse since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. 4 The video struck a chord, prompting a flurry of media coverage analyzing the phenomenon of quiet quitting and what it says about work culture and Generation Z. 2 In the video, he explains that he “recently learned about term . . . ‘quiet quitting,’” which refers to “not outright quitting your job, but . . . quitting the idea of going above and beyond.” 3 “our worth as a person is not defined by your labor,” he concludes.
In July 2022, Zaid Khan posted a TikTok video 1 that quickly went viral.
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