The point of going above and beyond in your job is to get a promotion or raise and move up the ladder. That is, you had better be getting an incentive to do it. No one should be expected to go above and beyond for a completely stagnant job situation. So if you are planning on quitting and looking for a new job, you generally stop putting in above-and-beyond effort. This is just simple logic and is what just about everyone does and has always done when deciding to change jobs. So I don’t see why people feel this is a new thing that needs a new term.
Do places even promote anymore? I've worked in small medical offices as well as hospitals, husband works in retail, and among all of the places we've worked, I've only seen people having to apply and interview for open positions up the ladder. Either way, you have to show some initiative and willingness to take on more responsibility.
Yes. Of course they do. People die off and retire. They need to be replaced by the next generation. Of course there are plenty of jobs that don’t have much upward mobility. If you want more responsibility and a higher salary you need to find a better job and quit those jobs. It can be confusing for young people. I was young once too and didn’t get it either. Didn’t get how those senior leader types got where they are. Now I’m one of those senior leader types and can see the path more clearly. Young people should get a mentor. It’s not just working hard. It’s about making the right decisions.
Sir, I'm 50. I get that people retire. I'm just saying lately I've only seen that people have to go though the rigamarole with HR for a higher position, rather than being called in to the boss's office and being offered a promotion, like back in the day.
Doing my job correctly, safely and within the allotted time just means I can come in and do it all over again the next day. And on it goes.
I have no illusions that if I cost my employer any of those in any significant amount eventually I will be shown the door.
I will probably work in some capacity until I die. I am not all that optimistic about the future most times.
I recently heard about this. My understanding is that people are doing what you’re hired to do and no more and no less. Companies have been expecting people to go above me on and not getting compensated for it for a very long time. Now that people are just doing what they are getting paid for, it’s causing headaches for the corporations.
Eight hours work for eight hours pay. I don’t see anything wrong with that
My view of the situation exactly, @Bear. Doing what you were hired to do isn't quitting, quiet or otherwise: it's working. Exactly like the rules say.
Workers will go above and beyond for employers when employers go above and beyond for workers.
If you don't have a copy of your official job description you signed on to do, ask for a copy and see if it includes "other duties as assigned". Likely it does.
@Moxytocin: This is why I always read those things before signing on. It's important! They will try to take advantage of you.
Personally, I find coworkers that do the "bare minimum" :
Maybe this was the exception to the rule. One of my jobs is a remote surveillance professional- we monitor businesses across the country from a remote location. On a daily basis , I might answer 15-30 phone calls - some of my coworkers would answer 0-3 in an entire work week. The bare minimum should be 1-2 phone calls an hour and 2-4 police dispatches a night (vs. 0 or 1) - I make 7-12 dispatches a night.
My finding is unmotivated workers don't really do much nor contribute much. As a result, management dumps extra work on the motivated workers, bc in the end of the day, a certain quota of work needs to be done regardless of whos quiet quitting or doing what they think is the bare minimum. The motivated workers will stay long enough to be promoted or to find a better paying job somewhere else.