What made you 'pull the trigger'?

Albermarle

- Specific company actions e.g. they are threatening to make me work at the office most of the week even though I was already working from home most of the time (if I wasn't travelling for projects) for many years before the pandemic - I had bosses who were in other countries for many years whose attitude was that they didn't care where I was sitting as long as I got the projects done.

Having also worked from home, for many years pre Covid ( except when travelling) and also had a boss based in another country who largely did not care what I did/where I was, as long as the job was done.

If I had been told to start commuting to an office, 4 or 5 days a week, that would have been a major motivator to go earlier than I did !

daz378

I wish I could pull the trigger... I've looked after the same set of clients over 18 years(carer) of 22 years total...this year I worked all over Xmas only getting boxing day morning off....my firm is better than most in pay and conditions...Will ask for my figures in 3 years...but more likely to be 5 years...dredge up my business  studies from over 30 odd years ago ...to assess wether ican pull the trigger

HillsideRetired

My trigger was pulled at the offer of redundancy, after working for the same company for 27 years ,

i had always looked on enviously when redundancy   had came up previously thinking it will never be the right time for me.
so with some faith i took a step towards the unknown ..

it as taken some time to adjust .. but i feel fortunate on most days there is no alarm clock .. and often there is now only one 7 o'clock in my day .. and some times only 1 8 o'clock 

i am not sure if this is a positive or negative on actually pulling the trigger  . but i have not spent my annual retirement budgeted amount 
 

Daffodil1234

Pat38493  that was a really interesting and useful update from you.

NedS

Pat38493 said:

- Just getting bored of the corporate world and the daily lunacies of work interactions.  I feel much less motivated to put in 100% at work than I did a few years ago.  We were taken over but a company which has a much more centralized approach with an HQ in another country.  I'm actually surprised they didn't make me redundant as I am under utilized based on what they are paying me and my historical skillset.

You can live in hope

I'm doing a fantastic job at making myself less and less useful every day just in case, and with a recession looming, you never know your luck

Tahlullah.H

Sounds like quiet quitting.

Ciprico

Seems a lot of quiet quitting and quiet quitters on here....

I thought I was alone in this until I read this thread.. 

Anonymous101

Ciprico said:

Seems a lot of quiet quitting and quiet quitters on here....

I thought I was alone in this until I read this thread.. 

Employee engagement is at an all time low. I know many many people that are a long way from retirement and have totally had enough of work.

Cottage_Economy

Ciprico said:

Seems a lot of quiet quitting and quiet quitters on here....

I thought I was alone in this until I read this thread.. 

I used to have ambition until I saw what being promoted was doing to my colleagues moving up. The stress trying to hit targets, the longer hours, interrupted holidays, over-reliance on caffeine, sugar and alcohol to keep going. They look dreadful. 

In my current job I am paid more than an equivalent position in our competitor’s firms, a deliberate act by our managing director to retain staff. I work from home, I have compressed my hours into four long days to have a three day weekend plus there’s bonuses that rely on company performance not personal performance, a cost of living payment every month and other monetary rewards that I can get for (from what I can see anyway) just doing the job properly, which I make sure I do and hit my targets. 

I don’t kid myself this isn’t a cage, but it is a comfortable gilded one and I’m not rocking the boat until I’m made to. I’m not the same person I was 20 years ago, either physically or mentally, and I have to pace myself a lot more. Going over and above on a consistent daily basis (which in my firm will involve more hours, many more meetings, more travel and more stress) will impact my health. 

Albermarle

Cottage_Economy said:

Ciprico said:

Seems a lot of quiet quitting and quiet quitters on here....

I thought I was alone in this until I read this thread.. 

I used to have ambition until I saw what being promoted was doing to my colleagues moving up. The stress trying to hit targets, the longer hours, interrupted holidays, over-reliance on caffeine, sugar and alcohol to keep going. They look dreadful. 

In my current job I am paid more than an equivalent position in our competitor’s firms, a deliberate act by our managing director to retain staff. I work from home, I have compressed my hours into four long days to have a three day weekend plus there’s bonuses that rely on company performance not personal performance, a cost of living payment every month and other monetary rewards that I can get for (from what I can see anyway) just doing the job properly, which I make sure I do and hit my targets. 

I don’t kid myself this isn’t a cage, but it is a comfortable gilded one and I’m not rocking the boat until I’m made to. I’m not the same person I was 20 years ago, either physically or mentally, and I have to pace myself a lot more. Going over and above on a consistent daily basis (which in my firm will involve more hours, many more meetings, more travel and more stress) will impact my health. 

Sounds very familiar, but I do not think this is 'quiet quitting' This is deciding you do not want to climb up the greasy pole any further, but still trying to do your job to the best of your abilities. OK it probably is the case ( it was with me) that you are not volunteering for too many new tasks, new developments, attending industry events etc, but are still conscientious about the main aspects of your job and getting the results. That in my opinion does not fit with this new buzzword ' Quiet Quitting'