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What Is Quiet Quitting?

The term 'quiet quitting' has gone viral among young professionals on social media. Quiet quitting is thought to have originated with a Chinese hashtag #TangPing means ‘lying flat’. Experts say that the pandemic led many of us to rethink our priorities and that this prompted an increase in job dissatisfaction. Some experts believe that quit quitting could be good for some employers too by reducing levels of burnout among their staff. But what is quiet quitting?

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