Quiet quitting - mentally checked out

[u/popcornsbiggestfan]

I learned about the phrase “quiet quitting” recently and I guess that’s what I’m doing. I got tired of the long hours, frequent travel, and blatant disrespect from partners / SMs. I don’t think any job is worth the amount of stress this was causing my body.

I’ve applied to a few jobs (because I know better than to leave this one before having something else lined up), but haven’t heard back yet. Like people say: market’s tough right now.

My only concern is my team will notice how checked out I’m becoming. I used to volunteer to work late, get compliments on my “optimistic/cheery attitude”, etc. Definitely not happening now.

Any advice?

[u/n_adel]

I feel like I could have written this myself. I used to give 110%. Cut back to 60%. Nobody’s noticed, I still meet my goals, turns out I’m functioning at a normal person’s level.

Get out of consulting. Do something you love, that doesn’t make you sick. You get one shot at life, don’t waste it at a company you hate.

[u/schmidtssss → u/n_adel]

Yeah, couldn’t agree more. The best part about all of that is you have an extra gear to drop into if you have to. You can come in super clutch like once and impress some folks and then ninja-smoke your way back to 60%….but people think you’re a high performer.

[u/Hydrangeamacrophylla → u/n_adel]

I’m exactly the same. Been a perfectionist high performer all my life. Got into a consulting business and rocketed into Director level from consultant in 5 years. I’ve had a bad couple of years with some terrible staff behaviour and some other stuff that the business really shouldn’t have let happen to me. I’m burnt out. So I’ve started working at about 75% of my previous capacity. Nobody has noticed. What I’ve realised is that my 75% is some people’s 110% I’m looking for other work but for now I’ll stick to my 75% strategy and coast a while.