A Japanese philosophy for the quiet-quitting generation

Japanese workers engaged in a post-lunch workout — AFP Filepic

THE world of management is abuzz about the idea of “quiet quitting” – the Gen Z, TikTok-boosted term for doing nothing more at work than the job description demands.

Of course, there’s nothing new about this phenomenon – if Gen Z knew how to dial a call, they would understand the age-old concept of “phoning it in.”