‘Quiet quitting’ raising a din in stressful US workplaces

Many ‘quiet quitters’ say they are perfectly willing to work hard, but only for the hours the job is meant to entail. Their motto: ‘act your wage’. — Image by creativeart on Freepik

WASHINGTON: They are drawing a line at the 40-hour work week, limiting after-hours calls and emails and generally, if softly, saying “no” more often – some American workers are embracing the concept of “quiet quitting” as they push back against what some see as the stifling trap of constant connectivity.

Maggie Perkins – who lives in Athens, Georgia – was racking up 60-hour weeks as a matter of course in her job as a teacher, but the 30-year-old realised after her first child was born that something was wrong.