How to Use quiet quitting in a Sentence

quiet quitting

noun
  • The era of quiet quitting is over.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • For all the talk of quiet quitting, the complaints about work are in fact very noisy indeed.
    — Julia Hobsbawm, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In a year still buzzing with quiet quitting, employees at these companies gave more in record fashion.
    — Michael Bush, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Dracula, though, won’t go down without a fight; this boss will not tolerate quiet quitting.
    — Vulture, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The signs of quiet quitting are often clear, with employees failing to turn in work on time or being late to meetings.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Here are three effective strategies to re-engage your employees and quit quiet quitting once and for all.
    — Karen Turner, Quartz, 19 July 2023
  • People who practice quiet quitting usually set clear boundaries and stress a good work-life balance.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Jan. 2026
  • What employers can do Herve and Oh stress that quiet quitting does not equate to poor performance.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • With quiet quitting, employees are doing the minimum amount of work with the same pay as full-time employees.
    — Pat Calhoun, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • When quiet quitting is working, those feelings should come up less frequently and/or become less intense.
    — Ashley Oerman, SELF, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To be clear, quiet quitting doesn’t involve exiting a position.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 1 Sep. 2022
  • While the phenomenon may worry some managers, the authors suggest ways to curb quiet quitting.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The result is disengagement, quiet quitting and a workforce that is grabbing for life rafts while the ship is taking on water.
    — Lori Huss, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • And there’s a lot of ‘quiet quitting’ on the job in a way that’s dragging down productivity in the corporate sector.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • Like terms such as quiet quitting or career cushioning, job hugging gives a label to something familiar.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Terms like quiet quitting, anti-work, soft life, and work-life balance dominated online discourse.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Maybe quiet parenting, like quiet quitting and quiet luxury before it, could catch on as a meme among key influencers.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The below book excerpt outlines five company best practices that can combat quiet quitting and impact the bottom line.
    — Jim Clifton and Jim Harter, Quartz, 22 June 2023
  • Corporate America can learn a lot from dating, as one expert says ghosting and quiet quitting are the same problem.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • Giving workers greater autonomy, voice, and a sense that their work has impact can reduce the likelihood of quiet quitting.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Others are taking the route of ‘quiet quitting’ -- doing the bare minimum of work, while looking for another remote work job.
    — Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Some employees embraced quiet quitting, or expending minimal effort to get the job done.
    — Christina Caron, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Cunningham is talking about one kind of quiet quitting, but the phenomenon defies easy pigeon-holing.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Trends like quiet quitting and over-employment are popping up due to a systematic shift in workplace culture post-pandemic.
    — Pat Calhoun, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • For young workers who once embraced the practice of quiet quitting, the novelty is beginning to wear off, replaced with workplace paranoia.
    — Byamber Burton, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • Over time, this has the potential to turn into quiet quitting or becoming totally unengaged.
    — Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • After a layoff, employee trust ebbs, burnout can increase and quiet quitting can become an attractive option for many workers.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Companies are focusing on curing the latest epidemic to hit the workplace—quiet quitting.
    — Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • With the labor-force-participation rate at record lows and many businesses searching for workers, what is the correct response to quiet quitting?
    — WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Change fatigue also can lead to quiet quitting, a trend that occurred in the pandemic’s wake, as some employees chose to do only the minimum work required for their jobs.
    — Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

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