‘Quiet quitting’ is another way of saying you have healthy boundaries with your boss

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “Quiet quitting” is not, in fact, the act of giving your two weeks’ notice in a soft whisper. Yet, “quiet quitting” is being discussed as if it’s a new, potentially bad pattern of behavior that might threaten to upend the entire system. The segment specifies that her boss doesn’t see any issues with letting employees work remotely for up to four weeks in a row, “before or after their paid time off.” Before or after is important here. Call it “quiet quitting”, or call it something else — but work should fit within your life, not the other way around.