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Orianna Rosa Royle

Gen Zer who sparked 'quiet quitting' trend has quit his job because it didn't work

man on phone (Credit: getty)

Last July, Zaid Khan uploaded a 17-second TikTok video about "quitting the idea of going above and beyond" and the term “quiet quitting” has been on the tip of workers' tongues since.

After discovering the term, the 25-year-old engineer's video explanation captured the attention of more than 3.6 million people worldwide.

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