Quiet Quitting Guardrails
PROMaintain employment while establishing sustainable work boundaries. Daily checklists for performance floor calibration, detection avoidance, and risk assessment to prevent burnout without triggering termination.
Example Usage
“I’m a senior software engineer at a Fortune 500 company. I’ve been a top performer for 4 years, consistently working 55+ hours/week. I’m burned out and want to reduce to 40 hours while keeping my job and good standing. My manager is hands-off but we have quarterly reviews. No keystroke monitoring. Help me create a daily checklist to maintain employment while establishing sustainable boundaries.”
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Suggested Customization
| Description | Default | Your Value |
|---|---|---|
| Target percentage of maximum effort to maintain (60-85% recommended) | 75% | |
| Weeks to transition from high performer to sustainable pace | 8 | |
| Acceptable termination risk level (low/medium/high) | low | |
| Whether employer uses keystroke/activity tracking | false | |
| My performance history (low/neutral/high) | neutral | |
| How closely manager tracks my work (low/medium/high) | medium |
Maintain employment while setting sustainable boundaries. This skill provides daily checklists, risk assessment frameworks, and detection avoidance strategies to help you find your “performance floor”—the minimum acceptable output that keeps you employed without burning out.
Research Sources
This skill was built using research from these authoritative sources:
- How to Quiet Quit Without Being Detected - r/antiwork Practical strategies for gradual disengagement while maintaining employment, including phasing techniques and calendar blocking
- Quiet Quitting Tips - r/fatFIRE Business professional perspectives on focusing only on high-value work and OKRs while reducing total effort
- Defining 'Meets Expectations' - r/managers How managers set performance benchmarks and assess whether employees meet baseline role requirements
- Bare Minimum vs Above and Beyond - r/AskReddit Employer expectations regarding effort levels and minimum acceptable standards across industries
- Setting Boundaries Without Hurting Career - r/ExperiencedDevs Technical professionals discussing intelligent work prioritization and sustainable productivity
- Employee Monitoring Software & Quiet Quitting - r/remotework Detection tools managers use: productivity tracking, keystroke monitoring, app usage, screenshot capture
- Documenting Poor Performance - r/managers How managers document performance issues and triggers for formal documentation
- At-Will Employment & Performance Termination - r/changemyview Legal framework for termination, documentation standards for performance-based firing
- Why Managers Flag Underperformers - r/managers How managers detect performance issues and documentation patterns preceding termination
- Unemployment & Quiet Quitting Termination - r/antiwork Legal status of termination for quiet quitting, unemployment eligibility, and firing distinctions