This is the worker they're talking about in the video, and he says when taking the position he clarified his working hours were 9-5 est. If this meeting is technically outside of his scheduled hours, do you think it's fair his boss expected him to be available at a moments notice to come in? This reminds me of the articles we've been seeing lately claiming Gen Z doesn't want to work anymore, but to me this doesn't sound like someone who doesn't want to work, but instead someone who wants to work the job and hours they signed up for. They want to call it "quiet quitting", but I'm calling it adhering to my contract - it's like a bait and switch. You sign up for an equal exchange of services for money that everyone agreed to, and they want to change the expectations without paying it. I think it's crazy that when you work a salary position they have no problem telling you to work overtime with no additional pay, because "you're paid for the job to get done" and youre not an "hourly employee"... But when the job is done before 5pm you still have to stay. These companies don't reward efficiency, they reward "optics". They'd rather you be there 10 hours a day, spending half that time walking around desk to desk with a salad in your hands, than getting the work done well in 6 and going home. At what point do we realize that these "unwritten expectations" are more about control than anything else? They want to tell you what you can do and when you can do it, and they want your entire life to revolve around the business. They act like every minute task is as important as a doctor in emergency surgery. Helen, you're not saving lives you're selling office furniture, calm down. I remember when I worked my corporate job and every month my department would be scrambling to "find the money" because the billing process for a multi billion dollar grocery chain was literally excel spreadsheets. It was always an emergency everyone had to work extra hours to correct, but it was never important enough to invest the time into building the infrastructure that would prevent this issue in the first place. It's not the workers fault that the company had inefficient policies, yet they're the ones who have to pick up the pieces when everything goes to shit over and over again. Coming out of university my biggest aspiration was to climb the corporate ladder, until I realized the game was rigged. Sure I'd make more money, but then I'd lose even more of my time, freedom and sanity. And our generations are seeing that trade off just isn't worth it. Instead, I learned how to invest and became financially free in my 30s. If you're ready to escape the rat race, check out our website for more. - @nobudgetbabe