noun
General Slang
quiet retreating
KWY-et ree-TREE-ting · noun · slang
Scaling back ambition to protect your wellbeing.
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Deliberately dialing down one's career drive and workload to preserve mental health and personal time, without fully disengaging from the job.
“After the burnout scare she started quiet retreating, declining stretch projects to guard her evenings.”
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quiet retreating In A Sentence
After the burnout scare she started quiet retreating, declining stretch projects to guard her evenings.
Origin & Usage
Named in mid-2020s workplace-trend coverage in the 'quiet' family of terms.
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What is quiet retreating?
It's deliberately dialing back your career ambition and workload to protect your mental health and personal time, without fully checking out of the job.
How is quiet retreating different from quiet quitting?
Quiet quitting is doing only the bare minimum; quiet retreating is intentionally lowering your ambition to guard wellbeing while still staying engaged.
Where does the term come from?
It emerged in mid-2020s workplace-trend coverage alongside other 'quiet' terms like quiet quitting and quiet firing.
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