But she realized her job wasn't making her happy and became a "quiet quitter." AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Heather Doran, a 43-year-old in Mississippi, about "quiet quitting" at work. Roughly three years into the role, I started "quiet quitting." But "quiet quitting" is about going back to just doing the job we were hired to do, which isn't lazy. AdvertisementDo you have a "quiet quitting" story you want to share with Business Insider?

---

Persons: Heather Doran, she'd, —, We're, We'll, I'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Mississippi, South Carolina, I've