After quiet quitting at his job for six months, he realized it wasn't the answer for him. He said quiet quitting had its downsides and that managers are to blame for disengaged employees. The 17-second video, in which Khan describes quiet quitting as not quitting your job, but "quitting the idea of going above and beyond" — went viral. It has been widely credited for making quiet quitting into the phenomenon it's become. But after trying quiet quitting for six months, and then actually quitting his job, Khan reflected, and said that for him personally, quiet quitting isn't the answer.

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