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Bare Minimum Mondays
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Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Bare Minimum Mondays.wav US
Noun
p Bare Minimum Mondays Bare Minimum Monday
en Internet slang neologism The trend of doing as little as possible at work on Mondays in order to reduce stress during the rest of the week. from 2023
en 2023-02-27 Martha Alexander Have you been having a Bare Minimum Monday? Evening Standard London 20 Bare Minimum Monday has its roots in self-care, but many would argue it has been going on for years, just without a buzzy moniker to make it a social media trend.
en 2023-06-07 Gilberto Lauengco Bare minimum Mondays, quiet quitting, pushback of the youth Philippine News Agency https://www.pna.gov.ph/opinion/pieces/698-bare-minimum-mondays-quiet-quitting-pushback-of-the-youth https://web.archive.org/web/20230607021637/https://www.pna.gov.ph/opinion/pieces/698-bare-minimum-mondays-quiet-quitting-pushback-of-the-youth 2023-06-07 Unfortunately, in a generally conservative work environment where work is sparse, practicing Bare Minimum Mondays regularly might adversely affect an employee’s career or even get the said employee fired.
en 2024-05-18 Loud quitting: Catharsis, breakdown Indian Express Mumbai If the post-pandemic decline in the appeal of “hustle culture” and “leaning in” laid bare structures of worker exploitation, the rise of trends such as “bare minimum Mondays”, “lazy girl jobs” and “act your wage” are manifestations of a resentment in search of articulation.
See also
lazy girl job
quiet quitting