Bare Minimum Mondays

English

Noun

Bare Minimum Mondays pl (normally plural, singular Bare Minimum Monday)

1. (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]
   • 2023 February 27, Martha Alexander, “Have you been having a Bare Minimum Monday?”, in Evening Standard, London, page 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.

   • 2023 June 7, Gilberto Lauengco, “Bare minimum Mondays, quiet quitting, pushback of the youth”, in Philippine News Agency‎^[1], archived from the original on 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.

   • 2024 May 18, “Loud quitting: Catharsis, breakdown”, in 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