{"id":37939,"date":"2022-10-10T18:15:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=37939"},"modified":"2022-10-10T18:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:15:42","slug":"business-report-employers-deal-with-quietly-quitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/10\/business-report-employers-deal-with-quietly-quitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Report: Employers Deal With \u2018Quietly Quitting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36693\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/rose-miller-c-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/rose-miller-c-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/rose-miller-c-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/rose-miller-c.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose Miller, SPHR, area HR thought leader, speaker, writer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Rose Miller<\/p>\n<p>There is a term floating around the TikTok work circles. I like to follow TikTok\u2019s workplace trends discussions because I get to hear what employees are talking about. Similar to the way restaurateurs follow Yelp, some employers follow social media such as TikTok, Reddit, and Twitter to hear what the work force is saying about their employers and their work environments.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is a phrase called \u201cquietly quitting\u201d and it is catching on quickly.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What I found as a surprising discovery was that the term doesn\u2019t mean they are actually leaving their jobs. Instead, they have decided not to take their jobs too seriously. Young professionals are stating they reject the idea of going above and beyond in their careers. The idea is to stay at the company but focus time on things they do outside of work. They have decided to pass on promotions, pay and titles.<\/p>\n<p>They are setting some firm boundaries like refusing to work overtime. They insist on leaving right at five. Others advertise the fact that they will only do enough to get by. Unlike their senior managers, they don\u2019t want their careers to be confused with personal identifies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Remember these are young professionals and it\u2019s not uncommon for younger employees to, at first, refuse to climb the corporate ladder, only to end up changing their minds later. Gaining a mortgage, spouse and children can change perspectives and priorities in a drastic way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>I\u2019m a \u201870s girl and I can remember my generation saying not to trust anyone over 40 years old. It was a time when young people were \u201canti-establishment\u201d only to become the establishment later in their lives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The difference today is the impact of what HR professionals call \u201clearned behaviors.\u201d Gen X, who are now between 40-50 years old and young professionals in their mid-20-30s have watched their parents and grandparents give it their all, be consumed by their work and sacrificed family time, only to be tossed aside when corporate margins decreased, even slightly. They learned people were disposable.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They lived through the tragic 9\/11 attack, where devoted employees stayed in the building and held their posts. They learned dedication can kill you. They lived through a pandemic, with all its dislocating effects, which blurred the boundaries between work and life. They learned to disengage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are they wrong? Is it bad to refuse to let work worries rule over your life? In listening to some of the TikTok posts, these workers still get their jobs done. It\u2019s not that they don\u2019t work hard. It\u2019s just that they have decided not to stress over any of the details or deliverables.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They are creating priorities and career is not at the top of the list. And it\u2019s important to note that these same sentiments cross generational lines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This may be bad news for some employers because studies indicate that employee engagement is at an all-time low. Quietly quitting means doing the minimum required and not much more. More than half of the workers surveyed by Gallup fell into this category.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many employees are not signing up for extra training, they aren\u2019t subscribing to the hustle-culture mentality, and they are not even socializing with colleagues.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But fear not. At the end of the day humans are not a one-size fits all species. There will always be slackers, worker-bees, and the very ambitious. Even some TikTok posts are arguing with the quiet quitters, saying they do not represent the workers who find purpose in what they do.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And there it is\u2014a tip for employers to increase engagement by making sure they communicate the purpose of what they do, why they do it, and especially how the worker contributes to that purpose. When engagement is low, the mission must be communicated and demonstrated clearly and often.<\/p>\n<p>In all fairness, the phrase is not encouraging workers to be lazy. Instead, it is actually a reminder to maintain balance and avoid burnout. I believe any generation can agree with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rose Miller There is a term floating around the TikTok work circles. I like to follow TikTok\u2019s workplace trends discussions because I get to hear what employees are talking about. 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