Gen Z and millennials are “quiet quitting” their jobs. Here’s what that means and why they’re doing it …
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00:00More and more Gen Z and millennial employees are quiet quitting their jobs.
00:04So what is quiet quitting and what factors have led to this workplace behavior?
00:09Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:11Quiet quitting is essentially employee disengagement,
00:14where workers stop going above and beyond what's asked,
00:17stop completing tasks and projects without compensation,
00:20and stop overly participating in workplace hustle culture.
00:24The trend has been triggered by widespread employee burnout,
00:27the great resignation, and new workplace policies following the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:32And while some may believe the term quiet quitting has a negative connotation,
00:36many experts disagree.
00:37Employees who engage in quiet quitting often view their own personal identity
00:41as separate from their job and make their own workplace behaviors and efforts reflect that.
00:46A quiet quitter is more likely to have workplace boundaries
00:49and say no to extra work without compensation.
00:52The hashtag quiet quitting, where both employees and employers share their experiences,
00:57has almost 20 million views on TikTok.