From quiet quitting to moonlighting, 2022 was full of unique career trends. Take a look at our top picks. Labanya Maitra explains.
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00:00Meri zindagi, meri khushiya, sab mera career hai.
00:04Quiet quitting, moonlighting, career cushioning, and boomerang employees.
00:09These were the top career trends of 2022.
00:12Siddhi saadi bhaasha mein batana kya kehna chahati hai?
00:20If you work a 9-5 job and you leave the office at 5pm,
00:25it used to be called having a work-life balance.
00:289 hours of slogging is what I'm paid for.
00:31Nothing more, nothing less.
00:34Nope, not anymore.
00:36This is called quiet quitting.
00:39Some say quiet quitting is doing the bare minimum required of them,
00:43while others say it's meeting all their obligations.
00:46Going over and above, going the extra mile, working overtime.
00:50These are all the things you'll not be doing if you're quiet quitting.
00:54Sir, kuch toh kaam kar do.
00:56Ek damaada chhod do ke toh kaisa chalega?
01:02If you have a second job, typically in secret, usually at night,
01:07after your regular workday ends, that's moonlighting.
01:10Robo hai toh robo. Corporate robo.
01:12Wipro fired about 300 employees for moonlighting this year,
01:16and even companies like IBM and Infosys called it unethical.
01:21Kya matlab? Kya matlab? Kya matlab?
01:24But Swiggy and Tech Mahindra were actually open to their employees
01:27having a second income stream.
01:29Tu duty kar rahi hai? F***ing mat kar.
01:35Imagine you're in a relationship,
01:36but you feel that your partner might break up with you.
01:39It's heartbreaking, but you'd like to soften the blow.
01:42So you start talking to an old friend,
01:45slide into a few DMs, or even glance around at some dating apps.
01:49That's exactly where the term career cushioning comes from.
01:53Tu ta sati care nahi karda.
01:56It's when employees start window-shopping for a job,
01:59while still working in one.
02:00Quite literally, a plan B.
02:02Life mein thoda baad keema pav, tangdi kabab, khaka noodle bhi hona chahiye na.
02:06With the massive number of layoffs seen in 2022,
02:10employees might start career cushioning to protect themselves
02:13in case they lose their jobs.
02:15Jo karna tha. Jo karna tha.
02:24Not this one.
02:25So, employees who want their old jobs back are called boomerang employees.
02:30These employees had quit their regular jobs
02:32to see greener pastures with new-age companies
02:35during the startup boom over the last few years.
02:38Na paisa mein itna ek milenga.
02:40Boomerangers can actually save companies anywhere between
02:4333% and 67% of recruitment costs.
02:48They already know their way around the organisation
02:50and can settle in quicker.
02:52And they now have the added skillset they learnt at a different company.