There’s no doubt employees across the country have been pulling back at work.
Labor productivity slowed in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The government agency comes up with this measurement by taking output per hour and dividing that number by an index of all the workers — paid and unpaid.
While this measurement increased a modest 0.8% in the third quarter of 2022, it’s not enough to make up for what was lost in the first half of the year. After a 7.4% decline in Q1, productivity in the second quarter dropped another 4.1%, says the BLS.
It was yet another blow for employers struggling to keep employees engaged. First, there was the “ការលាលែងពីតំណែងដ៏អស្ចារ្យ.” And now there’s quiet quitting.
Quiet quitting, a workplace trend that’s been sweeping the nation, isn’t necessarily about leaving your job. Instead, it refers to simply doing the bare minimum. The term went viral on social media last year — particularly on TikTok.
But will this trend continue in 2023?
កុំនឹក
The trend took off in 2022
Quiet quitting is in stark contrast to the hustle culture — the “go-getter” mentality that promotes consistently overperforming and exceeding expectations.
Although quiet quitting is a relatively new term, a large number of workers are doing it already.
According to an August ResumeBuilder.com survey of 1,000 working Americans, 21% of respondents say they only do the bare minimum. Another 5% say they do even less than what they’re paid to do.
The trend of quiet quitting is also shown in the amount of time people put into their work. In the survey, one-third of respondents say they’ve reduced their weekly work hours by more than 50%.
Advocates say
Zaid Khan, the 24-year-old software developer and musician behind a popular TikTok video on the subject, explains why he’s no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality.
“Overworking only gets you so far in corporate America,” he says in an interview reported by Bloomberg. “And like a lot of us have experienced in the past few years, mental and physical health really takes a backseat to productivity in a lot of these structured corporate environments.”
In the ResumeBuilder survey, 83% of respondents who do the bare minimum say they’re “definitely” or “somewhat burned out.”
Finding a balance between work and life is another big reason for the rise of quiet quitting.
“Some employees no longer feel connected to their work or workplace and have a much stronger desire to focus their attention on their families and personal lives,” says career strategist and coach Stacie Haller. “With this shift in priorities, you see less willingness to engage in ‘hustle culture.’”
And the feeling of being disconnected doesn’t end there. A December survey from employee event planning company Offsyte showed that over a third of workers surveyed said they felt disconnected from their coworkers and 42% of employees said they feel like their manager doesn’t listen to their concerns .
នេះ survey shows that possible lay-offs and a lack of communication and transparency from their bosses are at the top of that list of concerns going into 2023.
So what can employers do? Almost half of employees said they want their employer to improve employee well-being through things like mental health program. And 38% of employees want employers to focus on teambuilding activities to improve collaboration.
អ្នករិះគន់និយាយ
Of course, there are several obvious downsides to the quiet quitting trend.
While acknowledging that people unhappy with their current job situation probably don’t want to go above and beyond at work, Haller says that quiet quitting “isn’t productive.”
“It would be better for disenchanted employees to speak with their managers about how to improve their current situation or to work with a job search coach to start looking for a more exciting opportunity,” she suggests.
Investment mogul and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary is another critic, and calls quiet quitting “a really bad idea.”
“People that go beyond to try to solve problems for the organization, their teams, their managers, their bosses, those are the ones that succeed in life,” he explains on CNBC. “People that shut down their laptop at 5, want that balance in life, want to go to the soccer game, 9 to 5 only, they don’t work for me.”
The Offsyte survey points to an appetite for career growth as the new year gets rolling. About 34% of respondents said they want to take on more responsibilities at their current employer and 31% said they want to learn new skill sets in 2023.
So only time will tell if the trend of quiet quitting is here to stay or will fade away — quietly.
អ្វីដែលត្រូវអានបន្ទាប់
អត្ថបទនេះផ្តល់ព័ត៌មានតែប៉ុណ្ណោះហើយមិនគួរបកស្រាយជាដំបូន្មានឡើយ។ វាត្រូវបានផ្តល់ជូនដោយគ្មានការធានាគ្រប់ប្រភេទ។
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-productivity-decline-employees-less-173000240.html