There’s been a lot of talk around ‘quiet quitting’. This is the trend where employees put in a minimalamount of effort just to get through the workday. Although this trend is disturbing, we need to takea look at some underlying factors that contribute.“Quiet quitting” is a term coined by Bryan Creely, a corporate recruiter turned into a coach. Hisphrase was released to TikTok and YouTube in 2022, but there’s an earlier reference to the term bythe economist Mark Boldger in 2009. A 2021 movement in China called the concept “lying flat.”Gallup has associated this trend with 50% of the U.S. working force. So why is it so popular?

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There’s been a lot of talk around ‘quiet quitting’. This is the trend where employees put in a minimal
amount of effort just to get through the workday. Although this trend is disturbing, we need to take
a look at some underlying factors that contribute.
“Quiet quitting” is a term coined by Bryan Creely, a corporate recruiter turned into a coach. His
phrase was released to TikTok and YouTube in 2022, but there’s an earlier reference to the term by
the economist Mark Boldger in 2009. A 2021 movement in China called the concept “lying flat.”
Gallup has associated this trend with 50% of the U.S. working force. So why is it so popular?

 

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