According to a new workplace fad called “quiet quitting,” which is trending on TikTok, employees set clear work-life boundaries to decrease stress, but they do so without actually leaving their jobs, despite what the name may imply.
More than 3.9 million people have watched videos on TikTok about the new trend of silent quitting, and stories from The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and other websites have also been written about it.
Hundreds of people who have kept quiet about leaving their jobs are now speaking up about how they are working more to maintain a healthy work-life balance and less on exceeding expectations outside of their job descriptions while continuing to work at their current positions.
According to Allison Peck, a career counselor with more than 400,000 followers on TikTok, people no longer go above and beyond, risking their mental and physical health for their employers. They are working like they are paid to.
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Workplace musings on turning off your computer at 5 p.m. and spending more time with family are among the videos with the hashtag # QuietQuitting, as are those who believe that working is the definition of quiet quitting.
In a video explaining how quiet resigning may be used in teaching careers, TikTok user @millennialmsfrizz said, “Quiet quitting means that when somebody asks you to do something that’s not in your contract, you don’t do it.”
Peck wishes the practice had a different name; detractors of the tendency refer to it as a “recipe for disaster” or “shooting yourself in the foot.”
“I wish it had a different name because you’re not giving up.” “You are looking after yourself,” Peck stated to TODAY. “You are relaxing. You’re sort of cautiously coasting. ”
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Polling indicates that people of various ages share similar sentiments regarding being involved at work, even though most of those speaking out about silent quitting on TikTok are younger.
According to a Gallup survey conducted earlier this year, only 32% of workers are engaged, down from 36% in 2020. According to Gallup, the first annual fall in engagement in more than a decade occurred between 2020 and 2021.
The generations interviewed included Gen X, Gen Z, older millennials, and baby boomers, all of whom said their engagement levels ranged from 31% to 33%.
Employees who worked from home or on-site had higher levels of involvement, at 37% as opposed to 29% for those who worked in an office or on-site.