If you have never heard of the term “quiet quitting”, it is a term that is widely used from 2022 to the past few months in early 2023 in which employees do the bare minimum jobs while having ideas to quit to look for jobs with better pay. Now, the trend is vanishing and “loud quitting” replaces the old trend.Quitting often comes to mind when employees face too much pressure and stress from their work, be it from the workload or the environment of the workplace. It has been reported by Gallup that the employees are still at a high level of stress, even after the pandemic.
When an employee starts to feel burned out and actively thinks about finding a better job, they become disengaged from their work. It was found that nearly 1 out of 5 employees all around the world are “actively disengaged” or loudly quitting, based on the State of the Global Workplace: Global Insights report by Gallup. The result shows that only 23% of employees are engaged, while the other 77% are not engaged, which includes both quiet quitting and loud quitting.
Employees who are doing well and thriving at the workplace feel more meaningful and connected to the team and the whole organization. For the quiet quitting employees, they are found to be minimally productive and are more likely to feel stressed and burned out. They could not wait to go back home and recharge themselves due to feeling disconnected from their employer. However, for these types of employees, if they can be spotted early, it can be combated. This probably would not be the case for loud quitters since they have already made up their mind and are determined to quit. Nevertheless, it is still possible if the employer and employee have a proper discussion about this issue. Since it is easier to spot loud quitters, employers can right away tackle this issue.
Here are the signs of loud quitters compared to quiet quitters:
They might look calm and collected on the outside, but if you look at them closely, they are not. Their actions could be more passive and less obvious compared to those of the loud quitters. This is because they are still weighing whether it might be the right thing for them to leave. There would be little to no drama involved. When employers create a safe space for them to let out what is inside, it may address the issue and they would be able to talk it out about any imbalances that they feel in their work for a better resolution. To spot quiet quitters, they can be seen as: