Why we should notice the quiet quitters

The term quiet quitting is getting a lot of attention, but in HR, it’s not a new phenomenon. Dr Elizabeth Houldsworth considers whether HR managers should be concerned.

‘Quiet quitting’ – as widely reported - has nothing to do with quitting one’s job, but involves doing the minimum or ‘working your wage’. The practice is seemingly most associated with millennials and Gen Z who place a stronger emphasis on an appropriate work life balance than their predecessors.

This sense of working to live rather than living to work might be seen as a natural extension of heightened flexibility and changes to working practices post-COVID. Perhaps we have all got out of the habit of long hours spent in the office or in front of our computers at home?

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