The meaninglessness of modern work – and the pandemic – has led many to question their approach to their jobs
Covid has bred a new class of worker doing just enough to get along.Bartleby is back, although no doubt he would prefer not to be. This time,has returned in the form of TikTokers who have embraced “quiet quitting”.
Maria Kordowicz, an associate professor in organisational behaviour at the University of Nottingham and director of its centre for interprofessional education and learning, said the rise in quiet quitting is linked to a noticeable fall in job satisfaction.showed that only 9% of workers in the UK were engaged or enthusiastic about their work, ranking 33rd out of 38 European countries. The NHS staff survey, conducted in the autumn of 2021, showed that morale had fallen from 6.1 out of 10 to 5.
“I think this has a link to the elements of quiet quitting that are perhaps more negative: mentally checking out from a job, being exhausted from the volume of work and lack of work-life balance that hit many of us during the pandemic.
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