We’ve found a new term for burnout: ‘quiet quitting’

The term may be new but ‘quiet quitting’ is a coping mechanism for the chronic workplace condition that is burnout—so let’s just call it what it is.

We’ve found new ways to label career burnout, but there’s no fooling me. As a burnout survivor, I know the symptoms when I see them—and this new work phenomenon of “quiet quitting” reeks of burnout. Let’s just call it what it is. 

“Quiet quitters” make up at least 50% of the U.S. workforce, .


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