Gen Z and millennials are “quiet quitting” their jobs. Here’s what that means and why they’re doing it …

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00:00More and more Gen Z and millennial employees are quiet quitting their jobs.

00:04So what is quiet quitting and what factors have led to this workplace behavior?

00:09Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.

00:11Quiet quitting is essentially employee disengagement,

00:14where workers stop going above and beyond what's asked,

00:17stop completing tasks and projects without compensation,

00:20and stop overly participating in workplace hustle culture.

00:24The trend has been triggered by widespread employee burnout,

00:27the great resignation, and new workplace policies following the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:32And while some may believe the term quiet quitting has a negative connotation,

00:36many experts disagree.

00:37Employees who engage in quiet quitting often view their own personal identity

00:41as separate from their job and make their own workplace behaviors and efforts reflect that.

00:46A quiet quitter is more likely to have workplace boundaries

00:49and say no to extra work without compensation.

00:52The hashtag quiet quitting, where both employees and employers share their experiences,

00:57has almost 20 million views on TikTok.