The pandemic upended almost everything – including the workforce. About a third of American workers said they had changed jobs in the last two years, according to a recent PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, while the number of people quitting their jobs hit an all-time high last November.
These large-scale workforce changes have also ushered in a new dialogue about workplace culture. As part of that shift, terms like “quiet quitting” and “quiet firing” have emerged.
Quiet quitting is when a worker slowly pulls back from the duties of their role while staying employed. Quiet firing is when a manager slowly pulls back the duties of a worker’s role instead of outright firing them.
PBS NewsHour digital anchor Nicole Ellis spoke with Janice Gassam Asare, a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and workplace consultant, about the concepts behind quiet firing and quiet quitting.
“The Great Resignation really sparked a lot of these conversations around what is causing employees to be burnt out and disengaged,” Gassam Asare said. With employees feeling empowered in these new workplace conversations, “I think there’s pushback from leadership where there’s almost like this loss of control and loss of power that is felt.”
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