From ‘hushed hybrid’ to ‘quiet vacationing,’ here are the biggest workplace trends right now
August 10, 20240
Employees are taking a stand against corporate drudgery through a slate of viral workplace trends.
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It seems like every day there’s a new workplace trend employees are using to set boundaries at work or climb the ranks.
Enter “hushed hybrid,” “quiet vacationing,” and poking fun at the “corporate accent.”
Check out these and other viral work trends — and what experts have to say about them.
Employees are pushing back against the grueling demands of modern work through a host of, nearly four in 10 millennial respondents said they’ve taken time off from work without informing their employer, and 24% of Gen Zers and Gen Xers reported the same.
Quiet firing is how employers try to push workers out the door without the financial and brand consequences associated with explicitly doing layoffs.
All talk, no work — we all probably have a co-worker like this.
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They’re the ones who spend more time talking about their work than actually doing it — the ones who readily flaunt their achievements to their bosses or on LinkedIn but are slow to get to work.
These workers can have a negative effect on morale.
“Some people are motivated by external rewards and recognition rather than the inherent satisfaction of the work itself,” Nicole Price, a leadership coach and workplace expert, told CNBC. “This can lead to a focus on visibility and self-promotion in order to attract these rewards.”
“The constant self-promotion may create an atmosphere of competition rather than collaboration,” Price told CNBC.
While Hot Labor Summer isn’t new, last year’s was one to remember.
Strength in numbers was the motto for a Hot Labor Summer last year.
And the UPS and the Teamsters union, which represents roughly 340,000 UPS package handlers and drivers, reached a tentative agreement, averting a strike that could have had far-reaching repercussions.
