COMP NEWS – A new Gallup poll shows that 1 in 5 workers are “loud quitting” their jobs, remaining actively disengaged from their roles.

You’ve heard of quiet quitting, but what about loud quitting?

 

Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace report, published last week, says 18% of employees surveyed worldwide are doing just that at their jobs. The report from the consulting and research firm said so-called loud quitters are “actively disengaged” at work, as opposed to quiet quitters, who are simply “not engaged.” Employees considered “engaged” were said to be “thriving at work.” Gallup’s report included data from 122,416 employed people ages 15 and up worldwide.

 

Between the 18% of employees loud quitting and the 59% quiet quitting, Gallup estimates low employee engagement costs the global economy $8.8 trillion and accounts for 9% of global GDP.

Quiet quitting, which came to prominence last year following popular internet trends, is the practice of completing job responsibilities without going the extra mile. Loud quitting, on the other hand, comes from employees who actively damage their employer’s brand and objectives where they can.

Quiet quitting refers to doing your job just as advertised, not going above and beyond. While the practice isn’t new, it was popularized as a term online last year, particularly on TikTok, as workers sought to set firmer boundaries at work and achieve better work-life balance.

 

Where quiet quitters tend to be more passive in their disengagement, loud quitters may actively undermine the employer’s goals and can damage the brand when it comes to attracting new employees, says Jim Harter, the lead author of the report and chief scientist for Gallup’s workplace management and wellbeing practices.

 

“They’re detached from the organization, but also emotionally against the organization, and they’ll be vocal about it,” he told Insider. “The loud quitting employees are going to be much, much more likely to take another job pretty quickly if it becomes available, and they won’t need as much money to do that.”

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