The latest phenomenon emerging from TikTok is the concept of 'quiet quitting', as stressed and burnt out workers begin to push back against their high workloads by rejecting the extra tasks they were not hired to do. BusinessNZ employment specialist Paul Mackay told 1News 'quiet quitting' is "an old name for a new concept". ADVERTISEMENT"'Quiet quitting' has been around for a long time under a different form, particularly in tight labour markets where people basically say, 'Look, I’m just going. Can you take on this and this and this and this, please?’ People are starting to push back on that and say, 'No, I'm going to stick with what you hired me to do.'" Mackay said while 'quiet quitting' is "not a phrase being bandied around here in New Zealand very much", he believes it could take off here too.

Source: Stuff August 24, 2022 23:16 UTC