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"Quiet quitting is really hard to tackle, largely because the employees concerned are doing their jobs; they are just not willing to go above and beyond." Empl

"Quiet quitting is really hard to tackle, largely because the employees concerned are doing their jobs; they are just not willing to go above and beyond." Employees are generally willing to go above and beyond if employers are willing to go above and beyond--extra pay for the extra effort.

sheepscreek 2y ago
Amen. You can’t treat employees as disposable things and then complain they aren’t working harder. I think people are waking up to the reality that money has diminishing returns beyond a certain point. Owning a house, a car and taking vacations can improve your life. But owning a bigger house, more expensive car and luxury vacations gets old very quick (and doesn’t make one more “happy”). What we’re really craving at that point is a sense of connection with others and a feeling of belonging. Having an external impact. Believing in and contributing to something beyond ourselves. So no amount of excessive self-indulgence/consumption can fill that void. So people are now willing to trade that extra monetary reward for their time back to do that and more.
- MBCook 2y ago
  For a lot of people I don’t think it’s that money is only good up to a point. It’s the revelation they’re unlikely to ever have that kind of money. That working harder doesn’t do any good, no matter what they’re told, it will always be out of reach. Why should they bother to work extra to win a rigged game when the prize is money that won’t get them ahead in any way?
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    Inconsistent rewards were used to extract consistent over performance, and that parlor trick no longer works. “We can no longer overwork and underpay the help. What do?”
Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
Sometimes it doesn't even mean extra pay. It can even just be some genuine and sincere recognition that they are doing it. Extra pay should be the standard of course, but many employers are just come off as entitled, like they are 'owed' that extra free work and just take it for granted.

sheepscreek 2y ago

Amen. You can’t treat employees as disposable things and then complain they aren’t working harder. I think people are waking up to the reality that money has diminishing returns beyond a certain point. Owning a house, a car and taking vacations can improve your life. But owning a bigger house, more expensive car and luxury vacations gets old very quick (and doesn’t make one more “happy”). What we’re really craving at that point is a sense of connection with others and a feeling of belonging. Having an external impact. Believing in and contributing to something beyond ourselves. So no amount of excessive self-indulgence/consumption can fill that void. So people are now willing to trade that extra monetary reward for their time back to do that and more.

MBCook 2y ago
For a lot of people I don’t think it’s that money is only good up to a point. It’s the revelation they’re unlikely to ever have that kind of money. That working harder doesn’t do any good, no matter what they’re told, it will always be out of reach. Why should they bother to work extra to win a rigged game when the prize is money that won’t get them ahead in any way?
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Inconsistent rewards were used to extract consistent over performance, and that parlor trick no longer works. “We can no longer overwork and underpay the help. What do?”

Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago

Sometimes it doesn't even mean extra pay. It can even just be some genuine and sincere recognition that they are doing it. Extra pay should be the standard of course, but many employers are just come off as entitled, like they are 'owed' that extra free work and just take it for granted.