‘Loud quitting’: When employees go ‘scorched earth’ on their companies

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If you’ve ever dreamed of quitting your job in a fit of rage, or going full “scorched earth” in a resignation letter and then posting it online, you may be part of a growing segment of the population fed up at work and not afraid to show it.

Following the Great Resignation trend of “quiet quitting” — when employees are tired of going above and beyond at work for little recognition or reward and strive to do only what is necessary to stay employed — loud quitters are dramatically voicing their dissent and/or leaving their jobs outright.

Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace Report recently found that almost one in five employees engage in loud quitting, with some going so far as sharing their resignations on social media in a way that can temporarily make them a “star” in online circles.

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The consulting company defined loud quitters as employees who take actions that “directly harm” the organization, while undercutting its goals and opposing its leaders. If they aren’t quitting, they’re actively disengaged from work and aren’t even trying to be productive.

Instead of quiet quitting, let’s try loud quitting. #corporatehumor #worktok #funny #wfh #CapCut

♬ Phone Ringing – Kid Reefer

The report, which surveyed more than 122,000 global respondents, found that loud quitters experienced a “severely broken” trust with their employer or had been “woefully mismatched to a role, causing constant crises.”

“(Loud quitting) is when people aren’t just unhappy at work — they’re resentful that their needs aren’t being met and they’re acting out on that unhappiness,” Jim Harter of Gallup’s Workplace Management Practice told Good Morning America.

Its 2023 and were standing up for ourselves.