The share of workers who said they’re “very likely” or “extremely likely” to try their hardest to do a good job for their company has waned overall since last year, according to a recent survey of more than 9,000 United States full-time or part-time employees by Qualtrics International Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
In 2022, education services claimed that title, the only sector with a net gain in workers who said they’re very or extremely likely to try their best. After a one per cent bump, it now boasts the highest share of highly committed employees at 91 per cent.Article content Ben Granger, Qualtrics’s chief workplace psychologist, said that the data likely reflects a confluence of factors, from the ongoing pandemic and inflation to geopolitical crises.
“When you step back to consider this volatile external environment that we are in, it’s not surprising that many people are evaluating the role of work in their lives differently,” he said in an email. “And for some, that means taking their foot off the gas pedal at work.” But quiet quitting isn’t rampant yet. Across the 15 industries surveyed, only about 10 per cent to 20 per cent of employees of each said they weren’t giving it their all, data from Qualtrics, an experience management and software company, show. That’s much lower than Gallup’s estimate from its recent employee engagement survey, which found that a full 50 per cent of the U.S.
Are we really so lacking in basic morality that we would celebrate people stealing from their employer by being paid their wage when goofing off? If a person can't stand their job the traditional solution is to quit.