Are you 'quiet cracking'?2025 was the year of ‘quiet cracking’ – a term used to describe employees who continued to show up for work, but struggled in silence while doing so.
These are people who are less likely to leave their jobs (it’s not exactly a booming job market out there) and instead internalise any issues or gripes for fear of repercussions at work – or simply because they don’t think anything will change.
Discussing the phenomenon, Guy Thornton, founder of HR company
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