Quiet Cracking: Now Workers Can Burnout in Stealth Mode!
Move over quiet quitting, here comes 'quiet cracking'—the perfectly silent labor crisis where employees 'show up, they do their job, but they struggle in silence,' says Frank Giampietro, EY's Chief Wellbeing Officer. This masterpiece of muted misery means workers are stuck, stressed, and silently sliding into burnout because the job market is basically a game of musical chairs with fewer chairs each round! With engagements dipping and morale tripping, companies are apparently 'overhauling performance reviews' and playing Return-To-Office roulette, making promotions a mystical unicorn in this hardcore era. Who knew silent suffering could be so trendy?
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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/13/2025 | Author: Sarah Jackson