Is quiet quitting blocking you from great new opportunities?
In the last couple of months up to today “quiet quitting” has been a hot topic for companies. It basically describes an employee doing just the bare minimum of a job with little or no motivation for extra work, not signing up for any extracurriculars, and often without telling the manager what is going on. (some might not even realise they do it themselves!).
The term is often used in discussion with topics around burnout, dissatisfaction at work, and disengagement and plays a big part in the great resignation.
So far, I have mainly seen discussions from the perspective of the company in terms of how to prevent and detect it as well as how to retain the talent in the organisation.
This morning I was listening to this episode of Jay Shetty’s podcast (click). He and Lewis Howes touch on the point that if you hate on where you are at right now, you train yourself to not be happy in future situations either (this is just a very brief summary, I would highly recommend listening to the episode in full).
However, what it got me thinking about is this:
If you are an employee who is quiet quitting due to feeling unhappy, demotivated, and negatively about the job you have right now and resigning because you want to get out only, and therefore not seeing a real purpose in the current work, are you potentially blocking great opportunities coming your way?
And I mean this in an energetic kind of way. If you keep focusing on doing the bare minimum, not giving your best, or not trying to make the best out of the situation, whilst almost “indulging” in negative emotions like resentment and unhappiness you will foster more of this.
What you focus on, you grow.
Of course, if you don’t feel this way and you are excited about what’s to come next after this role and you have a positive attitude about it, it may not be the case.
But if it is, there may be value in changing your strategy and attitude as soon as possible. Because the effect of this will be more of what you have been growing, so more dissatisfaction and feeling unfilled at work. And any new opportunities that do pop up, may only be in the same energetic realm.
To change your strategy you can go various paths, here are some examples:
opening up to your manager and actively changing your current situation, keyword: communication!
finding what is good about the current situation and giving it your best
if you are quiet quitting because you are exhausted or burnt out, get help and talk to a therapist or coach
quit and find an opportunity that excites you and aligns with your values
If you are struggling with finding your purpose at work, being fulfilled with your day-to-day life, feeling frustrated or left alone, reach out to me and we can have a chat about what lights you up and what you are here to do!
If you work for a company that is going through a wave of quiet quitters, do reach out to me as well and we can work out together how I can help your employees find meaning and purpose in their work again and therewith increase performance, employee satisfaction, AND retention!
NamaStay happy
JD
