As the report points out, quiet cracking isn’t a well-being issue. Rather, it’s a business issue: “When employees quietly crack, they take productivity, creativity and loyalty with them.” ...

Janice Gassam Asare, a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and workplace consultant, said the idea behind quiet firing or quiet quitting isn’t new, but it is now coming into greater focus.

The popular Metro-North Quiet Car program was suspended during the pandemic. Nearly five years later, it appears to be gone for good, depriving commuters of blissful silence and passive-aggressive ...

In addition to rising burnout, disengagement, and intentional idleness from quiet quitting, researchers have identified a new office condition they’re calling “quiet cracking.” ...