Bernard O'Shea: Five things I learned about the workplace epidemic of quiet cracking

“Quiet cracking” is the phrase now used to describe that silent struggle of feeling dissatisfied at work, stuck in a job you can’t leave but can’t love either.
Bernard O'Shea: Five things I learned about the workplace epidemic of quiet cracking

Bernard O'Shea: "The oddest part of quiet cracking is that it’s invisible. Outwardly, you’re fine. You’re still doing the emails, nodding in meetings. But inside? You’re gone."

As Business Insider put it: “These employees feel trapped where they are — unhappy, but unable to move on.”

If that doesn’t sound like half the country, I don’t know what does.

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