quiet quitting

Following Up Is Necessary

A loved one
was told he would receive
a refund on a purchase.

The refund never came.
It took him three additional contacts
to receive the refund.

This is happening
for a lot of people
with a lot of companies
in a lot of instances.

It happens with orders.
It happens with refunds.
It happens with project management.

It could be a result of COVID.
It could be a result of
corporate policies.
It could be a result
of people simply not caring anymore.

Whatever is causing this,
it is happening.

Following up
is absolutely necessary now
if you want anything done.

Factor that into your timelines.

Layoffs And Respect

Several large companies
laid large numbers
of their employees off
via email this week.

I understand
why they would choose
to end employment that way
– It’s emotionally easier
for management
doing the layoffs.
Management
aren’t put at risk
for possible violence.
Management can lock
employees out of systems
immediately.

But, if you’ve noticed,
this is ALL about management,
about THEIR comfort,
about THEIR safety.

It is cruel and cold
to the employees
being laid off.
These employees
are more likely
to self harm.
They will
never work for that company
again.
And they likely won’t
care about their next employers,
their next jobs.

It will merely be a job for them
or, as corporate is calling it,
‘quiet quitting.’
Their productivity will be
complete sh*t.

Know the consequences
when you go this route
with layoffs.

And know,
when you hire again,
that the job market has changed
due to companies
taking these actions.

The media,
prompted by big business,
is making a fuss
over employees ‘quiet quitting’,
a phrase they invented
which means
people are doing their jobs
and doing nothing extra.

The ‘extra’ isn’t part
of the job.
It isn’t being paid for
by employers.

It is a thank you
from employees
rewarding great employers.

If our employees
aren’t doing extra sh*t,
if they are ‘quiet quitting’,
then we, as employers,
haven’t earned that thank you.

Quiet quitting
signals a problem
with EMPLOYERS,
not employees.

If our employees
aren’t voluntarily doing more
than the bare minimum,
that is a problem
with our organization,
with our management,
not with the people
we’re managing.