Quiet quitting—not turning up for work when you’re expected to, doing the assigned tasks and leaving on time—is on everyone’s lips these days and one expert says Canadian companies can both get it right with employees and improve the work landscape for the future.
Raw Signal Group co-founder Melissa Nightingale says that although quiet quitting can be misinterpreted as laziness, it’s actually about creating boundaries for employees in order to decrease the risk of burnout.
Despite the fact that quiet quitting has been getting a lot of attention lately, it can be difficult for companies to truly understand what it is and how they can best support employees who are taking a quiet approach to their careers.
In a tight job market, attraction and retention of talent take on increased importance since workers has more options. Job vacancies are at a high, having climbed 3.2 per cent in June from a month earlier as employers were looking to fill more than one million positions for a third consecutive month.
Nightingale says employers need to be upfront about expectations from the start while making sure their employees are engaged, feel motivated about their work and have balance.
It’s important for employers to be upfront about expectations from the start, while also making sure their employees are engaged, feel motivated about their work and have balance.
It’s a tight job market out there, with more job vacancies than ever before. It’s up to employers to make sure they’re engaging and retaining their employees.
Job vacancies at a high, having climbed 3.2 per cent in June from a month earlier as employers were looking to fill more than one million positions for a third consecutive month.
In today’s tight job market, employers must work hard to attract and retain talented workers. As of June, more than one million jobs were open in Canada—the third consecutive month that vacancies rose from a month earlier.
In a tight job market, it’s important to retain talent.