Leadership & Management

The Quiet Quitting Conundrum in Remote Teams

Leila Ferguson · 28 Jul 2026

Something has shifted in our remote teams, where people are doing the minimum required to get by, and it's affecting our overall productivity. We have tried to address this by setting clear goals and expectations, but it's hard to monitor progress when people are not in the office. I do not know how to motivate my team members to take ownership of their work when they're working from home, so I'm wondering what strategies others are using to tackle this issue of quiet quitting in remote teams. Are there any best practices we can adopt to encourage our team members to be more engaged and proactive?

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Ann Cole · 29 Jul 2026

I've seen cases where quiet quitting is actually a sign of burnout, not laziness, and if you don't address the root cause you'll just end up losing your best people, I've worked with companies like Buffer who have implemented four-day workweeks to combat this.