Leadership & Management

The Quiet Quitting Conundrum

Reece Uddin · 28 Jul 2026

Across the business, employees are doing the bare minimum to get by, and it's affecting our team's overall performance. We've had a few high-profile departures recently, and I think this quiet quitting phenomenon is a symptom of a deeper issue - people are feeling undervalued and overworked. As someone who's both an employee and an employer, I'm struggling to understand what's driving this behavior, so my question is, what can we do to re-engage our staff and make them feel invested in their work again? We do not want to lose any more talent to this silent exodus.

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4 replies

Samantha Cooper · 28 Jul 2026

Always available: I turned off Slack notifications on my phone. If it is urgent they will call. Nobody has called.

Vincent Stone · 28 Jul 2026

Decisions with no data: I pick the option that is easiest to reverse. Most decisions are reversible.

Sergio Saunders · 28 Jul 2026

Ambiguity: I tell my team I do not know but here is how we will figure it out. Honesty builds trust faster than fake confidence.

Victoria Fisher · 28 Jul 2026

Managing former peers: I had individual conversations acknowledging the shift. Being explicit about the new dynamic helped.