Quiet Quitting
Quiet Quitting
Whilst overall, of course covid-19 was a terrible experience for us as humans, we must remember there was good that came from the ashes for many. One of the benefits was a widespread change in the mentality of ‘the workplace’ where people were forced to set up work from home stations and in a lot of cases they actually proved they could produce the same level of output from the comfort of their living room. There was no commuting so people were working longer hours, no rushing from meeting room to meeting room and no expensive trips to the coffee shop! 2 years on, whilst this may not have been the most helpful change for the highstreet, we do still hear how much happier people are working from home. However, a new trend has begun hitting social media over the last couple of weeks; Quiet Quitting.
Quiet Quitting does not mean quitting your job, in fact it refers to the premise of quitting doing anything extra that is outside of your job description. As I mentioned, when people first started working from home they were happy to do extra hours because they saw working from home as a perk. That has now changed and we are seeing people do the bare minimum to complete their work requirements and instead are pursuing work life balance and personal development in their droves for perhaps the first time in history.
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So what can we assume here? Well, your environment dictates performance and many people who made the change, either through choice or not, to work from home did not set their home up to help them achieve their goals. Maybe they feel lost, maybe they feel powerful or what I believe is most likely is their organisation has forgotten to let them know how valuable they are to them by communicating and supporting their work from home environment. We are developing a different understanding of what ‘work’ is or should be and being at home more is helping us to feel more empowered towards what our life values and true goals are. Your surroundings play a key role in how you develop as a person. Within Studio Nu as an example, when we assess a space we have 12 areas we mark it on in order to decipher where the pain points are and how it could be improved. It’s important to be aware of the surroundings you keep, when they were last changed, how they impact your life and how they make you feel. Small changes to the place you spend most of your time can have a massive impact on your emotions.
