Throughout 2023, of course you will have seen various trends emerging in the world of work. This has also been popularized by influencers who apply this term through various content they upload on social media such as TikTok, Instagram, or X.
Several trends that were popular in 2023 are Quiet Quitting, which started to develop after the pandemic. This seems to have emerged as a response to the hustle culture work style which glorifies excessive work.
These new trends are now most often seen among young workers or Gen Z who are increasingly prioritizing work-life balance over pursuing career ambitions and demanding more autonomy, control and flexibility, in addition to bigger salaries and better benefits .
Here are the various trends emerging in the workplace during 2023.
Career Cushioning
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Career Cushioning is a backup plan or safety net that provides alternative options for current employment without actively looking for another job. This can be anything done to prepare for a role in the next job.
In general, people do Career Cushioning for various reasons, such as wanting to be better prepared if one day their current company goes bankrupt or they want to have another job.
It is not surprising that Career Cushioning is now a trend, because some time ago there were massive layoffs in technology companies. The current economic conditions can certainly be scary for some people so they are worried that they will experience massive losses after the pandemic.
Boomerang Employee
Boomerang Employee/ Foto: Freepik.com
Boomerang Employee means that the worker or employee returns to the previous company after resigning from that company. Rehiring Boomerang Employees is considered to be able to provide benefits for recruiters because they get back people who are experts in their previous jobs.
Meanwhile, Boomerang Employees can also benefit from the practice in certain circumstances, as long as they don’t return to a toxic company, boss, or coworkers.
Quiet Hiring
Quiet Hiring/ Foto: Freepik.com/ Tirachardz
Quiet Hiring can occur when an employee has to take on new roles and responsibilities within the same company, either temporarily or permanently out of necessity. In fact, it is not uncommon for Quiet Hiring to occur in workers where their new role does not align with their skills.
Some see Quiet Hiring as an opportunity to try a new role and gain new skills. However, there are also some workers who actually view Quiet Hiring as something that makes them trapped and reduces their morale.
Rage Applying
Rage Applying/ Foto: Freepik.com/yanalya
Rage Applying is a term that was popular on TikTok where workers ‘retaliate’ for unpleasant treatment by superiors by aggressively sending resumes to several companies. This is done so that workers get new jobs and get large and fast salary increases.
This trend is gaining popularity because Gen Z and millennials feel that they are not worthy of being taken advantage of and are unfairly denied promotions and salary increases. Therefore, instead of having to stay in the toxic company, employees started applying for tens to hundreds of jobs to escape from a workplace that did not value their contributions.
Act Your Wage
Act Your Wage/ Foto: Freepik.com/ Benzoix
Act Your Wage is a term that has become a trend in the workplace where workers work based on salary. This means that employees or workers do not have to receive calls or face company problems 24 hours a day, 7 days like a CEO or Executive Director.
Act Your Wage became a trend as people were fed up with work and shared their dissatisfaction at work via social media like TikTok and Reddit.
Quiet Quitting
Quiet Quitting/ Foto: Freepik.com/ KamranAydinov
In the world of work, of course there are two parties who work together, namely the employer and the employee. From both parties, it turns out that workers or permanent employees can get the opportunity to gain more benefits when facing difficult work situations by implementing Quiet Quitting.
Quiet Quitting can take the form of doing less work rather than doing more than expected. It is hoped that Quiet Quitting will further empower workers to prioritize work-life balance and avoid unhealthy excessive work practices.
Loud Quitting
Loud Quitting/ Foto: Freepik.com
Currently, many workers are more vocal and use their voice to leave jobs they don’t like. Loud Quitting means an employee who does not resign quietly, but makes a noisy and often dramatic departure when deciding to vacate his position.
This strategy is carried out by people who have given up by venting their disappointment, disagreement and dissatisfaction with everything, from their boss, position, to the company and co-workers.
Those are the various trends in the workplace that will go viral in 2023. Are you also following the trends above, Beauties?
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