The great silent resignation, following the great resignation

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I read an article recently which I found really interesting. There has been a lot of talk about the great resignation after the pandemic; where people who are able to, have either changed jobs or simply resigned and not taken up another. No doubt it is one contributing factor to staff shortages in many locations.

But the article was talking about the next wave after the great resignations; the "silent resignation" wave. Not everyone is willing or able to leave their current job and find another. Many of those people are apparently shifting their working mindset and simply doing the bare minimum work needed to keep their job and nothing more. They don't go above and beyond and no longer do anything other than what is directly asked or contractually obliged of them. I've noticed a bit of this at my place as people have become burnt out and disillusioned over the last few hectic years. Some of them are stepping back and just keeping their heads down now. Asking friends and family they seem to have witnessed similar from some people at their workplaces. So this may well be a thing.

Has anyone else noticed this?
 
Yes I think this is an older people phenomenon. Younger people tend to be more hungry for success while older people have either achieved it or may have readjusted their expectations.
 
Covid helped me switch to fully remote and I don't intend to go back to the office/commute life.
I am currently at risk of redundancy and should find out this month whether I stay or go. So I've already been looking around for jobs and frankly will probably move even if not made redundant.

Most jobs are being advertised as hybrid or mostly remote. One thing is for sure; I'm never taking a job that's not at least partly WFH. I'm simply not interested in full time in the office anymore. I'm not going back to commuting for 3 hours a day, suffering frequent delays and the cost of it all. My current employer (a bank) is struggling to get people back. They are returning for the bare minimum of days they can get away with. People don't want it anymore.
 
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