More than half of U.S. workers are retiring, according to a Gallup poll.

The trend known as “silent resignation” is haunting hundreds of companies in the United States, not because their employees are about to make the decision to leave their jobs en masse, but because Every day they come torn from their duties.

The so-called “silent resignation” has more to do with lack of connection between the employee and his work and the company you work for with millions of layoffs on the bosses’ desks.

According to a Gallup poll, More than half of American workers say they practice “silent resignation.”which can threaten the productivity of companies.

As already stated, “silent resignation” does not refer to the fact that the employee actually submits a letter of resignation from the company, but rather to a series of actions that, in the opinion of employers, will remove him.

Among these behaviors setting limits and refusing to work on weekends or at night; These are people who are very dissatisfied with their professional development and may take to social media to voice their work problems.

According to a Gallup poll, this group of workers, in addition to being “not employed,” they do the minimum necessary in their work and they are “psychologically disconnected” from their employees.

The company should pay attention to this phenomenon, because according to the results of the survey, the number of employees in the United States practicing “silent resignation” increased to 18% in 2022 from 14% in 2020.

Consequence of the pandemic

The so-called “silent resignation” is the result of changes that the labor market has undergone during the covid-19 pandemicduring which millions of workers were sent home to work remotely.

At the same time, many American workers questioned their attitude to their work. sowed the seeds of discontent which now leaves them at the center of a “silent resignation”.

“Something is happening right now that is deteriorating the relationship between worker and employer, and it’s contributing to it,” Jim Harter, chief scientist at Gallup’s Workplace Management Practice, said in an interview with CBS.

reflection the resistance many workers have to returning to their jobs now that companies are calling for a return to the office or for hybrid work models.

“That worries me, people feel less connected to their organizations”, – said the specialist Gallup.

According to a Gallup poll, not only workers, but also managers are under this labor phenomenon.

At least 1 out of every 3 managers says that are poorly emotionally or psychologically involved in their work; which is dangerous for companies, as it can cause a cascading effect of “silent layoffs”.

“Now this role has become more complex with all these hybrid and remote work situations, and they need to be handled differently,” Harter added.

According to a Gallup poll, the majority of workers and executives in the midst of “quiet resignation” already looking for a new jobin the midst of a job market that remains very active.