can we define work?<\/strong><\/p>\nwhat is work, really? is it just doing what the job requires and getting paid for the efforts to afford life\u2019s necessities: food, clothing, and shelter? there are jobs whose requirements are plain and simple. count the boxes of widgets, box the shirts; screw in the bolts, etc. i don\u2019t know if any metrics are used in these and other repetitive human processes (though amazon will tell a different story) to assess the level of productivity. if none exist, then the ability to do rote tasks will just be the minimum level for keeping a job. there is no incentive to go beyond what is the acceptable base. if productivity metrics are in place, efforts will match what is required. nothing more. no need to communicate regularly with the employees.<\/p>\n
what if your work is a profession, such as a cpa, lawyer, or even a doctor? for argument\u2019s sake, let\u2019s remove doctors from this discussion. i cannot imagine productivity analytics being applied to them. no end-of-the-month rush to meet surgery quotas. just the goal of improvement in health or quality of life.<\/p>\n
cpas, particularly those in the early stages of their careers, generate billable hours, and engagement profitability will be the barometer. and when tax season comes around, what will firms do in this supposed post-covid era? one weekend day in the office until april 15? will this be resumed, or will new arrangements be developed, and will those firms that rebuffed tax season saturdays pre-covid continue to do so?<\/p>\n
professional services firms are trying to determine how they will return to normality or whatever is considered normal. there are firms asking their employees to come back to the office full-time. some are planning for a hybrid model, and some have decided that productivity was and will continue to be maintained through remote work. their employees who worked remotely proved the age-old philosophy of \u201cpresenteeism\u201d no longer was the fulcrum that held a company together.<\/p>\n
a fad or a movement?<\/strong><\/p>\nthis last group of firms will have the best chance of retaining and attracting new talent from a wider geographic area \u2014 and perhaps will be minimally impacted by the current trend of \u201cquiet quitting,\u201d which was introduced in early august as a tiktok video gone viral.<\/p>\n
what is quiet quitting? essentially it is an attitude that doing just the minimum will be good enough to earn a paycheck. the question is what is expected of employees. if they are to complete tasks a, b, c, and d and complete them, will they also consider doing e, f, and g, which are necessary, but for which they have not yet been directly responsible? well, yes, they might if leadership encourages it by incentivizing behavior through a positive work culture, attractive salary and benefits, and a flexible work arrangement.<\/p>\n
is quiet quitting the new fad-of-the-month, or is it something that started but was not acknowledged in the pre-covid era? could it have begun with layoffs during the great recession when management demanded those employees who remained do more with less and at the same pay rate? if it were over a period of years, could it have just taken a little kick here, a little kick there, to accelerate the trend?<\/p>\n
maybe.<\/p>\n
companies will be hard-pressed to keep people if they don\u2019t understand how their employees\u2019 thinking and priorities have changed over the past two-and-a-half years of isolated work.
\nwhat was once pride in doing a good job has unfortunately shifted to \u201cjust good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
if this continues, businesses will face greater challenges. it is not necessarily laziness if the required minimum is done. instead, there is no motivation. this is because employers may not have been aware or taken the necessary steps to recognize people\u2019s creativity, energy, enthusiasm, and desire.<\/p>\n
in any event, this (new) attitude toward work has infiltrated several industry sectors. how long it will last is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n
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