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Disseminated as a trend focused on the MZ generation, 70% of young people between the ages of 19 and 34 are “positive” and state that “fair compensation should be provided as welfare apart from wages”
Lee Ji-yeon (pseudonym, 28, female), an office worker working in the publishing industry, recently decided to ‘quietly quit’. Mr. said Lee, “I’m tired of low pay and work stress.”
● An office where ‘quiet departure’ spreads
‘Quiet resignation’ refers to the act of not actually quitting the job, but doing only the minimum amount of work within the scope of work. Last year, it became a hot topic in the United States, but it is spreading as a trend among office workers of the MZ generation (generation millennials + Z) in Korea.
Kang Su-jin (pseudonym, 26, female), secretary for the third year, is also quietly resigned. Ms. Kang said, “My life is the most important, so I have no intention of staying until after work hours.”
Kim Min-ji (pseudonym, 26, female), who works in a fashion company, said, “I poured out my passion to leave work at dawn to watch my boss force me to work overtime, but I think that it’s hard to grow here anymore, so I leave work every day.” We do not answer any calls outside of business hours.”
On the other hand, the company’s opinion of those who have quietly left the company is not good. Lee Kang-eun (pseudonym, 36, female), who has been working as a program planner for 4 years, said, “Since the beginning of the year, it seems that my colleagues have quietly left the company one after another , so even I have less motivation.” I seem to be looking for him,” he complained. Park Min-ji (pseudonym, 27, female), an office worker at a pharmaceutical company, also said, “There are many colleagues who do not respond at all outside of working hours even when urgent matters arise .
Quiet resignation, 70% of young people are “positive”
In the ‘Awareness Survey on Youth Retirement and Leaving’ carried out by The Dong-A Ilbo and the Youth Foundation, the views of young people and the older generation on ‘quiet resignation’ were widely divided.
70% of young people between the ages of 19 and 34 responded ‘positively’ to the quiet resignation. However, in the case of the older generation aged 35 or over, 66% of the answers were ‘negative’, and only 34% of the answers were ‘positive’.
Experts analyze that many young people who are disappointed with the ‘fair compensation system’ after joining the company choose a ‘quiet resignation’. They say they lose their motivation when they see superiors who work less than them but get paid more. “Young people are more sensitive to fairness than the older generation,” said Yoon Kyung-wook, CEO of reputation query platform Specter.
Companies are considering ways to prevent silent resignation and increase the motivation of young workers to work. A person in charge of human resources in a large domestic company said, “We are discussing ways to strengthen the differential payment of job salaries according to performance and work to prevent silent resignation.”
Quitting is not really quitting a job, but doing the minimum amount of work to be done within a given time and scope of work.
Reporter Jeon Hye-jin sunrise@donga.com
Reporter Choi Won-young from0@donga.com
Reporter Kim Soo-yeon syeon@donga.com
