03/11/2022
From quiet quitting to an engaged and invested workforce
What does quiet quitting mean?
Coined by Anthony Klotz back in 2021, quiet quitting refers to doing what your job demands, staying strictly within the boundaries of your job requirements and not accepting work that goes beyond your contracted responsibilities.
How to tackle quiet quitting?
The best way to deal with internal disengagement is through communication. If your employees are quiet quitting and removing themselves from workplace culture, there is usually a reason behind it. By starting an open conversation with reassurances of confidentiality, you can begin to get to the bottom of the why behind quiet quitting.
Why are people quit quitting?
Many employees may disengage because they feel unaligned with your organisation’s values or that there is nothing to engage in. At Portico, our guest experience professionals make it their business to enhance company culture at all our client sites. We make it our business to live and breathe our client's brand values and make the workplace destination employees love coming to and one where they feel they matter.
How to prevent quiet quitting?
For our own teams, we have found that communication and recognition are key.
- Last year, we have launched our staff app Heartbeat Is has grown to become an invaluable forum to share snippets of life at Portico, and individual successes, as well as ask questions and for advice.
- To build a sense of belonging, we have also launched our Summer Socials, when teams are invited to an evening of fun activities across the country, in the cities where they live and work.
-Small gestures go a long way, and part of our company culture, we give out dozens of ‘thank you’ cards.
-Finally, for those loyal team members, we offer Long Service Awards and personalised and appropriate gifts for those that have hit 5- and 10 years of service with us.
Read more about Quit Quitting from the latest blog post on portico.co.uk
