Chatterbox #309 – Quiet quitting

In this Catch Word episode, you will learn two useful English idioms that describe financial failure. Andrew and Indiana explain what it means “to lose your shirt” and “to go belly up.” These expressions are common in news stories, business conversations, and everyday talk about ...  Show more

How do you usually react when your plans suddenly fall apart? In this bonus episode, Andrew tells a story about his recent trip to Canada where a few small errors led to some big inconveniences. He describes how he coped with a lack of entertainment and how he navigated a sociall ...  Show more

YouTube: https://youtu.be/P3hSXxKuMek This is a video about quiet quitting, quiet firing, and why capitalism leads to abusive relationships. "Quiet quitting is an application of work-to-rule, in which employees work within defined work hours and engage solely in activities within ...  Show more

A new Gallup poll shows that half of US workers say they are quiet quitting, a phenomenon in which employees do the bare minimum at work. The key term here is employee engagement which measures involvement at work and enthusiasm employees have about work. Since 2021, employee eng ...  Show more

Quiet quitting. It's a buzzy topic in the workplace and on social media, sparked by a viral TikTok video earlier this summer. So what does it mean? For some workers, it's simply doing what's in your job description and nothing more. For others, it's about setting boundaries and f ...  Show more