'Quiet cracking' at work is less visible than 'quiet quitting,' but it's 'just as dangerous,' report finds

Before employees engage in “quiet quitting,” first come signs of “quiet cracking.”

“Quiet quitting” refers to the idea of an employee doing the bare minimum at work, according to ResumeBuilder.

Meanwhile, “quiet cracking” is a “persistent feeling of workplace unhappiness that leads to disengagement, poor performance, and an increased desire to quit,” according to a new report from cloud learning platform TalentLMS, which coined the term. While they are both different responses to burnout and stress, quiet cracking could lead to quiet quitting in some cases, experts say.

“Unlike burnout, it doesn’t always manifest in exhaustion. Unlike quiet quitting, it doesn’t show up in performance metrics immediately. But it is just as dangerous,” the report notes.

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