Quiet cracking is a situation where workers feel dissatisfied yet believe they cannot leave their current positions. Kevin Ford experienced this phenomenon 15 years ago amid an information technology job. He describes how, initially passionate about his middle management role, feelings of misalignment emerged when he recognized a lack of personal value added. Financial commitments and a restrictive job market contribute to the feeling of entrapment among employees during such times. Additionally, pursuing education parallel to work can create a complex dilemma over job satisfaction and opportunities for growth.
Quiet cracking refers to dissatisfied workers who struggle in silence, feeling that they can't leave their current role.
There has to be a reason why you think you can't leave the company, and there also has to be a point of dissatisfaction.
The Great Recession was in 2007. I started really hitting it maybe a year later, so the market wasn't fully recovered.
I had gotten my team to the point where they were doing good on their own. They had some issues, I got them running smoothly.
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