We've all heard about "quiet quitting," when employees perform the very bare minimum of their jobs. Now, new research from corporate training platform TalentLMS identifies an early stage of that problem, which can be just as detrimental to worker and employer happiness: "quiet cracking."

TalentLMS defines quiet cracking as "a persistent feeling of workplace unhappiness that leads to disengagement, poor performance, and an increased desire to quit." An online survey of 1,000 U.S. employees across industries found that 54% admit to experiencing some degree of quiet cracking.

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