An employer’s worst fear, revenge quitting, is on the rise and expected to peak in 2025. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL has the story.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dil Chono.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Rory has the answer to what employer's worst fear is
revenge quitting. I may have revenge quit once, so, but
let's get the definition. It's on the rise, and the
question is roy O'Neil, what is it.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Yeah, it's not so much the why when it comes
to revenge quitting, it's the how. So it's essentially walking
off the job or not giving two weeks notice, or
just saying, hey, I'm not coming in today.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
I quit.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
That's the kind of revenge quitting that we're seeing on
the rise. Typical quitting means you're going to give your
notice and your boss has time to make other arrangements.
But revenge quitting is sort of sticking it to the man.
I suppose we're seeing this in among younger workers, workers
who are in marketing, advertising, IT and tech and media
(00:51):
and entertainment fields.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I like to view our segments as a conversation, conversations
that usually lead to criticizing me. But no, I am
noticing something interesting, Rory, and that is watching my son.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
And these are part time jobs. Obviously he's still in school.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
But I have noticed that young people today I don't
know that it's revenge they and my son's not one
of them. Like my son left one job and took
another one simply because it paid two more dollars an hour,
quite frankly, right, but you know, and the first thing
he did was text his boss give notice. He agreed
to work out the two weeks. They said, really, just
(01:28):
work out through the weekend and then you're fine to
move on.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
And he did that. But most people his age, they
don't do that. They just don't come back and go
to the new job.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
And that we've also noticed that some employers, especially with
these young workers, they just stop calling you and putting
you on the schedule rather than sitting you down and
telling you're fired. I'm just wondering if it's a lot,
if it's less revenge quitting on the rise and more
of a cultural shift in how we don't communicate on
the rise.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Right, I'd say that's a big part of it. But
I think as you go up the food chain to
the more experience, to the more middle management type.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Oh ye, challenge shove it well, but it's that, But also.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
When they say hey bos, they tell their boss, hey, look,
I found a new opportunity.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
I'm going to leave in.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Two weeks and then they call HR and HR escort
them out of the building immediately, right right, Like that's
another whole component, because they don't want you to spend
the next two weeks downloading company files and making copies
of stuff and everything else. They'll just say, thanks for
the two week notice, but you're done right now.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
So bottom line is, do we have a problem.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Have things gotten less respectful both by employers and employees?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well, I would say it goes back to that communication
issue as well. I mean, how many young I'll talk
to my nieces or friends and their kids who will
say that, you know, they get a text about when
to show up at work or their schedule or things
like that. You're saying a text, What kind of a
way is that to communicate that kind of information. So
a lot of this stuff is no longer face to,
which I think makes it easier to quiet quit.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
You know, it's interesting whether fired. And I remember when
I got fired by a bank when I was a teenager.
I really didn't care because I was making way more
money serving subpoenas. But then later in radio, once I
got fired, you know, I left even though the circumstances
were bad, and if I dwelled on they might be negative.
I left grateful for how they supported me or my
(03:26):
family through a period of time, and you just kind
of move on, and I'm kind of like, move on,
never think about them again. But yeah, this whole revenge.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Thing, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I feel the same way when I quit too. Hey,
thank you for the window of my life you provided.
This no longer makes sense for me if it makes
sense for you. But you know, you always you know
you want to closure and you want to leave, right.
That's a part of character. I hope we get this
right in America because I don't like this at all.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Because companies don't do the same HR tell me about
your last job. They don't do background checks like they
used to to really get that recommendation from your previous employer.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
A lot of HR doesn't allow that.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
They'll only confirm the dates you were there, not necessarily
what your performance was.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Good story, wherey, we'll talk again tomorrow. That's really kind
of more abrupt quitting bee.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Quitting, miss a little, miss a lot, miss a lot,
and we'll miss you. It's your morning show with Michael
del churno
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dil Chono.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Rory has the answer to what employer's worst fear is
revenge quitting. I may have revenge quit once, so, but
let's get the definition. It's on the rise, and the
question is roy O'Neil, what is it.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Yeah, it's not so much the why when it comes
to revenge quitting, it's the how. So it's essentially walking
off the job or not giving two weeks notice, or
just saying, hey, I'm not coming in today.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
I quit.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
That's the kind of revenge quitting that we're seeing on
the rise. Typical quitting means you're going to give your
notice and your boss has time to make other arrangements.
But revenge quitting is sort of sticking it to the man.
I suppose we're seeing this in among younger workers, workers
who are in marketing, advertising, IT and tech and media
(00:51):
and entertainment fields.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I like to view our segments as a conversation, conversations
that usually lead to criticizing me. But no, I am
noticing something interesting, Rory, and that is watching my son.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
And these are part time jobs. Obviously he's still in school.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
But I have noticed that young people today I don't
know that it's revenge they and my son's not one
of them. Like my son left one job and took
another one simply because it paid two more dollars an hour,
quite frankly, right, but you know, and the first thing
he did was text his boss give notice. He agreed
to work out the two weeks. They said, really, just
(01:28):
work out through the weekend and then you're fine to
move on.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
And he did that. But most people his age, they
don't do that. They just don't come back and go
to the new job.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
And that we've also noticed that some employers, especially with
these young workers, they just stop calling you and putting
you on the schedule rather than sitting you down and
telling you're fired. I'm just wondering if it's a lot,
if it's less revenge quitting on the rise and more
of a cultural shift in how we don't communicate on
the rise.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Right, I'd say that's a big part of it. But
I think as you go up the food chain to
the more experience, to the more middle management type.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Oh ye, challenge shove it well, but it's that, But also.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
When they say hey bos, they tell their boss, hey, look,
I found a new opportunity.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
I'm going to leave in.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Two weeks and then they call HR and HR escort
them out of the building immediately, right right, Like that's
another whole component, because they don't want you to spend
the next two weeks downloading company files and making copies
of stuff and everything else. They'll just say, thanks for
the two week notice, but you're done right now.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
So bottom line is, do we have a problem.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Have things gotten less respectful both by employers and employees?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well, I would say it goes back to that communication
issue as well. I mean, how many young I'll talk
to my nieces or friends and their kids who will
say that, you know, they get a text about when
to show up at work or their schedule or things
like that. You're saying a text, What kind of a
way is that to communicate that kind of information. So
a lot of this stuff is no longer face to,
which I think makes it easier to quiet quit.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
You know, it's interesting whether fired. And I remember when
I got fired by a bank when I was a teenager.
I really didn't care because I was making way more
money serving subpoenas. But then later in radio, once I
got fired, you know, I left even though the circumstances
were bad, and if I dwelled on they might be negative.
I left grateful for how they supported me or my
(03:26):
family through a period of time, and you just kind
of move on, and I'm kind of like, move on,
never think about them again. But yeah, this whole revenge.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Thing, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I feel the same way when I quit too. Hey,
thank you for the window of my life you provided.
This no longer makes sense for me if it makes
sense for you. But you know, you always you know
you want to closure and you want to leave, right.
That's a part of character. I hope we get this
right in America because I don't like this at all.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Because companies don't do the same HR tell me about
your last job. They don't do background checks like they
used to to really get that recommendation from your previous employer.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
A lot of HR doesn't allow that.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
They'll only confirm the dates you were there, not necessarily
what your performance was.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Good story, wherey, we'll talk again tomorrow. That's really kind
of more abrupt quitting bee.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Quitting, miss a little, miss a lot, miss a lot,
and we'll miss you. It's your morning show with Michael
del churno
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