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employer. For example, you may look for jobs that have certain benefits helpful for avoiding burnout, such as flexible working arrangements or mental health days.

you’re allowed, even if doing so makes you feel uneasy or is frowned upon at your company. Equally crucial to taking time off is commiting to not working during your vacation.

Talk To Your Manager

Once you understand your motivations for quiet quitting, propose actionable and reasonable changes your boss could implement to help reduce your burnout.

Solutions can include more recognition, more growth opportunities, better pay, flexible working arrangements, or removal/management of the stressful aspects of your job. For example, if you’re constantly given work outside of your specialty, ask that assignments be commissioned to the appropriate team instead.

Use popular psychology tool the DEARMAN technique to help you approach the conversation with your manager. Here’s how:

• Describe your problem

• Express your feelings

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• Assert what you need

• Reinforce gratitude towards the opposite party

• Mindfully stay on point

• Appear confident

• Negotiate as needed

Additionally, keep in mind that having a solutions-oriented conversation is a win-win. If your boss is receptive, you can improve your situation. If your boss doesn’t respond well, that will help confirm that you don’t want to work for this employer anymore.

Prepare To Actually Quit

If the steps outlined haven’t successfully reduced your burnout, it may be time to quit. Ultimately, quitting and finding a job more aligned with your interests and lifestyle will improve your short- and long-term happiness more than quiet quitting at your current job will.

Keeping in mind your reasons for quiet quitting will help you determine what you’re looking for in your future

Alternatively, you may focus on choosing a workplace with a healthy company culture, which you can determine by talking with past or current employees at the target company. Also, when interviewers ask if you have questions for them, you can use behavioral questions to probe how employees are treated. For instance, if your current boss never acknowledges your work, you can ask potential employers how they view or reward employees who’ve successfully completed their work.

It’s normal to want to do as little work as possible for your current employer while you search for a new job. But make sure you don’t check out or act in a passive-aggressive way that catches your boss’s attention. Maintaining amicable connections with old employers increases the likelihood they’ll think of you for other job openings or be willing to write you letters of recommendation in the future. Additionally, you don’t want to be “loudly fired” if you haven’t yet secured a new job and aren’t prepared financially. n

Rebecca Tray is a content writer and researcher at Resume Genius, a careerfocused website known for its AI-powered resume builder, free resume templates, and job search resources.

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