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The trend for ‘quiet’ and ‘soft’ quitting is a symptom of our deteriorating relationship with work

Written by John-Paul Byrne, Lecturer, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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How do you feel about your work? Do its daily demands leave you burned out and drained of energy?

Do you find yourself reducing how much effort you make to engage in some “quiet” or “soft” quitting? Or maybe you dream of taking a more decisive step and joining the “great...

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