From 'quiet quitting' to 'coffee badging' — why employees are less interested in work
From 'quiet quitting' to 'coffee badging' — why employees are less interested in work
Coffee badging is the practice of going into the office for a few hours to “show face,” which could entail coffee with co-workers or sitting in on a work meeting — but then leaving to work remotely.
More than half — 58% — of hybrid employees admitted to checking in at the office and then promptly checking out, according to a 2023 survey by Owl Labs, a company that makes videoconferencing devices.
Research shows that employees are more engaged when they have opportunities for development, learning, mentorship and career pathing, he noted. “Without these, ‘coffee badging’ is just a symptom of a deeper problem.”
Well, at least the article points out that employers are doing nothing to incentivize the workforce. Oh, except possibly spying on them. Cuz people love that.
Free coffee
Well not free, cost your time and gas to come into work to get it. Probably cheaper to buy at starbux
These days, employees are more likely to consider work-life balance, flexible hours and mental health support as more important, the report found. And fewer want to spend any more time at the office than they already do.
As well they should. Good for them.
Pay rarely keeps up with inflation. It shouldn’t be surprising that “employees are less interested in work” when employers aren’t interested in providing fair compensation for our time.
Coffee badging is the practice of going into the office for a few hours to “show face,” which could entail coffee with co-workers or sitting in on a work meeting — but then leaving to work remotely.
So, they comply institutional requirements to waste time for no reason before going elsewhere to do work? And this is characterized as being disengaged?
This doesn't make any sense. Is this a joke? Who came up with this? Wtf is this journalism?
Capitalist brain rot. There is no other answer. It’s always capitalism.
Oh, c'mon, this is like... the 5th different moniker for the same damned thing in a year, what's the fixation with this phenomenon? Things're pretty clear, everyone's figured out the game and we're now playing it accordingly!
Employers lost their minds when they saw their office employees comfortable and happy. They realized that WFH gave them just a little bit of control over their day, and that meant the employers haf just a little bit less.
Then they tried to strong-arm them back into the office, and a lot of people quit. Those who did not were less than enthused to be there, and many people were completely burnt out from the pandemic. Employers returned to offices having lost their most productive people, and having angered a significant number of those who stayed. Many disgruntled workers talked about cutting back their work activities, since they rexognized that their efforts didn't eben earn them the trust to work without their boss standing over their shoulder, let alone more tangible bemefits.
Around the same time, reports of a completely separate phenomenon - one where employees gradually disengage from their jobs as they search for a new one - came out. These were based on corporate research that showed you could predict who would tender a resignation days or even weeks before they did so. This phenomenon was given a name by the report's authors.
Once that name got misapplied to the former consequences-of-employer-actions, bosses got talking, and people who are Very Serious Business People Who Are Very Serious Abpit Business went into action to do what Business People do best: talk confidently about bullshit and things they know nothing about.
The result has been a "-gate" like meme of reproducing and evolving names for things that people with too much time and money believe are keeping them from owning peoples souls.
Because "you need to name a problem to solve a problem".
Employers lost their minds when they saw their office employees comfortable and happy. They realized that WFH gave them just a little bit of control over their day, and that meant the employers haf just a little bit less.
More specifically, managers lost their minds when they realized that holding meetings all day doesn’t actually accomplish anything productive. There are countless middle managers out there who faced an existential crisis when they saw people’s productivity actually increase during WFH. Everything they’ve done since then has been one ham-fisted attempt after another to shove the cat back in the bag.
Coffee BADGING? Not badgering? I thought putting a badger by the coffee machine makes the office more interesting.
Act your wage.
If you're not being paid to commute and can do your work remotely, you absolutely should.
FTFY.
Employers paying the least they can get away with?
Well, thats just good business.
Employees working the least they can get away with, I response to this?
Those lazy good for nothing.....