Learn why 2025 might see a surge in "revenge quitting" and how bosses can proactively manage this workforce shift to maintain team stability.
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The Lede
With a job market heating up and employee resentment boiling over, "revenge quitting" looks to be on the horizon for 2025. Edel Holliday-Quinn, a business psychologist, told Business Insider that some workers feel burned out and undervalued in part due to increased workloads and a back-and-forth about hybrid working. In 2025, she said, many people are therefore thinking: "New year, new job."
Key Details
- Experts say employees across all industries are engaging in "productivity theater" and performative busyness to get through their workday, and the workforce as a whole is disengaged.
- They're struggling in other ways, too. A report found that 42% of respondents and 52% of CEOs reported working in a toxic environment.
- In 2023, people were "rage applying" for jobs, angrily scrolling through ads when they were fed up. Revenge quitting is similar, with the added vengeance of moving on to something better.
