Young, Educated American Men “Quiet Quit” Jobs Most During Covid
- College-educated men cut hours most, says new research paper
- Quiet quitting refers to workers scaling back effort in jobs
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Young American men and men with college degrees led the “quiet quitting” movement in the US, according to new research that sheds more light on the pandemic-induced phenomenon.
Men aged 25 to 39 worked 16 fewer hours annually — voluntarily as opposed to layoffs — between 2019 and 2022, while men with at least a bachelor’s degree cut back 14 hours, the most among groups, researchers from Washington University found. Those with higher earnings and already working the most hours had the biggest reductions.