Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quiet cracking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: qui-et crack-ing
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The decline in an employee's sense of well-being and motivation in a job.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"TalentLMS, a leading employee training platform, released a study of 1,000 U.S. employees that uncovers a silent crisis in the workplace that's going largely undetected — a phenomenon its researchers have coined "Quiet Cracking.""
"2025 Caroline Castrillon, "7 ‘Quiet Cracking’ Behaviors That Are Killing Productivity," Forbes, 18 May 2025; updated 25 May 2025. Unlike "quiet quitting," where employees deliberately set boundaries by doing the minimum required, quiet cracking represents persistent workplace unhappiness that gradually leads to decreased performance, diminished productivity, and resignation."
"What is “quiet cracking”? Think of it as a slow fracture in an employee’s psychological foundation at work."

Etymology

quiet + cracking, on the model of quiet quitting.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does quiet cracking mean?: The decline in an employee's sense of well-being and motivation in a job.
Where does quiet cracking come from?: quiet + cracking, on the model of quiet quitting.

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