Category: Workforce

What does ‘quiet quitting’ look like at hospitals?

The trend of “quiet quitting” has recently gained traction on social media, referring to a phenomenon in which workers to reduce their enthusiasm at work and stick to the minimum expectations of their role. Some professionals, including Generation…

The lesser discussed phenomenon of ‘quiet firing’

While the trend of “quiet quitting” has recently gained traction on social media, there is also the lesser talked about “quiet firing,” a workplace trend in which managers are tacitly pushing employees to leave their jobs, Fortune reported Aug. 30…

71% of Americans approve of labor unions

Gallup has conducted a poll that revealed 71 percent of Americans approve of labor unions, up from 64 percent from before the pandemic. 

Cook County Health looks to fill 2,000 vacancies

Chicago-based Cook County Health currently has about 5,500 employees and is looking to fill another 2,000 vacancies, according to an Aug. 29 report from WBEZ.

Food, entertainment and staycations: Vanderbilt Health expands worker incentive toolbox

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health said it will launch a new employee awards program in September that offers workers perks, discounts and a grand prize staycation.

Rising housing costs hinder hospital operations

As housing prices rise, hospital hires stall, and prime examples of that trend have emerged in Alaska and Idaho. 

Long COVID-19 keeps up to 4 million out of work, report estimates

Long COVID-19 is keeping between 2 million to 4 million Americans out of work, according to an Aug. 24 report from the Brookings Institute. 

Albany Med System partners with local college to create nursing staff pipeline

Albany (N.Y.) Med System will team up with Troy, N.Y.-based Russell Sage College to create a new program for nursing students, in an effort to alleviate the national nursing shortage.

Some pros have a better idea for quiet quitters: Just quit

Is “quiet quitting,” a trend gaining traction on social media that encourages workers to diminish their enthusiasm at work and refrain from exceeding expectations, the second-rate version of actually resigning?

Massachusetts health system invests $7M in workforce development

Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems will invest $7 million in its workforce development program, according to a sponsored article published in The Berkshire Eagle on Aug. 23.