Young Indian don’t believe in going beyond and above at work: Report

HIGHLIGHTS:

Moonlighting not spread across sector’s

Moonlighting prefer by very lesser job seekers

More burnout & less support reason for quitting

Still hustle culture is prominence

The young Indian workforce doesn't believe in going the extra step to work. Instead, trends like moonlighting and quitting quietly have gained momentum.

Since the start of the pandemic, several workplace trends like moonlighting, quiet quitting, and tang ping have gained momentum. The young working generation believes going above and beyond at work isn’t in their interest, a recent hiring tracker survey claimed. A new survey indeed revealed the causes of the latest workplace trends and how companies and business can retain top talent.

Moonlighting not equally wide spreads across sector’s

Moonlighting is the latest trend to debates in recent months. Employee moonlighting is a situation in which employee works more than one job. Actually, the moonlighting employee have one full-time job and alongside a part-time work. Though, it is referable to use the term for any situation in which a person works for more than one company.

The study, showed that less than one out of five respondents (19%) want to moonlight in India. But majority of respondents (81%) do not wish to take up another job alongside the one they currently work in, stated it is unethical.

The top reasons, why employee moonlight are:

To safeguard against job loss (37%).
To supplement their income (27%).

However, the employers a have the different viewpoint on this tendency. Employees are not adequately engaged with work is the reason for moonlighting, 31% employer’s believe in it, and 23% employers believe that employee have ample time in hand for a second job.

Quiet quitting caused by burnout and lack of support

Quiet quitting rejects the idea of intentionally attempted to exceed expectations at work. Other hand, workers gradually disengage from doing anything beyond the minimum needed to keep their job.

Unbelievably, 33% employers surveyed admit that low general job satisfactions (boredom’s, lack of challenges, etc.) is the main reason for the growing trend of quiet quitting, and 21% believe it is a lack of commitments to job.

At the other hand, employees cited different set of reasons for quiet quitting. The feeling of burnout or being overwhelmed with work is the main reason for quiet quitting, 29% respondent believes. Another main reason for quiet quitting is lack of support by managers and bosses, 23% respondents believed in it.

Interestingly, the feeling of burnout or being overwhelmed at works are the top reasons to led the growth of this trend.

Hustle culture gaining prominence

The survey, surveyed new job seekers between july to september- 2022 quarter and 89% of the total respondents indicates a healthy market for indian job seekers. Surprisingly, there is a rise in hustle culture. 43% respondents believes monetary considerations (earn more to lead a better lifestyle) are the reason for popularity of the hustle culture.

On the other side, the respondents also revealed the reasons for hustle culture that are earning more, repaying loans by 37% and career growth by 29% respectively.

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