“Quiet Quitting”: What Is It? What Should We Do About It?

April 27, 2023, A Question of Ethics Conversation Episode “Quiet Quitting.”  It is a topic that many of us have heard about.  In an era where it is a challenge to hire employees, is “Quiet Quitting” an emerging change in the contract between the court and employees or is it just a new term for some staff not doing their jobs?   In the past it has been given many names: “retiring in place”, “phoning it in,” or “checking out.”  What makes this iteration unusual is that it seems to be a mantra heard from younger workers.  Millennials and Gen Z workers have often uttered this expression.   -What is Quite Quitting?          -What are the ethical challenges the court faces to ensure professionalism diligence of staff?          -How can we ensure that we have a common understanding with staff?          -Is this a new term for an old problem?          -What Should we do about It? Today’s Moderator Eric Silverberg: Court Administrator, Municipal Court, Tucson, Arizona   Today’s Panel Courtney Whiteside: Director, Municipal Court, St. Louis, Missouri Kent Pankey: Senior Planner, State Supreme Court, Richmond, Virginia Norman Meyer: Retired Clerk of Court, United States Bankruptcy Court, Albuquerque, New Mexico Peter Kiefer: Retired Court Professional Tina Mattison: Deputy Court Administrator, Consolidated Justice Court, Tucson, Arizona Karl Thoennes: Court Administrator, Second Judicial Circuit Court, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Samantha Borden: Staff Assistant, Customer Solutions Division, Water Department, Tucson, Arizona