No toiling late into the night. No calls on weekends. And no pushing themselves to the brink even during regular business hours. Burned out after logging excessive hours or duties during COVID-19, millions of Americans are resolving to meet their job requirements but not go beyond. Their determination to stick to their job descriptions has been made possible by widespread labor shortages that have given workers unprecedented leverage over employers. While that ethos may be bolstering employees’ mental health, it appears to be hurting the nation’s labor productivity and even contributing to inflation, which hovered just below a 40-year high in July. Visit the link in bio for more information on "quiet quitting."