When workers make it clear the are finished for the day

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I think we all know the feeling of trying two things at once and them both falling apart. Like getting back to your manager about a new project while also making your kids a sandwich, only to end up cutting the bread into rectangles rather than triangles. In my house, that’s a sackable offence.

Or maybe you’ve hurriedly tapped out a work reply between at-home yoga moves and accidentally transitioned from “warrior pose” to “keyboard warrior”, with the unprofessional language to match.

Workers are flipping the work/life balance scales back in their favour. Credit:iStock

Multitasking creates tension, but it doesn’t have to. For some workers, there’s an antidote, and it’s called “loud leaving”. The sequel to quiet quitting, this new world-of-work term describes the act of making it clear you are finishing for the day. It’s confidently telling your team you are leaving the office, or logging off. No skulking away, or promising to jump back online later. Loud leaving is drawing a line in the sand.

Fresh LinkedIn research shows that just under one in two Australian professionals have left loudly, with Gen Z being most vocal about it. And when a manager leaves loudly, it sets the tone for those less senior, creating a healthy work/life balance culture in the office.

Here’s how loud leaving works for me. The kids are usually home at 3:25pm, and work ends at 5pm, so when I’m working from home I have a few hours of world-colliding fun where I am both Cayla, the ever reliable employee, and mum, the best person in the world, who listens to every story, who attends to every whim.

When 5pm rolls around, I’m 100 per cent done with doing both jobs at once. I’ll tell my co-workers: “It’s time to make dinner”, and they’ll share their far more exciting evening plans of walking dogs, learning how to paint or catching mid-week gigs.

The COVID pandemic blurred the lines between work and home. Loud Leaving is saying that blurred line stops here.

The COVID pandemic blurred the lines between work and home. Loud Leaving is saying that blurred line stops here.Credit:Istock

At my house, once the loud leaving message is sent the laptop is closed, and I create a bit of distance between work and home, mostly by my phone being hidden by a rugrat behind the couch. Loud leaving is my way of having a life outside work.

I wish it was the case for everyone, but there are of course some jobs it’s easier to loud leave than others, usually where things don’t blow up overnight if you stop paying attention. Law, politics, media, health – it’s not uncommon to hear workers in these industries feeling like they’re always on.



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