"I'm not sure that work is any more dysfunctional now for many workers than it's been in the past," she tells CNBC Make It.
Work has always been dysfunctional, our tolerance for it just got lowerWorkers are still quitting in droves during the Great Resignation.
The discord we're seeing, then, is vocal pushback from employees — emboldened by a tight market and, yes, social media fervor — not wanting to return to traditional models of work, Klotz says.
"Everyone is making money off of their work, and they're not getting return on the investment of their labor.
To call that out and say, you know what, I don't necessarily need to go above and beyond if that effort isn't going to be valued — that's not quiet quitting.