Ghosting coasting:
Ghosting coasting is the new term describing the scenario where workers show up for a few days and then suddenly stop working for no apparent reason. Unfortunately, this type of behavior is becoming too familiar for small business owners and is also becoming a significant concern in the international labor market. This trend affecting many service-oriented workplaces has become a common problem for restaurateurs – to the point that it has caused many to restrict hours, have daily closures, or even shut their doors for good. [TotesNewsWorthy]
How this fits into the business world is also covered. Noted in “Employers say ‘ghosting coasting’ is a growing problem, but workers have their reasons for quietly walking away from a job,” Dominick Reuter, Business Insider:
“Retention continued to be a growing problem for firms,” the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said in its September Beige Book entry. “Restauranteurs noted concerns over ‘ghosting coasting,’ where a new hire works for a few days and moves on to the next restaurant without notice before they are let go due to lack of skills.”
The practice itself is not new, but it does appear to be more widespread than ever as job openings outpace job seekers, which allows workers to reclaim a measure of the power in a situation that has favored employers for decades.
Recruiters in several industries say they’ve never seen anything like it.
They continue:
Meanwhile, workers pushed back against the Fed’s characterization that workers who ghost were somehow unqualified for the job, saying that misleading job descriptions, low pay, and inadequate training gave them little reason to stick around.
“The main reason employees are ghosting employers is they simply no longer have to put up with horrible working conditions, terrible bosses, low pay, and being overworked,” said Matt Murphy, an Oregon restaurant worker who told Insider he had never seen anything like it in 25 years in the industry.
While I want to cheer the workers, having worked some shit jobs, my contrarian side wonders how much of this may be attributed to Millenials who have been coddled a bit.
