A four-panel black-and-white comic titled “QUIET CRACKING.” Panel 1 (9:00): A weary office worker sits at his desk beneath a digital clock, expression blank, shoulders slumped. Panel 2 (12:00): Two co-workers chat cheerfully in the background as the man sits silently at his desk, same dull expression. Panel 3 (5:00): A supervisor offscreen says “Good work today!” while the man continues staring ahead, unreactive. Panel 4 (12:00 a.m.): Alone in the office, bathed in darkness, the man sits unmoving, expression unchanged. The post-it note on his desk reads Hang in there.

For #LaborDay…

“Quiet cracking is a workplace phenomenon where employees become slowly and emotionally disengaged from their jobs while remaining in their roles….”

#Quietcracking #Burnout #QuietQuitting #EditorialCartoon #Workplaceculture #MentalHealth #WorkplaceWellness
#EmployeeDisengagement