'It felt like the Hunger Games had started': Employees are 'loud working' in an effort to secure their jobs

Quiet quitting is making way for loud working among employees, as they loudly profess just how much they are doing in an effort to secure their jobs. After the era of showing up and doing their jobs, the job market's pendulum has shifted, making job-hopping harder and layoffs feeling like a constant threat. Workers are now "loud working," trying to ensure their work is visible and gets noticed, hoping it will help them get promotions and avoid layoffs.

Some are doing this by building their personal brands online and showcasing their work rather than letting it speak for itself. One strategy that Abhinav Bohra, an applied scientist at Amazon, believes helped him earn multiple promotions is learning to read what the room wants and focusing more of his efforts on the critical problems his manager wanted solved.

This visibility might feel like the only thing between them and a layoff for some workers. However, there is a potential downside to loud working, as constant vocalization of accomplishments, even if not notable, or dominating meetings, taking credit for collaborative assignments, or focusing on marketing one's work instead of accomplishing tasks can lead to burnout or grabbing credit where it is not due.

To avoid this, it is essential to be tactful and ensure that one is not leading to burnout or grabbing credit where it is not due.