Situation · Work
“My employee does the bare minimum”
What could be going on
Does the minimum: Fits exactly; check whether it is new or how they have always worked.
Disengagement and quiet quitting: Quiet quitting fits if they stopped after a change, slight or broken promise.
Organisational justice: Fits if they feel underpaid, overlooked or unfairly treated.
Burnout: Fits if the minimum is all they have left; check for exhaustion.
Self-determination theory: Fits if the job gives them little autonomy, mastery or connection.
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: Check whether anything in the work interests them, or only pay keeps them.
Questions to carry
- When did the effort drop, and what changed for this person around that time?
- Which of my own feelings about effort and fairness show up when I look at their work?
Also said as
- my staff member has quietly quit
- he does exactly what's asked and nothing more
- she used to be great and now she just coasts
- how do I motivate someone who doesn't care
- employee has stopped trying
- my worker only does the minimum required