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American workers' relationship with mental health has undergone drastic changes in the past several years, heavily impacted by external stressors including COVID-19 and the tumultuous economy. In an effort to decompress, trends have emerged such as "quiet quitting" and "bare minimum Mondays," which reflect employees holding back their full effort because their maximum output is not being recognized by employers. Yet, these trends are merely a footnote to the larger issue at hand. From an employer standpoint, it's tempting to view these trends as a movement that's illustrative of a lazier workforce that is no longer conditioned to produce the same workload they once were.

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