‘Quiet vacationing' is the new millennial work trend infuriating bosses

You've probably already heard of 'quiet quitting' in the world of work, where people will just show up to work and do their actual job with some boundaries set.

That work trend basically just involves people showing up to do their job and clocking out pretty much on the dot as soon as their shift is over.

There's none of this staying back to answer emails, finish off a spreadsheet or have another meeting.

As soon as your contractually mandated time to work is up, you are out of there.

With that in mind you might think 'quiet vacationing' is somehow a similar thing, where you go on holiday and you absolutely do not think about work no matter how many emails and messages you've got to deal with.

That's not the case, as while the two work trends sound pretty similar 'quiet vacationing' is rather a different kettle of fish altogether.

Most people feel like they can't switch off from work during the holidays. (Getty Stock Photo)

Across the pond a study called the Out of Office Culture Report was published, and it found that most Americans didn't take all of their holiday time off.

While 78 percent of workers didn't take all the holiday they could, the main reasons were feeling a pressure to be 'available and responsive to demands', and a heavy workload making them feel like they can't step away.

I assumed 'quiet vacationing' would be trying to get away from the constant churn of work, but that seems to be a major problem according to the study as 86 percent of people said they'd check work emails while on holiday and 56 percent had taken calls from work during time off.

With all this seeming pressure to be present, 'quiet vacationing' is actually people taking a break without ever actually telling their boss.

Since many people don't feel comfortable asking for time off, they're just taking it and doing things which make it look like they're working in their absence.

The study says that 37 percent of millennials in the US have taken time off and just not said anything to their boss about it.

"No boss, I've not gone on holiday without telling you. This is just my Zoom background." (Getty Stock Photo)

Libby Rodney of The Harris Poll, who conducted the study, told CNBC that there was a generational divide here, as only 24 percent of Gen Z had done the same thing.

She said: "There’s a giant workaround culture at play.

"They will figure out how to get appropriate work-life balance, but it’s happening behind the scenes.

"It’s not exactly quiet quitting, but more like quiet vacationing."

Other behaviours people admitted to were not working but occasionally moving their mouse on the computer to show they were still active, and scheduling messages to send outside of regular hours to make it seem as though they were working out of hours.

If you're reading this on a holiday you haven't told work about, do remember to keep the Instagram posting to a minimum so as not to be caught out.