They’re ready to split out of spite.
Disgruntled Gen Z employees aren’t getting mad. They’re not even getting even.
The ticked-off twenty-somethings are, instead, vengefully getting the hell out of dodge when the going gets tough on the job.
“Revenge quitting is on the rise,” said content creator Ben Askins of the wonky workplace trend that’s causing chaos in corporate America.
“This is the new idea of people choosing to quit their jobs in the most inconvenient way possible in order to disrupt the business,” he explained to over 371,000 TikTok fans. “It’s a form of protest against what they perceived as unfair treatment.”
And peeved peons of Generation Z are leading the tit-for-tat charge.
Some irked underlings are quitting mid-shift during the company’s busy season, like a holiday sale or tax time. Others are saying so-long to their bosses knowing that their offices are sorely understaffed and in need of as much help as it can get.
Grace Sarah, a Zoomer from Australia unceremoniously ditched her $1,800-per-week post in investment property sales out of fury. Instead of giving her supervisor a standard two-week notice, she suddenly jumped ship, abandoning her position without a solid savings stashed away or another gig lined up.
Adam, a content creator, spent his last day on the clock recording a TikTok video of himself walking through his then-job, pointing out every federal safety violation. The video prompted an investigation and hefty fines for the company, per Anchorage Daily News. Nancy, a former payroll executive “accidentally” deleted the master payroll file during her swansong shift, making it virtually impossible for her ex-colleagues to get paid on time.
But it seems she and her fellow revenge quitters are too busy seeing red to see the potential error of their ways.
Still, the youngsters aren’t the only ones seeking workplace payback.
Glassdoor’s Worklife Trends 2025 Report found that a staggering 65% of staffers feel “stuck” in toxic 9-to-5s. The data also revealed a decline in employee satisfaction with career opportunities across 10 industries over the past two years.
Researchers warned, “As workers feel stuck, pent-up resentment boils under the surface and employee disengagement rises,” forewarning executives that “a wave of revenge quitting is on the horizon.”
A movement rooted in maliciousness, the revenge quitting fad comes as companies are attempting to enforce return-to-office mandates, demanding workers report in to the office after years of successfully working from home.
Much like “task masking” mania, which sees burned-out breadwinners feigning busyness from their cubicles, revenge quitting is all about sticking it to the man.
But insiders warn that leaving the office in a big huff might not be the wisest plan.
Erika Ayers Badan, a leading business guru, cautioned, “If you revenge quit and don’t think it through, somehow, some way some recruiter…is gonna call your ex-boss, your ex-coworker [or] your ex-HR department and be like, ‘Hey, what do you think of so-and-so?.’”
“And that person,” she told TikTok, “the last thing that they’re going to remember is how you quit.”
Rather than burning bridges, psychologist Julie Lee suggests annoyed workers — namely those hot-tempered Zoomers — try calmly airing out their grievances with the bosses and bigwigs.
“The manager-Gen Z-employee relationship is one of the most critical factors in preventing or mitigating the risk of ‘revenge quitting,’” Lee, co-president of the Harvard Alumni for Mental Health, told Newsweek.
“Burnout has been the leading case of ‘revenge quitting,’ and managers are in a unique position to assess and address how each employee [feels],” noted the pro.
She posits that meaningful communication between executives and worker bees could be key in ending the revenge-quitting mayhem.
“Research and polls have shown that a well-structured and regular check-in facilitated by a manager can play a pivotal role in engaging and supporting Gen Z and other employees,” said Lee.
