Tech Employees are Quiet Cracking -- Reality Bites
Source: YouTube · Eli the Computer Guy · published Aug 18, 2025 · 29:22
Eli the Computer Guy argues that after years of economic boom and unrealistic expectations, employees are now experiencing "quiet cracking" - showing up to work while silently struggling psychologically as they face economic reality 11:32.
Key Takeaways:
• Tech companies over-hired during COVID, hiring tens of thousands when they only needed a few hundred, creating an artificially inflated job market 3:20
• "Quiet cracking" occurs when workers stay in their jobs but struggle in silence due to economic uncertainty and changing workplace dynamics 11:51
• Millennials who are now 40 years old have spent their entire professional careers in a bull market and may struggle to adjust to economic reality 7:15
• Employees have developed unrealistic expectations about what bosses and companies should provide, beyond just a paycheck and safe work environment 9:34
The transition back to economic reality will be painful as employees adjust their expectations to match what companies can actually provide in a normalizing economy 25:25.
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Welcome back. As you know, I'm Eli the computer guy here for the Daily Blob where I say every single day, thank God I don't have employees anymore. There are a lot of people out there, they're like, "Eli, Eli, you're just jealous of Lewis Rossman, right? The reason you talk about Lewis Rossman is because you're jealous." All contr I am not jealous cuz he has employees. He has employees. Oh, this is just going to be so much stupidity. What happens when employees have to face reality after a decade and a half? It's going to get stupid, boys and girls. It's going to get stupid. So, I've been talking about this for a while. We've had a decade, decade and a half where employees, I don't know, they've just been living in a world I don't even understand. Right? I've talked about this before. I co…