Quiet Cracking: When High Performers Start to Fracture

Let’s talk about the slow fracture no one puts on the org chart.

“Quiet cracking” is the evolution of quiet quitting. It’s not disengagement. It’s disillusionment. It’s when a high-performing employee doesn’t explode, doesn’t complain loudly, doesn’t burn bridges.

They simply begin to detach.

Not from the work ethic.
Not from excellence.
From the belief that it matters.

This isn’t about laziness. It’s about erosion.