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The workplace [phenomenon / phenomena] of "revenge quitting" is growing worldwide, fuelled by social media. Revenge quitting is when an employee [purpose / purposely] causes disruption in or attacks the reputation [off / of] an employer. It is on the rise in Gen Z workers, who are making it a viral [trendy / trend] . Disgruntled employees are posting details [of / to] their resignations online. The posts show workers [sudden / suddenly] walking off the job, [viral / rival] resignation messages, or venting frustrations with [rants / errant] against former bosses. Other vengeful acts include causing problems for [firmer / former] co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data and files, not helping with the handover of [duties / duty] , and exposing sensitive information.

The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a [tidal / wave] of revenge quitting" because of [rising / risen] dissatisfaction among employees. The UK [recruit / recruitment] company Reed surveyed 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" [their / those] jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more [likely / liked] to engage in revenge quitting. Their survey found [what / that] 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had done [then / so] , compared with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A survey in Japan conducted [as / by] management consulting firm Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan had been [troubled / troubles] by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase [to / in] workloads.