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Speaker 1: Hello there. It's our Ask Me Anything segment where Gerald

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Speaker 1: and I will answer a work-related question that you have sent.

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Speaker 1: So do continue to send us these questions. Let's dive

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Speaker 1: straight into today's one.

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Speaker 1: Our listener Gregory wrote in saying, and I'll read, I

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Speaker 1: suspect my colleague is thinking of quitting. This will impact

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Speaker 1: my work because I'll have to do his job while

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Speaker 1: the company finds his replacement. I want to be mentally

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Speaker 1: prepared for this. So what are the signs that this

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Speaker 1: colleague is going to do it? Gerald, what are the signs?

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Speaker 2: Judging by a lot of coffee conversations or lunch breaks, right,

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Speaker 2: don't everybody want to quit? Everybody just say I'm so stressed.

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Speaker 2: I want to quit. I quit, but I tell you,

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Speaker 2: the people who complain the most often stay the

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Speaker 2: longest.

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Speaker 1: Oh yes, I know a particular person. Yes, yes, I

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Speaker 1: have that in my mind right now. Yeah, so

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Speaker 2: I don't know Tiffany.

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Speaker 2: Experience, what are some of the signs that someone will

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Speaker 2: be

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Speaker 2: quitting soon.

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Speaker 1: Maybe somebody who is constantly missing in action, MIA, especially

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Speaker 1: with work from home right now, if you're trying to

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Speaker 1: like ping them or asking them like, oh, can you

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Speaker 1: give me some answers and then they are just missing.

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Speaker 1: You know, then I don't know, then you start thinking

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Speaker 1: to yourself, do they go for interviews exactly are they

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Speaker 1: like on an interview right now? Could be also like

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Speaker 1: just the mood in general. It's almost like they're just

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Speaker 1: slogging and they are just dragging their bodies to work.

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Speaker 1: They're not excited, they're not coming up with ideas and meetings,

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Speaker 1: very disengaged. I think in general for me I would

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Speaker 1: see it as like, are they consistent with previous behavior.

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Speaker 1: So if previously if they are always engaging, they are

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Speaker 1: at meetings, giving out their ideas and then all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden it's like

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Speaker 1: They fall off the cliff, then I would say that's

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Speaker 1: when you can kind of see that maybe there's a shift.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it could be many factors, could be something

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Speaker 1: happening at home or whatever, but likely so I think

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Speaker 1: they might be feeling a bit burnt out, maybe thinking

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Speaker 1: of a new job.

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Speaker 2: It's

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Speaker 2: possible. I mean, the point here that I'm picking up

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Speaker 2: from you is the change in behavior. It can be

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Speaker 2: worse behavior. It can also be better behavior. If you've

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Speaker 2: seen those who are very happy, very happy, then they already,

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Speaker 2: they know that they are going they can see the

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Speaker 2: light at the end of the tunnel. That's why then

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Speaker 2: they feel like I'm going to tender very soon.

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Speaker 2: Very happy. So when you see colleagues like that, you

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Speaker 2: might wonder like, is it find new girlfriend or a

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Speaker 2: baby being born or

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Speaker 1: the baby born, you know, right? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: yeah, yeah, because

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Speaker 2: you have to take leave, right? One of the things

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Speaker 2: I've noticed is how people also use LinkedIn. The activity

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Speaker 2: on LinkedIn actually signals a little bit about whether are

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Speaker 2: they looking for a job or not. So for example,

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Speaker 2: if they're posting more content, if they are sharing content,

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Speaker 2: if they are engaging with people on LinkedIn, if they

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Speaker 2: change their headline to open to work, for example, then

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Speaker 2: that's why.

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Speaker 2: Hey, how come you're open to work? I

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Speaker 1: don't know why people do that, but I guess you

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Speaker 1: really feel that like it's fine. Anyway, I don't care

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Speaker 1: if my boss sees it. I'm open to

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Speaker 1: work.

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Speaker 2: So that's definitely one of the other ways that you

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Speaker 2: might be wondering why did your colleagues start to do that, right?

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Speaker 2: Of course, we talked about sudden changes of mood. It

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Speaker 2: can be positive, negative, and the sudden urgent leave.

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Speaker 2: I suddenly have to take urgent

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Speaker 2: leave. Why? Because some personnel matters to attend. So besides

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Speaker 2: thinking about like when is my colleague going to quit,

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Speaker 2: I think look at this as an opportunity as well

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Speaker 2: for you. I know you have to do.

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Speaker 2: Your job, do your colleague's job as well, sounds like

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Speaker 2: double work. Maybe look at it as, is there a

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Speaker 2: possibility to increase your pay because you're taking on bigger

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Speaker 2: job scope, have a conversation with your boss to merge

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Speaker 2: the roles if possible, because that has been done before,

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Speaker 2: especially if you feel that the job and the work

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Speaker 2: itself is doable and very complimenting to what you do,

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Speaker 2: maybe you could be helping your boss as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And have a chat with this colleague if you're

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Speaker 1: close enough, you know, maybe you can find out if

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Speaker 1: they're unhappy. Maybe they are thinking of job hunting, they

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Speaker 1: haven't really started, but essentially they are unhappy first.

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Speaker 1: Then you know Gregory could perhaps even be the sounding

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Speaker 1: board and helping this person, you know, and helps Gregory

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Speaker 1: as well because Gregory then kind of knows the timeline. Gregory,

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Speaker 1: like you say, can make future plans.

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Speaker 2: Tell your, right, let me know let me know so

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Speaker 2: that I can also tender

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Speaker 2: at the same time.

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Speaker 1: Well, if like Gregory, you have a work-related question, do

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Speaker 1: The team behind the Work It podcast is Christina Robert,

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Speaker 1: Joanne Chan, Juani Johari and Sai Ye Wind. Sound mixing

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Speaker 1: I'm Gerald and I'm Tiffany. Here's wishing you the best

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Speaker 1: work week ahead.