Resenteeism is a recent addition to the lexicon of the modern workplace. It’s a word used to describe an employee who remains at his post, staying at a job he doesn’t like, even though he’s deeply dissatisfied with continuing to work there.
This is essentially the flip side of the Great Resignation, where employees will simply quit when they become dissatisfied, relying on the strong labor market to carry them to a new and hopefully better job.
In this case, whether it’s inertia or habit, or something else entirely, the employee chooses to remain, however, the deep dissatisfaction will result in decreased morale and productivity, and you’ll begin to see increasingly worrying behaviors such as chronic tardiness (or leaving early), and you’ll notice that the employee in question stops, or seldom contributes new ideas or actively participates in meetings.
Worse still, such an employee can badly damage your company’s culture, to the point that his behavior begins impacting others.
If you’re not sure where to start in improving this scenario, a solid place of beginning is a Reward and Recognition program and gifts of appreciation. Maybe some fun Stress Relievers would help ratchet the tension down.