Ghosting at work is now big enough that it caught the Fed’s attention

By News on the Net -- Quartz at Work —— Bio and Archives December 17, 2018

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The new Beige Book from the Federal Reserve Bank contains some millennial slang to describe a rising trend in the workplace: ghosting. The mention in the Fed publication, more formally known as the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, also comes with a helpful definition: ”A number of contacts said that they had been ‘ghosted,’ a situation in which a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact,” the summary of conditions in Chicago notes. -- More...