Breaking News English Lesson: Revenge Quitting
"Revenge quitting" is growing, fuelled by social media. Revenge quitting is when a worker quits and does bad things against the company. Unhappy workers are posting details of their resignations online. Other posts show workers walking off the job, resignation messages, or rants against former bosses. Other acts include causing problems for former co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data, not helping with the handover of duties, and exposing sensitive information.
An employer-rating website has warned of "a wave of revenge quitting" because of rising unhappiness among employees. A recruitment company surveyed 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of employees had "revenge quit". It said Gen Z workers were more likely to revenge quit. Its survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had done so. A survey in Japan conducted by a management consulting firm found that around 10 per cent of workers had been troubled by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase in workloads.
Try the same news story at these levels:
- https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250911/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
- https://moneywise.com/employment/gen-z-workers-championing-revenge-quitting-are-just-a-symptom-of-a-larger-crisis-now-plaguing-us-workplaces
- https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/03/meet-the-revenge-quitters-why-people-are-ditching-their-jobs-and-refusing-to-go-quietly
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Phrase Matching Paragraph 1- Revenge quitting
- fuelled
- does bad things
- posting details of their resignations
- Other posts show workers walking
- causing problems for former
- not helping with the handover
- exposing
- co-workers
- sensitive information
- off the job
- is growing
- online
- by social media
- against the company
- of duties
- warned of a wave of
- rising unhappiness
- A recruitment company surveyed
- Gen Z workers were more
- 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds
- conducted by a management
- workers had been troubled
- a sudden increase
- 2,008 workers
- had done so
- by revenge quitters
- in workloads
- among employees
- likely to revenge quit
- revenge quitting
- consulting firm
"Revenge quitting" is growing, (1) ________________________________________________ media. Revenge quitting is when a worker (2) ________________________________________________ bad things against the company. Unhappy workers are (3) ________________________________________________ their resignations online. Other posts show workers walking off the job, resignation messages, (4) ________________________________________________ former bosses. Other acts include (5) ________________________________________________ former co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data, not helping with the (6) ________________________________________________, and exposing sensitive information.
An employer-rating website has warned of "a (7) ________________________________________________ quitting" because of rising unhappiness among employees. A recruitment (8) ________________________________________________ workers and found that 15 per cent of employees had "revenge quit". It said Gen Z workers were (9) ________________________________________________ revenge quit. Its survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds (10) ________________________________________________. A survey in Japan conducted by a management (11) ________________________________________________ that around 10 per cent of workers had been troubled by revenge quitters because of a (12) ________________________________________________ workloads.
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Student surveyWrite five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
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Discussion — Write your own questionsSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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Free writingWrite about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.
Answers(Please check your answers against the article above.
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