What’s ‘The Great Hunkering Down’ and why are benefits and perks at risk?

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  • Key Insight: Learn how the “Great Hunkering Down” enables firms to retract perks while retaining staff.  
  • What’s at Stake: Reduced benefits and return-to-office mandates could amplify future attrition and costs.  
  • Forward Look: Prepare for intensified talent competition when mobility and hiring rebound.
    Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

Over the last few years, workplace trends like the Great Resignation and quiet quitting have reshaped employee-employer dynamics. Now, a new trend is emerging and it’s threatening employees’ access to their favorite workplace perks.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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