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决议基金会对《英国社会态度》调查的分析显示：过去十年英国劳动者工作满意度与“多干一点”的意愿双双下滑，并与社交媒体所说的“安静离职”相一致。阅读时可留意 satisfaction、employer、survey、decade、flexible、income、labour、prefer、appetite、independence 等词，并区分已测到的态度变化与对生产率的可能关联。

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Many British workers still show up, but fewer are willing to go beyond the basic tasks of the job. A Resolution Foundation analysis of the British Social Attitudes survey, covered by the BBC in early November 2026, links that pattern to “quiet quitting“ on social media. The think tank says weaker engagement may help explain soft UK productivity growth after the pandemic.

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许多英国劳动者仍照常上班，但愿意超出岗位基本任务多干一点的人变少了。决议基金会对《英国社会态度》调查的分析，经 BBC 在 2026 年 11 月初报道，把这一现象与社交媒体上的“安静离职”联系起来。该智库认为，投入度下降或许有助于解释疫情后英国生产率增长为何疲软。

The 2025 survey reached 4,656 adults across the UK. Job satisfaction fell from 81 percent in 2015 to 74 percent, the lowest figure in any wave of the study. Workers willing to work harder than required to help their employer succeed dropped from 69 percent to 55 percent over the same decade. Fewer people said they had an interesting job, down from 74 percent to 63 percent, and reports of opportunities for advancement fell from 35 percent to 26 percent.

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2025 年调查覆盖英国各地 4,656 名成年人。工作满意度从 2015 年的 81% 降至 74%，为该项研究各轮中的最低值。愿意为帮助雇主成功而付出超出要求努力的劳动者，在同一十年间从 69% 降至 55%。表示工作有趣的人从 74% 降至 63%；称有晋升机会的人从 35% 降至 26%。

What people want from work has also shifted. Those who say a high income matters when choosing a job rose from 67 percent to 78 percent, yet only 23 percent feel their current job provides one. Desire for flexible hours grew too: 61 percent now say it is important to decide their own working hours, up from 46 percent, but just 31 percent say they can. Hannah Slaughter of the Resolution Foundation argues that workers increasingly want flexibility, independence and financial security, and many feel those expectations are not met. She calls the result a “dissatisfaction drain“ that hurts workers and does not bode well for productivity or labour supply.

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人们对工作的期待也在变化。认为高收入在择业时很重要的人从 67% 升至 78%，但只有 23% 觉得自己目前的工作提供了高收入。对灵活工时的渴望同样上升：61% 的人现在认为能自行决定工作时间很重要，高于此前的 46%，但只有 31% 说自己能做到。决议基金会的 Hannah Slaughter 指出，劳动者越来越希望获得灵活性、独立性与经济安全感，而许多人觉得这些期待并未被满足。她把结果称为一种“不满外流”，既伤害劳动者，也对生产率与劳动力供给不利。

The findings do not show that people have given up on work. Only 4 percent of working-age adults say they would ideally prefer not to work at all. John Curtice, co-editor of the report, stresses that young people have not become more “work-shy,” and workers have not become more reluctant to change jobs. About 34 percent still say they are likely to look for a new job within a year, little changed since 2015. Men’s appetite for long hours has also fallen, with full-time wishes down from 57 to 47 percent.

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这些发现并不表明人们已经放弃工作。仅有 4% 的劳动年龄成年人表示理想情况下宁愿完全不工作。报告联合主编 John Curtice 强调，年轻人并没有变得更“厌恶工作”，劳动者也没有更不愿换工作。仍有约 34% 的人说自己可能在一年内找新工作，与 2015 年几乎持平。男性对长时间工作的意愿也在下降：希望全职工作的比例从 57% 降至 47%。

Digital technology adds another worry. Sixty percent of working-age adults fear that digital tools, including artificial intelligence, will take over many jobs done by humans, yet only 22 percent think their own job is at risk. Curtice concludes that fuller engagement needs jobs that are both financially rewarding and flexible. The survey cannot prove quieter effort caused the productivity slump, but these attitude shifts make the link worth watching.

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数字技术又添一层担忧。60% 的劳动年龄成年人担心包括人工智能在内的数字工具会取代许多人类岗位，但只有 22% 认为自己的工作面临风险。Curtice 总结说，若要更充分的投入，岗位既要有经济回报，也要灵活。调查无法证明更“安静”的付出导致了生产率下滑，但这些态度变化仍使这一关联值得关注。

新闻来源

• BBC News · ‘Quiet quitting’ could be hitting the economy - here’s why (early Nov 2026)
• Resolution Foundation · ‘Dissatisfaction drain’ as job satisfaction falls to record low… (3 Nov 2026)
• Resolution Foundation · Work in progress (BSA analysis)

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