2026-08-11T14:16:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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梅根·塞鲁洛是哥伦比亚广播公司MoneyWatch驻纽约记者，报道小企业、职场、医疗保健、消费支出和个人理财话题。她经常在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻24小时频道讨论其报道内容。
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更新于：2026年8月11日 / 美国东部时间下午2:23 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
疲惫不堪的员工通常很容易被发现。但职场专家所说的在工作中“生锈”的人又该如何识别呢？
排班软件提供商Deputy对酒店、零售、医疗等行业的小时工开展的一项调查发现，许多人在工作中萎靡不振，工作效率实际上低于雇主的预期。
Deputy负责业务与人员运营的高级副总裁斯塔·莱万多夫斯基告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，约15%的受访者表示对工作仅感到“还行”，研究人员称这一迹象可能导致表现平平。“我们将此视为职业生锈的早期信号，即人们没有感受到足够的挑战，”她说。
什么是职业生锈？
想象一件全新的机械工具，光鲜且锋利，但如果长期闲置不用，就会逐渐生锈。
“如果你觉得自己没有被充分发挥所长，觉得自己只是在混日子，那就是职业生锈了，”莱万多夫斯基说道。
这种职场状态的迹象比倦怠——大众更熟知的因长期超负荷工作和绩效压力导致的身心疲惫问题——更加微妙。
“说到倦怠，你会看到员工彻底脱离工作状态，结果会非常明显，”她说。
但处于职业生锈状态的员工仍会按时到岗完成工作，只是使命感逐渐消退。他们也可能感到疲惫，因为管理层从未对他们的职业发展表现出兴趣。
“他们仍然会上班完成工作。但这是因为员工没有得到足够的拓展，没有感受到挑战或被倾听，”莱万多夫斯基说。“一旦出现这种情况，企业就无法充分利用员工的价值，业绩也会受到影响。”
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Is your career “rusting out”? Here’s what that means, and how to spot it.
2026-08-11T14:16:00-0400 / CBS News
By Megan Cerullo Reporter, MoneyWatch
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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Updated on: August 11, 2026 / 2:23 PM EDT / CBS News
Burned-out employees are often easy to spot. But what about people who some workplace experts describe as “rusting out” on the job?
A survey by scheduling software provider Deputy of hourly workers across the hospitality, retail, healthcare and other sectors found that many people are languishing in their jobs and are functionally less productive than their employers expect.
Roughly 15% of those polled reported feeling merely “OK” about their jobs, a sign that researchers say can lead to lackluster performance, Star Levandowski, senior vice president of business and people operations at Deputy, told CBS News. “We see that as an early indicator to rust out, when people are not feeling challenged enough,” she said.
What is rusting out?
Think of a mechanical tool that’s shiny and sharp when new, but that can get rusty over time if left hanging unused.
“If you feel like you’re not being used to the best of your abilities, you feel like you’re just hanging out, or rusting out,” Levandowski said.
Signs of that feeling on the job can be subtler than indicators of burnout — the more commonly understood issue of mental and physical exhaustion that may follow long periods of overwork and pressure to perform.
“With burnout, you see people become really disengaged, and the result becomes quite obvious,” she said.
But workers who are rusting out still report to their shifts and perform, although with a fading sense of purpose. They might also feel fatigued because their manager hasn’t shown interest in their development.
“They still come in and do the work. But it’s a function of people not being stretched enough, feeling challenged or heard,” Levandowski said. “When that happens, and you don’t get the most out of your workers, your business won’t perform as well.”
Edited by Alain Sherter
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