一开始听到“橡皮族”的时候，小编第一反应就是啥恶魔果实，啥草帽军团了，查询一番后才发现这原来是职场中的一个新词诶。
“橡皮族”指的是啥？
借用一个最普遍的定义，他们就是如橡皮一般，“没有神经、没有痛感、没有效率、没有反应，不接受任何新生事物和意见，不在意批评表扬。整个人犹如橡皮做成的，力度小了他根本不在乎，力度大了，他还会反弹一些不满过来。”的人。
“橡皮族”的英语怎么说？
我们知道很多“族”类的说法，比如“thumb tribe”（拇指族），“moonlight clan”（月光族），“ant tribe”（蚁族）等。那么“橡皮族”的英语难道是“rubber tribe”吗？
相较于我们上面看到的类似于直译的说法，“橡皮族”的英语则更揭示其本身的涵义，为“disengaged employee”。
“disengaged”表示的是“(or a person) free from social or professional obligations（人没有社会或职业负担，无牵无挂）”的意思。
我们看一下摘自《疯狂英语口语版》中的一段对话：
Tommy: Is Sandra making mountains out of molehills again?
Stephanie: I think so. What’s with that?
Tommy: That is a grade A example of what we call a disengaged employee.
Stephanie: Disengaged? Like they have no passion or motivation for their job anymore?
Tommy: Exactly. I read an article that said employees like Sandra cost the US economy up to $350 billion a year.
汤米：桑德拉又小题大做、喋喋不休了？
史蒂芬妮：我想是吧。她究竟怎么了？
汤米：这就是一个所谓 “橡皮族”的最佳范本。
史蒂芬妮：橡皮族？是说他们对工作失去了热情和野心吗？
汤米：没错。我读过一篇报道,说像桑德拉这样的员工每年给美国经济造成的损失高达3500亿美元。
你是职场中的“橡皮族”吗？“橡皮族”有些什么特征？
Characteristics of Disengaged Employee
• Tend to concentrate on tasks other than the goals and outcomes they are expected to accomplish.
• Do just enough work to get by. The disengaged adversely affect productivity simply because it takes them longer to produce. Simply, time is money.
• Non-engaged employees are highly individualized and can have a collective effect on an organization’s profitability and performance.
• Can adversely affect the organization in the manner in which they speak to clients and customers.
• Disengaged employees can affect client satisfaction and increase customer attrition.
• They rarely take the initiative and prefer to stay in the background.
• They focus on accomplishing a task rather than achieving an outcome. Actively disengaged employees aren't just unhappy at work. They spread their discontentment to other employees.
• They are not just indifferent to company goals and mission but also express their mistrust and animosity.
• Employees who are not engaged tend to feel their contributions are being overlooked, and their potential is not being tapped.
• Employees who feel disconnected emotionally from their coworkers and supervisor do not feel committed to their work.
• They hang back and do the minimum because they believe their contribution hardly counts.
