'Quiet Firing' Is Taking the Workplace by Storm. What Is It?

Quiet quitting, the workplace trend popular with Gen Z that puts mental health above on-the-job burnout, has been around for a long time.

There is a new buzz term floating around that is less about protecting your peace of mind and more about nudging you towards insanity.

Quiet firing means what it sounds like.

Quiet firing is when employers treat you badly in order to get you to leave. It's like a person who wants to break up with a partner but doesn't have the courage to do it on their own.

Going years without a raise or promotion, shifting responsibilities towards tasks that require less experience, or a deliberate withdrawal of development and leadership opportunities are some of the examples of quiet firing.

There are a number of signs that you're about to get fired.

• Your boss is away for a long time.

• You are placed on a plan that is excessive.

So much talk about quiet quitting, where more effort should be spent talking about quiet firing.- 1:1s frequently cancelled- Lack of coaching / feedback- No recognition given- Overfocus on busy work vs impactful work

- Exclusion from chances to work on exciting projects

— Janel (@JanelSGM) August 31, 2022

Eighty Percent of Workers Have Seen Quiet Firing In Action

Quiet firing is a clever word play. Last month, LinkedIn News asked if quiet firing was something they had experienced.

Forty-eight percent of people say they've seen quiet firing at work. 38 percent say that it is real and I have faced it. 13 percent of people said the quiet firing was not important.

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