Last August, a survey conducted by LinkedIn, which included more than 20,000 followers;
That 83% of the participants witnessed or experienced what is known as a "Quiet firing".
It is a method that occurs when years pass without the administration granting an employee a promotion or an increase in salary;
or you decide to assign him tasks that require less experience than his level of expertise;
Or deliberately retracts development and leadership opportunities, only to freeze his professional status.
Career coach Brian Creely explained that when an employer wants to put one of their employees down and leave them with no choice but to leave the job;
It begins to expel him quietly and slowly, through hidden steps designed to stop the development of his career.
These are steps that, in turn, may lead to a reaction from the employee, called "quiet quitting", where he continues to work as per the requirements of the job, without any increase.
3 reasons for the struggle between “launch” and “quit”
At a time when there was much talk about the terms "quiet firing", which relates to the behavior of a manager, when firing an employee is taken for granted;
and "silent departure", which relates to the employee's behavior, when he sets limits on his willingness to continue working, and the tasks he can do.
American psychologist and academic Paul Spector points to 3 basic conditions that must be met in any work environment;
Their absence, or the absence of any of them, undermines employee engagement and lack of motivation;
And then entering into a reciprocal spiral between "quiet expulsion", and "silent departure".
These conditions are:
Recognition:
where the employee needs to know that he is seen and heard, that what he does is important, and that management recognizes his efforts.
Reward:
It is difficult for the employee to fully perform, if he does not receive the rewards he deserves for his efforts;
Whether these rewards are material, as an increaseable salary and due promotions;
Or moral, such as receiving praise and encouragement from his managers, which is a strong incentive for him to work.
Support:
When work is difficult and stressful, an employee needs support from his or her managers to help get it done.
When your boss ignores your basic rights, constantly gets you on promotions without explanation, he quietly fires you (Shutterstock)
Which one precedes the other?
Experts differed as to which of the two matters precedes the other, expulsion or departure?
Sometimes “a quiet dismissal can cause a silent departure, because the employee feels that the officials at work are not holding on to him”;
As recruitment expert Bonnie Delber told Huffpost.
And she adds, "The problem starts with the manager, when he stops dealing with the employee, and does not invest in him, develop him, or allocate time to support him, until the latter begins to withdraw, after receiving signs that he has no future in this company, and that he must look for work." else".
Dilber considers that "the first task of managers in any business is to ensure that their team members are happy and successful, and to remove obstacles and barriers from the path of their professional growth";
Hence, “Any place where managers are not able to achieve this is not a work environment in which to progress.”
While Jurek Ng, a career counselor, sees that "sometimes, it is related to the employee's performance; when his manager repeats his remarks, without finding the response he expects, which causes him to resort to quiet dismissal."
When your boss tells you to move to another country or city, he is quietly firing you (Shutterstock)
5 Signs that the Quiet Expulsion has begun
Here are 5 common signs that a quiet (relatively long-term) dismissal from a job has begun;
According to experts:
avoid talking to you
One of the strongest indications of quietly firing you is when you feel that your manager is avoiding talking to you, or trying to seem busy, looking away from you, and putting you in a very embarrassing situation;
As Jurek NJ says:
This was confirmed by Bonnie Delber in a post on "LinkedIn", saying, "Postponing or canceling employee meetings is a common sign of quiet dismissal."
Assign tasks to others for you
“When your boss entrusts favorite projects to other colleagues for you, even after you've been promised he'll assign them to you,” says N.J., “it's like saying to you 'I don't trust you, so I give the important work to someone who does it well'."
No bonuses, no bonuses, no upgrades
When your boss disregards your basic rights, constantly passing you by on promotions, even though you work as hard as your peers;
It does not provide an explanation of why your colleagues get bonuses and bonuses, but you get nothing;
He quietly kicks you out.
Turn performance improvement plans into a trap to push you out
Although performance improvement plans (PIP) are developed to identify problems that need solutions, and then list goals and a timetable for achieving them;
And it represents an opportunity for employees to develop, as it may turn into a tool in the hands of your manager to quietly fire you, by assigning you a plan that is impossible to implement in reality, and then accusing you of not implementing it correctly and at the right time.
If elements of the plan aren't achievable in the time frame, or if your boss isn't giving you support to make it work, it's a "we want you to quit" message.
Acceptance of transfer or departure
Another clue that you are being quietly fired is when your boss tells you, without your interference, if you want to keep your job, it will have to move to another country or city;
that this is the only way you can continue the job;
The message is "accept or leave".