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If you're feeling like 'persona non grata' at work, you could be experiencing the effects of what is currently being referred to as 'quiet firing'. The term has come into vogue after multiple stories of 'quiet quitting' made the rounds on social media and in the press recently.
|Quiet firing and quiet quitting are not two sides of the same coin
Quiet firing could be considered the inverse of quiet quitting, or occurring as a result of it. When an employee is quietly quitting, they are essentially pulling back on their engagement at work. When a company or manager is quietly firing an employee, they are engaging with a team member as infrequently as possible and only when absolutely necessary. But it would be naive of a business to accept this rationale because in fact, quiet firing is more a sign of poor people management and an overall lack of organizational strategy towards people development within a business.
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