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Employers are using a new tactic - "quiet cutting" - to reduce employees hours, duties, pay and/or responsibilities in an effort to encourage them to quit. The advantage? The employer may save money on severance costs for employees that quit - that employers would otherwise have to pay if there was a layoff or termination.
Recent survey of workers by Monster.com suggest that the practice is widespread, and very much unappreciated by those that it impacts - both directly and indirectly. Monster Poll: Quiet Cutting v2 (canva.site)
Robert Hunt - Executive Coach and co-author of the book Nobody Cares (Until You Do): Living Beyond the Blame, Excuses and Doubts that Hold You Back - Home - NOBODY CARES (until you do) (nobodycaresbook.com) says that this isn't new - its just a new name. Hunt advises his clients that the time to fire an employee is "the first time you think of it". The potential impact to co-workers and customers mean that problem employees should not be kept around and coerced to quit. Business leaders need to lead - and proactively deal with their problem employees - according to Hunt.
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