#QuietFiring has stolen #QuietQuitting's thunder


#QuietFiring is a clarion call for managements and human resources departments to be less bristly and more empathetic. — Photo by kate.sade on Unsplash

It's being called quiet quitting's "evil twin". You almost wonder why the hashtag — the modern world's virtual weapon of mass destruction — #QuietFiring didn't precede #QuietQuitting, but it's really a lot like the chicken-and-egg situation, we don't know which came first to our workplaces. After a frantic few weeks when everyone deliberated (at times, not very quietly) if quietly quitting is a work in progress in their own work lives, or whether it's something they'd embark on sooner rather than later to ensure a better — and more woke — sense of work-life balance, quiet firing has suddenly stolen all its thunder. Reason?

It's more identifiable. One, because unlike quiet quitting — which is interpretative and subjective — quiet firing is more on point. Consider this post, that went viral on social media as a doff: "If your employer regularly expects you to do more than your job description for the same pay, call it what it is: quiet firing."

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