Forget quiet quitting – here’s how to tell if you’ve been ‘quietly fired’

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While “quiet quitting” has gone viral on social media in recent weeks – a concept that sees workers doing only the bare minimum of what a job entails, rather than helping out with additional tasks or “going the extra mile” – “quiet firing” has emerged as a counterpoint to this theory. “Or your performance will slip enough due to the lack of support that they'll be able to let you go.” She ends the post by encouraging companies to study their management practices in a bid to identify poor managers “who don’t want to do the work to support, train and coach their teams”. “Our data indicates that quiet quitting is usually less about an employee’s willingness to work harder and more creatively, and more about a manager’s ability to build a relationship with their employees where they are not counting the minutes until quitting time,” they conclude. They add: “It’s easy to place the blame for quiet quitting on lazy or unmotivated workers, but instead, this research is telling us to look within and recognise that individuals want to give their energy, creativity, time, and enthusiasm to the organisations and leaders that deserve it.”