‘Quiet firing’ | The latest toxic workplace trend? Here's what HR can do about it

Have you heard about quiet firing? Recent talk within the business community is that there could be a contrary event taking place in organisations - something known as ‘quite firing’.

In this article, we’ll take a look at just what quiet firing is, the impact it can have across an organisation, and what leaders can do to address it.

Last year we wrote about the rise of quiet quitting and what it meant for employers, but an upcoming trend of ‘quiet firing’ is taking place and impacting both employers and employees.

What is ‘quiet firing’?

Quiet firing isn’t new, but it’s taken hold as a term within HR to explain a set of behaviours from people leaders towards certain workers.