Two weeks ago, I wrote a major blog post explaining that Corporate America Doesn’t Give A Fuck About You. If you haven’t read it — go read it.

I’m usually on the side of jobseekers, but after seeing this huge uproar over Corporate America’s passive-aggressive response to “Quiet Quitting”, I decided to turn the tables back on employees.

Are you really that surprised to hear that companies are purposely treating employees like shit to force them out of their job?

You must not have been listening when I told you that they’re replacing you with overseas workers who’ll do your job at a fraction of the cost. You must not have been paying attention when I said they have family & friends they would rather hire over you. You must have had a lapse in memory when I told you that they don’t give a fuck about your rent, your car payment, your student loans, and most importantly — you.

In this war, your Quiet Quitting is like a slingshot versus their machine guns. Sit down, and sit all the way down. “Quiet Firing” is another word for Constructive Dismissal. This is where a company paper trails you right into the unemployment office.

It’s important to mention that Constructive Dismissal isn’t just firing you — it can mean leaving you out of promotions, raises, key meetings, communication, cutting your hours and passing you over on projects that can advance your career.

For many companies, employee wellness is not embedded in the DNA of their company culture — Passive aggressive, phoniness is. When they see a drop in morale, and an increase in their employees’ “Quiet Quitting”, they just show your ass out the door.

Many of them are new supervisors that don’t have the time or patience to help alleviate your concerns. For them, there is always someone else newer, hungrier and more eager to do your job. Someone who sees your position as a new opportunity. Kicking you to the curb allows them to start over and give the new person a chance to drink the Kool-Aid.

The new employee may not care about disgruntled Glassdoor reviews. They don’t know you, and they may have kids to feed or student loans to pay. So, they’ll happily take your spot and wave you out of your Quiet Quitting door.

“Quiet quitting is people setting boundaries,” my friend Leo explains.

Yes, because people are burnt out, under-appreciated, under-developed, and underpaid. We are in a recession, and most jobs aren’t increasing employees’ wages to meet the growing inflation. This doesn’t even account for the pay disparity that some employees face when a new team member comes aboard.

People are checking out & disengaging, and I don’t blame them. Quiet Quitting isn’t actually quitting, it’s choosing not to go above and beyond your job responsibilities.

“Who are they going to hire to do my job, huh? I am doing the job of four people for the price of one,” Leo chimes back in.

Even though Leo has made himself indispensable — he’s underpaid, hasn’t been on vacation in 6 years, and complains about bags under his eyes. I never wanted to hug someone more than him. I hate that the term, “Quiet Quitting”, has now been villainized because people like him deserve to go on auto-pilot once in a while. He deserves better.

So, why do I love “Quiet Firing”?

I like to let people do what they want to do, so I can see what they’d rather do.

Your manager wants to be passive-aggressive and start edging you out the door? Good. That is not a company, team, or environment that you would want to be a part of anyway.

I say this as someone who has been quietly fired and believe me, it sucks. I couldn’t sleep or eat properly for weeks because there is something so sickening about a company that can treat your livelihood like a damn joke.

They want to save money on severance pay and lengthy performance reviews, so the moment you blink your eyes the wrong way, you’re being written up.

Is the firing really happening “quietly”, though? I don’t know about you, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to having a deep feeling inside my stomach that something — just wasn’t right.

However, I see a few bloggers genuinely claim they had no idea, and my response is — Nobody can be that good of an actor, you better start learning how to read the room. If you’re genuinely shocked and believe your managers deserve an Academy Award, I’d like to hear about it in the comments below.

This trendy big bad wolf called “Quiet Firing” leads to an end at a job, but a new beginning at another.

That means new work environments, new lessons, and new opportunities for personal growth. And for others, it leads to large payouts from Constructive Dismissal Lawsuits because — Yes jobseekers, the law is on your side.

And in the end, I am too.

I dedicate this post to Leo, who is currently “Quiet Quitting” until he can actually quit and live the beautiful countryside life of his dreams.

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