Quiet Cutting: How Power In U.S. Offices May Be Shifting Back To Bosses
Vložit
- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- In the American workplace of 2023, a new labor market trend has taken over where "quiet quitting" left off. Quiet cutting.
"Quiet cutting is what some people consider a subcategory of quiet firing," said Nadia De Ala, a leadership and negotiation coach. "It's a way for companies to avoid layoffs and potentially save money on expenses they would incur with severance packages. This involves reorganizing existing employees, not laying them off or firing them, but reassigning them to different roles."
The emergence of these new workplace trends often reflects the state of the job market and the economy. Despite the overall strength of the U.S. job market, some companies are apprehensive about the future, leading them to adopt the "quiet cutting" approach to change in the workplace.
"For the past few years, we've witnessed quiet quitting and the great resignation, signs of a robust economy and a tight labor market where employees held the upper hand," said Yale University lecturer and bestselling author Joanne Lipman. "Quiet cutting suggests that the balance is shifting, with employers gaining more control."
Watch the video above to learn more about quiet cutting and what this workplace trend tells us about the U.S. job market and the overall economy.
Produced and Edited by: Anuz Thapa
Animation: Alex Wood
Narration by: Jordan Smith Production Support: Kate Sammer and Christian Nunley
Supervising Producer: Jeff Morganteen
» Subscribe to CNBC: cnb.cx/Subscri...
» Subscribe to CNBC TV: cnb.cx/Subscri...
About CNBC: From 'Wall Street' to 'Main Street' to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.
Connect with CNBC News Online
Get the latest news: www.cnbc.com/
Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: cnb.cx/LinkedI...
Follow CNBC News on Facebook: cnb.cx/LikeCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Twitter: cnb.cx/FollowCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Instagram: cnb.cx/Instagr...
#CNBC
Quiet Cutting: How Power In U.S. Offices May Be Shifting Back To Bosses
My employer tried to pull this on me as a way to give more work and responsibilities without the associated pay raise, they basically told me to accept it or leave, they were shocked and speechless for 5 seconds when i told them i was leaving right away
I was just assigned a new responsibility yesterday. No pay adjustment. Well I’ll hold my tongue for now, but come performance review time, if there’s no raise comparible to the additonal assigned task, I’ll look elsewhere for work. My industry is hurting for more workers and my employer’s competitors will happily take me.
@@mtunofun1 my job has been steadily adding responsibilities over a few years now, and people aren't quitting. I guess it's a "new normal" now.
@@mtunofun1 Do not waste time, do it already. You will look back and see it was not worth it.
isn't this their goal ? to force you to quit so they don't have to give you compensation ?
depends on skill level and if you're position is hard to fill, they're always trying to maximum exploit.@@EpicHardware
To all the young kids entering the workforce and worried about reorganization. The new boss has to come up with "new" ideas to justify his existence. 10-15 years later another "new" boss will change things up and change it back to how it use to be as his new idea. Example: change four divisions into eight to be more agile and customer focus, then ten years later back to four division to cut cost and blah, blah, blah....(throw in appropriate buzz words). Any other old timers like me want to share their real life example for the kiddos?
So true, that 10-15 year time span was my experience as well. They just recycle the same failed ideas again and again.
Worst case scenario. You get a new ambitious manager who thinks they're on the way up. They embrace every dumb idea from above, and want to micromanage everyone's day to day activities.
I've got a different old timer example, Circuit City back in the late 90s. They did their re-org to cut costs in the stupidest way possible. All commission sales positions where eliminated and they offered hourly sales positions to then, except the top 10% in pay, as they would have "made too much per hour". They effectively shot themselves in the foot by getting rid of the top performers and demoralized the remaining employees all in one day. Being a manager outside of the store org chart I had to sit in on every individual interview as a witness. Needless to say I left a few months later, just ahead of them folding my division into the main structure of the company as more cost savings.
This is how business works pretty. Its called a business cycle, ups and downs, twist and turns.
MBAs are trash
department changes software every 5 years. for funzies.
I believe this is called "constructive termination". They make your working conditions worse so that you will quit.
I was going to comment and say the same thing. Even just a few years back this would have definitely been called constructive dismissal/termination and possible grounds to sue. Those in favour of quiet cutting will certainly disagree and toss a few spin words to explain how it is different but bottom line, it isn't. We are the workers though, we don't have rights. We are given tokens to make us feel empowered .... right up to the point we realize we aren't......
Every other week, a group of workplace self-proclaimed "specialists" meet with a team of idle reporters in a newsroom to develop a new buzz word or expression that will be covered by the medias when everyone else has grown bored reading or watching reports of the previous "trend" they have been aggressively covering. Quiet quitting, quiet hiring, quiet cutting are nothing new
🙄
Yup, obviously, keeping each other employed.
Better writing some fluff piece than getting reassigned to a job as war-reporter.
@@sd-ch2cqwow.. Or being replaced by an AI eventually
It’s just a corporate psyop to scare employees into submitting to their employers
I like how you imply this video is stupid or useless, when it simply informs people about these concepts who might not realize what their bosses are doing.
@@DeepakHarish48 "being replaced by AI" doesn't exist.
People just need to be consistent. Your boss can tell you whatever they want; just continue to commit to the job you signed up for. Don't quit, and don't take on the new job; force them to either fire you or leave you alone.
Easy said but i bet you weren't able to do that
@@user-kn6vw4sr2r It is doable, have been in jobs where this tactic has been done and I have worked to rule, within health and safety limits. As long as you are not blatantly stupid about what you are doing, you can absolutely get away with it and if hey are really bullish it is still better to chill back, search for other positions, and make them let you go rather than just quit with nothing.
I got a revolutionary new business idea! It’s called “quiet working” and “quiet raises”! The workers do their job and gain skills over time to be more productive while the employers not only pay them but also pay them more for their increased skills and loyalty!
Great idea. Has as much chance as the four day work week with the same pay for fewer hours
Never in America
I hope I'm wrong
Not gonna happen, paying people more (giving them fair pay) is foreign to America now
We're owned by investment companies. Giving raises hurts profits and our shareholders. Definitely wanna get rid of people before they retire too. Can't pay that out.
This video is literally just five minutes of people with social science degrees word-salading their way through it.
Maybe if companies trained people to do stuff rather than hired people to say stuff they wouldn’t have this problem.
Exactly!😂 you can’t prove a company moved you to another department to get rid of you…if they really want you to quit then they will pile on more work than you can handle!
Or they just terminate you on a Friday and dare you to challenge them in court. Time is on their side when you need to make the Altima payment and rent payment on your detached car port apartment before going to Las Vegas on Jet Blue.😢
@@2040wagonhow did you know I had an Altima and detached carport apartment!?😅
being reassigned just means you get to quiet quit all over again.
Exactly if they are going to give you less responsibility just quiet quit and get a 2nd remote job! #overemployed
Two wrongs don't make a right. If you don't like your job, just leave. The BS of quiet quitting is just wage theft.
All the snowflakes I've seen quiet quit or get frustrated don't want to apply themselves. They want to screw around all day and get paid for it and when the mean boss says get to work, their feelers get hurt. 😂
@Svid1701D Ever since the 1980s employees have been expendable. Started with General Electric buying up companies and mass downsizing, when the tried to do it here in Europe though, they couldn't thanks to our laws, costed them billions, so they did nothing.
@@Svid1701D you have brain damage
@@Svid1701D
Quiet quitting is wage theft?
Good thing actual wage theft is if at all barely punished.
Im ready to reassign myself. Im an outcast in my team and i think it would be better for all involved. Changing depts doesnt always have to be a bad thing.
This is why there is mass disdain for employers right now. Quit cutting sounds like it has a huge opportunity for employers to get away with outright discrimination
What part is “quiet”
@@cybertrknone of it.
I would discriminate against you solely for your profile picture
Umm... how is giving your employees options after their main job goes away a bad thing?
I think we should call out employers _LOUDLY_ on every social media platform--especially on Blind--for behavior like this so that the rest of us know _not_ to take a job with them in the future.
So quiet quitting was necessarily justified?
An employer will never do what is good for the employees, they will always do what is good for their own company.
This isn't new. I had this exact thing happen to me in 1997 at Texas Instruments. I wound up following a coworker over to another company within a year. Fortunately for me, the job market for software engineers was probably stronger than it is at the moment.
The one problem I had with that process was that I'd been recruited into the org that was cut just a year before and the company's rules didn't allow me to use internal search tools to apply for a new role. I could search for internal positions, but it had to be by word of mouth - I wasn't allowed to log into those internal sites and the other teams couldn't find me simply because I was too new a hire.
I think their cut off was 2 years. This threshold may have had something to do with their usual payback period for signing bonuses they offered at the time. But I'd insisted they strike repayment terms for the signing bonus before I accepted the job offer and they agreed.
This is why I work union jobs. I spent 5-7 yrs doing this game and got sick of it. Unions don't allow this bs.
Thank you for that insight. I need to follow your lead.
Quiet quitting = doing your job
Quiet cutting = reassignment
Who are these tools making up new terms for existing words.
MSM's desperate for more views - it's hardly even considered news
Good question and I agree.
A lot of people don't realize that having your job role changed means that the employee is eligible for unemployment. You are never obligated to take on a new job role that is significantly different than what you were hired for. If you accept the new role, then thats on you and you are not entitled to unemployment benefits. Also know that you are entitled to benefits when an employer cuts your pay.
How? Is this a law and varies State to State? Never heard of this.
@@dazealex unemployment law varies state by state, but yes, being forced out of a job unwilling when it doesn't involve being fired is usually eligible for unemployment benefits. Trying to coerce an employee to leave by changing their job role significantly is a good example (ie: you are migrated from being a manager to a janitor). Lowering someone's pay (while legal) is another scenario where you can get unemployment benefits.
It's never an employee market in my field. Employers lie, low-ball you, and change your role to add more work without letting you know until you start. Employers are worse now after COVID and took away remote work days. Needless added stress, commuting, gas, money, etc.
Corporations and companies do not care about you.
Are you just now figuring that out?
@@user-jc2ng2xd9n yes
I’m so glad I don’t work a 9-5 office job.
Cuuting cost! Just start by cutting BODs compensation about 600% and then C Suite Level compensation by 600% last cut all (unnesscessary) real estate foot print.
You got it!
This is just becoming more depressing. The Job Industry is such a joke right now.
It is not a new technique. It is a rebranded old tactic. For christ sake they did it to the guy in the movie Office Space(1999).
My employer calls this "blueprinting". about 6-12 months after we acquire another firm. I feel bad for those displaced after they were promised no earth-shattering changes would ensue from the merger.
My employer got rid of night shifts, sent all our night work over seas to foreign offices. Saying it was because it made no sense to have US workers working at times they couldnt call customers. When that didnt make sense becaue the foreign workers couldnt call customers given the time zones. It was really just to get rid of the 10% shift difference we were getting for workng nights.
So I lost 10% of my pay I have always had at the work place. Got put to days. But I am not really complaining too much because I now get paid my hourly wage to do the most absolutely pointless basic job ever. So in the end, yeah I lost that 10% shift dif but I lost 90% of responsibilities and now get paid way to much.
If you don’t like your job quit. There are no chains around your ankles. From what I have seen from this practice is to give the employee more work for the same pay. There is a threshold to how anyone can be productive in a day. Many times this drives out good employees.
"Constructive dismissal" is the term you're looking for: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal
I am now combining "quiet quitting" and "doing multiple jobs"
Several years ago, the company didn't increase my pay even after great results and long hours..
So, the next year I did the "quiet quitting" only do the minimum 8 hours... that year, my pay stayed the same, but my "hourly wage" increased thanks to decreasing working hours..
After that, I tried to cut the hours to 7 hours and use extra 1 hour to do side hustles... the pay from main job stayed the same,, and overall income increased thanks to the side hustles..
The following year, repeat the same formula, main job 6 hours, extra 2 hours for side hustle,, even higher income... and miraculously got raise for the main job
Employers have a lot of nerve trying to think they’re “flipping the script” these big CEOS lose nothing and never have to be overworked for less pay hence the reason “quiet quitting” was coined. So many employees are being over worked for so little with no pay increase and on top of that we’re being told to do additional work that doesn’t even align with our job duties. So yeah Ima need these employers to know there would be no company no engineers no coders nothing without the common people. Half these CEOS barely know what’s going on and choose not to care.
Americans really live in a world where they believe a job is an entitlement. I honestly think you all need to spend time in the nations where people who migrate to America come from and see if you can have this QUIET QUITTING QUIET CUTTING NONSENSE.
Jobs are a serious blessing in other nations and you leave yours, you don't find one for a long time.
In my country, this is called constructive dismissal (deliberate and significant changes to work outside what was originally contracted/agreed) and is illegal.
In your country, HR elects to simply fire workers as it is easier than re-assigning them to other responsibilities. Barring that, they just decline any application since making a job offer is financially risky. Sounds like workers are still getting the short end of the stick in that scenario
What country are you in? Sounds like a socialist country
@@songyang4844constructive dismissal exists in the US as well.
@@006whysoserious is constructive dismissal exist all over the world, but is that illegal in the United States?
@@songyang4844 Yes it is illegal. It’s not well known and businesses know that. That’s how many of them get away with cutting people’s hours down to 0 without firing them.
One of my old jobs did that to me all because I wouldn’t come in on a day off. They gave me absolutely no hours for two weeks. I filed for unemployment, stated my case, and was payed for those two weeks they stiffed me. I left soon afterwards on my own accord.
Start of 2024 we get a new vid “why even more Americans are quiet quitting” Or “why are businesses struggling to find workers”
"Nobody wants to work anymore!"
@@cindellednic"Back in my day if you needed a job you worked it, no matter the pay! Everyone thinks they deserve participation trophies".
What’s next? Quiet paying? Quiet having lunch?
I worked for one of the top cable companies for almost two decades. We would do a reorg and then ask people to reinterview for new positions. We always made the number of positions less than the total amount of employees being reassigned. It was a way to get rid of problem causing employees or those abusing FMLA/STD legally. So in the video example the IBM employee Matt would of not made the cut. I never was in support this practice that was in place 10 years ago, just explaining so don't tar and feather me.
What counts as abuse of FMLA or short term disability to you?
Think you’re misinterpreting my comment. I was not out with an axe to grind, this was the company that I worked for and their practice not my own.
He was clear I'm not mad 🤣
As a former boss, I would have kept him. The unexpected shock of the out of the blue job change gave him health issues. He took a break to stabilise his health and then came back as a very useful and productive employee. I would not allow talent to walk out my door without trying to do something to keep them, especially if they had been loyal, hard working and talented prior to the reorganisation. That ployee had a mental wobble, some employee actually have heart attacks and strokes after unexpected bad news. It's not as rare as we'd like to think.
Since when have employees have “the upper hand?” Corporations have always had control a have literally been classified as “people” and have used its “voice” in politics to preserve that power..
This isn't "new". Companies are almost all investment firms now. Meaning the leaner the better when trying to increase profit for your shareholders.
Employers don't have and will NEVER have the upper hand if the Employee is smart.
Quiet cutting favours employers and people in power. Watch out, employees!
Thanks for interviewing me -Sweta Regmi, Teachndo
USA employers want one worker to do the work of several while that one worker has little or no job security to focus on doing the actual job.
So why care about the job except for the money?
Companies just trying to ride the wave of pandemic profitability for as long as they can since actual sales/income are falling. At some point there won't be any more costs to cut and you won't have any experienced employees to produce. As someone who went through a lay off recently, I know the company is going to be okay for another year or two but its going to catch up to them when they didn't invest into new product development now.
Did you ever hear about rent cutting, mortgage cutting or prices goes down? I didn't..... Everything is going up and salary is going down. Even not the same, but going down. Laid thousands and thousands off all over, and rehire the same people at "discount" while market is saturated....
Quiet Cutting is regarding mostly full-time, with contractors it is much easier: "bye bye!"
There is nothing new about this, of course. It happened to me back in ‘95. It is just that now we have a term for everything. I was told to except the new position or I had to leave. No severance package.
Yet you still can’t spell accept.
Sounds like companies have found a way to encourage employees to quit eliminating the employees ability to collect unemployment. Despite one still employed individual who chose reassignment and says he's happy I'm willing to bet the majority of people find the new position intolerable.
That's just a micro business management. It's pretty normal when the company needs to focus in a specific task
Quiet quitting won’t help you. Don’t be quiet, be LOUD! And start & join UNIONS. That’s how you get power and control over your life.
As long as salary is same or higher and new team is actually valid for business, i don’t see any issue here
Our office used to have 20+ case managers now we have 5🤦🏽♀️ everyday it’s nuts🤣🤣🤣I love my job but it’s a lot. I have to consciously not get anxious or overwhelmed 😇
Why is there no outrage against “quiet cutting”? Shows how the median is biased against workers.
This happened to me in late 2020. Went from essential to reassignment to a lower paid job while killing myself with family time and home life.
3:59 instead of cutting costs how about optimizing profits? How about offering incentive for bonus dividends to shareholders with an agreement to take the dividends offset by a quarter?
It is always good to have a financial plan. I work with a professional planner and fixed-income strategist in NY. The fixed income portion of your portfolio won't simply serve as a buffer to the volatility of the equity portion of your portfolio, but will provide legitimate income.
Creating wealth and financial freedom isn't as tough as many people believe.
Building wealth and remaining financially stable indefinitely is a lot easier with the appropriate information. Participating in financial programs and products is the only true approach to make a high income and remain affluent indefinitely...
I couldn't agree more. Taking charge of your life and putting in the hard work is the path to success. Having a portfolio manager like Mr. Samuel Peter Descovich is a game-changer. Their expertise and guidance can truly transform your financial journey. Making $35,000 in profits each month and saving 70% of that is quite impressive!They save you time and provide valuable insights that lead to impressive profits. Keep up the amazing work, and enjoy the fruits of your labor..
I've shuffled through a few experts in the past, but settled with SAMUEL PETER DESCOVICH. The strategy he use is recession-proof, more specifically profit-oriented , and most likely, you'd find his basic info on the net, he's a renowned advisor.
It’s unfortunate most people don’t have such information, I don’t really blame people who panic cos lack of information can be a big hurdle. I’ve been making more than $65k passively investing with Samuel Peter Descovich, and I don’t have to do much work. It doesn’t matter if the market is crashing, I will always make good profit returns.
I have turned over more than half
MILLION working with SAMUEL PETER DESCOVICH on a wide array of options and finally sticking to a few that have been favorable in the past 2 years.
Quiet quitting is a term used by people running quiet sweatshops.
I think we should call out employers LOUDLY on every social media platform--especially on Blind--for behavior like this so that the rest of us know not to take a job with them in the future.
Working doesn't work.
@@grahamjones5400 When are we getting UBI? 🤓
I think it’s cool bc instead of getting fired or laid off you get to keep a job. My job moves people around if they aren’t that good at their job and I think it’s a good opportunity to improve in that new role while still being able to provide for their family
Where do you work?
Sounds like nonsense.
It’s not cool if ur being move from office worker to toilet cleaner. (Dramatic example but you get my point)
@@NVGEAR I'd wager the toilet cleaner would be more productive than the office worker, when measuring the output after the swap.
@@eschaton2834 lol I agree, but the point is they are trying to make the office worker quit rather than having to fire them and pay severance.
Yeap. I saw one of the division at go through this new reorganization. The folks getting shifted to new roles weren’t particularly pleased that they were being reassigned. As to the rest of us, the reassigned roles were sold as a new opportunity to be better rounded.
Quiet quitting always sat wrong with me. When I worked at a company, I considered myself lucky to have a job that paid the bills. As such, I worked hard. I went above and beyond, I looked for ways for our company to improve, enter new markets, and expand our current market presence. I volunteered for additional projects and work, and my hand was always the first up.
But I had the bad fortune of having our company get taken over by someone who didn't like me, and fired me as soon as the opportunity presented itself. Since then, I've struggled immensely to find another job on the same level.
Then I hear about people who are lucky enough to be in similar, or even better positions, who do the bare minimum, don't care about the company, and basically skate by. That'd be bad enough, but then I hear and see these people actually get promoted or picked up by other companies with a nice pay and title increase. Meanwhile, despite being a loyal and hard worker, I can't even get an interview.
And I'm sure this comment will draw replies about how I'm dumb for being loyal and working harder than necessary, by the very people I'm talking about.
I'm going to guess that the "skaters" who got the promotions or joined other companies with a pay increase were "vocal advocates for themselves" -- frequently pointing out the great things they did (or managed to get someone else to do the heavy lifting), while you mostly get your job done quietly. It's a pattern I've seen regularly, if you do good work a key part of that work is letting everyone else know what a wonderful job you've done -- or someone else will take the credit for it.
@@ricke573 Hmm, you could be right about them, but if so, I should be in the same position. I was never just quietly doing my job, I always stood out. I was always asking for more work, making suggestions about how to improve or expand, and was definitely not someone who blended into the background.
In fact, I've had managers tell me before that I stood out TOO much. One told me that the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Another told me that I needed to blend in more and not stand out, so I don't think that was my issue. Good point though.
lol do you want a cookie for being a good little indentured servant?
It is not "Quiet Quitting" and you continuing to frame it that way shows you implicit bias. It is actually called "Acting your Wage".
...if you work for minimum wage don't work hard your losing money and in life🎉 never work for less then $12
This is just trimming off excess fat. Most of the reassignments I've seen are just taking underperforming employees off of important assignments.
Rebranding corporate passive aggression. Great. Love how corporations are not even hiding that’s a question of power over labor. Before the pandemic they pretended at least.
They can run their companies as they see fit within legal limits. If you don't like how your boss runs things, go find another job. It's a free market, no one is forced to work for an employer.
@@bwofficial1776people did just that and the big wigs called it the “great resignation” and threw a fit.
This is why I strategically positioned myself when everyone was quiet quitting. I got a new job but instead of joining the bandwagon to do the bare minimum I would do the maximum under the condition when only managers were noticing. Now that the tables are turning my managers are not retaliating and are being more supportive even when things are getting shaky with layoffs and cuts.
You kissed the right booty.
There is no guarantee that will protect you from a layoff.
you will notice you are not replacable soon enough :D
Do the reassigned employees get paid the same amount? If yes, it seems to me like a good deal so the employees can also quite quitting and find a new job which usually means increased in salary. It's like a "drifting apart" break up with ubtle hint and healing time to move on.
ya i dont mind doing less if paycheck is the same!
@@grownupgaming It depends on age for me. At young age, I prefer work more and receive more constructive comments and sharpen my skills so I can have clear promoting path as well.
What goes around comes around, the same applies to senior management, they are not immune.
Damn they singled out IBM!!!
WI unemployment is around 2.2% Leverage still on employee's side.
Gotta stay competitive
This is ridiculous. It can be played SEVERAL ways.
(1) Trimming fat, downsize of existing department.
(2) Lateral move.
(3) Message, "We own you."
(4) Make you uncomfortable so you will leave.
(5) Say Ahhh, so they can stick the tongue depressor deeper down your throat.
(6) Assign short term needed functions.
(7) Actually looking for talent & flexibility in a "NEW" game of pickup basketball.
(8) It is WRONG for X, Y, Z-ers to assume that there are no bumps on the job road.
Yes,. employee engagement in the quiet cutting process should be considered as ,... important.
Quiet quitting was never a thing! It was something a nerd from a think-tank made up. Quiet cutting is reorganization. You’re lucky if you don’t get fired or laid off out right.
Exactly, seems like this younger generation just looks for any reason to make something trivial a big deal.
You’re right, it never was a thing. It was someone (recruiter) bitter at the fact that people were sticking to their roles like one would do in a union job and labeling it as something negative. That’s where the whole “quiet quitting” nonsense came from. The same companies that whined over “no one wants to work” also ran with the QQ term as well.
No one should work for less then $12 ...if you work for minimum wage don't work hard your losing money and in life🎉
This won’t stop people from leaving - especially if you quiet cut your best people. Nice try though corporate America.
Last year, people were quitting, this year employers are cutting. Corporations will always have the upper hand
This is total BS. Employer have always had the upper hand.
I was reassigned to a new team...I've been there 5 yrs, I am a minority, and i am older....i am not going to quit and make it easier on them, they will have to fire me...i want my severance pay and my unemployment....
Lol my new job baited me in with promises during the interview that have not been fulfilled (conveniently only the phone and not in writing). Jokes on them because I got the experience I wanted and I will probably be moving on soon. I mean I straight up asked the manager was this always the plan? And to my surprise he said yes. Can’t trust these managers, they don’t care about their worker and what they want to do. I turned down like 4 other job offers to take that job. Luckily they were all in the same city though and i got a nice raise :)
It comes down to businesses not caring about quality of product, or their employees or their customers.
Just saying
This isn't new. I remember a woman I use to work with 20 years ago getting "reassigned" to an office one building over from her old office. She was all alone in the entire building. She was pretty much ignored till she quit. I remember thinking she was lucky. She was alone all day with almost no work and didn't get a pay cut.
*record profits for employers over the last few years*
*also employers*
"we better do what we can to save money"
Companies are in business to make money for their shareholders. There's nothing wrong with that.
Who is this story for? This is a nothing story
How about quiet massacre in the office ?
You can always up the ante
Quiet cutting is another branch of modern slavery, do they close department and put off the volume of work to be done for later... No, just reassigned titles to cheaper payments and divide work between fewer employees!
It's not slavery. The company is free to pay you as they see fit as long as it's at least a minimum amount and you're free to leave at any time. If you don't think you're being paid enough, either make your case to your boss or go find another job that's more in line with your desires.
You prove my point . Sounds like Colombus talking to Native americans you accept our rules or die, the employers create the condition and force you to choose haha. Like Israel you Palestine were here before we came in but now we decide?@@bwofficial1776
The concept is actually called peonage. That's where you get paid, but never enough. There is the illusion of mobility, either upward, or laterally to a new company, but it is made to be extremely difficult to achieve.
The term slavery doesn't work well here because of the illusion of mobility and the fact that slavery is a relatively recent event. There are still pockets of it to this day. So, while your observation is correct, the person disagreeing with you will try to say you are being over dramatic.
I got it and thank you I did not know the term, the big guys are always ahead with a term to convey a different reality from fact example: if a government send a hitman they called it mercenary but went a cartel does he called killer , exactly the same sa,e job and reward. Funny @@Laura-LaFauve
@@zealousprogrammer4539 it's actually an old term (lol)! I found it in a history I was reading.
This is a trend started in Asia over a decade ago. For example South Korea has used this for a long time, so called “grey projects”. Usually people there stay for two years until quitting.
That Conrad dude sounds definitely like one of those employees you’d eventually put on mopping duty just to get rid of them
Not the short-term disability. I cannot lmao.
This approach really scares peer colleagues and they eventually leave the company as soon as they find the opportunity. It is like push one out of boat will casue the people to other boats. I have seen one such apporach when I started to work. I lost the trust with my company and moved away within 6 months.
The bosses never lost much power. They always had the upper hand, even though employees got a tiny bit more power for a while.
So was Matt really stuck down in a dark hallway? Kind of reminds me of Costanza working at Play Now.
So basically giving you the workload of another job while keeping the same workload of your actual job... nice way to get dedication from your personnel.
Just a different word from downsizing, and the companies tell the media to change the word and makes it seem like a new process
Work for YOURSELF. STOP BEING SLAVE LABOR. Take the iniative and make a living doing work that rewards you and your efforts. Your employer doesn't need you.
They meed me believe me.bro
If we have a recession wouldnt be better fire the bosses and promote the hard working people and pay them less for a mng position?
Its not new downsizing your position, for a latteral or under position with more work and responsibilities with the same pay
This has been going on for decades I hardly see how this is 'new'
results of raising minimum wages and printing money?
Well, I guess I'm lucky then. The office where I work is struggling to find employees.
What company is that? Do they accept remote work?
I’m confused so change departments but still had a job…learning a new area and needing to interact with a new team triggered your PTSD. People do realize management can also change you to make other assessments other to inconvenience you. 😳
Remember people, a two week notice is EARNED, if the company you work for doesn't treat you right you don't give them two weeks, that sh*t is earned
@@petergriffin383 not really ,but I can tell you've never been out in the real world before.
@@piggy310 I've been in the real world for 46 years, and I have a successful career. I've absolutely quit a job without a two week notice, if you can't treat a new employee with decency, see ya!
i say it's time for the masses to do a lil bit of Quiet Rioting
“IBM did not respond to comment.” Bro is about to get reassigned again after coming on here.
Quiet cutting should be outlawed
Workers are trying this great new thing, it's called "quiet unionising". Except it's not quiet. Or new.
Back to Office is a form of Quiet Cutting.