Quiet Firing: The Other Side of Quiet Quitting & Why It’s Just As Bad

The Aerospace Executive Podcast

13-10-2022 • 28 mins

There’s a lot of passive aggressive behavior in the working world right now, and doing the bare minimum isn’t just something employees do - companies do it too.

Quiet firing is the practice of slowly freezing out an employee hoping they self-select out, instead of just facing the issues head-on. It’s dishonest, unproductive and wholly unnecessary and entirely avoidable. How can you tell you’re being quietly pushed out? How can organizations refrain from quiet firing?

In this edition of Million Dollar Careers, we dig into quiet firing and why it’s such a bad practice.

Hiring authorities and supervisors really owe it to themselves, their company, and the individual candidates to confront the issue. -Rob Houghton

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode

  • What to be on the lookout for From demotions to reassignments, quiet firing takes on many forms. What are the subtle signs?
  • The people who’ll never get quietly fired Can you take corrective action when you realize you’re being quietly fired?
  • Why quiet firing is the action of a cowardly leader If an employer isn’t happy with an employee’s performance, why is it so critical to cut the BS and just let them go?

Learn More About Your Host:

Co-founder and Managing Partner for Northstar Group, Craig is focused on recruiting senior-level leadership, sales, and operations executives for some of the most prominent companies in the aviation and aerospace industry. Clients include well-known aircraft OEMs, aircraft operators, leasing / financial organizations, and Maintenance / Repair / Overhaul (MRO) providers.

Since 2009 Craig has personally concluded more than 150 executive searches in a variety of disciplines. As the only executive recruiter who has flown airplanes, sold airplanes, AND run a business, Craig is uniquely positioned to build deep, lasting relationships with both executives and the boards and stakeholders they serve. This allows him to use a detailed, disciplined process that does more than pair the ideal candidate with the perfect opportunity and hit the business goals of the companies he serves.

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