What Exactly is ‘Quiet Cutting’ and Are You Falling Victim to It at Work?

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“Quiet cutting” or perhaps more commonly referred to as a “reassignment of duties” is basically another way of losing the job you were hired to do, but not your job entirely. Is this you? Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!

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00:00Quiet cutting, or perhaps more commonly referred to as a reassignment of duties,

00:05is basically another way of losing the job you were hired to do, but not your job entirely.

00:11The Wall Street Journal describes it as not being fired, but the job is gone,

00:16which many see as a waiting game. If a severance payment or unemployment benefits are too costly,

00:22quiet cutting has the potential to make an employee leave on their own

00:25if they feel stuck in a job they didn't want. Andy Challenger, senior vice president at an

00:31outplacement firm, says reassigning is definitely a huge part of the dynamic right now. Many workers

00:37are worried their reassignment may mean they will eventually be pushed out the door.

00:42The site provided data from financial research platform AlphaSense, claiming the mention of

00:47reassignment terms have been more than tripled during company earnings calls between last August

00:53and this month. If you think this is you, recruiting manager Bonnie Dilber says,

00:58I would probably start exploring options and putting out feelers just in case.

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