Impending job loss: Be careful, trap! How executives recognize their creeping degradation - and take countermeasures
When employers want to get rid of unwanted managers without having to pay high severance packages, they often resort to tricks. The most important warning signs and legal countermeasures.
Düsseldorf – Managers are facing the threat of job loss as employers resort to increasingly subtle methods to terminate high-performing employees. Christoph Abeln, a Berlin-based labor lawyer specializing in disputes with executives, warns that the most dangerous form of this tactic is often invisible. Instead of openly humiliating or demoting a worker, companies are opting for a more covert approach that can sometimes masquerade as a promotion or reward.
In his book "Vom Karriereknick zum Comeback," Abeln details the most common tactics used by employers and provides guidance on how to defend oneself against such unfair practices. Nils Schmidt, a lawyer and head of the Federation for Senior and Executive Personnel (DFK), confirms the increasing prevalence of this issue, stating that senior and middle-level executives across all industries are increasingly being subtly pushed out of their positions.
The experts explain how to recognize the signs of a gradual termination and the recommended course of action in each case.
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