{
  "id": 16042015,
  "title": "Impending Job Loss: Beware of the Trap! How Managers Can Recognize Their Gradual Demotion - and Counteract It",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/drohender-jobverlust-vorsicht-falle-wie-fuhrungskrafte-ihre",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T12:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/fuehrungskraefte-wie-die-gefaehrlichste-form-der-kuendigung-oft-unsichtbar-bleibt/100173417.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "German companies are using subtle tactics to push out senior managers without incurring high severance costs. Christoph Abeln, a Berlin-based labor law expert, and Nils Schmidt, a lawyer and board member of the DFK association for specialists and executives, have identified common tricks used by employers. These include promoting a manager to a role with less job security, such as a CEO position, or introducing a co-manager to share responsibilities but ultimately reduce the manager's power. Another tactic is to relocate a senior manager abroad, often with the intention of replacing them while they are away. The experts advise managers to be cautious and take countermeasures, such as documenting all events and seeking to maintain their original employment contract or negotiating special protections.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}