{
  "id": 17215408,
  "title": "Impending job loss: Beware, trap! How executives recognize their creeping degradation - and take countermeasures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/drohender-jobverlust-vorsicht-falle-wie-fuhrungskrafte-ihre",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/fuehrungskraefte-diese-warnzeichen-deuten-auf-eine-bevorstehende-kuendigung-hin/100173417.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Companies are using underhanded methods to remove senior staff without paying high severance fees. According to Christoph Abeln, a Berlin-based employment lawyer, employers may demote or demotivate managers to encourage them to accept a termination agreement and leave the company quickly. Abeln, who represents mainly senior executives in legal disputes, says the most insidious form of this is a covert removal of power, which can even appear as a promotion or reward at first glance. His book \"Vom Karriereknick zum Comeback\" outlines common tactics used by employers and tips on how to resist them. Nils Schmidt, a lawyer and board member of the DFK, confirms that this is a highly relevant issue, with many senior executives being subtly pushed out of their companies.",
  "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."
}