{
  "id": 19500330,
  "title": "Impending Job Loss: Beware of the Trap! How Managers Can Recognize Their Gradual Demotion - and Counteract It",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/drohender-jobverlust-vorsicht-falle-wie-fuhrungskrafte-ihre",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-11T13:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/fuehrungskraefte-wie-sie-ihre-schleichende-kuendigung-erkennen-und-gegensteuern/100173417.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "German companies are using underhanded methods to remove senior staff without paying large severance packages. According to Christoph Abeln, a Berlin-based employment lawyer, employers may demote or demotivate managers to encourage them to leave voluntarily. Abeln has written a book, \"Vom Karriereknick zum Comeback\", outlining common tactics used by employers and tips on how to counter them. Nils Schmidt, a lawyer and board member of the DFK, confirms that many senior staff are 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": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}