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According to The Wall Street Journal, quiet cutting is when you notify employees ... terminate someone and pay severance, so instead of laying someone off, you reassign them and hope they leave.

It is far less quiet, if the clothes on and off runways at New York Fashion Week were any indication. Two charming cropped coats distinguished by pockets and pleats.Credit... Supported by ...

But rather than firing or laying off workers outright, research suggests that companies may increasingly be turning to another, subtler approach: quiet firing. Ayalla Ruvio is an Associate ...