From Verizon to Amazon and beyond, large-scale layoffs are redefining the current job market—but another tactic may be just as destabilizing to the American workforce: quiet firing.

Zety’s Layoff Lifeline Report finds that a majority of workers surveyed report having experienced “quiet firing” tactics: when employers try to push employees out without actually formally showing them the door. The report was compiled from three Zety surveys conducted throughout 2025, including one of 1,000 U.S. employees and two surveys of nearly 1,000 employees who had been laid off within the past two years. READ MORE