Today, companies try to trick employees into quitting when they really want to fire them simply because firing them is a mark against their unemployment insurance.
Firing the employee allows that employee to collect unemployment benefits, but getting the employee to quit costs the company nothing.
People are “managed out” by making the workplace increasingly toxic for that person until the employee leaves, in order for the company to avoid paying more unemployment insurance.
But if we recognized this for what it was, we would be treated high-turnover companies as a burden on the economy. It could cause these practices to mostly go away.
If you have high turnover like Amazon or fast food jobs, you are going to start getting treated as if you fired those employees. Even if they quit. They should be allowed to collect unemployment insurance.
Companies who have a toxic work-life balance, toxic culture, or pay too little will have to watch their backs.