Burdening high-performing employees with extra work
Inhuman resources,performance punishment also known asquiet promotion refers to the burdening of high-performingemployees with additional work, often without compensation or promotion.[1][2][3]
Performance punishment can lead tooccupational burnout,resentment, and a sense of being undervalued leading tomorale loss.[1] Performance punishment of high-performers may also limit opportunities for improvement of low-performers and alternative growth opportunities for high-performers.[4] Performance punishment allows for performance deficits of low-performers to be ignored.[5]
Performance punishment can be mitigated by having work fairly distributed, promoting skills development, and transparent communication.[6]
