Ghosting at the Workplace on the Rise

Employers and employees randomly stopping all modes of communication is becoming increasingly common at workplaces.

• Ghosting is defined as the act of ending personal relationships with someone without any explanation. It is a phenomenon that’s quite common in the world of dating and friendship.
• But over the last few years, ghosting has become increasingly routine at the workplace. Given the sea-change in working cultures over the last couple of years, this is expected to continue.
• It’s not just the HR department that keeps a candidate hanging after an interview is over. Many job seekers are also doing this to potential employees by not showing up at work and being unresponsive.
• Ghosting a job seeker who has cleared all hurdles of the interview process can affect them psychologically in the form of increased self-doubt and anxiety.
• According to psychology experts, ghosting is never the right approach in a workplace situation. Communication and closure are important so as to not affect the mental wellbeing of employees.
• In addition to ghosting, there are new behavioral changes that have transformed the workplace. One of them, coasting refers to doing the bare minimum work and the employer not making a fuss about it.