Quiet layoffs are underway.
Employers shouldn't use layoffs as a way to cut low-performing workers, a labor expert told Insider.
  • Companies in industries including tech and finance have recently laid off workers.
  • Layoffs shouldn't be used as a way to cut low-performing workers, Harvard's Sandra Sucher said.
  • It's important that performance-management systems are fair, Sucher told Insider.

It can be a lot better to tell someone you were laid off than saying you were fired.