In the article, $$A Zero Wage Increase Again?$$ by Karen MacMillan, she suggested that employees were impatient for the organization$$s financial progress.$1$ The employees at this company have not received a raise in a couple of years. Due to this, employees were engaging in what we call today, quiet quitting.$$ Due to the lack of financial reward, they were losing motivation and employee morale was at absolute zero.

Recently, people have been resigning from their jobs due to the current wages not being in alignment with inflation. Based on the article, $$Lackluster raises and mass layoffs could lead to a new $$quiet quitting$$ wave this year$$ by Jennifer Liu, $$Employees should think of quiet quitting as a reflection of engagement and in turn productivity, which can falter when rewards don't materialize for employees in these challenging times.$2$

Examples of quiet quitting are:

Marie and Anne ignoring a customer while on the sales floor

Dougie Souzor calls in sick every Monday along with other employees to attend a road trip

Questions:

Given the current financial climate of the organization, how will you motivate these employees to remain at the company?

How can you reduce the risk of potential sabotage and quiet quitting after you notified the employees that they will not receive a raise?

Should you terminate the bad$/$problem employees first? Why or why not?