Addressing Engineer Disengagement - The Root Cause

When Your Best Engineer Goes Quiet

Your best engineer went quiet.

Easy to label that as "disengaged." But most of the time → they got tired of being ignored when they spoke up.

Silence isn't apathy. Its built up over months of feeling invisible.

Next 1:1 → skip "how are things going?"

Ask this instead → "When did you stop sharing your ideas and what made you stop?"

Then actually listen. And folow up with action → not just empathy.

This article was originally published on https://craftengineer.com/. It was written by a human and polished using grammar tools for clarity.
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