The [CTI Worker Syndrome].

Drop in performance post indefinite-term contract

The so-called "CTI Worker Syndrome" (Contract for Indefinite Time) describes a behavioral pattern where the employee's performance drops drastically once he/she obtains definite job stability.

During the probationary period, the applicant usually shows exemplary, proactive and disciplined behavior to ensure his or her permanence.

However, once he becomes permanent and feels that there are no easy ways to be fired according to the legislation, he begins to show apathy, rejection of tasks and a deliberate slowness in his processes.

He becomes a worker who "raises" but only for his own interests, losing commitment to institutional goals.

This change of attitude is one of the most frustrating consequences of a selection process that focused only on technical competencies and omitted the in-depth evaluation of the candidate's personality traits and ethical values.

Faked accidents and recurrent leaves of absence

An alarming characteristic of this syndrome is the fraudulent use of medical and safety benefits.

The employee under the effect of this syndrome begins to request recurrent leaves of absence for trivial medical reasons or even fakes work accidents to obtain paid leave.

Occasionally, the employee commits recklessness in his personal life and pretends to attribute the injuries to the company so that the company will pay for his medical expenses.

It is also common for them to use constant family excuses, such as fictitious illnesses of relatives, to be absent without legal reprisals.

To combat this, it is essential to carry out strict medical evaluations before vacations and upon reinstatement, in addition to keeping a detailed record of each warning or memo that serves as a legal guarantee against possible termination of contract for lack of probity.

Rigorous control of these deviations is necessary to preserve fairness, since allowing these abuses deeply discourages honest and committed workers.

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