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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoI remember in the 80’s when they deliberately invented “layoffs” as a euphemism for “mass firings” because big business controls corporate news. Later, “layoffs” became “workforce reduction”. Then “WFR” to obfuscate it further. Now we’re back to layoffs and, apparently, “suprise layoffs”. HA. Good morning, you’re fired, box up your shit, worker. What an incompetent greedy company.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 hours agoI mean, ultimately it’s the difference between receiving unemployment insurance and being SOL.
I remember in the 80’s when they deliberately invented “layoffs” as a euphemism for “mass firings” because big business controls corporate news.
Later, “layoffs” became “workforce reduction”. Then “WFR” to obfuscate it further. Now we’re back to layoffs and, apparently, “suprise layoffs”. HA.
Good morning, you’re fired, box up your shit, worker. What an incompetent greedy company.
I mean, ultimately it’s the difference between receiving unemployment insurance and being SOL.
That’s true.