Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices

Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:40PM (#10299896)

"Fir[ing]" an employee suggests they did something wrong. These 47 people did nothing wrong outside of working on a product or products that are no longer relevant to Evernote.

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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by yitchelle on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @02:35AM (#10302160)

I think the wording used by the new CEO shows his attitude to the company. Reading the announcement, he is very much focusing on making more money for Evernote. There are no details on how those 47 people will be assisted post Evernote. It reads like the CEO really fired them.

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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by JustSomeNobody on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:51PM (#10299999)

No, it doesn't. Fired can mean termination w/out prejudice.

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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by Stratoscope on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @06:18PM (#10300196)

I suppose it can mean that, but in practice, it doesn't. Being fired and being laid off are very different things in this year's English.

So different, in fact, that I have been "laid off" when the employer really had a mind to fire me for poor performance but wanted to avoid hurting my future prospects.

Here, don't take my word for it:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fired+laid+off

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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by edanm on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @06:08PM (#10300124)

Well, it can, but there are several people here, as well as several Google results, which say that "fired" carries a much more negative connotation.

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