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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by kasey_junk on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:41PM (#10299913)
I've always found it striking to note how laid off has migrated over time. When my grandfather got laid off, there was an expectation that he would come back to the same job with the same company some time in the near future.

When I get laid off there is no expectation that my job will come back.

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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by uptown on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @05:50PM (#10299989)
The term for that is furlough.
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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by blakeyrat on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @06:33PM (#10300278)
Companies like Boeing (who have boom and bust years) still use the term "laid off" like that. But they're also union jobs where you basically can't get fired, short of taking a piss in the coffeemaker. So the word "fired" is still fine for those employees "exceptional" enough to get permanently laid off.
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Re:Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices by jmadsen on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @08:13AM (#10303308)
that's exactly right - factories in town use to lay off workers seasonally, then call them back in later.

Can't put my finger on when exactly, but during one of our recessions they stopped getting called back, and then companies started to realize once the local union was busted they could hire new workers at a fraction of the price, and...here you are.

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