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Re:Getting Fired Can Be Worse Than Divorce by slantaclaus on Thursday April 27, 2017 @06:12PM (#14215224)
There was a downsizing recently at my company and I remember getting scolded for using the term "fired" instead of "laid off" when talking about the people who were leaving the company. Apparently the terms are different enough to irk some people when mixed and matched.
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Re:Getting Fired Can Be Worse Than Divorce by katzgrau on Thursday April 27, 2017 @06:20PM (#14215275)
"Fired" usually implies discipline/performance issues with the employee - it's on them. "Laid off" usually means it was out of the employee's hands.

People sometimes use them interchangeably, but it's a courtesy to say "laid off" if someone is simply gone because of a budget cut/re-org/merger/acquisition.

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Re:Getting Fired Can Be Worse Than Divorce by throwaway75757 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:18PM (#14215668)
Fired can also be because of culture fit issues; it just means the employee had discipline/performance issues within that company's culture.
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Re:Getting Fired Can Be Worse Than Divorce by theoh on Thursday April 27, 2017 @08:22PM (#14215969)
A single dysfunctional manager can do the trick, also -- or a bad personality interaction with a manager.
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