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Re:Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online by wwfredrogersdo on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:54AM (#35328275)
Are you saying that when “laid off” began being used 30-40 years ago it implied you’d be rehired? Because that’s the claim being made above about the current meaning of the term.

Edit: Wikipedia agrees that this is a generational difference and the term laid off used to imply it was temporary. Today I learned…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff

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Re:Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online by reaperducer on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:57AM (#35328312)
That is correct.

"Laid off" meant you could collect unemployment for a while, and might be called back when conditions changed.

Like how coal miners would be "laid off" when the price of coal went down, but be called back when the price went back up.

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