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Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by thaumasiotes on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:37AM (#45732732)
> in British English "fired" implies "for cause", while a "blameless" process of headcount reduction is known as "redundancy"

OK. I was fired for no stated cause in a process that didn't involve headcount reduction, or the firing of anyone except me specifically. (The unstated cause seems to have been that I had been offered a perk by the manager who hired me that the new manager didn't want to honor after the original guy was promoted.)

How would you describe that, in British English?

Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by pjc50 on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @10:58AM (#45733718)
"Breach of contract"? "Sacked" would probably work colloquially.