fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDyson conducts 'surprise' layoffs in Singapore, leaving employees in shock and in 'low morale' - CNAwww.channelnewsasia.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down10
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoI remember in the 80’s when they deliberately invented “layoffs” as a euphemism for “mass firings” because big business controls corporate news. Later, “layoffs” became “workforce reduction”. Then “WFR” to obfuscate it further. Now we’re back to layoffs and, apparently, “suprise layoffs”. HA. Good morning, you’re fired, box up your shit, worker. What an incompetent greedy company.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI mean, ultimately it’s the difference between receiving unemployment insurance and being SOL.
I remember in the 80’s when they deliberately invented “layoffs” as a euphemism for “mass firings” because big business controls corporate news.
Later, “layoffs” became “workforce reduction”. Then “WFR” to obfuscate it further. Now we’re back to layoffs and, apparently, “suprise layoffs”. HA.
Good morning, you’re fired, box up your shit, worker. What an incompetent greedy company.
I mean, ultimately it’s the difference between receiving unemployment insurance and being SOL.
That’s true.