laid-off worker
Recently let go
A laid-off worker is someone who has lost their job due to business conditions rather than personal performance—company downsizing, budget cuts, or elimination of their position.
The term distinguishes from being fired for cause: The factory closed and left five hundred laid-off workers in the community.
Laid-off workers may receive severance pay and unemployment benefits.
- unemployedWithout a job
- job lossInvoluntary departure from work
- downsizedReduced in scale
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
severance · severance package · pink slip · final paycheck · jobless · terminated · last day · furloughed · paycheck · benefits · resume · interview · career change · unemployment · unemployment office · factory · cubicle · office
- Former Rolesex-president, ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend
- job candidatesapplicant, job candidate, job seeker, candidate, interviewee