pink slip
Job dismissal document
A pink slip is a notice of termination from employment: He got his pink slip on Friday.
The term comes from the color of paper historically used for dismissal notices.
To pink-slip someone is to fire them.
The phrase often appears in discussions of layoffs and job insecurity: Thousands of workers received pink slips when the plant closed.
Termination without cause
- terminationAct of ending something
- dismissalRemoval from position
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
redundancy · discharge · furlough · outplacement · sacking · let go · workforce reduction · job cut
Being without paid work
- job searchSeeking paid employment
- severance packageCompensation upon job termination
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- COBRAInterim health coverage law
résumé · networking · career change · job market · interviews · references · LinkedIn · recruiter
Brief internal message
- letterWritten symbol or message
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- HR meetingScheduled talk with staff department
- notificationFormal notice given
Surprised by unforeseen impact
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
gut punch · floored · reeling · speechless · crushed · shell-shocked · heartbroken · panic
layoff
Termination without cause
- terminationAct of ending something
- dismissalRemoval from position
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
downsizing · redundancy · discharge · furlough · outplacement · sacking · let go · workforce reduction · job cut · retrenchment
unemployment
Being without paid work
- job searchSeeking paid employment
- severance packageCompensation upon job termination
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
COBRA · résumé · networking · career change · job market · interviews · references · LinkedIn · recruiter · pivot
memo
Brief internal message
- letterWritten symbol or message
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- HR meetingScheduled talk with staff department
notification · paperwork · official document · email · called in
blindsided
Surprised by unforeseen impact
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
dismay · gut punch · floored · reeling · speechless · crushed · shell-shocked · heartbroken · panic · dread
- Offboardingexit interview, final paycheck, termination letter, resignation letter, severance package
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, unemployment, tough times
- work idiomsburning out, rat race, climb the ladder, glass ceiling, golden handshake
pink slipjob offer
Formal employment invitation
offer letter · employment contract · onboarding · signing bonus · welcome aboard
pink slipjob security
Protected employment status
tenure · lifetime employment · job protection · permanent contract · union protection
pink slippromotion
Rank increase or publicity
advancement · raise · bonus · corner office · career milestone
slip, pink, slipping, pinkie, pinky, slips, pinkish, slipped, pinkness