reduction in force
Workforce downsizing event
A reduction in force is the elimination of jobs, typically by a company or government agency facing budget constraints or restructuring.
The term is bureaucratic euphemism for layoffs or firings—it emphasizes organizational necessity rather than individual termination.
Often abbreviated RIF, which has become a verb: She was riffed in the last round of cuts.
- RIFPlanned workforce elimination
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- pink slipEmployment termination notice
- walking papersInformal dismissal notice
- let goCease holding something
dismissal · downsizing · mass layoffs · corporate restructuring · redundancy · layoffs · job loss · firing · discharge · unemployment benefits · career transition · attrition · early retirement · termination · wrongful dismissal · constructive dismissal · outplacement · severance packages
reduction in forcehiring spree
Intensive period of employment
recruitment drive · staffing up · talent acquisition · employment growth · job creation
reduction in forceexpansion
Increase in scope
scaling up · business expansion · buildout · rapid growth · hypergrowth
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