rightsizings
Corporate workforce cuts
Rightsizings is the plural of rightsizing, a corporate euphemism for layoffs or workforce reductions.
The term frames job cuts as bringing a company to its appropriate size rather than simply eliminating positions: The company announced three rounds of rightsizings over eighteen months.
The word carries the same evasive quality as downsizing, presenting firings as rational optimization.
Planned workforce reductions
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- restructuringsSystematic organizational overhauls
- reorganizationsSystematic structural changes
- staff cutsReducing employee numbers
terminations · redundancies · streamlinings · consolidations · severance · outplacements · early retirements · hiring freezes
Acts of repositioning correctly
- restructuringsSystematic organizational overhauls
- reconfigurationsActs of arranging anew
- structural reformsFundamental changes to institutions
Economic decline periods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- budget cutsPlanned spending reductions
- austerity measuresPolicies reducing government spending
- economic downturnsPeriods of declining prosperity
downsizings
Planned workforce reductions
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- restructuringsSystematic organizational overhauls
- reorganizationsSystematic structural changes
staff cuts · terminations · redundancies · streamlinings · consolidations · severance · outplacements · early retirements · hiring freezes
realignments
Acts of repositioning correctly
- restructuringsSystematic organizational overhauls
- reconfigurationsActs of arranging anew
- structural reformsFundamental changes to institutions
recessions
Economic decline periods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- budget cutsPlanned spending reductions
- austerity measuresPolicies reducing government spending
rightsizingsstaffing up
Increasing employee numbers
buildups · expansions · recruitment drives · recruitment campaigns