sackings
Jobs abruptly ended
Sackings is the plural of sacking, which means firing or dismissal from employment.
The term comes from the British slang sack, meaning to terminate someone's job: The company announced mass sackings after the merger.
In British English especially, to get the sack is to be fired, making sackings the corresponding noun for multiple dismissals.
Mass job eliminations
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- terminationsActs of bringing closure
- firingsTerminations of employment
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
severance · pink slips · ousting · discharge · workforce reduction · restructuring · downsizing · retrenchment
Theft during disorder
- pillagingForcible theft during conflict
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- spoilsSeized war gains
booty · marauding · despoiling · depredation · plunder · conquest · invasion · siege
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- terminationsActs of bringing closure
- firingsTerminations of employment
redundancies · severance · pink slips · ousting · discharge · workforce reduction · restructuring · downsizing · retrenchment · outplacement
looting
Theft during disorder
- pillagingForcible theft during conflict
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
spoils · booty · marauding · despoiling · depredation · plunder · conquest · invasion · siege · occupation
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
sackingshirings
Acts of employing people
recruitments · hires · appointments · engagements · onboardings
sackingsretentions
Acts of keeping possession
reinstatements · rehirings · promotions · confirmations · job security
- sacking outFalling asleep casually