short-timers
Nearly done employees
Short-timers are people nearing the end of a fixed period—soldiers close to discharge, employees about to retire, prisoners approaching release.
The term often implies diminished motivation or investment: The short-timers were just coasting until their contracts ended.
Someone with short-timer's syndrome has mentally checked out before officially leaving.
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- noticeBecome aware of
- transitionChange from one state
- handoverTransfer of control
- lame-duckOutgoing officeholder awaiting successor
departure · successor · turnover · disengagement · checkout · offboarding · replacement · farewell
Withdrawal from involvement
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- coastingMoving without active effort
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
detachment · slacking · withdrawal · indifference · carelessness · complacency · laziness · absenteeism
Turning on an axis
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- ETSTesting service acronym
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
wake-up · calendar · Vietnam · conscript · enlistment · separation · demob · homecoming
resignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- noticeBecome aware of
- transitionChange from one state
- handoverTransfer of control
lame-duck · departure · successor · turnover · disengagement · checkout · offboarding · replacement · farewell · quitting
disengagement
Withdrawal from involvement
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- coastingMoving without active effort
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
distraction · detachment · slacking · withdrawal · indifference · carelessness · complacency · laziness · absenteeism · clock-watching
rotation
Turning on an axis
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- ETSTesting service acronym
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
tour · wake-up · calendar · Vietnam · conscript · enlistment · separation · demob · homecoming · countdown
- prisonersprisoners, inmates, convicts, felons, jailbirds
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, stand-in
short-timerslifers
Those serving until death
career soldiers · permanent staff · old-timers · veterans · long-haulers
short-timerslifers
Those serving until death
true believers · company men · institutionalized · die-hards · loyalists
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