staff reduction
Layoffs at work
Staff reduction is the elimination of positions within an organization, typically through layoffs, attrition, or buyouts.
The term is corporate jargon that softens the reality of people losing jobs: The company announced a staff reduction of 200 employees.
Also called downsizing, workforce reduction, or rightsizing.
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- terminationAct of ending something
walking papers · severance · golden parachute · workforce · unemployment · pink slip · pink slip party · restructuring · headcount · hiring freeze · outsourcing · attrition · early retirement · voluntary separation · firing · forced out · dismissal · consolidation
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, budget cuts
- decreasesdecline, drop, fall, decrease, lessening
- cost cuttingcost cutting, budgeting, budget, budget cuts, expenses
- Government Reformbudget reform, fiscal reform, government reform, policy reform, regulatory reform
- restructuringrestructuring, reorganization, consolidation, turnaround, Chapter 11
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
staff reductionhiring
Giving someone work
recruitment · hiring spree · talent acquisition · employment growth · onboarding
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