Whatever You Do, Don't Say Layoffs
from the talking-your-way-around dept
If you think politicians are insane in the way they word bad news, have you looked at some company announcements lately? While companies have always had fun with the way they word everything, it's gone to new levels with the latest layoffs. Razorfish had "voluntary termination". Cisco went them one better with "involuntary attrition". No, I wasn't laid off. I was affected by an involuntary attrition.
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