Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: laid off

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Usage examples:

About seven million people in textile and textile-related industries in Pakistan have been laid off due to dwindling exports and the governments failure to end the economic crisis, associations claimed.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/7-million-people-laid-off-in-pak-textile-industry/

A former account director for a holding company agency, who was laid off in early March due to financial trimming, said she was making $150,000 a year and…

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/fc50bc2231e3c1de?ref=ff

After announcing a plan to slash nearly 7,000 jobs, Disney is reportedly instructing managers to propose budget cuts and put together lists of employees to be laid off in the coming weeks.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/c4b3113c06011992?ref=ff

After the unprecedented strike began on Friday, Ford laid off 600 workers who assemble cars at a plant in Michigan.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/business/09/uaw-strike-enters-fourth-day-amid-negotiations-with-general-motors-ford-stellantis/

A Google spokesperson confirmed the Chocolate Factory laid off some employees belonging to a team in charge of consumer complaints, though declined to give an exact number.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/0efae05c93da0dc2?ref=ff

A level two software engineer and a partner engineer from Slack posted on social media network LinkesIn about getting laid off.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/salesforce-layoffs-appear-to-hit-slack-mulesoft-tableau

Amid fundraising struggles, Williamson laid off her staff nationwidesuspended her campaign in the weeks before 2020's leadoff Iowa caucus, saying she didn't want to "get in the way of a progressive candidate winning.”

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/world-news/marianne-williamson-opens-long-shot-2024-challenge-to-biden-6648875

Among other factors, Spiro cited the possibility that potential jurors drawn from the San Francisco Bay Area may have been recently laid off at Twitter or may know someone who lost their job after Musk’s takeover.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/01/12/musks-plea-move-tesla-trial-texas-mocked-lawyers-himself-blame-knack-attracting-negative-coverage/

Among the tech companies that cut jobs last year including Meta, which laid off 11,000 workers; Lyft cut its staff its staff; Salesforce let more than 1,200 go.

Source: https://vator.tv/news/2023-04-07-bloodbath-over-100000-tech-workers-were-laid-off-in-q1

At over 600 companies that had laid off workers, the year-over-year attrition rate for DEI professionals has been higher than for non-DEI workers.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/18/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-jobs-chopping-block/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

At Yellow’s Oak Creek terminal, 85 employees were laid off.

Source: https://biztimes.com/following-yellows-bankruptcy-85-oak-creek-employees-are-out-of-work/

Back in September, Epic Games announced that it had laid off 16% of its staff, with more than 800 employees losing their jobs.

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/epic-games-store-egs-makes-no-money/

Besse initially claimed she was wrongfully laid off and that her employer owed her $5,000 in unpaid wages and severance pay.

Source: https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/hashtag-trending-jan-16-class-action-filed-against-stability-ai-spy-software-reveals-time-theft-chinese-bank-offers-pfizer-vaccine/522125

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video app TikTok, has laid off hundreds of employees across multiple departments at the end of 2022 as part of a cost-cutting measure, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/tiktok-owner-bytedance-cuts-hundreds-jobs-china-scmp-3180416?cid=cna_flip_070214

ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, laid off hundreds of workers in China at the end of 2022 to streamline operations, according to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/01/tiktok-parent-bytedance-reportedly-cut-hundreds-of-workers-in-china/

China-owned internet firms Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings laid off nearly 10,000 workers in 2022.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/01/tiktok-parent-bytedance-reportedly-cut-hundreds-of-workers-in-china/

ComicBook.com has confirmed at least 15 people were laid off from Wizards of the Coast.

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/wizards-of-the-coast-layoffs-hasbro-dungeons-dragons-magic-the-gathering/

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes, which have lasted for nearly four weeks.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5543657/detroit-automakers-and-union-leaders-spar-over-4800-layoffs-at-non-striking-factories/

Dozens of CNN employees were laid off, and some major producers and anchors left.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/don-lemon-cnn.html