A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
Its fun, I dabbled with bevy and rust when I was panicking after my layoff. Too cumbersome for me to make games in alongside my job but something I absolutely will spend more time with
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(British, football) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
At tech companies that spent recent years expanding paid parental leave, parents have felt the whiplash of mass layoffs in an especially visceral way.
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My company just did a massive layoff, citing AI as the reason. I survived but my manager did not and it sounds like they want AI to be our new managers and I imagine it won’t be long until I am replaced. Very cool.
“Its fun, I dabbled with bevy and rust when I was panicking after my layoff. Too cumbersome for me to make games in alongside my job but something I absolutely will spend more time with”
“Impacted employees said the State Department was waiting to see whether Congress would include additional layoff protections in a recently passed spending bill that ended the DHS shutdown federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...”
“My company just did a massive layoff, citing AI as the reason. I survived but my manager did not and it sounds like they want AI to be our new managers and I imagine it won’t be long until I am replaced. Very cool.”
“You'll get less sore if you stay consistent. Ironically one or my motivators to go to the gym is that restarting after a layoff is kinda rough.”
“GHOLIZADEH OUT AT LECH? ❌ Ali Gholizadeh, one of the best players in the Ekstaklasa, will reportedly not sign a new contract with Lech Poznań after suffering an ACL injury that requires surgery and a long layoff. Talks over a new deal have now collapsed since his injury. #ESA”
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(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
Layoff means: A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
layoff means: A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
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