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career-change opportunity noun. A euphemism for being laid off. Companies are becoming quite creative at coining these euphemisms. Other examples include involuntary separation from payroll, decruitment, repositioning, reshaping, and focused reduction.

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Business - Layoffs and Firings
Language - Euphemisms

Posted on September 6, 1996 at 8:25 AM


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