E-Verse Ways to Say You’ve Been Fired (in Case Anyone Asks)

By Ernest Hilbert • December 16, 2008 • E-Verse Universe

Dehired
Negative employee retention
Assigned to a mobility pool
Surplussed
Furloughed
Initiated a Career Alternative Enhancement Program
Fired
Downsized
Laid Off
Made redundant
Uninstalled
Shit-canned (or just canned)
Rightsized
Pink-slipped
Let go
Involuntarily separated
Offered early retirement
Restructured
Streamlined
Workforce imbalance correction