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"Fired" usually implies discipline/performance issues with the employee - it's on them. "Laid off" usually means it was out of the employee's hands. People som
by katzgrau 10y ago
"Fired" usually implies discipline/performance issues with the employee - it's on them. "Laid off" usually means it was out of the employee's hands.
People sometimes use them interchangeably, but it's a courtesy to say "laid off" if someone is simply gone because of a budget cut/re-org/merger/acquisition.
- throwaway75757 10y agoFired can also be because of culture fit issues; it just means the employee had discipline/performance issues within that company's culture.
- theoh 10y agoA single dysfunctional manager can do the trick, also -- or a bad personality interaction with a manager.