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A P45 is the official document you receive when you leave employment (fired or not), it isn’t slang for anything though you may be threatened with a P45
by alexbilbie 8y ago
A P45 is the official document you receive when you leave employment (fired or not), it isn’t slang for anything though you may be threatened with a P45
- azhenley 8y ago"The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P45_(tax) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P45_(tax)
- kurtisc 8y agoYou seem to be telling someone who lives in London how British slang is used because you read about it a few minutes before on Wikipedia.
- quickthrower2 8y agoFellow Brit here. Born, bred and then f'd off elsewhere. I'd argue P45 is slang for being fired. Its slang because P45 has nothing directly to do with being fired. It is a tax document related to changing employment.
- kurtisc 8y agoSomething to do with acquiring a P45 as a noun, yes. P45 isn't itself a verb that means firing as I infer the OP to be saying.
- lewisflude 8y agoI agree (born and live in London). I've never heard P45 used as slang, maybe you could use "given a P45" to suggest someone was fired though.