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Or, one of the recent layoff announcements recently (forget which), that said it was "reducing X number of roles." No, you are firing people, not "reducing rol
by tlavoie 4y ago
Or, one of the recent layoff announcements recently (forget which), that said it was "reducing X number of roles."
No, you are firing people, not "reducing roles."
- tylerhou 4y agoThe first line of the (also automated) email I got from Google notifying that I was laid off was > We have some difficult news to share. We are reducing our workforce and are very sorry to tell you that your role is impacted and we no longer have a job for you at Google.
- dboreham 4y agoThere's a legal aspect to this under US labor law: if you "eliminate the role" it's different than if you fire the employee. The employee is fine, just their role no longer exists, for <reasons>.
- tlavoie 4y agoThat is a useful point, though I think it means that the wording difference does double duty. There is the legal aspect you mention, and the public relations improvement of papering over the human problems that arise when, "roles are impacted."