In the US, “laid off” has a pretty substantially different meaning than “fired”. “Laid off” usually means that the company shut down a group of roles, and the

In the US, “laid off” has a pretty substantially different meaning than “fired”. “Laid off” usually means that the company shut down a group of roles, and the individuals happened to be in those roles and so lost their jobs. “Fired” usually means that the individual was intentionally let go because of behavior / competence / etc. of the individual, not the group.