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A layoff generally means "business is slow, so we don't need you anymore" (its not you, its us), where firing for cause generally means "you're not performing u

A layoff generally means "business is slow, so we don't need you anymore" (its not you, its us), where firing for cause generally means "you're not performing up to minimum standards" (its not us, its you). In most places in the US, a layoff comes with state unemployment benefits, where as being fired does not. Most importantly, a layoff leaves other people with the feeling "that could have happened to me, I'd better start looking for new opportunities", where as a firing for cause generally allows one to think "that person was such a slacker, how did it take so long"...

pseudalopex 2y ago
> A layoff generally means "business is slow, so we don't need you anymore" (its not you, its us), where firing for cause generally means "you're not performing up to minimum standards" (its not us, its you). In most places in the US, a layoff comes with state unemployment benefits, where as being fired does not. Workers terminated for performance can collect unemployment benefits usually. The terms and meanings differ state to state and person to person.