YET: BUSINESS ENGLISH - to fire / to lay off
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to fire / to lay off

Business Verb
UPDATED: 7 DEC 22
Verb:  Business English
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Used incorrectly.
Confuses the listener.
​Gives the wrong information.

You don't want to be “fired” or laid off from a job.
Verb to be + to fire (fired)
Verb to be + to lay off  (laid)
  • To lose your job because of incompetence or something you did wrong.
  • You lose your job because there is no work available.
EXAMPLES
  1. I fired John because he came to work drunk.

  2. My boss fired me yesterday because he said I was not doing a good job.  I am going to sue him.

  3. Jack got angry and called his supervisor an idiot.  He was fired on the spot.
  1. I was laid off last month, but I got another job the following week.

  2. During the 2008 economic crisis in the US, over 2,000,000 were laid off.
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  3. Mary had worked at JP Morgan for three years, when she got laid off.
to get fired
  1. He got fired yesterday for coming late to work. 

  2. If you are late to work a lot, you will get fired.

  3. Bill got fired because he argued with the Boss.
to get laid off
  1. Twitter laid off over 3,000 employees. 

  2. The factory closed and I got laid off.
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  3. The recession is coming!  We might get laid off this year.
What is the opposite of
"to fire" or "to lay off"?
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"to hire"