Bankruptcy: The differences between bankruptcy and an IVA
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“We’re gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs. We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get…”
Recently UK unemployment reached its highest level for 17 years. The figures – 2.57m jobless – made for grim reading.
And this week we registered our alarm at redundancy figures released by the Office of National Statistics (see yesterday’s post on the subject).
In light of current events we’ve been following answers submitted by the public to “What are the most creative euphemisms for layoffs?” on the social network Quora. It’s made for blackly comic reading.
Given that one of the MoneyAware team was once made redundant due to “headcount realignment” (no joke) we thought we’d list 25 other euphemisms used to try to soften the blow of redundancy (a euphemism in itself when you think about it).
“Stating the bleeding obvious” would be more appropriate…
If you’re suffering after losing your job get in touch with us for debt help or read our redundancy guide. We’re dedicated to helping you in plain English without resorting to buzzwords.
Thanks to Quora submitters Gerard F Corbett, Lisa Kryger, Jann Van Hamersveld, John Bauer, Jeremiah Owyang, Andrew Walker, Mike Barnard, Paul Duncan, Lorna Hughes, Martijn Sjoorda, John Gillis, Pia Simeoni, Mike Moradi, Tracey Bryan, Jeffrey Hammond, Mark Hughes, Marcus Geduld, Amory Kelie, Mark Harrison, Ian McAllister, Garrick Saito, George André and Bill Petro.Posted by Peer in Living with debt
11 Nov 2011
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