Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’::Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job, but the way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever.
So employees are also not “quiet quiting” but “optimizing effort/reward strategies”.
Nobody is “working somewhere else” but just “geographically re-engaging opportunities”.
I had a (wonderful) colleague who would call a big fuck up an “opportunity for excellence”.
I’ve always heard that “they’re pursuing other opportunities.”