Showing posts with label Job Demise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Job Demise. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Demised: HSBC's new euphemism for sacking people
The bank is getting rid of more than 3,000 jobs, and it doesn't even have the decency to use plain English
Guardian
Guardian
Age: Old. Derived from the Latin mittere, via the Middle French demise.
Appearance: A P45, a pink slip or an empty desk.
AKA: Surplussed, furloughed, unassigned, retrenched, realigned, dehired.
Demised is a euphemism then? Yes. For fired.
Who's been using it? HSBC.
Appearance: A P45, a pink slip or an empty desk.
AKA: Surplussed, furloughed, unassigned, retrenched, realigned, dehired.
Demised is a euphemism then? Yes. For fired.
Who's been using it? HSBC.
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