outplacement
noun (outplacement, uncountable); business jargon
Everyday
- (euphemism, jargon) help paid by a company to workers it has fired, to find new jobs. tree →
- (euphemism) the firing itself, described politely. tree →
In the lessons
Companies use it when cutting jobs to sound caring; it focuses on the help, not on the sacking. Jargon register, all English-speaking countries.
Examples
- The company offered outplacement services to the laid-off staff. tree →
- Outplacement includes help writing CVs and practice interviews. tree →
- After the factory closed, workers got three months of outplacement. tree →
- «Outplacement» sounds nice, but it means you lost your job. tree →
- She works for an outplacement firm. tree →
- The letter said I'd been «selected for outplacement». tree →
Note
It is not «placing you outside»; it is job-hunting help after being fired. Plain words: help after being fired, being fired.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «outplacement» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «outplacement» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/outplacement/