Regular readers know we have of late been collecting silly and demeaning euphemisms that companies foist upon workers receiving layoff notices.
Two of the best were: “synergy-related headcount restructuring,” and “force management plan.”
Here’s another classic from reader Darin Bush:
“I worked in IT for Coca-Cola Enterprises in Atlanta for five years ending in 2005. During that year, they laid off about 300 of us technicians. I was called into a meeting with my manager and his boss. She looked at me across the table, and had the gall to say with a straight face (as Dave Barry says, I am not making this up): ‘You have been chosen to not be part of the go-forward team.’ “
Go team.
