Process by which a company notifies an employee that their job has eliminated or combined with existing functions due to the company facing adverse financial circumstances. A lay-off can be temporary or permanent.

裁員或下崗

雇員被公司告知由于公司的金融狀況不好，他們的職位已被裁撤或被現(xiàn)有的其他功能單位合并。裁員有可能是暫時(shí)的，也有可能是永久性的。

Downsizing

Process whereby a company reduces its'staff and/or operations through various actions such as early retirement, compensation packages, lay-offs, attrition, and firing. Can be short-term or long-term.

縮減規(guī)模

公司通過(guò)各種方式縮減員工和/或公司業(yè)務(wù)的行為。比如說(shuō)，讓員工提早退休，給予補(bǔ)償金，下崗分流，自動(dòng)離職或是解雇。此行為可能是短期的，也有可能是長(zhǎng)期的。

Firing

Process by which an employee is dismissed for various reasons, such as below-standard work quality, not following the company rules and regulations, theft, etc.

解雇

雇員因?yàn)楦魇礁鳂拥脑虮婚_(kāi)除。如工作質(zhì)量不達(dá)標(biāo)，違反公司規(guī)章，有偷竊行為等。

Quitting

Process by which an employee terminates employment voluntarily.

辭職

雇員主動(dòng)終止雇傭關(guān)系。

Putting in notice

Action by which an employee voluntarily notifies the appropriate company representative that he/she is leaving/quitting.

請(qǐng)辭

雇員主動(dòng)告知相關(guān)的公司代表他（她）將離開(kāi)或辭職。