Recession Lexicon

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Recession Lexicon: Propportunity

By Sara Clemence ⋅ 12:00 pm February 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

What you get when you look at a problem as a potential opportunity.

Recession Lexicon: Pre-Fired

By Sara Clemence ⋅ 2:20 pm January 31, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

We have plenty of synonyms for losing one’s job: laid off, fired, canned, made redundant, eliminated, dismissed, pink-slipped, discharged, and my personal favorite from a friend: “squirted out of the company.”

But new times demand new words, to describe concepts and situations we’ve never encountered before—like losing your job before you’ve even started it.

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