Question of the Day #1102

Teachers being handed pink slips as summer arrives

From the headline of this article at WBRC.com.

  上記の文で、pink slipの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "pink slip" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米〉解雇通知

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated

 

Examples

• Management started issuing pink slips yesterday.
• The sales department has been told to pink-slip 20% of its staff.
• This forced many startups to close their doors—pushing thousands of employees out the door with a pink slip and stalling late-stage exit strategies. —Haresh Bhungalia, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• These are difficult conversations, but, if done correctly, professionally and with tact, their employees will not be so surprised when they are handed a pink slip. —Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
• Five months ago, Meta Platforms Inc. finished handing out the last of more than 20,000 pink slips to employees, part of a year-long effort to rein in costs and become more efficient. —Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023

   

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