rif
rif — noun
1. an occasion when a company, organization, or government agency dismisses several
an occasion when a company, organization, or government agency dismisses several employees at once because it no longer needs them or cannot afford to keep them — used especially in official or formal announcements about mass layoffs.
After the merger, the company announced a RIF that cut 300 jobs in the marketing department.
RIF + cut + [number] + jobs — typical business pattern
When managers started discussing a possible RIF, Sofia began updating her CV.
The city government's RIF cut forty administrative jobs to balance the budget this year.
A company-wide RIF last November meant Bao received extra money when he was let go.
Union leaders negotiated to reduce the planned RIF from two hundred jobs to eighty.
- layoff
more general term; can be temporary or permanent, while RIF usually implies permanent dismissal
- downsizing
focuses on making the organization smaller; may include attrition and voluntary departures, not just dismissals
- redundancy
British English term; RIF is primarily American
- hiring
the opposite action of adding employees
- recruitment
the process of finding new staff
文法句型
announce/implement/survive + a RIF
RIF + of + [number] + employees
用法筆記
Often capitalized as RIF in writing. The full phrase 'reduction in force' is typically used in formal legal or policy documents; the abbreviation RIF appears in internal memos, news reports, and management discussions.