rif
rif — 名詞
1. an occasion when a company, organization, or government agency dismisses several
裁員
公司裁減人員的行動
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.
合併之後，該公司宣布裁員，行銷部門裁減了三百個職位。
RIF + cut + [number] + jobs — typical business pattern
When managers started discussing a possible RIF, Sofia began updating her CV.
主管們開始討論可能裁員時，Sofia 就開始更新她的履歷表了。
The city government's RIF cut forty administrative jobs to balance the budget this year.
市政府今年裁員四十個行政職位，以平衡預算。
A company-wide RIF last November meant Bao received extra money when he was let go.
去年十一月那波全公司裁員，Bao 被資遣時拿到了一筆額外補助。
Union leaders negotiated to reduce the planned RIF from two hundred jobs to eighty.
工會領袖與資方協商，將原訂裁員人數從兩百人減少到八十人。
- 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.