pink slip

Thân thiện

A manager hands an employee a pink slip in the office.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Official notice of termination from employment: A "pink slip" is an official document given to an employee to inform them that their job is being terminated. It is a colloquial term for a dismissal notice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • After the merger, hundreds of employees received a pink slip.
  • He was worried he would get the pink slip after the company's poor quarterly results.

Advanced Usage

• "to hand someone a pink slip": To formally dismiss someone from their job.
  • The new manager had to hand pink slips to several underperforming staff members.
• "to be pink-slipped": (Often used as a verb in passive voice) To be dismissed from one's job.
  • Many factory workers were pink-slipped when the plant automated its production.

Variants and Related Words

• Dismissal notice (n): A more formal term for an official document terminating employment.
• Termination letter (n): A formal document stating the end of employment.

Synonyms

• Notice of termination: The official communication ending employment.
• Walking papers: (Informal) A notice of dismissal.

Related Phrases

• "to get the ax": (Idiomatic) To be fired or dismissed from a job.
  • The entire department got the ax after the project failed.
• "to be laid off": To be dismissed from a job, typically for economic reasons rather than performance.
  • She was laid off when the company downsized.

Related Idioms

• "Pink slip party": (Informal, US) A social gathering for people who have recently lost their jobs.
  • After the round of layoffs, some colleagues organized a pink slip party for mutual support.

Học thuật

Noun

1. official notice that you have been fired from your job

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dismissal
• dismission