rif

Etymology

verb

  1. Alternative letter-case form of RIF
    This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner. 1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges, Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture, page 152
    If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis. 2003, Byron K. Simerson, Michael D. McCormick, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job
    People are being riffed at her company, too. 2014, Murray Farish, Inappropriate Behavior: Stories, page 151

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