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The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal Name the Layoff contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume Revision Days, Amway Opportunity Time, and Corporation Lite.

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Dale Dauten
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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