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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:22 am Post subject: last hired, first fired |
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----I hear that the company is downsizing.
---Oh, if it is last hired, first fired, i would be gone soon.
What does "last hired, first fired" mean? Is it a fixed idiom?
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Christine123
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| It has to do with seniority in a workplace. The last person who was hired to a company has the least amount of seniority, therefore, if a company needs to let someone go, or fire them, the last person who was hired to the company is the first one to be fired. |
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: thanks indeed |
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Bob S.
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Also known as the "elevator rule": last in, first out.
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