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0 pointsnowherebeen4y ago0 comments

Fired means you did something wrong. Let go means you were let go of your job through no fault of your own.

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nvrspyx4y ago· 1 in thread

Wouldn't the latter be layoff? I feel like let go can be used for either; a more polite way of saying "fired" or an alternative to "laid off".

nowherebeenOP4y ago

It's an alternative to laid off I think. When I think of let go, I think more contract work or temp workers. They were let go, but they weren't laid off since they weren't permanent employees to begin with.

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