A lay off involves removing, temporarily or permanently, an employee from a payroll due to economic conditions or production cutbacks, rather than poor performance or rule violations.
A soft landing refers to a situation in which an economy slows down but manages to avoid falling into a recession. This term was borrowed from astronautics in the late 1950s and originally described a safe moon landing.
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