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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Nobody: 2:32pm On Apr 29, 2020
None of them would ever be our portion IJN...Dis topic is actually scary at dis time.

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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Nobody: 2:33pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack Or fired without salary Could sometimes have some benefits do not collect two hundred
Lay off affected by economic Downturn often given with compensation
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by CasNova: 2:33pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack: You have been relieved of your job due to some circumstances.


Retrench: The company has no choice due to a circumstance it finds itself than to ask you to go.

Lay-off: has almost the same meaning as retrench.

Fire: Due to something of your fault, you are asked to leave the job.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by babtoundey(m): 2:34pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack, layoff, retrenchment, fire entail saying virtually the same thing in different manner, with different purpose and intent. All quiet means your service is no longer needed at the place of work.

Layoff or retrenchment- You get this when your service at that period in time is of little or no benefit to the company probably due to a sharp fall in demand which may necessitate a reduction in supply and cost of production. So when you are asked to go (laid off), you MIGHT still be called back provided the situation that warrants your retrenchment improves.

Sack/Fire - The situation that warrants this borders on the relationship between employers and the employee. If the relationship is no longer cordial, if there is some kind of strain between both parties, workers maybe sacked or fired. The reason for this entirely borders on inability of both parties to be able to sustain the trust other agreement between them. Workers that are sacked may not be called back, unless there is a renew of agreement between the affected parties.

I think I tried Small
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by tunatrezy(m): 2:34pm On Apr 29, 2020
all na go home. I talk father you say papa
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by NaijadrivaCars: 2:35pm On Apr 29, 2020
It is like methods of breaking off relationships.

Relationship 1: Baby, you are a nice person and you do not deserve me. Let us be apart.

Relationship 2: I need to be alone. I think its best for us.

Relationship 3: It is over between us.


Relationship 4. Get out. I am done with you.

Relationship 5: No calls, no vists, avoidance and the day you meet by mistake, "oh, I have been very busy, I traveled".
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by HembaqMbk: 2:41pm On Apr 29, 2020
Oblongata:
Since 2015?

@MODs, una sabi say enough people will be sacked in the name of ‘laid off’ because of this corona. It is well with us

I actually created this thread since 2015.... I have even forgotten the login password to the account. Surprised to see the thread up and going.....
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by GreatResearcher: 2:41pm On Apr 29, 2020
Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Let me learn
Fired= gross misconduct or you go against the organisation's rules

Lay off= this one make sense. Them dey tell you say Bros no work for you or rather your area when you for be specialist don finish. Oya dey go house. Bonus money dey follow this one

retrenchment: Bros dey go house but we fit still call you back make you resume work if everything good for us.

Then sack: this one na soft fired. But na the same thing with fired. Probably them don set up a disciplinary committee on top your head to check your gross misconduct before them conclude to tell you good bye

Bros op i don try. You owe me some bottles and weed.



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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by dangoteinlaw: 2:44pm On Apr 29, 2020
In Nigeria "let me call you back" means fuvk off and don't call again, only engineers and architects can relate.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Ladycewhy(f): 2:44pm On Apr 29, 2020
2015 thread undecided
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Nobody: 2:48pm On Apr 29, 2020
Lemme quickly Google it, and come back with the answers and come back to form intelligent. grin

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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Nobody: 2:51pm On Apr 29, 2020
touch my life or insult me, but the truth is I am hungry and I am an ulcer patient too, I cant steal because u will still condemn me, pls help your daughter with 1000 for survival.
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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by ElonMosque(m): 2:58pm On Apr 29, 2020
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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by sundayoluwatimi(m): 2:59pm On Apr 29, 2020
Dictionary says:

Retrench: To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.

Fire: To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).

Sack: To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

Lay off: To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a severance package.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Investnow2017: 3:00pm On Apr 29, 2020
WeedSeller:
Quite some similarities between all of them but to my knowledge-

Being laid off could be temporary or permanent. Most cases it's always permanent. Likely no one is replacing your post. Sounds like an organization or company not having enough resources to maintain the workers.
It has similar feature to being retrenched.


Being Sacked and being Fired both projects the similar meaning.
"Fired" could be said to be more less empathic tho.



They all just have different contexts in which they are used. Inshort the reasons behind it's usage dictates which one of them is used.

The differences lie in how you are perceived going forward. Let me explain.

Laid Off/Retrenchment: you are being asked to go not necessarily due to any fault of your own, your going is circumstantial, likely your services have become redundant. In this case you can proudly use your former firm as a referral while applying for another job.

Sacked/Fired: your going was more of your fault. You have committed an offence, breached your contractual agreement and so you deserve to go. It's difficult here to use your former firm as a referral, infact in your updated CV you might not even want to mention that you had ever worked in that firm because the question of how you exited would be probed, which may not put you in a favourable light except it is generally known you had been there. Even then the interview committee would be interested in what led to your exit. Not so good to be at this spot. Again it depends on the skill you are selling some organizations on the competitive chain might not bother having you over so long as they believe you can make a significant difference.

However, sack or being fired is not good. That is why many would rather resign than to have a sack letter or wait to be fired. If your case is for instance controversial and you belong to a higher echelon, you are simply ADVISED to resign.
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Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Jfkito: 3:06pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack: Applies to when act of commission and omission is committed by an employee and series of warnings and queries are issued without any improvement in the conduct of the employees. If it gross misconduct, the employee may not be entitled to any benefit.
Fire is often intertwined with sack but employee could be fired due to low productivity and output as a result of lack of skills on the role.
Retrenchment: This affects group of employees not restricted to individual as a result of the organization lack financial muscle to operate. It also known as downsizing and layoff. Example is what employees will face as a resultant effect of covid-19.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by donjancd19(m): 3:06pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack =An act of removing someone from his/her job,maybe because of mismanagement or misconduct.

Fire= Termination of someone's job against the will of the employee from the employer.

Lay-off= Is the temporary or permanent termination of someone's job.(this has to do with mass sacking/firing because there is no job for the employees to do.)

Retirement=A period in someone's life after they have stopped working because of having reached a particular age.


Meanwhile,all of them are the same except Retirement.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by preselect(m): 3:09pm On Apr 29, 2020
either way, whether or "whethernt" you don dey jobless be that
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Nobody: 3:17pm On Apr 29, 2020
they're simply telling you to COME AND BE GOING!


...save the semantics.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Mrmooh(m): 3:22pm On Apr 29, 2020
Mbkite:
I need someone to give a good explanation to these words; Sack, lay-off, retrenchment & fired with their differences.

The words have raised lots of arguments in our office.

Thanks.

SACK=dismiss from employment
LAY-OFF=give up or stop doing something
RETRENCHMENT= a situation in which someone loses their job because their employer does not need them
FIRED=dismiss (an employee) from a job
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by germaphobe(m): 3:23pm On Apr 29, 2020
ghostwritter:
There isn't any difference I can see apart from the spellings. undecided
SO you're still on nairaland, nawah undecided
ghostwritter:
There isn't any difference I can see apart from the spellings. undecided
SO you're still on nairaland, nawah
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Karleb(m): 3:29pm On Apr 29, 2020
They are just nicer words to express the same thing.

Sack is sack!

Euphemism comes to mind.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Karleb(m): 3:30pm On Apr 29, 2020
Mrmooh:


SACK=dismiss from employment
LAY-OFF=give up or stop doing something
RETRENCHMENT= a situation in which someone loses their job because their employer does not need them
FIRED=dismiss (an employee) from a job

At the end of these grammars an employee is losing the job.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Dangrace01: 3:34pm On Apr 29, 2020
room089:
I no even know the one wey dey do me now: I get work dey say make I stay home. Salary sef I no see; dem say I no do any work. shey I tell dem say I no wan work? no be dem use dia church mind say make I stay for house, I tell dem say to stay house been dey hungry me? why e con dey hard dem to pay me now?


dis one na fire, sack, retrenchment, abi na lay-off I go call am?

It's well grin
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Jeboy(m): 3:46pm On Apr 29, 2020
Most deceitful companies have even up their game especially when they want to lay you off or retrench which should come with benefits.
The HR will stylishly intimidate you by telling you to resign rather than face lay off that may affect your career history.
Not that they really want to protect your professional experience but just want to have an easy way out of not paying you the benefits you are entitled to.
If you didnt commit any misconduct to warrant sack or fire please dont buy in to the idea of self resignation often suggested by these errants HR because the motive is to deny you of your exit benefit attached with retrenchment or lay off. Stay woke.
Note: This applies to jobs with benefits for retrenching or laying off their staff
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by Etiyeokwe: 3:46pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack and fire = gross misconduct committed. The consequence upon which you may never secure a job in a reputable company. No pay off.


Lay off and retrenchment = no offence committed. Company maybe in distress. Some money can be paid to encourage you.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by mechanics(m): 3:47pm On Apr 29, 2020
Sack has no pension and gratuity, but the others have, nothing like fire.
Re: Differences Between: Sack, Lay-off, Retrenchment And Fire. by 7abibi(m): 3:49pm On Apr 29, 2020
Ilefoaye:
hmm
your monicker! Omoaiye! grin

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