[Ads-l] exit our system = euphemism for to be fired

Barretts Mail mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jun 7 19:40:39 UTC 2018


Today, Market Watch (Tim Rostan, https://on.mktw.net/2JmZzLH <https://on.mktw.net/2JmZzLH>) cited Chris Kempczinski as using the expression “exit our system” to mean “be fired."

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“I recognize that change is difficult,” the company’s U.S. president, Chris Kempczinski, wrote in a memo reviewed by the Journal, “and that eliminating layers within our organization means some employees will ultimately exit our system.”
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Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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