一直以來，入職大公司是不少人志願，始終人工高、福利好，實力雄厚，工作理應較安隱。
但到昨天，作為上市公司的國泰宣佈裁員600人，打工仔才如夢初醒，驚覺每當大公司業經營不善，接踵而來的就是裁員，這幾乎是大-企-業的指定動作。
任公司說過員工有多重要，最後還是要說出［艱難］決定：因要精簡人手或重組架構，達至轉虧為盈，公司逼於無奈裁員 。
英文點講好？
講開福利，即人工以外得到的額外東西，英文可以叫perks或者fringe benefits，例如醫療津貼，穿梭巴士接送、生日假等等。
e.g. High-ranking government officials enjoy the many perks their jobs offer, including housing and car benefits.
聽到裁員真係嚇到標冷汗（broke out in a cold sweat），最慘係英文同中文一樣，有好多關於「炒魷」嘅講法：
- I was laid off.
- I got the sack.
- I got the axe.
- The company slashed 600 jobs.
- The company laid off 600 back-bench staff.（後勤員工）
- The company fired 600 frontline staff.（前線員工）
- The company dismissed 600 staff.
- The company cut 600 staff without providing severance pay.（遣散費）
- The company is about to chop 600 head-office jobs.
And the list goes on……問您死未！
講到盈利同虧損，自不然想到紅色和黑色，中國人認為紅色吉利，但當業績見紅，西方人一定唔多高興，因為 in the red是指錄虧損；in the black先至係好野黎嘅，係盈利嘅意思，一啲都唔黑仔。轉虧為盈可說成 get out of the red / back in the black
e.g. The property boom put our company in the red some time ago. This year, fortunately, we are back in the black.
最後，當你聽到公司講話要精簡人手（downsize）或者重組架構（reshuffle），就知道唔方好野。
e.g. The company has been downsizing due to economic recession.
e.g. A major reshuffle of management results in senior redundancies.