跨国IT公司“大裁员”

A shadow of a man using his mobile phone is cast near Microsoft logo at the 2014 Computex exhibition in Taipei in this June 4, 2014 file photo.[Photo/Agencies]

Cisco Systems has announced a plan for global job cuts, while thousands of Microsoft employees in China are trying to negotiate a deal for better compensation following layoffs.

思科公司宣布全球裁员计划，而数千名微软中国区的员工正在努力协商出更好的裁员赔偿方案。

“裁员”或者“裁减工作岗位”都可用job cuts或layoff来表示，动词形式就是to cut jobs或者to lay someone off;在英国，则多用redundancy表示，比如，Thousands of bank employees are facing redundancy as their employers cut costs. (银行削减成本，数千名银行职工面临裁员。)那么被裁的员工拿到的“裁员补偿”就是layoff compensation或者redundancy payments。

裁员过程中，劳资纠纷(labor dispute)自然不可避免。目前，微软裁员岗位大部分涉及今年刚刚收购的诺基亚员工，而双方对裁员补偿标准不能达成一致。据悉，微软要求被裁的诺基亚员工在8月22日签署“协商离职协议”(Severance Agreement)，否则微软将单方面强制裁员。