In the span of a few months, one in five American autoworkers got a pink slip.
"They are one pink slip, one missed mortgage payment, one medical diagnosis away from falling through, " she said.
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Then came the first quarter of 2008, the market turbulence that washed out Bear Stearns--and a pink slip.
Rather than just hand out a severance package with the pink slip, Foley Hoag gave Dineen an option.
They're just one diagnosis, one pink slip, one missed mortgage payment away from falling through and losing everything.
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Then the dot-com bust hit, leaving Kurth with a pink slip and no idea what to do next.
The newest teachers get the pink slip, no matter how good they are.
Worse yet, some employees have had to train the overseas organizations that were taking over their roles, getting the pink slip upon completion.
In the two years since this recession began, too many members of our American family have felt the gut punch of a pink slip.
He said that "a couple of times" he has worried about being given a pink slip - in other words, worried about being sacked.
You could even attend a local pink slip party to get some instant face time with local recruiters and HR professionals who are looking for talent.
Americans were rightfully angry that some on Wall Street had caused a financial crisis that left many families with a pink slip instead of a pay cheque.
With a shrinking defense budget and a still uncertain economy, returning civilian-soldiers may find a pink slip waiting for them because of current downsizing and corporate cost-saving initiatives.
Did Arianna Huffington just give Arrington the pink slip?
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His answer to middle-class families who feel like they're standing on a trap door, just one pink slip or one medical diagnosis or one missed mortgage payment away from falling through and losing everything?
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Cruise lines and cruise-oriented travel companies are also jumping on board with pink-slip reassurance plans.
But not everyone is sharing in the stability with pockets of pink-slip pain despite the overall good news.
But faced with the resultant soul-searching, some recent pink-slip recipients are refusing to be casualties of the latest recession.
Workers fearing a possible pink-slip have boosted productivity and have allowed businesses to take on more business with less people.
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