All have cut back their part-time and temporary workers, who had only ever been promised a pay-cheque, not a job for life.

以上几家公司都削减了兼职及临时雇员，他们只有薪酬合同而没有终身工作合约。

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Knowingly, he had denied me the opportunity to write back with ready excuses, to enclose a cheque bloated with guilty zeros.

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He was then contacted by the sender of the cheque and asked if he could pay back the additional money as it had been a mistake.

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