    involuntary termination is an employee's departure from a job at the hands of the employer. it's colloquially called being fired. there are two basic types of involuntary termination, known often as being "sacked" and "laid off." to be sacked, as opposed to being laid off, is generally thought of to be the employee's fault, and therefore is considered in most cases to be dishonorable and a sign of failure (compare dishonorable discharge). often, it may hinder the job-seeker's chances of finding new employment, particularly if he/she has been sacked from previous jobs. job-seekers sometimes do not mention jobs from which they were sacked on their rÃ©sumÃ©s; accordingly, unexplained gaps in employment, and refusal to contact previous employers are often regarded as "red flags". being successively fired from several jobs has the possibility of preventing jobseekers from obtaining gainful employment for a long time. ==dismissal==   dismissal is where the employer chooses to require the employee to leave, generally for a reason which is the fault of the employee. the most common colloquial term for dismissal in america is "getting fired" whereas in britain the term "getting the sack" or "getting sacked" is also used. ==layoff==  a less severe form of involuntary termination is often referred to as a layoff (also redundancy or being made redundant in british english). a layoff is usually not strictly related to personal performance, but instead due to economic cycles or the company's need to restructure itself, the firm itself going out of business or a change in the function of the employer (for example, a certain type of product or service is no longer offered by the company and therefore jobs related to that product or service are no longer needed). one type of layoff is the aggressive layoff; in such a situation, the employee is laid off, but not replaced as the job is eliminated. in an economy based on at-will employment, such as that of the united states, a large proportion of workers may be laid off at some time in their life, and often for reasons unrelated to performance or ethics.{{citation n
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