Despite the win-win dialog we're having, maybe we should take it offline.
It's a type of obscurantism. It also sounds like a bunch of shibboleths, secret handshakes of the C level people.
Why do we accept terms like re-structuring, downsizing etc? Can't we just call it what it is: "Firing people?"
All downsizing involves firing people, but not all "firing people" involves downsizing.
True, people can abuse those terms for a doublespeak effect, but they have legitimate uses.
Yeah, and opium sometimes has legitimate uses in pain management.