rif
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big, northern, unsettled
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noun
Initialism of reduction in force.
According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical workers — those making between about $20,000 and $37,000 a year.
A lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress.
Initialism of risk influencing factor.
Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed.
We study helicopter risk by means of the risk influencing model, so the effect of changes is related directly to the RIFs in the model.
Initialism of rock-inhabiting fungi.
Although very common, RIF have often been overlooked due to their small size, their slow growth and the lack of diagnostic features.
Among RIF, we chose Penicillium spinulosum and black yeast (BY) that resist chemical attack and anti-microbial treatments[.]
verb
To lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process.
Federal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months.
verb
Alternative letter-case form of RIF.
This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.
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6According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical worker
WiktionaryA lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress.
WiktionaryThe legislators who represented many federal employees, and those on authorizing committees who were sympathetic with the goals of programs they supervised, had reacted with frustration to the RIFs of
WiktionaryOur own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process.
WiktionaryFederal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months.
WiktionaryDespite my exemplary service, I got RIFed.” Ginger cringed at the raw sarcasm in his voice, but wanted clarification. “Riffed?” “Reduction in force. Let go, laid off, whatever fits.”
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