You get laid off.

你被解雇了。

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'The first question was,' When did you get laid off? '?

第一个问题是，你是什么时候被裁员的？

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In the unfortunate case that you get laid off, do you think you would be more happy having started a business on the side or having spent your energy desperately clinging to your job?

在你倒霉被炒解雇的情况下，你觉得那样你能更高兴地开展你的业务还是已经花了很大精力适应你的工作？

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You may get severance pay when you quit your job, are laid off or fired.

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And I would say people should check out opportunity.gov which has a number of -- lots of information about how to get training when you're laid off, particularly if you're a blue-collar worker and you can't afford it.

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And then with the recession coming in, that added more debt, because what happens is you get less tax revenue, businesses have fewer sales, folks may have been laid off.

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