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Sometimes it's not for the company but for the person who was laid off.

To mean that the person was laid off but it wasn't their fault. It's their position that was impacted. Somehow.

Result the same but sentiment might be dulled a little. Not blaming the person but blaming external conditions that resulted in someone being made redundant.




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