to dismiss	to officially remove sb from their job
to be laid off	to be dismissed, usually for economic reasons
to be made redundant	to be no longer needed at work and therefore unemployed
blunt	(of a person or remark) very direct | saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite
to unveil	to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time
lump sum	amount of money that is paid at one time and not on separate occasions
garden leave	practice whereby an employee leaving a job – having resigned or otherwise had their employment terminated – is instructed to stay away from work during the notice period, while still remaining on the payroll. This practice is often used to prevent an employee from taking with them up-to-date (and perhaps sensitive) information when they leave their current employer, especially when they are very likely leaving to join a competitor
resilience	ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc
dire	very serious | (informal) bad
ghosting | simmering | icing	practice of suddenly ending all communication and avoiding contact with another person without any apparent warning or explanation and ignoring any subsequent attempts to communicate
shambolic	lacking order or organization, disorganised
auto-rejection	application rules based on an applicant's answer to a question, so that they will automatically be rejected as a potential candidate
back-stabbing	action of criticizing someone in a treacherous manner despite pretending friendship with them
horizontal scaling	refers to adding additional nodes
vertical scaling	describes adding more power to your current machines. For instance, if your server requires more processing power, vertical scaling would mean upgrading the CPUs. You can also vertically scale the memory, storage, or network speed