Sentence examples for they laid off from inspiring English sources

"They laid off journalists.

They laid off 20 drivers.

"Last week they laid off four fitters.

They laid off all the clerks on the railroad.

"On Friday they laid off three laborers," Mr. Colon said.

They laid off more than half of the staff and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

If their companies can afford these salaries, why are they laying off thousands of people every week?

In 2009 Microsoft, Intel, Ernst & Young, and Goldman Sachs have all increased their hiring abroad for U.S. job openings, even as they laid-off thousands at home.

When they are laid off, "they have much less anger, much less disappointment," he said.

"If they get laid off, they come back, and we'll go back through the process all over again".

"These guys working on the rigs, they get laid off, then they work, then they get laid off.