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0 pointsnemo44x3y ago0 comments

The question I asked is why is the word “impacted” suddenly being used everywhere when it never has been for these types events before. It’s so pervasive that you and another commentator just assumed it’s typically used (it never has been until recently) and you overlooked the actual question and decides to explain an obvious thing.

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iLoveOncall3y ago

Re-read the post.

It clearly says "we are going to reduce the team size, which will impact 28% of the people".

It's not just saying "We are restructuring and 28% of people will be impacted", it clearly says that they will lose their job.

People answer you off the mark (according to you) because your question is nonsense to begin with.

nemo44xOP3y ago

It clearly says this:

> This decision will impact 28% of the Prisma team, and those affected have already been notified via personal and work email.

Do you see the English word “impact”? The word “impacted” comes from this. This has been used over and over in this context by many companies and people. So my question was why has this word suddenly come into vogue for this type of event? Why not layoff or w/e was always used?

Do you have an answer to that?

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