pink-slipped

pink-slipped

Terminated from one's employment. Half the company is getting pink-slipped in a desperate measure by upper management to save the business. I just found out I'm being pink-slipped at the end of the month.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pink-slipped

mod. fired; dismissed from employment. I guess I’ve done it. I’m pink-slipped.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • shrink it and pink it
  • (one's) day in court
  • (from) top to toe
  • pink
  • (one's) jig is up
  • get (one's) pink slip
  • garden leave
  • gardening leave
  • in the pink of condition
  • in the pink of health
References in periodicals archive
site Dr.Koop.com pink-slipped a third of its workforce and Medscape and Healtheon/WebMD stock traded at 52-week lows.
Road Kill
But this month, the first of an expected 160 workers, mostly technicians and production personnel, were pink-slipped. Record admits it aims to reduce programming costs by 20%.
Brazil's Record reels in 1999