リストラ

会議の席で常務は、開口一番何を言ったと思う。大規模なリストラ計画を発表したんだよな。

Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.

リストラされた彼は心機一転、自宅を拠点にＳＯＨＯビジネスを始めた。

After getting downsized he started off on a clean slate and started a business working out of a home office.