Quiz: "parachute" or "gardening"?
16.03.2010
The correct answer is: gardening
"Phil's on gardening leave. That's just a nice way of saying he's been fired!"
If someone is put on "gardening leave", that person is forced to leave a job, but continues to receive a salary for a period of time. While on "gardening leave", the employee is usually not permitted to work for another company. The term is used to suggest that, as the employee can't work, he or she can spend a lot of time in the garden. This expression is used mainly in the UK.
Examples:
- "Three senior managers at Barnsley Hospital have been put on gardening leave after it emerged their department had run up a £2.2 million deficit." The Star
- "Brown has now been placed on gardening leave while the termination of his contract is negotiated." Times Online
There is no such thing as "barbecue leave" or "parachute leave".
A "golden parachute", by the way, is an agreement to pay a large amount of money to a senior executive of a company who is forced to leave. It may be used in combination with "gardening leave".
"John's now on gardening leave. His golden parachute could finance a beautiful rose garden — across the whole country!" Try another:When it comes to wages, women are still getting the short end of the ____.
wörtlich: "Gartenarbeitsurlaub"
suggerieren
leitende Angestellte
sich herausstellen
Abteilung
anhäufen. auflaufen lassen
Kündigung
(Arbeits-)Vertrag
ausgehandelt werden
Fallschirm
großzügige Abfindung
leitende Führungskraft
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