Is “promoted outwards” the new term for fired?

“I’d like to mention that Mr. Zuckerberg, who I talked to last week, said that the 5% of least performance from Meta will be made redundant,” Arnault said, before adding the novel form of linguistic gymnastics: “Or they will be promoted outwards, so to speak.”

The above quote relies on LVMH’s translator, but was checked by SFGATE.

Ask any worker who’s lost their salary, health insurance and daily routine if they feel like they’ve been “promoted outwards.” Rather, they’ve been tossed back into the job market, where some employers view them as “table scraps,” as SFGATE reported in August. Meta’s upcoming castoffs may have a rough time too — Zuckerberg has already labeled them as less-than.