After news of job cutbacks started floating around, no one talked about it. Everyone was highly educated, and no one wanted to look bad, but privately everyone was acting under the table, doing anything they could to secure positions.
裁員風聲放出來後，同事都避而不談﹘﹘大家都是高等教育份子，誰願意露出糗態？但私下總是暗中活動，儘量爭取。