"company has identified a core team of 220 professionals to execute on its business plans, and informed 155 employees that their positions have been eliminated"
The company does not say it fired anyone, they use the word eliminated. Firing usually means someone is terminated for cause. Not that they are being let go because the company does not need them any more.
https://news.theranos.com/2017/01/06/company-re-engineers-op...
"company has identified a core team of 220 professionals to execute on its business plans, and informed 155 employees that their positions have been eliminated"
The company does not say it fired anyone, they use the word eliminated. Firing usually means someone is terminated for cause. Not that they are being let go because the company does not need them any more.