restructure the organization because of a recent merger. Jake: What changes do you foresee? Manager: Senior management hasn’t made any decisions yet. Jake: Will anyone be laid off? Manager: There might be some overlapping of positions, so unfortunately, some lay-offs might be inevitable. I wouldn’t worry too much if I were you, though. Jake: Well, thanks for the heads up! report to sb organize differently take over work under someone’s authority restructure take control of st, usually from another person lay off sb manage oversee discharge a worker because of a shortage of work foresee an advance warning of something inevitable predict heads-up unable to be avoided; certain to happen merger overing part of the same space or area of interest overlapping a combining of two companies into one