[karamanolev]

Can we please just use "fired", "let go" or even "we separated with"? Impacted is just soft wording taken to a comedic level.

[lotsofpulp]

“As of today, we are no longer buying labor from 17 people we previously bought labor from”.

[smugma]

Fired implies with cause. In the US, it would be "laid off" and in the UK it's often "made redundant", which is itself more ambiguous than need be.