待岗

待崗

dàigǎng

verb

Meanings

1 to wait for a job assignment
2 to be laid off pending reassignment
3 to be furloughed from one's post

Characters

post / position

Examples

工厂关停后，他在家待岗了半年。

Gōngchǎng guān tíng hòu, tā zài jiā dàigǎngle bàn nián.

After the factory shut down, he was at home awaiting reassignment for half a year.

公司给待岗员工发基本工资。

Gōngsī gěi dàigǎng yuángōng fā jīběn gōngzī.

The company pays a base salary to laid-off employees awaiting placement.

Tips

culture

A staple term of state-owned enterprise (国企 guóqǐ) restructuring in the 1990s: workers kept on the payroll at reduced wages while their factory or post was idle. Distinct from 下岗 (xiàgǎng, fully laid off) and 失业 (shīyè, unemployed) — 待岗 implies you're still attached to the work unit, just waiting.

Stroke Order

待 dài

岗 gǎng