自愿离职计划(Buyout Plan)，即香港地区所说的“肥鸡餐”，是指在经济不景气、企业转型维艰、结构调整缓慢的情况下，企业对自愿离职的员工提供优惠的待遇的人力资源政策。目的在于削减公司支出，减少成本，缓解公司的经济压力。自愿离职计划是裁员中常使用的方法，但与裁员有本质不同。经济性裁员是用人单位对劳动者做出的决定，而自愿离职计划是用人单位促使劳动者自己提出辞职的手段。
“公司并不期望大量员工选择这个计划，也对这个自愿离职计划没有期望目标，”Mr Goss说。
The company doesn't expect a significant number of employees to take the option and has no target for its "voluntary exit program," Mr. Goss said.
它还计划向165名高管提供“自愿离职”方案。
It also plans to offer "voluntary separation" packages to 165 senior executives.
面对还算慷慨的自愿离职政策，仍然几乎没有员工愿意辞去这个曾经是记者行业最稳 定的工作，因此预计不久之后就会有一场大规模的裁员计划出台。
Carnage is expected soon as dozens of what were once the safest jobs in journalism are axed, since too few of the staff have accepted a generous offer of voluntary redundancy.
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