The business process of
terminating an entire geographic location. Sometimes done to move people to corporate headquarters, of as part of a bigger plan to
outsource jobs, or a
cost savings plan to move jobs to a cheaper region (e.g. India).
The first thing Jeremy did after joining the company, was to perform "regional cleansing" of the
Redmond, Washington development group. Jeremy showed up Monday and told everyone that their jobs were being
eliminated. They had one month to look for new jobs in other corporate locations.