shakeup

2 definitions • 3 examples

a new arrangement of something, esp. people's jobs, that is intended to be an improvement:

CBS announced a shakeup of its Friday night TV schedule.

a difficult period in which a company, industry, etc. is forced to change in order to be more successful:

The industry is going through its largest shakeup for 40 years.

Over 90 jobs were lost in the recent shakeup.