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"You've entered but you haven't abandoned hope."
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fired, firing, hope, hopeful, hopefulness, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, false hope, trust, trusting, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"I'm at the point where I find mixed signals reassuring."
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office worker, office workers, office work, office job, office jobs, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, mixed signals, getting mixed signals, insecure, insecurity, insecurity, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes"We had originally planned to bring you along slowly, harper, but instead we're going to fire you."
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fired, rookie, rookies, career ladder, career ladders, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, newbie, newbies, incompetence, incompetent, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, starting out, lay-off, lay offs, career ladder, the career ladder, shock, shocks, unfair, unfairness, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"You're a Dinosaur, Hargraves, and there's a large asteroid headed for your planet."
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fired, firing, dinosaur, dinosaurs, extinct, extinction, getting fired, canned, can, extinction of the dinosaurs, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, ageing, getting old, getting on, getting older, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, incompetent, incompetence, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, metaphor, metaphors, downsizing, behind the times, out of date, unemployed, unemployment"You're out, Hodges—it's time to make way for a younger loser."
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fire, firing, fired, sack, sacked, getting the sack, can, canned, canning, sacking, getting canned, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, unemployed, unemployment, lay off, lay offs, laid off, lay-off, lay-offs, laid-offs, ageism, age discrimination, insensitive, insensitivity, forced retirement, forced into retirement, loser, losers, executive, executives, manager, managers, bad manager, bad managers, boss, bossesShrew, Resilient, Resourceful, Unemployed
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business man, business men, businessman, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, businessmen, businessperson, positive, positivity, positive outlook, positive outlooks, buzzword, buzzwords, business talk, business speak, interview, interviews, job interview, job interviewsThe Handwriting on the Wall
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the writings on the wall, the writing's on the wall, handwriting, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers"I say 'au revoir' though I don't anticipate ever seeing you again."
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fired, firing, getting fired, canned, au revoir, can, canning, farewell.farewells, fond farewell, fond farewells, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, insensitive, insensitivity, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"Everybody else was laid off due to the slowing economy. I was just fired."
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fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, slowing economy, recession, the recession"Dead man walking!"
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, management style, management styles, business managers, boss, bosses, dead man walking, threat, threats, threaten, threatening, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"O.K., which cup is your job under now?"
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fired, fire, firing, unemployed, unemployment, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, sack, sacked, sacking, getting the sack, personnel, can, canned, canning, getting canned, executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, insensitive, insensitivity, shell game, magic trick, magic tricks, gamble, gambling, bet, betting, guess, guessing, high stakes"So, you have a family. They'll be a comfort."
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fire, fired, firing, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, canned, can, canning, sack, sacked, getting the sack, laid-off, laid off, laying-off, laying off, family, support, supporting, family support, bread winner, bread winners, bread-winner, bread-winners, unemployed, unemployment, unsympathetic, hierarchy, hierarchies, business hierarchy, business hierarchies, out of touch, insensitive, insensitivity, detached, detachment"Relax, we're cutting people, not perks."
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cutback, cutbacks, cut back, cut backs, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, perk, perks, job perk, job perks, privilege, privileged, insensitive, insensitivity, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses"Sit down, Brad—I've got some character-building news for you."
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fired, firing, fire, getting fired, canned, canning, getting canned, sack, sacking, sacked, getting the sack, lay off, lay offs, laid off, laid-off, pink slip, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, boss, bosses, executive, executives, manager, managers, character building, bad news, business management, sugar-coat, sugar-coating, sugar coat, sugar coating"That was fun—Now you're rehired."
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fire, firing, canned, canning, redundant, made redundant, redundancy, redundancies, sadist, sadistic, cruel, cruelty, hire, hired, hiring, rehired, rehiring, re-hired, re-hiring, hierarchy, hierarchies, business hierarchy, business hierarchy, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, abuse of power, abusing power, abusive, bully, bullies, bullying, office bully, office bullies, office bullying, rat race, the rat race, getting fired"You've done a good job downsizing, but we've decided to outsource your function."
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fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, downsize, downsizing, outsource, outsourcing, modern life, useless, uselessness, job cut, job cuts, taste of your own medicine, karma, come uppance"Oh that's great, that's so good- you announce the layoffs."
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fired, firing, pass the buck, bad manger, bad mangers, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, bad management, management style, management styles, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, take advantage, taking advantage, announcement, announcements, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"Oh, sure, that could be us tomorrow, but it's him today."
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fire, firing, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, getting sacked, getting the sack, can, canned, canning, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, unemployed, unemployment, sadist, sadistic, selfish, selfishness, insensitive, insensitivity, recession, financial crisis, economic crisis, executive, executives, business executives, business executive"That's it. I'm taking the buyout."
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office worker, office workers, office work, office job, office jobs, downsize, downsizing, buyout, buyouts, bought out, act of god, acts of god, lightning, lightning bolt, lightning bolts, hit by lightning, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, unemployed, unemployment2016: Final human job replaced by robot.
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robot, robots, ai, artificial intelligence, the future, modern tech, modern technology, modern technologies, sci fi, sci-fi, science fiction, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, insensitive, insensitivity, binge watch, binge watching"Life isn't fair, and that's what makes it fun."
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, hierarchy, hierarchies, office hierarchy, office hierarchies, entitled, entitlement, business managers, boss, bosses, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"Over the hill? You were never on a hill."
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, false hope, false hopes, unrealistic expectation, unrealistic expectations, over the hill"That's what I hear- In the boardroom they're talking sauces."
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pig, pigs, hog roast, hog roasts, pork, sauce, sauces, rumour, rumours, insensitive, insensitivity, offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"Bad news, Mitchelson. We're downsizing."
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fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, hunter, hunters, hunting, blood sport, blood sports, bison, buffalo, buffaloes, recession, the recession, recessions, cut back, cut backs, trophy hunter, trophy hunters, trophy hunting"Yes, I should have warned you."
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses, quicksand, quick sand, offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, sink, sinking, sink hole, sink holes