"He hasn't the heart to discharge her. She's been with him for years."
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art, artist, artists, painter, painters, painting, model, models, modeling, age, aging, aged, growing old, growing older, aging model, aging models, old age, job security, h.r., hr, sack, sacked, fire, firing, fired, terminated, retire, retiring, retired, layoff, layoffs, laid-off, lay off, lay offs, collaboration, collaborator, collaborators, discharge, discharged, let go, letting go"Maybe zero tolerance is setting the bar too high."
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zero tolerance, zero tolerance policy, zero tolerance policies, policy, policies, workforce, workforces, strict, overly strict, fire, fires, firing, firing culture, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, set the bar too high, setting the bar too high, high bar, high bars, low bar, low bars, rule, rules, rule-follower, rule-followers, discipline, human resources"Don't think of it as getting fired. Think of it as finally being recognized for your incompetence."
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incompetence, incompetent, fired, laid off, let go, made redundant, redundant, redundancy, unemployed, unemployment, lost job, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, hiring manager, hiring managers, outsource, outsourcing, outsourced, recognition, fail, failure, failed, failing, bad employee, employee, employees, ex employee, ex employees, employer, employers, making cuts, budget cuts, office, offices"Of course the company appreciates your years of loyalty."
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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, dog, dogs, puppy, puppies, pet, pets, pet dog, pet dogs, loyal, loyalty, loyal dog, loyal dogs, insincere, insincerity"My leaving Wilkins & Jennings was perfectly amicable. They felt that I should be fired, and I agreed."
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firing, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, unemployed, unemployed, unemployment, employ, employment, employs, employment, hiring, hired, personnel, staff, amicable, optimistic, optimism, business, businesses, office, offices, spin, spinning, positive, positive spin, spins, job, jobs, fire, recruitment, recruiting, worker, workers, quit, quitting, quitsSurprise Party
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surprise, surprises, bad news, ugly surprise, ugly surprises, pregnancy, fail, fails, failing, failure, failures, cancer, malignant, malignancy, divorce, divorces, surprise party, surprise parties, birthday party, birthday parties, flunk, flunks, fired, firing, firings, unexpected, news, shock, shocks, shocking, surprising, unfortunate"Apparently, fifty is the new unemployed."
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ageism, ageist, ageists, unemployment, unemployed, fired, fire, fires, firing, sack, sacks, sacked, sacking, redundancy, redundancies, redundant, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, fifty, fifties, 50s, employment, employments, workplace prejudice, employment prejudice, hr, human resources, personnel"We're laying you off, but, as a favor, howabout one last pratfall on your way out?"
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business, businessman, businessmen, manger, managers, boss, bosses, executive, executives, employee, employees, worker, workers, fired, firing, laying off, laid off, unemployed, employment, unemployment, clown, clowns, pratfall, pratfalls, fall, falls, falling, favour, favours, favor, favors, unhappy, sad, crying, office, offices, office life, embarrassing, last"We don't fire people here, Thompson, we tag them and release them into the wild."
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firing, fired, sack, sacked, getting fired, getting sacked, getting the sack, released, release, release into the wild, redundant, redundancy, made redundant, animal welfare, animal right, animal right issues, animal rights activism, animal right activist, animal right activists, animal rights groups, animal rights organisation, research, researchers, researching, animal research, wildlife research, study, studies, animal behaviour studies, animal behaviours, trackers, tracking, tracers, tracing, tag, tags, tagging, animal tagging, animal tags, wildlife tagging, wildlife tags, wildlife researchers, animal researchers"I don't know what the hell happened - one minute I'm at work in Flint, Michigan, then there's a giant sucking sound and suddenly here I am in Mexico."
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layoff, layoffs, flint, michigan, factory, factories, factory worker, factory workers, rust belt, job loss, job losses, laid off, fire, fired, firing, automaker, automakers, auto manufacturer, auto manufacturers, big three, big 3, american car, american cars, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, mexico, mexican plant, mexican plants, manufacturing job, manufacturing jobs, overseas, globalism, globalist, globalists"We're looking for people to fire."
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honest, honesty, honesty is the best policy, hire, hired, hiring, hires, personnel, hr, h r, h.r., human resources, business, big business, businessman, businessmen, business man, business men, exec, execs, executive, manager, management, corporate, corporation, corporations, employment, employed, fire, fired, firing, office worker, office drone, office drones, excuse, excuses, interview, interviews, interview skills, capitalism, late stage capitalism, sardonic, sarcastic"He's no longer here!"
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last day, last days, fire, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, lay-off, lay-offs, laid off, sacked, sacking, sackings, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, secretary, secretaries, pack up, packs up, packing up, leave, leaves, leaving, final day, final days, job, jobs, worker, workers, bitter, bitterness, anger, angry, furious"Now that you've met all the people who could easily replace you, I'd like you to meet the person who is actually going to replace you."
"So Jones really did take the stairs."
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business, businessman, businessmen, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, stairs, stairway, stairways, steps, taking the stairs, stolen, theft, thefts, disappeared, fired, firing, termination, laid off, cliche, cliches, word play, wordplay"Would you take the guy at Table 4? I used to be his broker."
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restaurant, restaurants, waiter, waiters, waiting staff, server, servers, serve, broker, brokers, financial crisis, global financial crisis, credit crunch, recession, career change, career changes, careers, career, job losses, job loss, fired, sacked, redundancy, made redundant, banking, banking crisis"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"Here's a late bulletin. Wendy and I have been fired, so we'll just say goodbye and God bless."
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fired, firing, firings, news anchor, news anchors, news reader, news readers, late bulletin, late bulletins, headline news, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, humiliate, humiliates, humiliating, humiliation, humiliations, local news, fund, funds, funding, public shame, public firing, public firings, sign off, signs off, signing off, layoff, layoffs, laid off, bad news, unfortunate news"Got some bad news for you, Larry."
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automation, automating, fire, fired, made redundant, redundant, obsolete, obsolescence, dummy, dummies, mannequins, mannequins, workmen, caution, warning, warning, automatic, lay off, let go, workmen, technology, technologies, technological"Mr. Herman, you made me laugh and you made me cry, but you didn't make me money."
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firing, firings, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, lay off, lay offs, make money, making money, laugh, laughs, laughing, comedy, comedies, drama, dramas, duality, employee, employees, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, bottom line"When examining these new contracts, gentlemen, please note that in Paragraph 48 the word 'golden' has been replaced by 'plywood' and 'parachute' is now 'toboggan.'"
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economy, recession, fine print, cost reduction, retirement, fired, firing, golden parachute, firings, mass firings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, bad economy, recessions, great recession, golden parachute, golden parachutes, golden handshake, golden handshakes, downsize, downsizes, downsizes, restructure, restructures, restructuring, corporation, corporations, corporate culture"Don't forget to torch the place when you leave."
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torch, torches, torching, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, laying off, restructure, restructures, restructuring, revenge, vengeance, burn your bridges, burning your bridges, receptionist, receptionists, burn your bridges, burning your bridges, arson, arsonist, arsonists, leave, leaves, leaving, secretary, secretaries, office secretary, office secretaries"We like you, Hatcher, and we like your work, but we've been offered magic beans."
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cow, cows, cattle, magic bean, magic beans, jack and the beanstalk, fairy tale, fairy tales, sell, sells, selling, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, fired, firing, firings, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, beanstalk, beanstalks, children's story, children's stories"Well, I'm sorry, Wendell, I just assumed you knew you were a frill."
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frill, unnecessary, unneeded, redundant, redundancy, unemployed, unemployment, fired, let go, laid off, extra, embellishment, employer, employers, employee, employees, manager, managers, business, businessmen, businessman, management, hierarchy, hiring manager, word play, name calling, rude, useless, unhelpful, office, offices'Where's My Job'
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world of work, new job, new hire, hiring, hires, recruiting, recruitment, recruiter, human resource, human resources, hr, h r, pun, puns, word play, word-play, play on words, waldo, wally, invisible, invisible homeless, homeless, hobo, bum, job, jobs, fired, fire, unemployment, unemployed, dole, on the dole, benefits, public benefit, public benefits, beg, begging, beggar, beggars, character, characters