"Oh, come on, you know we should have switched to touch-tone years ago."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, worker, workers, employee, employees, office, offices, office life, technology, phone, phones, telephone, telephones, touch-tone, dialing, dialling, dial, dials, keypad, keypads, number pad, number pads, rotary, old-fashioned, retro, sad, crying, out of date, out-of-date, switching, changing, change.changes, firing, unemployed, unemployment, laid-off, lay-off, modern life"Of course the company appreciates your years of loyalty."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"I'll take one more question, from the reporter in the back reading the job listings."
"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"Do you have any problem being fired by a women?"
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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, gender issues, gender issues, sexist, sexists, misogyny, misogynist, misogynists, gender discrimination, inequality, gender inequality, business women, business woman, female ceo, female ceos"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"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"It turned out that the powers that be had powers beyond my imagining."
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, powers that be, the powers that be, magic, transformation, transformations, managers, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses, dog, dogs, puppy, puppies, pet dog, pet dogs, dog lover, dog lovers, pet, pets, dog owner, dog owners, 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, hierarchy, hierarchies, office hierarchy, office hierarchies"Ah, Mr. Conrad, you're right on time."
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doubt, doubts, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, worry, worries, worrying, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, on time, right on time, fire, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, lay-off, lay-offs, sacked, sacking, sackings, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders"Sims, we've decided to let you go."
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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, prisoner, prisoners, in chains, slavery, freedom, freeing, set free, play on words"I've finally learned not to measure my worth by how many employees I have."
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self-esteem, self-esteem issue, self-esteem issues, employee, employees, ceo, ceos, executive, executives, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, chief executive, chief executives, upper management, upper manager, upper managers, self-worth, materialist, materialists, materialism, net worth, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, lay-off, lay-offs, bad news, breaking bad news, break bad news, bearer of bad news, mass layoffs, wealthy, rich, riches, rich person, rich peopleLucky Break
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lucky break, lucky breaks, luck, arrow, arrows, bow and arrow, bow and arrows, archer, archers, archery, offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, lucky escape, lucky escapes, close call, close calls, target, targets, targeted, bully, bullies, office bully, office bullies, 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"Tell me about your last accounting job."
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interview, interviews, interviewing, employed, employee, employees, employer, working world, world of work, modern life, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, cookie from the cookie jar, cookie, cookies, cookie jar, cookie jars, account, accounts, accounting, accountant, accountants, fraud, frauds, fraudulent, caught, caught red-handed, caught redhanded, red-handed, bad reference, reference, references, fired, fire, fires, firing, laid off, lay-off, lay off, lay-offs, lay offs"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, bosses"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"We're very sorry, Templeton."
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retiring, retirement, forced retirement, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment, ice floe, ice floes, ice flow, ice flows, executive, executives, business executive, business executive, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business manager, business managers, betray, betrayal, betrayals"This time you can start over without the hubris of youth."
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fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, insensitive, insensitivity, getting the sack, ageism, ageist, job market, the job market, getting old, getting older, youth, youthful, hubris of youth sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"Bad new- somehow you've come to someone's attention."
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offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, desk job, desk jobs, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, cut back, cut backs, cut-back, cut-backsmcanning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, under the radar, incompetent, incompetence, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"What are your plans now that you've outlived your usefulness?"
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fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, laid off, laid-off, lay off, ageism, ageist, ageists, behind the times, out of touch, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"It's nothing personal—the way things are going, we just don't need as many abductees."
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redundant, made redundant, redundancy, redundancies, lay off, lay offs, laid off, lay-off, lay-offs, unemployed, unemployment, streamline, streamlining, alien, aliens, martian, martians, extraterrestrials, extraterrestrials, alien abduction, alien abductions, recession, financial crash, space ship, spaceship, space ships, space ships, alien spaceship, alien spaceships, office worker, office workers, alien abductee, alien abductees"They let me keep my cubicle."
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offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, desk job, desk jobs, cubicle, cubicles, office cubicle, office cubicles, memento, mementos, 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"What the hell did they fire you for?"
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office worker, office workers, office work, office job, office jobs, nonprofessional, work clothes, office clothes, work clothing, appropriate dress, appropriate clothing, oblivious, obliviousness, winter, winter time, cold, freezing, 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, unemployed, unemployment