"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"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"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"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."
"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"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"There's no need for alarm—the staff will be reduced, but only by attrition."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, firing, laid off, lay off, laying off, unemployment, termination, downsizing, attrition, attack, pressure, alarm, money, drowning, sinking, staff, cut backs, reductions, reduced, company, companies, corporation, corporations, corporate"I'm getting back to being able to enjoy the little things—like firing people."
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little things, the little things, fire, fired, firing, sack, sacked, sacking, can, canned, canning, getting the sack, lay off, lay offs, laid off, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, employer, employers, sadism, enjoyment, cruel, cruelty, executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, bad manager, bad managers, business manger, business managers, business executive, business executives, unemployment"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"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 wordsComing Soon to an Office Near You: Invaders From the Planet of the Recent College Graduates
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graduates, younger generation, generation gap, youth, young, younger, hiring, hire, new hire, new hires, graduate, college grad, grad, grads, college grads, unemployment, unemployed, laid off, lay off, downsizing, cut, cuts, cutting costs, cutting cost, world of work, working world, millennial, millennial, baby boomer, baby boomers, age, ageingLucky 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"There was a major reshuffle. Now I'm out on my ear."
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shuffle, shuffles, reshuffle, reshuffles, restructure, restructures, restructuring, layoff, layoffs, lay off, lay offs, laid off, fire, fired, firing, firings, sacking, sackings, card, cards, deck of cards, decks of cards, discard, discarded, discard pile, discard piles, corporate culture, grievance, grievances, drown your sorrows, drowns your sorrows, drowning your sorrows, bartender, bartenders, gripe, gripes, griping, sad story, sad stories, watering hole, watering holes"Roger, I think it's time we had a little talk about the birds and the bees."
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manager, managers, management, firing, fired, fire, fires, lay off, lay-offs, laid off, birds and the bees, birds and bees, animal, animals, saying, sayings, cliche, cliches, phrase, phrases, literal, literality, literally, bird, birds, bee, bees, heron, herons, owl, owls, parrot, parrots, desk, desk job, desk jobs, desk jockey, desk jockeys, cubicle, cubicles, personalisation, personalised, personalized, personalization, toy, toys, decoration, decorate, decorated, decorations, ornament, ornaments, warning, warnings, boss, talking to, getting a talking to, parental, paternal"You in the Volkswagen! I don't know who you are, but you're fired!"
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parking, parking lot, parking lots, car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automobile, automobiles, driving, driver, drivers, transportation, business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, firing, lay off, lay offs, unemployment, termination, downsizing, at-will employment, getting fired, being fired"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