"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"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"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"That was fun—Now you're rehired."
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fire, firing, canned, canning, redundant, made redundant, redundancy, redundancies, 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"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 wordsLucky 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"Our plans? Of course you're in our plans."
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employer, employers, boss, bosses, manager, managers, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, bad employer, bad employers, hierarchy, hierarchies, business hierarchy, business hierarchies, lie, lying, deceive, deceiving, deception, deceptions, fired, underemployment, fire, firing, unemployed, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, dotted line, dotted lines, the dotted line, cut out, cut out, cut along the dotted line, disposable, irrelevant, disrespectful"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"Is it my fault he guessed the wrong hand?"
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business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses, manager, managers, executive, executives, beggar, beggars, choose a hand, pick a hand, guessing, guess, guessed, guess work, poverty, wealth divide, wealth gap, unlucky, bad luck, unluckiness, fired, firing, fire, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, canned, can, canning, sack, sacked, sacking, getting the sack, laid off, laid-off, laying off, laying-off"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"I pretty much come and go as I please, since I'm unemployed."
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offices, office worker, office workers, unemployed, unemployment, fire, fired, firing, sack, sacked, getting sacked, sacking, can, canned, canning, getting canned, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, made redundant, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay offs, let go, let-go, flexible, flexibility, remote worker, remote workers, flexible work, free, freedom, relaxed"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"Help me on this one, Jimbo. What I want to do here is fire you."
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executives, executive, business executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business manager, business managers, 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, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes