"Beyond the fine starting salary, the job of a poet laureate at this corporation also carries with it an excellent medical and dental plan."
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worm, book, books, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, book lover, book lovers, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, benefit, benefits, medical, dental, insurance, insured, severance, free, freebies, bonus, bonuses, dental, medical, new job, new career, wait a second, personnel, human resources, hr, laureate, poet laureate, corporate, corporations, businessmen"You've been with us a long time, Winnie, and we're prepared to offer you a generous severance package."
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animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, dog, dogs, canine, canines, dog owner, dog owners, firing, hr, h.r., human resources, offer, offering, generous, severance, package, packages, redundant, redundancy, laid-off, unemployment, money, business, businessman, businessmen, office, office, office life, modern life"Special assignment, Chaswick. I need you to test our severance package."
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business, businessman, businessmen, office, office, office life, manager, manager, management, executive, executives, employee, employees, worker, workers, job, work, fire, firing, fired, test, tests, testing, special assignment, special assignments, assignment, assignments, task, tasks, special task, special tasks, unemployment, unemployed, severance, severance package, severance packages, severance pay, redundancy, redundancy package, redundancy packages, redundancy pay, human resources, hr, h.r."Jim, say hi to Tom, our severance consultant."
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businessman, businessmen, exec, execs, executive, executives, career, careers, big business, corporate, corporation, corporations, day job, offices, office job, office drone, office drones, cubicles, cubicle, offices, office building, office ecology, office politics, modern life, modern world, working life, working world, desk job, desk jockey, redundancy, redundant, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, laid off, fired, financial crash, severance, severance consultant, severed, bearer of bad news, warning, warning sign, warnings, warning signs, red flag, red flags, bad omen, omen, omens"There are no medical or pension benefits, but the employees' lounge has excellent free coffee."
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benefit, benefits, medical, dental, insurance, insured, severance, free, freebies, pension, pensions, bonus, bonuses, dental, medical, new job, new career, career change, congratulations, personnel, human resources, hr, h r, corporate, corporations, businessmen, business men, businessman, business man, modern life, modern world, working world, capitalism, coffee, free coffee, lounge, employee, employee benefits"No health or dental, no stock options, and no severance package. We do, however, provide free burial at sea."
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culture clash, literature, literary, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, moby dick, moby, white whale, whale, whales, whaling, mount, mounted, hunt, hunting, hunter, hunters, trope, tropes, cliche, cliches, captain, capn, cap'n, hook, hooks, peg leg, wooden leg, sailor, sailors, rugged, shark, barracuda, benefit, benefits, medical, dental, insurance, insured, severance, free, freebies, bonus, bonuses, queequeg, burial, burial at sea, buried, dead, death, die, died, viking funeral, viking funerals"Harper, we'd like you to become the company fall guy. The position comes with a generous severance package."
"Sorry, boys, but we're cutting back on bean counters till we have more beans."
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businessman, businessmen, exec, execs, executive, executives, career, careers, big business, corporate, corporation, corporations, day job, offices, office job, office drone, office drones, cubicles, cubicle, offices, office building, office ecology, office politics, modern life, modern world, working life, working world, desk job, desk jockey, redundancy, redundant, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, laid off, fired, financial crash, severance, severance consultant, severed, bearer of bad news, warning, warning sign, warnings, warning signs, red flag, red flags, bad omen, omen, omens, bean, bean counter, bean counters, counting beans, beans, metaphor"And as part of your severance package you can choose either a jar of my homemade salsa or some of my Texas-style barbecue sauce."
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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, fired, unemployed, unemployment, termination, downsizing, severance, severance package, severance packages, redundancy, choice, choices, salsa, barbecue sauce, barbeque sauce, homemade, food, consolation, personnel, hr, h.r., human resources, offer, offers, offering"See, it's right here in the pre-nup. If you walk out, I get two weeks' severance sex."
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm very disappointed in the severance package."
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business, office, offices, office life, severance, severance package, severance packages, manager, managers, management, executive, executives, unemployment, lay-offs, laid off, laid-off, problem, problems, issue, issues, company, companies, worker, workers, employee, employees, let go, execution, guillotine, executions, guillotines, guillotine platform, guillotine platforms, history, french revolution, beheaded, beheading, capital punishment, punishment, punishments, sever, severing, death, unemployed"See, it's right here in the pre-nup, Louise; if you walk out, I get two week severance sex."
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