Career Struggles Gifts

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"Night of the living adjunct professor" "What's a sabbatical?" "Tenure is boring!" "I have four desks in four schools!" "I have more prestige than a grad student."

Take the time to do something nice for yourself. Your kids will thank you. That is, if you ever decide to have them.

"Mum, I got the job!"

Caged Businessman

Stress Busters - Doodle Maze - Leopards

"Let me put it this way: I'm hitting 'Unlike' and 'Unhire.'"

"I thought it would be appropriate to have a band playing as we went down."

"You haven't been laid off because you're the designated scapegoat."

Man watches sales chart drop through the floor.

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

Career Analyst "Well I've looked at your file and yes, your job is rubbish"

Wanna talk about it?

Talent, pluck, or plain dumb luck?

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

'How long's he been out there?'

Ed is upset because he didn't get the promotion he had promised himself.

"My ship had finally come in. . . then it sank!"

'Having the money tree has really helped out.'

"Mr. Joyner, while you were out, your carefully constructed financial empire collapsed like a house of cards."

"I'm not going to shoot the messenger, but I'm also not going to renew his grant."

"I'm gonna ride it out!"

"At least we no longer have the pressure of handling so much money."

'I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you're going to get to relive the thrill of building your company up from nothing!'

"Our sales have slumped so much, we now have a couch for them."

"I hate my job and I'm terrified of losing it."

'This is where the company started handing out sick bags!'

'I don't know what to do about my check - grief or anger counseling.'

"Sorry, Dad."

'So you see, no matter how you look at it, it's all downhill.'

Easy Budget Terms Are Not That Easy.

Don't jump! Just think what it will do to your wife and kids not to mention your career as a motivational speaker!

"Unfortunately, Whitcomb, I am suffering from compassion fatigue."

'Let's not look at it as failure. lets look at it as a chance to do better.'

"I refuse to go down with the ship."