Career Struggles Mugs

Still Here

"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

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

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

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

"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"

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

Talent, pluck, or plain dumb luck?

Man watches sales chart drop through the floor.

Wanna talk about it?

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

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

'How long's he been out there?'

'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!"

'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!'

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

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

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

Been there. Done that. (Man stands between two doors.)

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

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

"Sorry, Dad."

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

Easy Budget Terms Are Not That Easy.

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

"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.'