Job Displacement Mugs

"Aren't you the old guy in purchasing whose decades of slavish devotion inspired us to replace you with a small army of sycophants?"

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

'Manager. . . Commander. . . Chieftain. . . King!'

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

"I figure if I was still employed, I wouldn’t get to spend all this time with you!"

'The lads at the office still talk about the day you told the boss what to do with his job...'

"We're looking for that perfect blend of vision, ambition and ethical ambiguity."

'I'm promoting you to project coordinator because you seem to have an overall view of things.'

"It used to Casual Friday. Now it's Furlough Friday."

'Poor Kleinzweck -- his working hypothesis got laid off.'

'It's a lateral move, you'll now be getting all of Kramer's work too.'

Very Difficult Conversations

'Upset at you for breaching the non-compete? Of course not.'

"Lost my job. But I'm pretty sure it's around here somewhere."

'I had a thought. Let's scrap everything and start a new fiscal year right now.'

"Of course you can resign Ferguson. How would you like to buy back your freedom? Cash, credit card or easy payments?"

'A computer is only as good as the people who are employed to replace the people who were made redundant by the computer.'

PERSONNEL, 'Why did you leave your previous employment?', 'They asked too many questions!'

"Hire a cost cutting, bad-guy consultant to turn me into a good guy during the layoffs."

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

"Tell the vice presidents they've downsized enough."

'I can't believe I didn't get that promotion. So many people have passed me by I feel like a road sign on the highway to success.'

'So it's with a heavy heart that I leave you good people of St. Paul's and accept the calling to be minister at the Sunnydell Nudist Colony...'

The number one injury in today's workplace: severe bends caused by repeated exposure to deep-dive presentations.

"...But of course we'll still be friends on Facebook!"

"Ron didn't realise he was so popular."

'Your main goal in this job is getting out alive.'

'Let's keep in mind that although quitters never win, they often manage to avoid litigation.'

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

We're looking for someone who knows how to adapt, not adopt.

"My career's in shreds, but on the bright side, so are my files."

'Congratulations Smith, you got that promotion. Commiserations Reid, you got that demotion.'

'The whole floor got together and came up with a few things you could work on.'