Recently Laid Off Gifts

"What are your plans now that you've outlived your usefulness?"

"Just when did you leave your last job?"

"Sorry, we've found an app that's better at being you than you!"

Very Difficult Conversations

"Hiring someone to replace me and then expecting me to train him just doesn't sit well with me."

"You're a great team player - so we're trading you."

'It's my own fault. I never upgraded my skills. I was replaced by a man half my age with a more advanced smartphone and hundreds of productive apps.'

"Hey, Dunleavy! I hear the boss is clearing out more dead wood today! Maybe you should've just stayed home and called in stick! Get it? Called in stick?"

The breakup

'Never roll your eyes while the boss is talking.'

"He used to be a senior fact checker at Meta — now he's just a pedant."

"You're all hashtag summarily dismissed."

'There's new evidence that my departure from my previous employer merely coincided with their brain drain.'

"Here's one I wrote myself. It's called 'Blues for the Guy I'm Laying Off.'"

'I'm afraid we have to let you go. As you know, you're entitled to a 'Golden Handshake'...

You're Employment has been terminated -Smiley face lol

"Actually, this time we're not being asked to do more with less. Instead, we're being asked to do whatever we want, somewhere else, effective immediately."

What Bob thought outside the box.

"I gave you the axe. How dare you come back and use it to intimidate me."

'OK everyone get out... we're downsizing!'

"Guys, I can't afford to be laid off."

'We really can't afford golden parachutes any more, but here's a plastic crash helmet.'

"They told me my parachute would be golden. Turns out it's pyrite."

'Relax, I'm not here for you. Just for your job.'

"Maybe we should've done layoffs after the holiday party."

"But I was told this was included in my severance package."

'Our employees agreed to be frozen until there's an economic upturn.'

"Don't forget to torch the place when you leave."

'You do outstanding work, Nelson, but I'm afraid Higby makes me look better.'

'And if you become homeless due to this layoff, you can pitch a tent on my estate...'

"I'm not good at confrontation, so unscramble this phrase in your head for a surprise message."

"You're fired."

'It was a parting gift when I was given subjective redundancy.'

"That's life in the corporate world. Yesterday I was the company's 'go-to' guy, and today, I'm the 'you go too,' guy!"

'At least they offered us a severance gift card.'