Unemployment Underdog Mugs

'Congratulations graduates. We are here to help with your resume preparation and unemployment insurance applications.'

'I have this fear of the real world...'

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

'I'm Jeremy's father. I'm a computer consultant and I'm unemployed.'

"He's having a hard time finding work."

"Dear, did something happen at the office?"

"Sitting here with you each day at sunset reminds me I have to get a job."

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

'You must be the only 'Jack-of-all-trades' who is out of work in all of them!'

"I just need help getting started. A little seed money."

'You've spelt 'C.V.' wrongly.'

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

'Can't stand diary products myself, but a job's a job.'

"Victims of out-sorcery."

He kept pretending he was going to work when he was just running errands.

"Todd was glad he had a support animal."

'The good news is we're not laying you off. The bad news is we want you to take a 20-year lunch break without pay.'

"We're not on vacation anymore. The company folded."

"Your former employer said you demonstrated a remarkable amount of 'get up and go'...especially when you were fired."

'So far more education hasn't helped me get a job. I think I'll get some student loans and get some more education.'

"Things are getting really bad around here. Phil, the office plant, was just let go."

"Well, YOU tell personnel you need every winter off and see if you get a job!"

"I belong to that heroic little band of unemployed on whom a healthy economy depends."

'Your prowess as a mouser got you this job. You're needed in the break area right away.'

'Management is very concerned about 'work life' balance, particularly where back room staff are concerned...We think you give too much, you need to get your lives back.'

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

"I didn't get a job at the job fair, but I got a blue ribbon for best resume."

America's Biggest Export...

"Even after all that's happened, I feel no less regal."

Social security.

'Sorry Sir, but 'impersonating a log' is not a very marketable skill...'

Two bored males hanging out on a tatty sofa.

'Young lady, stop talking to your dad in such a disrespectful way! After all he's a man with degrees and can fill in his unemployment benefit application in five different languages!'

Cards Galore.

'Believe me, mister... I'm an old hand in capital procurement!'