Corporate America in the 90s 1. Youve sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for three different companies.
2. Your companys welcome sign is attached with Velcro.
3. Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
4. Your biggest loss from a system crash is that you lose your best jokes.
5. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.
6. Salaries of the members on the Executive Board are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined.
7. You think lunch is just a meeting to which you drive.
8. Its dark when you drive to and from work.
9. You see a good looking person and know it is a visitor.
10. Free food left over from meetings is your main staple.
11. Weekends are those days your spouse makes you stay home.
12. Being sick is defined as cant walk or youre in the hospital.
13. Youre already late on the assignment you just got.
14. You work 200 hours for the $100 bonus check and jubilantly say "Oh wow, thanks!"
15. Dilbert cartoons hang outside every cube.
16. Your boss' favorite lines are "when you get a few minutes," "in your spare time", "when you're freed up" and "I have an opportunity for you."
17. Vacation is something you roll over to next year or a check you get every January.
18. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers."
19. The only reason you recognize your kids is because their pictures are hanging in your cube.
20. You read this entire list and understood it.
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