You Know
You've Worked During the 90s If...
- You've sat at
the same desk for 4 years and worked for 3
different organizations.
- Your resume is
in a diskette in your pocket.
- You get really
excited about a 2% pay raise.
- You learn about
your layoff on the news.
- Your supervisor
doesn't have the ability to do your job.
- Salaries of the
members on the Executive Board are higher
than all the developing countries' gross
national products combined.
- It's dark when
you drive to and from work.
- Communication
is something your section is having problems
with.
- Free food left
over from meetings is your main staple.
- Being sick is
defined as "can't walk" or "in
the hospital."
- You're already
late on the work task you just got.
- You work 200
hours for a $100 bonus check.
- "Vacation"
is something you roll over to next year, or a
check you get every January.
- Your relatives
and family describe your job as "working
with computers."
- Your business
cards are no longer correct just one month
after you receive them.
- You have every
"Cup-A-Soup" brand known to man in
your desk drawer.
- You have no
hobbies that do not involve an electronic
device.
- During any
outside-of-work event that vaguely resembles
a social activity, your coworkers outnumber
your family members.
- You must fill
in your own job performance evaluations and
target goals because no one else really knows
what you do anyway. Besides, the HR
Department was outsourced last month.
- Your biggest
loss from a system crash is that you've lost
your bestjokes.
- You read this
entire list and understood it.
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