You know you
work in Corporate America if:
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You've sat at the same desk for 4
years and worked for three
different companies.
Your company welcome sign is attached
with Velcro.
Your resume is on a diskette in your
pocket.
The company logo on your badge is
drawn on a post-it note.
When someone asks about what you
do for a living, you lie.
You get really excited about a 2%
pay raise.
You learn about your layoff on CNN.
Your biggest loss from a system crash
is that you lose your
best jokes.
Your supervisor doesn't have the
ability to do your job.
You sit in a cubicle smaller than
your bedroom closet.
Salaries of the members on the Executive
Board are higher than
all the Third World countries' annual
budgets combined.
You think lunch is just a meeting
to which you drive.
It's dark when you drive to and from
work.
Fun is when issues are assigned to
someone else.
"Communication" is something your
group is having problems
with.
You see a good looking person and
know it is a visitor.
Free food left over from meetings
is your main staple.
Weekends are those days your spouse
makes you stay home.
Being sick is defined as can't walk
or you're in the hospital.
Art involves a white board.
You're already late on the assignment
you just got.
When 100% of your time means 20 hours.
You work 200 hours for the $100 bonus
check and jubilantly say
"Oh wow, thanks!"
Dilbert cartoons hang outside every
cube.
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."
Vacation is something you roll over
to next year or a check
you get every January.
Your relatives and family describe
your job as "works with
computers".
Change is the norm.
Nepotism is encouraged.
The only reason you recognize your
kids is because their
pictures are hanging in your cube.
You only have makeup for fluorescent
lighting.
You read this entire list and understood
it.