Quotes About Employment

An employee is—by design—more valuable inside a firm than outside of it; that is, more valuable to the employer than the marketplace.

I have always hated employment and the associated dependence on someone else's arbitrary opinion

There, I was surrounded by highly employable persons (my most unpleasant experience in life), until I switched to trading (with another firm) and discovered that there were some wolves among the dogs.

an employee is also a risk-management strategy.

People who are trapped in their jobs

Sniper is now precisely where some Polity AI wants him and, that being so, some sort of shit is about to hit the fan, because no AI will employ Sniper if a talent for diplomacy or advanced macramé is required.

very few of the jobs are necessary, since they could all be accomplished by machines—but the illusion of purpose is critical to a well-adjusted population. —The Thunderhead

How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?

I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.

I drank for some time, three or four days. I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.

Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.

I always started a job with the feeling that I'd soon quit or be fired, and this gave ma a relaxex manner that was mistaken for intelligence or some secret power.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

Well, as the boys said, you had to work somewhere. So they accepted what there was. This was the wisdom of the slave.

My father didn't drive because he wanted to save gas. He needed the gas to drive to and from his invisible job.

I thought of all my rotten jobs and how glad I was to have them. for a while. then it was a matter of quitting or getting fired. both felt good.

the worst men have the best jobs the best men have the worst jobs or are unemployed or locked in madhouses.

I was a janitor for a while but I can never imagine a man calling himself a Floor Engineer when he has to walk into the woman's crapper and clean up what they leave behind. I couldn't get a hard-on for a year after working in that place. what they leave behind. and on the floor. and in that little compartment behind the seat. or alongside of it. or wherever it was.

I didn't like the eight hour job. I didn't even like the four hour job, even though I couldn't get one.

How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?

Just like some guys can't taxi or pimp or hustle dope, most guys, and gals too, can't be postal clerks.

Yeah, jobs, just for the rent and some food in your belly so you can come back and let them rape your hours, your life, you.

Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working. Out here we call it 'hustling.' I'd like to be a good hustler.

I checked two ads, went to two places and both of the places hired me. The first place smelled like work, so I took the second.