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English
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After leaving her position with Charlotte and Thomas Pitt to get married, Gracie thought her days as a maid were behind her. When Millie, a good friend's daughter, becomes frantic because things are going missing from the kitchen in the household she serves, Gracie knows she has to find out what is happening. Claiming Millie is sick, Gracie takes on the job herself. All seems normal in the household, even if the couple's elderly granny keeps entirely...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xvi, 238 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This book is a collection of hilarious but true tales from people who've all gotten the ax, the boot, or been canned at some point in their lives. Andy Borowitz tells the story of being fired as a writer for the television sitcom The Facts of Life after being informed that he just didn't "get" Tootie. Dana Gould sums up his firing from the cast of the sitcom Working that led him to become a producer of The Simpsons. Illeana Douglas tells about being...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bobby Walker is living the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law that does not play to his executive skill set, and perhaps...
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English
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"Telemarketer Vanessa Blair isn't in love with her job. It pays the bills and feeds her foster kittens, but offers only one other perk: her friendships with Jane Delaney and Trisha Lam. But, as mind-numbing as her job is, things are about to get worse. Xavier Adams, her self-absorbed boss, calls Vanessa into the conference room and fires her. The reason? Her facial expressions. Apparently, her resting bitch face is wide awake, and it doesn't matter...
5) Past perfect
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Publisher
Scribner
Language
English
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From bestselling author Susan Isaacs comes her "feisty, funny, and smart" (New York Times) novel about a successful TV writer who once worked for the CIA.
Katie seems to have the perfect life—a great husband, a precocious and winning ten-year-old son; and a glamorous job as writer for the long-running TV series, Spy Guys, based on her own surprisingly successful novel. But for Katie, writing about the spy business isn't...
Katie seems to have the perfect life—a great husband, a precocious and winning ten-year-old son; and a glamorous job as writer for the long-running TV series, Spy Guys, based on her own surprisingly successful novel. But for Katie, writing about the spy business isn't...
7) The big one
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes video diary of the promotional tour for Moore's book "Downsize this!" He appears at several chain bookstores throughout the nation, signing autographs and delivering wicked political commentary to audiences. Along the way, he stops at various small-town parking lots and malls, gathering brief interviews with assorted Americans. Moore makes several cleverly unexpected visits to people in powerful positions. In Centralia, IL, Moore...
8) Wanderlust
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After George loses his high-stress Manhattan job, he and his wife Linda hit the road and wind up crashing at Elysium, a free-spirited community of hippies, tree-huggers, and the occasional nudist.
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 9
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English
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"The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree?"--Provided by publisher.
11) Mayhem
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a corporate law office is quarantined after exposure to a dangerous virus that makes the infected lose their inhibitions, a recently fired employee and a wronged client must battle their way to the executive level before time runs out.
12) Boy meets girl
Author
Series
Boy series volume 2
Language
English
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Meet Kate Mackenzie. She:
They can. Because:
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
©2017.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
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Series
Publisher
HRD Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 123 pages)
Language
English
Description
Downsizings don't have to leave the exiting person devastated, the remaining people angry, the decision-makers stressed or the company open to litigation. With the Manager's Pocket Guide® to Downsizing with Confidence, you have a practical guide to planning and conducting a downsizing the right way so all the people involved come out ahead. Get straightforward answers to the 12 most often asked questions about downsizing: Why should we worry?; What...
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Series
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English
Description
Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues-- ripping the law firm apart, forcing everyone to take sides and turning friend against friend. Sometimes loyalty can be lethal.
19) Terminations
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Series
Publisher
HRD Press
Pub. Date
Ã2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 26 pages)
Language
English
Description
Of all the difficult tasks a supervisor might have to perform, terminating the employment of an individual might be the toughest emotionally. In addition, the ramifications of conducting a termination can be traumatic; there is always the threat of the unknown such as a lawsuit or even, potentially, an act of violence. Not handling a termination in the proper manner can also cause a loss of morale in the remaining employees. Using the information...
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