48 Movie Quotes about Layoffs (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

Updated: Oct 26, 2025

Memorable quotes about layoffs, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

41 He got laid off at work and started working odd jobs.

Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers in Sling Blade (1996)

42 I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory.

Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie in Vacation (1983)

43 I bet I'm the first one laid off.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

44 I looked into it more deeply, and I found that apparently what happened is that he was laid off five years ago, and no one ever told him about it.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

45 Last week, right after he found out he was getting laid off, he goes home and tries to kill himself by running the car in the garage.

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons in Office Space

46 I'll tell you what, you go on a layoff. Six months, a year even.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle in The Big Knife (1955)

47 Now business is bad, getting worse and worse. And the workers... how can I pay them? Also, the expenses. I have no money.

Bruce Lee as Tang Lung in The Way of the Dragon

48 You see, they're shutting us down already.

Robert Holt as Santa Claus in The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas

48 Movie Quotes about Layoffs (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

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