My company laid off 200 people on Thursday. Fortunately, I'm not one of them. But it's scary to realize how much reality imitates fiction.

David Brent, in The Office: "Our company will be having redundancies."

"The positions in product management, delivery and development are redundant considering a shift from a product-centered business to more of a client-centered one, Fair Isaac said."

Peter Gibbons to Michael Bolton in Office Space: "You're getting fired so that Bill Lumbergh's stock will go up a quarter of a point."

"Fair Isaac stock rose 4% after the provider of credit scoring systems laid out a restructuring plan that includes cutting 200 jobs."