To “make six figures” is to earn at least $100,000—unless one is, literally making six figures. “If you can say ‘I made six figures last year,’ you either have a well paying job or you’re the worst employee at a toy factory” was posted on Twitter by Brad Williams on December 12, 2015.
“Not bragging but I made six figures last year…so they named me the year’s worst employee at the toy factory” was posted on Reddit—Dad Jokes on December 15, 2017.
Twitter
Brad Williams
@funnybrad
If you can say “I made six figures last year,” you either have a well paying job or you’re the worst employee at a toy factory
10:06 AM - 12 Dec 2015
Twitter
Derek Dalmedo
@llanitoDalmedo
If you can say “I made six figures last year,” you either have a well paying job or you’re the worst employee at a toy factory
2:08 PM - 14 Dec 2015
17 December 2015, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) “GO Figure” by Ken Smith:
THE office Christmas parties continue, and a reader hears a drunken blow-hard in a Glasgow pub trying to impress a young woman with: “I made six figures last year.”
But she merely replied: “What? Are you a really slow worker in a toy factory?”
Twitter
UnRoooooOOOOOooooooolie
@unrooolie
Daaaamn!! I made six figures last year!!!
Well that’s cause I work at a toy factory and I suck at my job
5:57 PM - 21 Feb 2016
Reddit—Dad Jokes
Not bragging but I made six figures last year… (self.dadjokes)
submitted December 15, 2017 by UriahPeabody
....so they named me the year’s worst employee at the toy factory.
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
Not bragging but I made six figures last year…
... So they named me the years worst employee at the Toy Factory
5:03 AM - 21 Dec 2017
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