<P> The film's sympathetic depiction of ordinary IT workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to white - collar employees and the workforce in general . It was not a big success at the box office, making $12.2 million against a $10 million production budget . It was well received by critics, sold well on home video, and has become a cult film . </P> <P> Peter Gibbons is a programmer at a company called Initech who is frustrated and unmotivated at his job . His co-workers include Samir Nagheenanajar and Michael Bolton, also programmers, and Milton Waddams, a meek collator who is mostly ignored by the rest of the office . The staff constantly suffer under callous management, especially Initech's smarmy vice president Bill Lumbergh, whom Peter loathes . They are further agitated by the arrival of consultants Bob Slydell and Bob Porter, who are brought in to help the company downsize . </P> <P> Peter's girlfriend Anne persuades him to attend an occupational hypnotherapy session, but Dr. Swanson, the therapist, dies of a heart attack while hypnotizing Peter . Peter wakes up the next morning newly relaxed, and he ignores repeated phone calls from Lumbergh, who had been expecting him to work over the weekend . He also ignores calls from Anne, who responds by angrily breaking up with him and admitting that she has been cheating on him, confirming his friends' suspicions . The following workday, Peter decides to skip work and asks Joanna, a restaurant waitress, out for lunch . Joanna and Peter bond over their shared loathing of idiotic management and love of the television series Kung Fu . </P> <P> When Peter finally shows up at work, he casually disregards office protocol, including violating Initech's dress code, taking Lumbergh's reserved parking spot, refusing to follow Lumbergh's directions, and removing a cubicle wall that blocks his view out the window . The consultants, however, are impressed by his frank insights into the office problems, and they decide to promote him . They also confide that Michael and Samir's jobs will be eliminated; Peter relays this news to them, and the trio decide to get even by infecting Initech's accounting system with a computer virus designed to divert fractions of pennies into a bank account . They believe that such transactions are small enough to avoid detection but will result in a substantial amount of money over time . On Michael and Samir's last day at Initech, the pair along with Peter steal a frequently malfunctioning printer, which the three take to a field and smash to pieces to vent their frustration . </P>

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