Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day), and Kurt (Jason
Sudeikis) are three high school friends with one thing in common: they all hate
their jobs. Nick is an executive at a
financial firm. He endures all manner of
indignities at the hands of his boss Dave (Kevin Spacey) in hopes of one day
getting a promotion to vice president.
Dale is a dental assistant who must evade the aggressive sexual advances
of his nymphomaniac boss Julia (Jennifer Aniston) on a daily basis. Kurt’s job at an industrial company becomes
an ordeal when an insufferable coke head (Colin Ferrall) inherits the business
from his dead father. After nights of
commiserating at the local bar, the trio comes up with a simple solution: murder. They figure their lives would be much better
if they could kill their bosses. They seek
the help of the seedy Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx) to get the job done. This proves an impossible task, as a series
of bungles and set-backs threatens to ruin everything.
