Perhaps you are already a ›dead man walking‹, but you just don't know it yet? Or a capacity that has become overcapacity, ballast that is about to be thrown overboard? And what is the most elegant way for a boss to part ways with a ›cost centre‹? By financing, if possible, his or her own pay rise? The backdrop for each volume of Suter's Business Class stories is the daily reality of the business world, a world that has grown harsher with every passing year. Dismissals are simply part of the daily agenda, while the pressure of competition has become the stuff our nightmares are made of. All the more reason to resort to the only known panacea: put your feet up, relax and have a laugh – ›among friends‹!