 Peter Gibbons just can t seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he s completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech. Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job, just as the company is going through a massive downsizing. However, his new attitude only makes him more valuable in the company s eyes, and his friends Michael and Samir are fired instead. Together, they scheme to plant a virus inside Initech s computer system that will pull money into their own account.