Anti-bad Boss Advocate Gifts

'The concept would be great if I had thought of it first.'

I've given you 110 for ten years, like you asked. Now I'm taking that year off that I've earned!

"Well here's my idea: Why don't we try serving better coffee than them?"

"Honestly, doing the right thing is going to be a big change for us."

Free-range C.E.O.s

"You have a certain kind of charm, haven't you, Mr. Beadle? Well, that's all right. I'm not totally opposed to charm."

"If you work hard, exploit your employees, take advantage of a pandemic, use loopholes to avoid taxes,hoard your wealth, and in an act of extreme self-indulgent meaningless vanity, you can someday be an astronaut."

'This is one of the drawbacks to leading by example.'

Waiting for the Phone to Ring

C.E.O.s deserve respect.

Corporate Responsibility - All front with nothing behind it.

Ed Miliband

"I'm letting you go because your work is no longer worth taking credit for."

"There's no udder way. Support your union!"

Balance

'That, sir - that dismissive little hand wave? It's way too Enron.'

"And Justin has been promoted to Head of Diversity."

"Boss, my living wage is on life support!"

"We sent you to infiltrate the employees as undercover boss. We didn't think you'd convert to unionism!"

'How's that non-union job working out, Charlie?

Flunkey asking for a larger salary and not happy to be compared to a lower order of clergy

"When I said to fight back, I didn't realize the school bully you were referring to was the principal!"

"You know what I think, folks? Improving technology isn't important. Increased profits aren't important. What's important is to be warm, decent human beings."

"Thanks for doing this essential work. In exchange we'll keep giving you no salary, no pension, no healthcare and no respect. Sounds good?"

'I just started at the bottom and I like it there!'

"Sometimes, what corporations and unions sign deserves a collective disagreement."

"I can start you on minimal wage."

'Miss Webley, dump all our bailout funds into my offshore account, but make it look like an accident.'

'I've discovered a way to increase profits on our pills. More cotton wool in the bottles.'

"You're fired."

Labor day has union written all over it!"

Skeleton in the Office

"I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our contract talks. Our new negotiator quit. he won't work for the wages we pay."

'I don't get the money I'm worth!'

Made in the USA...by illegal aliens: 'Hey! Did you read the samll print on this label!'