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"Relax. I just wanted to tell you that you're doing a good job."

"That arrow always goes to the bottom when I walk by."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

'I'm delegating everything but my paycheck and my snazzy office to you.'

'Chicken Farms - Pecking Order'

"O.K., if you put it that way."

"Ms. Ray, you're getting a promotion! You're no longer my Gal Friday. You're now my Gal Saturday."

Zoo Inc. Management Structure

"As you can see, our corporate structure is turtles all the way down."

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

"Yes, I'm sure you do deserve further career advancement. But if I promote you again you'll have my job!"

'You'll learn that our corporate structure is a bit unconventional.'

Workers family tree.

'Oh, really? I work for little softy.'

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

'Who's that pathetic little one down there?'

'Nice work. A fluid work force with a minimum of drips.'

"The man who manages the worker."

"You can't expect to get anywhere in business without making an enemy or two, Filmeyer."

'I'm looking for someone to keep the blood off my hands.'

"The boss is not very bright." "True, but if he was smart you wouldn't have a job."

'We harbour few illusions here at Megatron Inc.'

'It's probably not a good sign to be listed in the organization chart underneath the office plants.'

'We're presently entangled in a power struggle.'

'I'll have to let you go, Bob - Ted, from accounting, is challenging my position as alpha male!'

"It would help if you brown-nosed a little more."

"I brought you up here today, son, because I wanted you to get a feel for the scope of this damned thing."

'When I reach the top, Henderson, I won't forget all the little people I climbed over to get there.'

'These are the people who'll be line managing you.'

'One day, after they unfreeze my DNA, this will all be mine again.'

'If you're a public servant, what does that make ME?'

'Does grandma still outrank you?'

"Sorry, Dad."

'I like the energy I'm seeing on the first floor.'

"Of course he looks superior - he's the line manager!"