Career Trajectories Prints

'Whoa! We sure blew that prediction!'

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

Businesswoman Empowerment

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

In basket-case.

"Oh, yes, and there's plenty of opportunity for advancement."

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

Others will fight for you

'I'll make my final decision on that promotion of yours, after this game.'

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

'The lads at the office still talk about the day you told the boss what to do with his job...'

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

'I'm Jeremy's father. I'm a computer consultant and I'm unemployed.'

"Helen brings home our second, third and fourth incomes."

"I figure if I was still employed, I wouldn’t get to spend all this time with you!"

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

Work/Life Balance

37 years in the same position.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Cole is busy balancing family and career. Can I take a message and have her call you back?"

I'm going to practice on you before I start managing other people.

'Very impressive educational background...now let's discuss WHO you know.!

'Had I known Hell was going to be exactly like work, I probably wouldn''t have spent as much time there.'

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

Working hours.

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

'The downside to my meteoric rise to the top is that I didn't have the opportunity to step on many people.'

The Evolution of the Bonus