Compensation Chasers Pillows

'Mary, kill two birds with one stone. Call my insurance agent thanking him for sending money so fast for my claim and then file another claim, this time for a broken window.'

"I've come across a rather disturbing find, Carstairs!"

'Thanks to the huge bonus, I find myself forced to admire you.'

'Parsloe, your desk is blocking the corporate food chain.'

'I hear you got your increase.' - 'Yes, that proves my theory, if you whine enough, you get anything you want.'

'We believe in using performance-enhancing drugs here.. they're called bonuses.'

Breakthrough

We need to put more money into Lithuanian sardine futures...I think that warrants bonuses all around!

"I thought about looking for work in England, but I hear they're capping bonuses."

'All right!! Bull's-eye!'

The Birth of a Lawsuit

"Remember when everyone told you this job would lead you nowhere? Well, you've arrived!"

'Nice work, kid. Looks like you might be ready to sit up at the big boys' table.'

Corporate Success

"Has anyone seen my therapist?"

'Forget your two million pound recording contract. When are you going to get a steady job?'

Potter is going to go far, unless I manage to stop him.

"A reconciliation bill? -- I've been in Congress for 37 years, and I've never reconciled anything!"

'Brilliant job, Rafferty. Advance two cubicles!'

The weight of winning gold.

"Contested elections are ALWAYS problematic...but I'd like reassure you that even though the partners chose me on this occasion."

Company Performance - Bonus Scheme

'I knew him when he was just the tea boy.'

'Good morning! Lawyer, lawyers and more lawyers! Who may we sue for you!'

'He's training for a career in law.'

Marvin P. Tisdale is plucked from obscurity and returned there in record time.

' I'm sick of having to use this pigsty!..What does a guy have to do,to gain access to the executive wash-room in this company?! '

'It's quite an inspiring story. He started out in the mailroom and within two years had clawed his way to the very top!'

"It's not the fast track I had in mind."

"I envy you. I'd love to have a house with a fireplace."

"I always choose immediate gratification over vague rewards at some unspecified time in the future."

"I want a pair which says 'fast' even if I'm goin' slow."

"I sometimes think that all Franklin cares about is his Christmas bonus."

'That's right! My very own corner office! Next year I might get glass!'

Investment bankers having to share their bonus.