Corporate Bigwig Pillows

Power

I must get back to the office - I'm supposed to be on the warpath.

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

Spot the difference.

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

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

'I'm judging by your silence Al that you're giving me the green light on the Greenwich project. I just want to say that I admire your leadership. I guess that's why you've been running this company for 20 years.'

Welcome to the Team

"I hate performance review season."

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

'He had a meteoric rise to the top.'

The Evolution of the Bonus

CEO du Jour

"Lost my job. But I'm pretty sure it's around here somewhere."

"Better than a business model, I have a business scheme."

"Of course you can resign Ferguson. How would you like to buy back your freedom? Cash, credit card or easy payments?"

'No matter how cynical I become, I can't keep up.'

Parade of Businessmen

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

'Bit of a staffing problem, Boss. We haven't got any left.'

"Bill's a little upset. The boss just chewed him out."

"How can you have a meteoric rise to the top in a one-story building?"

"You're on top of this week's Sales Pyramid."

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

Dogs reviewing organizational chart - 'Hunter can eat Spanky or Fido, Spanky can eat Spot or Duke,....' and so on.

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

'As meetings go that was one of my better ones!'

'I'm sorry, Henderson - But profits are down and we have to make sacrifices.'

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

"I have an obligation to the stockholders, not the employees!"

Standard Life Aberdeen Rebrand

'That's my 'job security' barometer.'