Corporate Defector Gifts

Rebel without a cubicle.

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

'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

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

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

Parade of Businessmen

"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."

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.'

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

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

"Gentlemen, I've called this meeting to discuss absenteeism."

'As my subordinate, naturally I expect you to take the heat on things that otherwise would make me uncomfortable.'

"The jury didn't buy my defense that CEOs just want to have fun."

Downward arrow on progress chart goes through the floor: 'OK, I know this doesn't look good ...'

'I suppose they call it the rat race because only rats ever seem to win.'

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

'He's a real high flyer!'

“Son, that… ‘some this will all be yours’… is now!”

'You don't get a raise with this promotion, but you do get to call your work area a 'work station' instead of a 'cubicle.''

'Lateral hires are always told we do things differently here.'

Buck Stops Here

'Being taller than me will get you nowhere.'

"Actually, I worked my way up from ideas and you can too!"

"I know everyone see me as a manager, but really I am a leader."

Big business is not evil

Walkie Talkie Company CEO has in/out boxes labeled: Talk the talk, Walk the Walk.

'I know that you think you should be the President of this company, Your Majesty. But, you'll just have to work your way up, like I did!'

"I guess I'll see you around Frank."

"A handshake is as good as a thirty-page contract, eh, Mr. Harrison?"

'Watch your step, Bob. It looks like the company's trying to cut payroll expenses again.'