Corporate Knight Pillows

'They take promotions seriously here.'

"You're invited to our management excursion. Come dresses as a pinata."

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

"I don't want a G.O.A.T, I want a S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T."

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

Business books - Who's Who & Who's Downsized sections.

'As you can see by the pie chart, most of our expenses go to well, pie.'

The Department of Blind-Side Bias, Knowledge Gaps and Really Great Coffee.

"My answers could be right. Your quiz just asked the wrong questions."

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

'Mr. Dawson, about when I said 'don't pull any punches'...'

Sign - Halt manager crossing

"That report on corporate redundancy... I'd like it in triplicate."

'I'm sorry, but everyone is in a meeting.'

'I play so hard that I have no time to work hard.'

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

'What's wrong now?'

'He had a meteoric rise to the top.'

'Don't worry about the company's pension plan. The way we work you, you'll be lucky to live that long!'

Career Choices

"This is Briggs, our new department head. He's got an amazing knack for reducing complex problems into easy-to-understand witch hunts!"

'Same here, we have a female C.E.O., too.'

'Before we starnt, has everyone shed their moral baggage?'

"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."

'It's a senior management position. We need someone who can listen politely, and then say no.'

'It's my company, I'll decide whether I want to go to the partner's meeting or not.'

'I don't think the employees like me.'

"Wait, you're firing me?! But I was Time magazine’s Person of the Year!"

'And finally. . . where do you see yourself on the food chain 5 years from now?'

Under new blame.

"Best project manager we ever had."

Fish and color

Corporate departments as a metaphor for growing up.

'How about we just sit here a while to regulate the gaps in our service?..'