Corporate Politics Debunker Gifts

'There's no hiding from the figures, women still aren't getting a fair crack at partnerships.'

"This is a merit-based organization! Can't you see I’ve hired the very best and most qualified yes-men money can buy?"

"They decided giving out pink slips was too impersonal. So now they're blue."

The Solar System (after deregulation)

"I'm overpaid and underworked, but you don't see me complaining!"

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

'I heard the Board was talking about kicking you, but I don't know if it's upstairs or out.'

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

"At the end of the day, I always feel I could have shifted more blame."

'Remember - Reilly's Chairman of the Board, but Henderson's the Alpha male.'

Scapegoat of the Year

"You haven't been laid off because you're the designated scapegoat."

"Hank brings five years of top sales experience to our team so lets try to make him feel welcome as he makes you all look bad."

'You're closer to the Big Guy than anyone. Will you help us kill him?'

'We raised the price, so at least as far as we're concerned it's new and improved.'

"I'm beginning to think they replaced the ladder of success with a greased pole."

Man carrying his boss.

"Finally we have something in common...mutual distrust."

'Where's the petty cash?'... 'It's in the box marked Pension Fund.'

'I didn't get the salary increase, but I've been moved one parking space closer to the entrance.'

"Rumour has it that you're after my job."

"I got the promotion. Instead of Wednesdays, I'm now the one who gets blamed when things go wrong on Tuesdays."

"I work smart, instead of hard. You do all the work and I take all the credit."

'Not my short list, O'Neil! You're on my other list!

'I know...he must have taken a big shortcut on his career path.'

"You'll find I'm highly motivated and ambitious...oh, is this your desk?"

"Guess what, Collins? Not my job to remember what I said yesterday."

"Take the severance package, Hayward. The rest of the board wanted a ritual slaying."

'Just because you're smarter than me doesn't mean I can't always be right.'

'Today the house voted for a timeline, the sentate voted for benchmarks, and Halliburton voted for staying the course.'

"Do you want to ruin me?! Take it away!!"

Management buy-out.

With-it Woman

"Bentley, I don't care if you are my heir apparent. Stop peeking in here fifty times a day!"

'We've got trouble, Henderson - Your people got with my people and decided they didn't need us.'