Corporate Superhero Mugs

'He's still able to do the work of three committees.'

'It's a chart of office morale. This is where you went on vacation.'

In basket-case.

'I'll be late for dinner, dear, I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

Doug had trouble getting home at a decent hour.

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

"I'm feeling completely wiped out."

"Thank you for that summation of the charts."

Office slaves.

"We've decided your suggestion to have a day care center here at work has merit."

"My salary app pings when another new male exec at my level is making more than 77% of what I make."

"Hiring someone to replace me and then expecting me to train him just doesn't sit well with me."

"Hire a cost cutting, bad-guy consultant to turn me into a good guy during the layoffs."

We're cutting the forest in half, so I'm going to need you to make the oxygen of two trees.

'We're taking over tonight, it's the only way to save the farm.'

National Boss Monument.

'...we have every new employee spend time on our assembly line. Eight hours, no breaks.'

'My door is always open. That's why I installed a tripwire.'

"Why yes, there was an extra five thousand dollars in my pay check last week...er...I thought it was a raise."

Stresses Can Have a Motivating Effect...If They Don't Kill You!

"The boss is charging. I knew you shouldn't have worn that red tie."

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

'Stay with me now, people, because in Step C, things get a bit delicate.'

'I'll show you mine, if you show me yours.'

'Something tells me this is going to be a long meeting.'

Of course I always start off by wooing a prospective candidate with talk of stimulating work,great colleagues and a reasonable work life balance...but the winning argument is always when I promise them enough money to choke a rhino.

'I'm not worried about losing my job. I'm worried about keeping it.'

'Coffee must wear you out. They're always sleepy when they drink it.'

"Sir, the staff are all assembled for your pep talk."

'I'm telling ya, it's a jungle out there.'

"You do realise that the post is only part time, no more than 70 or 80 hours a week."

"What's on my schedule today, Fred?"

"I don't know whether your tired, anxious, nervous, or whatever. But it looks like a clear case of performance anxiety."

"I may be incompetent. But, if you fire me there'll be no one who knows less about this company than you."