Cost-cutting Wizard Gifts

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"We balanced our budget this month!"

Phil would get giddy after a large print run, but the company was saving a fortune.

"Post Covid it was clear that the old 9-5 was no longer viable, our industry lends itself to home working."

The Affordable Shredder

Once again overbudget and past dealine, the predatory boa constractor adroitly squeezes the life from its victim's wallet.

'Phone for help? Are you mad? Have you any idea how much it costs to use a mobile abroad?'

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, especially with our advertising budget.

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

'We'll talk later, Ed, but for now we have a quick and dirty solution to your objections.'

"To save money, 5 employees will share the same computer. I got the idea while I was carpooling."

'Wow, my own desk!'

Janet always was ahead of the curve...she outsourced herself.

"Do you know that we saved a ton of money on legal fees by being more ethical?"

"Gee, Dave, a proposal to balance the budget wasn't really what I was expecting."

Sales - We could try a 'free offer' but it would cost us.

math faculty

'With the economy the way it is, I'm going to have to let one of you go.'

'If I'm going to do an effective job of reducing costs, I'm going to need a bigger budget.'

'A belt will have to be tightened...not the cars...yours.'

Serious bummer! The bank says I'm overdrawn.

Cancel that turkey and prawn sandwich...

"The company must save money. That's why we've got to be easy on the carpet."

"As company chairman I'd like to thank you all for participating in the evenings entertainment and saving me �4000."

Illogic Tree

'Good news I'm ten percent under budget.'

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '