Cutthroat Corporate Navigator Gifts

Quiet Please: Merger In Progress

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

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

'The toughest things you have to deal with in this job, is feelings and lawyers.'

'No matter how cynical I become, I can't keep up.'

"Uh-Oh..."

"And finally, I’d like to thank all those people I stepped on and used to get here. I couldn’t have done it without your submissive insecurity and relentless resignation."

Between Offices

'Not only does he suffer from anxiety, he makes everyone else suffer from it too.'

"How have you managed to keep your job?"

"Why do you always assume I'm going down?"

Well, everything's going great! I guess it's time to bring in the naysayers.

'I blame the nothing for something culture.'

"I intend to stay in this job, come Hell or high water."

"I'm good at ticking boxes."

'I was speeding right along toward my goal of moving up from middle management, when a cost-cutting measure overtook me!'

'I never wanted the best years of your life Clayton - just a few good days would do.'

'Jones, somewhere out there, we've lost our common sense. I want you to go and bring it back.'

"We're all well aware of the madness, Phipps...where's the method?"

'In the corporate world, I'm a survivor.'

'I've run your letter through the word processor several times, sir, but it just keeps getting worse.'

'I'd like to come home... if I could.'

Amega Inc: Established 1991, incorporated 2003, paperless 2008, faceless 2010.

Yin and Yang VPs.

Change of management - warning about revolving door policy

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

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

'Don't take this the wrong way but I'm thinking of calling someone in to manage our future corporate acquisitions.'

"About the shareholders meeting, ….Have Hayward update me on the smoke and Crampton brief me on the mirrors."

Doubt or Certainy

"I owe my success to always being the lesser of two evils."

A note of warning, he doesn't suffer wise men gladly

Organizational Flow Chart: Puppets

"Miss. Wilcox, get me the coast."