Getting Promoted T-Shirts

'We are all accountable, but some are more accountable than others.'

'If you really want that promotion, Barnes, you'll swim back to the boat and get my laptop.'

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"In this latest reorganization, each department is assigned a graphic icon. So, to understand your new place in the hierarchy, just remember that paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors, and scissors cut paper!"

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

'Remember, with hard work and a little luck, anything is possible.'

'We're promoting you to Full Professor, Ferguson -- Here are your elbow patches!:'

'It's very simple, Jones - demographics, demographics, demographics!'

'You do outstanding work, Nelson, but I'm afraid Higby makes me look better.'

Promotion prospects are very good here... If that's true, why are you still in this crummy job?

'Bad news and good news, Tomano... they're abolishing my job and I'm taking yours.'

Just how badly do you want this promotion

'The small sword? That's for internships.'

'You never do any work. Are you trying to take over my job?'

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

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

'Let's not go by the book.'

I hope a starting salary of 80 and a severance of 12 is acceptable....

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

'You could be a constant inspiration for us to come up with a plan to get a leg up on our competition...you're hired!'

In basket-case.

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

Others will fight for you

A fight in the Boardroom.

'I'll make my final decision on that promotion of yours, after this game.'

Businessman on stilts: 'I had to step over a lot of people to get where I am today.'

"Why can't the rest of you be more like Rollins, here? He does his homework!"

"So, tell me a little bit more about this house training you mention on your CV."

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

'Don't think of it as being a yes man, think of it as being an employed man.'

Things-to-do-today: Daily workboxes piled up on desk.

"Helen brings home our second, third and fourth incomes."

Reach for the Star.