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

'I'm moving up to be Chairperson of the Board. One of you will be President.'

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

'I've stepped on so many people for the last 20 years to get where I'm at, and I'm still only a middle manager.'

"By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it."

The Boss

"Don't get your hopes up, Filby."

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

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

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

Career opportunities

'I can't believe I didn't get that promotion. So many people have passed me by I feel like a road sign on the highway to success.'

"That arrow always goes to the bottom when I walk by."

The Corporate Ladder and the Corporate Elevator.

Upward Progress

'You're going to have to work your way up to the ground floor like everyone else.'

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

Man suffering from rope burn due to climbing the corporate ladder

"The boss can see you now."

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

"Look , Malcolm, I get it that you're ambitious. But can't you put that damn thing down just for a minute?"

Building business relations.

"I've finally arrived. The C.E.O. stopped saying 'who the hell are you' whenever he sees me."

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

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

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

Texturing the Walls

'Here you are, Simmons!'

'You've spelt 'C.V.' wrongly.'

Ladder of Success.

'Don't worry, the first 30 years of being a painter are the hardest.'

"Yes, I'm sure you do deserve further career advancement. But if I promote you again you'll have my job!"

"Remember when everyone told you this job would lead you nowhere? Well, you've arrived!"

"The itsy-bitsy spider went up the corporate ladder. And he didn't care how many lives he ruined along the way. I know, this isn't the book Simon & Schuster wants. But it's the damn truth."

Planting a Flag on the Summit