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'When does the improvement phase of this home improvement project begin?'

'Here you are, Simmons!'

'In five year's time?... I see myself on that side of the desk telling you it's a great shame, thanks for all your hard work, but I'm going to have to let you go!'

Climbing to the top.

'Sometimes, I feel that we may be a bit out of touch with our employees.'

"Here's your problem."

Career Progression Ladder

'Who's that pathetic little one down there?'

Firefighter Job Interviews

Pecking order spats take their toll.

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

'It must be some sort of medical phenomenon that all the men in one office are afraid of heights.'

"I hope it indicates a quick promotion."

'That's our corporate ladder.'

"I worked my whole life to get to the top, only to find that I'm afraid of heights!"

Man at top of corporate ladder destroying rungs.

Wallpapering with Nails

YOU ARE HERE

Career Ladder - You Are Here

"I'm a partner trapped in an associate's body."

The consequences of over ambition.

'I know...he must have taken a big shortcut on his career path.'

"Maybe it's not so good that my mentor is taking me to the mountaintop with him."

"I like my job but I don't like being number 2 in the company."

"Mrs. Beasley, send the employees a memo stating that, from now on, they are to refer to me as 'Alpha Male'."

"And yet that's exactly what I'd like to be doing."

"I'm in charge of the research project, but I want to be in charge of ALL the research projects."

"I feel I blend in well with the holes in my career ladder."

"Dad said he wanted to give me a start up the ladder of life. Then he enrolled me in firefighting school."

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

The Carrot and the Wheel

'Do I have to spell it out for you?'

'I wouldn't say he walks the walk, but he does crawl the crawl.'

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

'The first one to last 8-seconds in the mechanical executive chair...'