Ladder Leaper Pillows

"I should've expected this when my boss said I was moving up."

"I've been working in the mail room for over 6 months. I was hoping to be at least a CEO by now."

'I want to reach the number one spot at Google.'

"It's not that I'm lazy. But I envisage myself not so much climbing the corporate ladder, as taking the corporate elevator."

So which rung are you on my corporate ladder?

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.'

The Corporate Ladder and the Corporate Elevator.

Upward Progress

'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.'

'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 boss can see you now."

Man suffering from rope burn due to climbing the corporate ladder

'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."

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"

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

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

"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.

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

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

Texturing the Walls

Building business relations.

'Here you are, Simmons!'

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

Ladder of Success.

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

"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."

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

Planting a Flag on the Summit

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

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

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