Line Manager Mugs

'I'm here to help, you can tell me anything in complete confidence Jane, Jill...whatever your name is!'

Some line managers like to use graphs in performance management meetings.

"This is how your line management works out!"

"No need to push...most of it will be in the staff newsletter!"

"Of course he looks superior - he's the line manager!"

Geoff enjoyed being a line manager.

"When all else fails, blow darts still get their attention."

Headphones Strip 15: Hat of Apathy

"I'm having a party at my home, and you're all invited. Bob, you'll serve drinks. Anne, you serve the food. Ted, you'll park the car..."

Line Manager

"It's NOT discrimination, Derek - it's just 'health and safety...'"

"Hmm, that's some splinter, Smith...I suppose you should take the afternoon off..."

"....If you don't submit a full risk assessment, you're heading for a written warning from your line manager."

'We've got got 13 line managers and 35 account executives.'

And this is Igor from HR, you'll be reporting to him. Colin began to suspect that he'd accepted the wrong job....

"Have some employees step in to wish me a Merry Christmas."

Headphones Strip 18: Shared profits

I mustn't be late getting back to the office. I'm on the warpath.

'I hate my line manager!'

Headphones Strip 13: Motivational speech

Headphones Strip 12: Staff Morale

Have you ever wondered why we call this the workplace, Simpson?

Take Harris up in the company helicopter and throw him out.

'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.'

Dr. Saltine, pioneer of salt transplants.

Test your patience, back in one hour.

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

Fantasy Business Management

"I'm cutting out a complete layer of management."

Block Closed for Gritty, Hard-Edged Tale

'In keeping with the team approach, we've traded you for two middle managers to be named later.'

"I guessed my way to a perfect score on the GMAT, then I guessed my way through grad school and several middle management jobs...."

"Can't complain- it's against company policy."

'This year, Sire, I've created a socko narrative of scatological raillery and rollicking nihilism which ends with a sexy justification for third quarter losses.'

"I now realize that my 'show no mercy' campaign for the corner office was a big mistake."