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"Let's play CEO's and regulators."

"Looks like we found the issue."

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

'The check is in the email attachment.'

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

"I was just going to say, 'Well, I don't make the rules.' But, of course, I do make the rules."

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

"Third quarter numbers were good after we cut our global workforce three to two."

'OK, team, let's review: when the arrow goes down, it means...?

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

'You'll like this, gang ? it's an 'eyes-only' list of 'shady-but-tolerated' loopholes allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.'

"And isn't it time we replaced the worn-out, meaningless cliches in our mission statement with some dazzlingly new meaningless cliches?"

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

'We're here to carbon date your company's carbon footprint.'

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

Lethal Presentation

"You're just the man we're looking for. Come around to this side of the desk, and I'll gather up my things and get the heck out of here."

'Pssst! Straighten up, here come the bigwigs.'

"We have an acronym!"

'You really want that promotion, don't you, Sherman?'

Boss to worker taking out wallet: 'It's only fair, Pete. Last year, we shared profits!'

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

"And you can rest assured that your problem is being ignored at the very highest levels."

'No matter how cynical I become, I can't keep up.'

'The cash bonus incentives don't appear to be having the desired results. So, I've hired Rocky, here. He'll be providing the heads of the least productive departments with his own brand of incentive. If you know what I mean.'

"We're all just a number here, Finch, and fortunately my number is one."

Personally, I was hoping for more from the intermediary process.'

"Hire a cost cutting, bad-guy consultant to turn me into a good guy during the layoffs."

Parade of Businessmen

Businessman with in and out boxes marked: 'Hocus' and 'Pocus'

'We're going to need to find a scapegoat.'

'Bit of a staffing problem, Boss. We haven't got any left.'

"You weren't expecting a walrus, right?"

'Before we start, shall we go round the table, and each share our name and a horrible dark secret from our past.'