Middle-man Musings Mugs

"Why don't we fling them all over the pavement ourselves, and cut out the middle-man?"

"This is a merit-based organization! Can't you see I’ve hired the very best and most qualified yes-men money can buy?"

"This position has become very important to the company."

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

'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.'

Desk plaque: 'P. Burnside, Upper-Echelon Nincompoop'

'A High-pain job? Yes, I believe we have that.'

High Noon at the O.K. Staff Meeting

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

'Sire, we fixed that problem in the sales department.'

Fantasy Business Management

"It's time we discuss menopause and climax change."

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

"My God! There goes middle management."

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

'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.'

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

'You understand, Yomp, it's not me speaking. It's the corporation!'

"In your 40s, hair starts growing everywhere except where it should."

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

The Department of Lessons Learned...

'You are here.'

"Their bookshelves look more convincingly read from than ours."

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

This is what Fred gets for wishing for more hair.

Welcome Bureaucrats! (Convention of bureaucrats).

'We do a little hiring and a little firing, and between you and me, I enjoy the firing more.'

Middle Management

Welcome to middle management. Here's your shield.

'This doesn't look good.'

Department of Wastage - Formerly 'Middle Management'

'We can't cut out the middle man. With the government in the picture now we are the middle man.'

Middle Manager

'You're having a mid-life crises...'

NHS Trust Hospital: Management Team/Medical Staff