Workplace Irony Admirer Gifts

"You have a grossly exagerrated view of your own importance. You'll make an excellent department head."

'The boss said I never made any profits and I never found customers worth mentioning and that's why he promoted me to the company's chief bad example!'

'I'm surprised you like being your own boss. I am your boss and I hate it.'

"Simplified application form? . . . This IS the simplified application form!"

'I knew if we waited long enough, heaven would downsize.'

BEWARE OF THE DOG!; 'So much for management's pledge to bargain in good faith.'

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"I missed your last few words. Would you please mumble them again?"

"We're able to use you, Crampton… everything but the 'oink'."

"I work from home because I can’t stand the sight of idiots." "Is that why you got rid of all our mirrors?"

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"I need you to look at the big picture, Boswell. Not the little one of my trophy wife."

'All work and no play may make you dull, but it also makes you Vice President.'

"Wait a minute! I don’t ignore the concerns of my employees! I listen to them, I discuss with them... and then I ignore them."

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"The water for your fishbowl was approved, but it looks like for now you're not getting the fish."

'Yes Sir, I am at this very minute passing on your recommendations for staff wage cuts to the appropriate department'

"By golly, if I can make it an enjoyable environment then it's no longer work, it's fun!..."

"It's the latest directive from senior management about how to run a 'paperless office'!"

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"He's just come back from a 'managing stress' course...He learnt all sorts of strategies for dealing with pressure...maybe he could show us some of them if he ever wakes up."

'You remember Mr. Horton? You know, the one you said to give the 'clean desk' award to? -- you fired him three years ago.'

'Yes, Mr Gurkinsky is the lawyer who specializes in advocating employees who are endangered of getting fired because of staying away from work for too long... unfortunately, I haven't seen Mr Gurkinsky for about three weeks...'

"Do you have any idea what it's like to be underappreciated by your boss?"

'The facts speak for themselves: My opinion however is in the accompanying letter with your redundancy package.'

'Mind you, I'm not responsible for the entire pipeline ?' just the section that flows through my office.'

'You were the last person I expected to fall down on the job, Trubshaw.'

"Management think staff need to use their initiative more, and they forwarded a 65 page memo on how they want you to do it."

'I don't know about you, but I'm tired of this hostile work environment.'

"We had to lay off most of the staff to pay for the consultants."

"Cut a few thousand jobs here, boss, a few thousand jobs there, and they start to add up."