Workplace Trends Gifts

"One day this will all be outsourced."

"You'll fit in just fine."

Disloyal

'Get with it, Dave! Cubicles are the new barrels!'

"Hi Sean, welcome to my open space. Take a stand and let's talk."

Office Productivity Fail - Treadmill Workstations

"You're invited to our management excursion. Come dresses as a pinata."

'Why is it that nothing ever gets done at these meetings?'

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

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

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

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

'It's a chart of office morale. This is where you went on vacation.'

"Another job well done by your conflict resolution specialist."

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."

"They decided giving out pink slips was too impersonal. So now they're blue."

Men's Suits. I hear being suave and sophisticated is coming back in style. That's just an urbane legend.

'Don't think of it as being a yes man, think of it as being an employed man.'

"I've never said this to a woman before, but here goes: We're not paying you enough."

"I believe we've found the weakest link."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

"Don't flutter your little wings on company time."

"I don't care if you are the Immediate Gratification Generation. Get out of my chair and back to the mailroom."

'He got a raise but not enough to help him clear the fence.'

"Be patient. He'll have to visit the water cooler sooner or later."

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

'Senior management wanted me to raise morale so I made Lionel from accounts 'office jester'!'

"I need to see your budget proposal."

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

"Rolled-up sleeves, no coat, loose tie...it's my casual confrontational look."