"A billion is a thousand million? Why wasn't I informed of this?"
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money, language, communication, incompetence, billion, billions, billionaire, billionaires, millionaire, millionaires, bad at math, math problem, math problems, dollar, dollars, rich people, idle rich, uninformed, lack of information, reliant, rely, relies, relying, underling, underlings, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, in the loop, out of the loop, mankoff"Well, Stoddard, I think I've bounced enough ideas off you for one day."
"I was just going to say, 'Well, I don't make the rules.' But, of course, I do make the rules."
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modest, modesty, false modesty, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, bigwig, bigwigs, big wig, big wigs, boss, bosses, big boss, big bosses, hierarchy, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate culture, board meeting, board meetings, dictator, dictators, dictatorship, dictatorships, democracy, democracies, figure of speech"Senior Vice-President Buffington reporting, sir. Requests permission to advance and be recognized."
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vice president, vice presidents, vice-president, vice-presidents, office politics, corporate culture, corporate ladder, businessmen, businessman, corporate environment, corporate hierarchy, status, intimidation, intimidating, intimidated, pecking order, corporate bully, bullies, ego, egos, egotist, egotists, egotistical, big boss, big bosses, status symbol, status symbols, pa, pas, personal assistant, personal assistants, deference"Why can't you be more like Hutchinson? You don't hear him complaining."
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role model, role models, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate culture, business culture, yes man, yes men, ideal, ideals, ideal worker, ideal workers, boss, bosses, manager, managers, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, tyrant, tyrants, murder, murders, murdering, murderer, murderers, killer, killers, dictator, dictators, dictatorship, complain, complains, complaining"Remember, you weren't hired to think-you were hired because you have opposable thumbs."
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office hierarchy, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, office hierarchies, office politics, opposable thumb, oposable thumbs, thinker, thinkers, thinking, creative thinker, creative thinkers, creative thinking, job description, job descriptions, job title, job titles, skill set, skill-set"And another thing, Beckton, I don't recall ever saying, 'Correct me if I'm wrong.' "
"Take my advice, Roberts, and hide your light under a bushel."
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businessmen, businessman, business mentor, business mentors, bushel, bushels, business advice, business adviser, business advisers, light, lights, bright spark, bright sparks, lightbulb, lightbulbs, light-bulb, light-bulbs, office job, promotion, promotions, corporate culture, corporate environment, office hierarchy, corporate hierarchy"Aaah . . . The smell of fresh-mown employees."
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taskmaster, taskmasters, boss, bosses, executive, executives, manager, managers, office manager, office managers, throw your weight around, throwing your weight around, corporate ladder, corporate hierarchy, hierarchy, hierarchies, morning, mornings, start off the day, starting off the day, iron fist, ruler, rulers, dictator, dictators, dictatorship, dictatorships, refresh, refreshes, refreshing, invigorate, invigorates, invigorating"That's it? That's the minority report?"
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minority report, minority reports, counterpoint, counterpoints, debate, debates, debating, yes man, yes men, executive, executives, minority, minorities, opinion, opinions, argue, argues, arguing, argument, arguments, push back, pushes back, pushing back, truth to power, speaking truth to power, flip off, flips off, flipping off, minority, minorities, corporate hierarchy, corporate ladder, hierarchy, hierarchies"Note the small zipper pocket of your sales kit. It contains a cyanide capsule."
"It's simple enough, Langdon, but I'll explain again. To help pay off the debt that we incurred when we bought this company, we've sold some of you into slavery."
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debt, debts, debtor, debtors, corporate mentality, corporate mentalities, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, pay off debt, pays off debt, paying off debt, explain, explains, explaining, taskmaster, taskmasters, executive, executives, boss, bosses, ethics, morality, immoral, immorality, unethical, underling, underlings, office drone, office drones, layoff, layoffs, firing, firings, sack, sacks, sacking, sackings, sacked"Don't make me get ugly, Pendleton."
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trapdoor, trapdoors, trap door, trap doors, executive, executives, fire, fires, firing, firings, sack, sacks, sacking, sackings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, cruel, cruelty, mean, evil, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, corporation, corporations, temper, tempers, bad temper, ogre, ogres, evil, horrible, vengeful, vengeance, wrath"No fair. You promised you'd downsize by attrition."
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attrition, war of attrition, wars of attrition, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, corporate policy, corporate policies, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, unemployment, fire, fired, firing, firings, jargon, employee, employees, boss, bosses, upper management, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies"Come closer, Leroux - I like to work with my hands."
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hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, corporate culture, exec, execs, executive, executives, working with your hands, paper pusher, paper pushers, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, bureaucracy, bureaucracies, throttle, throttling, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, managements, desk job, desk jobs"See? This is why I get the big bucks."
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well-paid, high status, earner, earners, earnings, window, windows, defenestrate, defenestrates, defenestration, toss out, tosses out, tossing out, throw out, throws out, throwing out, window, windows, status, statuses, social status, social status, fired, firing, firings, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, big bucks, wage, wages, high wage, high wages, businessman, businessmen, business culture"Hayward and his whole deal have just been dumped in my lap."
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work, works, workload, workloads, work hard, works hard, working hard, burden, burdens, needy, neediness, boss, bosses, underling, underlings, babysitter, babysitters, babysitting, executive, executives, reassure, reassures, reassuring, reassurance, reassurances, workload, workloads, work load, work loads, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies"Mr. Hanlon will be out for a few weeks. His spent fuel rods are being removed."
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fuel rod, fuel rods, car repair, car repairs, auto repair, auto repairs, secretary, secretaries, nuke, nukes, nuclear energy, nuclear power, nuclear powered, spent fuel rods, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, executive, executives, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies"Intimidating, isn't it?"
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intimidation, intimidating, intimidate, intimidates, squid, squids, octopus, octopuses, wildlife, hunting trophy, hunting trophies, fishing trophy, fishing trophies, sea monster, sea monsters, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, corporate culture, corporate environment, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies"I think he's about to present us with an idea."
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idea, ideas, big idea, big ideas, idea man, idea men, revelation, revelations, profit, profits, profiting, boss, bosses, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, corner office, corner offices, ray of light, rays of light, light ray, light rays, godsend, godsends, ego, egotist, egotists, egotistical, arrogant, arrogance, ego-driven, boss, bosses, higher-up, higher-ups, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies"Still, I think we can all take some pride in being one of the signature bankruptcies of our time."
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bankrupt, bankruptcy, bankruptcies, ceo, ceos, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, go bankrupt, goes bankrupt, going bankrupt, company, companies, corporation, corporations, corporate, corporate control, corporate controller, chief executive, chief executives, incompetent, incompetence, qualification, qualifications, achievement, achievements, achieving, pride, proud, job well done, jobs well done, take pride, takes pride, taking pride, executive, executives, higher up, higher ups, stockholder meeting, stockholder meetings, stockholder, stockholders, too big to fail, bank, banks, banking, banker, bankers, big bank, big banks, corporate hierarchy, corporate ladder"Remember when the old guys were on top and the young guys were on the bottom?"
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age, ages, aging, ageing, grow old, grows old, growing old, outdated, outmoded, last year's model, young, young guy, young guys, usurp, usurps, usurping, work, work life, modern life, modern times, corporate culture, corporate hierarchy, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, old-fashioned, out-of-date, middle age, middle aged, hotshot, hotshots, young hotshot, young hotshots, office worker, office workers, office drone, office drones"Human Resources."
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hr, hr department, hr dept., human resources, human resources department, slave driver, slave drivers, taskmaster, taskmasters, slave ship, slave ships, office, offices, office worker, office workers, office drone, office drones, cruel, personnel, personnel department, personnel dept., whip, whips, crack the whip, cracking the whip, corporate culture, corporate hierarchy