"You fed me tuna and cleaned my litter box, Harris, and I'm not going to forget it."
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tuna, tunafish, ceo, ceos, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, chief executive, chief executives, promotion, promotions, promoted, colleague, colleagues, new boss, new bosses, favor, favors, reward, rewards, rewarding, favour, favours, hierarchy, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, cat person, cat people, cat, cats, favorite food, favorite foods, favourite food, favourite foods, manager, managers, management, newly promoted, litter box, litter boxes, corporation, corporations"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"I don't know how it started, either. All I know is that it's part of our corporate culture."
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corporate culture, corporate climate, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, trend, trends, fashion trend, fashion trends, hat, hats, funny hat, funny hats, silly hat, silly hats, office, corporation, corporations, big corporation, big corporations, outfit, outfits, uniform, uniforms, fit in, fits in, fitting in"Well, Stoddard, I think I've bounced enough ideas off you for one day."
"Sometimes it's important to stop whatever break you're taking and just do the work."
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procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, break, breaks, writing break, writing breaks, writer, writers, author, authors, journalist, journalists, journalism, take breaks, taking breaks, office drone, office drones, office worker, office workers, worker, workers, manager, managers, management, tip, tips, worklife, corporate culture, corporate mentality, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, break room, break rooms, slacker, slackers, slack off, slacking off, put off, putting off, work, works"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"When I grow up, I want to work with the affluent."
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aspiration, aspirations, aspire, aspires, aspiring, rich, riches, charity, charities, charitable program, charitable programs, affluent, affluence, upper class, upper classes, status, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, grow up, grows up, growing up, ideal job, ideal jobs, career goal, career goals, career, careers, goal, goals, greed, greedy, motivation, motivations, money-driven, money grubbing, money grubber, money grubbersBusiness Sisyphus
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sisyphus, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, futile, futility, office drone, office drones, worker, workers, white collar, white collar job, white collar jobs, white collar worker, white collar workers, impossible, impossible task, impossible tasks"Even though you gave the CEO a kidney, this is a lot of sick days."
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organ, organs, organ donor, organ donors, organ donation, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, sick day, sick days, sick leave, perk, perks, expectation, expectations, business, businesses, kidney, kidneys, generous, generosity, spite, spiteful, high expectations, office drone, office drones, underling, underlings, corporate culture, impersonal"You're in luck. We have an opening for low man on the totem pole."
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totem pole, totem poles, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporation, corporations, entry level, entry level job, entry level jobs, job opening, job openings, hiring, hiring officer, hiring officers, personnel, personnel department, hr, hr department, h.r. department, job interview, job interviews, interview, interviews"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"Ah, Mr. Conrad, you're right on time."
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doubt, doubts, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, worry, worries, worrying, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, on time, right on time, fire, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, lay-off, lay-offs, sacked, sacking, sackings, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders"Note the small zipper pocket of your sales kit. It contains a cyanide capsule."
"Please hold my calls and disregard any cries for help."
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cry for help, cries for help, crying for help, berate, berates, berating, boss, bosses, manager, managers, chew out, chews out, chewing out, whimper, whimpers, whimpering, snivel, snivelling, hold my calls, executive, executives, mean, cruel, cruelty, tongue-lashing, tongue-lashings, yell, yells, yelling, shout, shouts, shouting, scold, scolds, scolding, beat, beats, beating, beatings, violent, violence, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporation, corporations, corporate culture"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 hierarchiesR. Truscott Hamilton and his Personal Executive Trainer
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executive, executives, personal trainer, personal trainers, business executive, business executives, assistant, assistants, personal assistant, personal assistants, employee, employees, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, trainer, trainers, yes man, yes men, corporate lackey, corporate lackeys, fire, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, laid off"I want you to play a bigger role in the day-to-day operations of ignoring the obvious."
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ignore, ignores, ignoring, ignore the obvious, ignoring the obvious, promotion, promotions, manager, managers, head in the sand, ostrich, ostriches, bigger role, bigger roles, management role, management roles, managing, day-to-day operations, greater involvement, executive, executives, chief executive, chief executives, uninterested, disinterested, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, peter principle"I don't mean to keep popping in on you, sir, but I just naturally gravitate toward power."
"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"You'll go far in this organization, Taylor, unless I manage to stop you."
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career ladder, career ladders, climb, climbs, climbing, ladder climber, ladder climbers, ambitious, ambition, ambitions, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, hierarchy, hierarchies, stop, stops, stopping, career killer, career killers, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, executive, executives, jealous, jealousy, employee, employees, usurp, overtake, overtakes, overtaking, scheme, schemes, scheming"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"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 dronesA series of men stand on each other, squashing the ones below.
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corporate ladder, corporate ladders, hierarchy, hierarchies, capitalist, capitalists, capitalism, acrobat, acrobats, acrobatic, acrobatics, abstract, abstraction, abstractions, pyramid, human pyramid, human pyramids, squish, squishes, squishing, squash, squashes, squashing, standing on the shoulders of giants, flatten, flattens, flattening, perception, perceptions