"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
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shareholder, shareholders, stock, stockmarket, stockmarkets, stock market, stock markets, stockbroker, stockbrokers, priority, priorities, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, armageddon, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, post-apocalypse, environmental destruction, catastrophe, catastrophes, extinction, human extinction, extinctions, value, bottom line, bottom lines, capitalist, capitalists, capitalism, late capitalism, nuclear fallout, fallout, environmentalism, environmentalist, environmentalists, pollution, polluter, polluters, campfire, campfires, camp fire, camp fires, camp fire story, camp fire stories, scary story, scary stories, environment, corporation, corporations, corporate greed"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
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shareholder, shareholders, stock, stockmarket, stockmarkets, stock market, stock markets, stockbroker, stockbrokers, priority, priorities, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, armageddon, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, post-apocalypse, environmental destruction, catastrophe, catastrophes, extinction, human extinction, extinctions, value, bottom line, bottom lines, capitalist, capitalists, capitalism, late capitalism, nuclear fallout, fallout, environmentalism, environmentalist, environmentalists, pollution, polluter, polluters, campfire, campfires, camp fire, camp fires, camp fire story, camp fire stories, scary story, scary stories, environment, corporation, corporations, corporate greed"Only time will tell whether this merger makes sense or not."
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merger, mergers, corporation, corporations, acquisition, acquisitions, business, big business, ship, ships, boat, boats, rowing, rows, ancient history, ancient, greek, greece, slavery, thoughtless, stupid, pointless, businesses, combine, fuse, different, contrast, contrasting, contrasts, commerce, worker, workers, executive, executives, time will tell, makes sense"It's just us today. Campbell called in ethical."
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called in sick, sick, calling in sick, sickie, pulling a sickie, conscience, grow a conscience, grew a conscience, no conscience, growing a conscience, ethics, ethical, ethical business, lack of ethics, no ethics, meeting, meetings, business meetings, board meetings, board meeting, exec, execs, executives, executive, banker, bankers, corporate greed, corporate, corporations"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"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'The Final Merger'
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merger, mergers, corporation, corporations, corporate, mega corporation, megacorporations, behemoth, behemoths, merge, merges, merging, takeover, takeovers, worldwide, international, international corporation, globalism, free trade, free trader, free traders, movie studio, movie studios, film studio, film studios, hollywood"All work and no play makes you a valued employee."
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all work, no play, makes jack a dull boy, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, employee, employees, overworked, stress, stressed, stressed out, value, values, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, corporation, corporations, corporate logic, bottom line, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, quality of life, workplace, workplaces"Well, Stoddard, I think I've bounced enough ideas off you for one day."
"The trick, as I see it, is to insulate yourself with layers of deadwood."
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business practice, businessmen, big business, deadwood, hierarchy, hierarchies, businessman, white collar crime, trick, tricks, trickery, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, dishonest, unethical, ethical business, hiring, firing, personnel, human resources, human resource, hr, h.r., corporate, corporations, job security, office drone, office drones, layer, layers"The starred items are hot and spicy."
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board, boardroom, board room, boards, boardrooms, boards, exec, execs, executive, executives, business, businesses, businessmen, businessman, business men, business man, menu, menus, food, foods, spice, spicy, chilli, chillis, hot chilli, hot and spicy, minutes, minuted, minute, paper, papers, meeting, meetings, meeting room, office, offices, corporate, corporations"We're still the same, great company we've always been, only we've ceased to exist."
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close, closes, closing, closure, closures, bad news, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, bankrupt, bankruptcy, bankruptcies, shutdown, shutdowns, shutting down, positive spin, spin, spins, spinning, spin doctor, spin doctors, reassurance, reassurances, reassuring, identity, corporation, corporations, company, companies, small business, small businesses, out of business, going out of business, corporate culture"The entrance to my cubicle is three feet away. Please respect my partition."
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businessman, businessmen, exec, execs, executive, executives, career, careers, big business, corporate, corporation, corporations, day job, offices, office job, office drone, office drones, cubicles, cubicle, offices, office building, packed, busy, crowd, crowded, office ecology, office politics, social, social politics, modern life, modern world, your business, none of your business, working life, working world, partition, partitions, fence, fences"There's a Mr. Egg McMuffin here who says we've been using his name without permission."
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breakfast, breakfast sandwich, egg sandwich, breakfast sandwiches, egg sandwiches, sandwich, sandwiches, business, businesses, executive, executives, market, marketing, dining, diner, restaurant, restaurants, food, foods, fast food, fast food chain, chain restaurant, chain restaurants, laws, law, law and order, legal, exploit, exploitative, permission, permissions, reception, receptionist, receptionists, office, offices, corporate, corporation, corporations, sue, sued, suing, lawyer, lawyers, fake name"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"They just made a little money the old-fashioned way, Ben–they stole it."
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judge, judges, judged, judicial, judiciary, jury, juror, jurors, jury duty, law, lawyer, lawyers, legal, legality, legalism, alibi, excuse, excuses, businessman, businessmen, corporate, corporation, corporations, private individual, rich people, rich, corporate crime, conspiracy, capitalism, capitalist, theft, money laundering, market manipulation, manipulation, papers, paper, newspaper, father, fathers, son, sons, kid, kids"I have a brief statement, a clarification, and two denials."
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press conference, press conferences, media, press, reporters, reporter, podium, podiums, stand, stands, microphone, microphones, spokesman, spokesmen, spokesperson, spokespeople, politician, politicians, politics, government, governments, bureaucracy, business, businesses, company, companies, corporation, corporations, speech, speeches, statement, statements, comment, comments, clarification, clarifications, denial, denials, dishonest, dishonesty, ethics, unethical, scandal, scandals, psychology"Actually, we all think you're doing a pretty good job. We just feel it would be more fun to have a celebrity for C.E.O."
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business, businessmen, businessman, businesswoman, businesswomen, executive, executives, corporation, corporations, corporate, company, companies, manager, managers, management, hierarchy, demotion, demotions, demoted, ceo, chief executive officer, c.e.o., ceos, chief executive officers, c.e.o.s, celebrity, celebrities, famous people, famous person, star, stars, celeb, celebs, meeting, meetings, board, boards, board member, board members, upper management, good job, fun, more fun, replaceable, figurehead, representative, office, office life, modern life"This brand has a clean balance sheet, a lively marketing plan with tasteful notes of originality, and a strong fiscal-year finish."
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wine, wines, businesses, businessman, businessmen, businessperson, business people, business man, business men, business person, drink, drinks, drinking, appeal, appealing, sommelier, sommeliers, waiter, waiters, waitress, waitresses, bottle of wine, sell, selling, taste, tastes, tasting, describe, description, restaurant, restaurants, corporation, corporations, corporate culture, self absorbed, self-absorbed"We need to investigate a stupidity cluster in accounting."
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investigate, investigates, investigation, investigations, accountant, accounting, accounting department, accounting departments, books, cooked books, incompetence, incompetent, corporation, corporations, colleague, colleagues, mistake, mistakes, accident, accidents, careless, carelessness, malfeasance, corporate malfeasance"We're looking for people to fire."
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honest, honesty, honesty is the best policy, hire, hired, hiring, hires, personnel, hr, h r, h.r., human resources, business, big business, businessman, businessmen, business man, business men, exec, execs, executive, manager, management, corporate, corporation, corporations, employment, employed, fire, fired, firing, office worker, office drone, office drones, excuse, excuses, interview, interviews, interview skills, capitalism, late stage capitalism, sardonic, sarcastic"We'll find the money for that. My guy is on it right now."
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metal detector, metal detectors, detectorist, detectorists, metal detection, consultant, consultants, specialist, specialists, budget, budgets, company budget, company budgets, find money, finding money, find the money, finding the money, expert, experts, expertise, area of expertise, efficient, efficiency, efficiency expert, efficiency experts, finances, corporation, corporations, corporate budget, corporate budgets"I don't like to pull rank, but I'm the one with two papers."
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pull rank, pulling rank, paper, papers, paperwork, excuse, excuses, businessman, businessmen, exec, execs, executive, executives, career, careers, big business, corporate, corporation, corporations, day job, offices, office job, office drone, office drones, cubicles, cubicle, offices, office building, office ecology, office politics, modern life, modern world, working life, working world, desk job, desk jockey, responsibility, management, manager, managers"Do you ever catch yourself wondering what the hell's gone wrong with this corporation?"
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corporation, corporations, sloshed, lunch, lunches, dinner, dinners, martini, martinis, whiskey, drinker, drinkers, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, alcoholism, drunk, drunks, drunkard, drunkards, drunken, meeting, meetings, boardroom, board room, boardrooms, board rooms, profit, profits, profiting, lose money, losing money