Motivational Humor: Taking a Peek at Upper Management Thoughts

As this is the December newsletter, and a time for merriment, fun and laughter, we’d like to dispense with the formal article and take a light-hearted look at the humorous side of management and human behaviour. Forget about your difficult bosses for the meantime, we hope the following, motivational quotes humor cribbed from internet research, makes you smile as much as we did!

Motivational Humor

Quote from a recent meeting: “We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done”.

Quote from the Boss… “I didn’t say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.”

A motivational sign at work: “The beatings will continue until morale improves.”

A direct quote from the Boss: “We passed over a lot of good people to get the ones we hired.”

“My Boss frequently gets lost in thought. That’s because it’s unfamiliar territory.”

My Boss said to me, “What you see as a glass ceiling, I see as a protective barrier“.

“My Boss needs a surge protector. That way his mouth would be buffered from surprise spikes in his brain.”

“I thought my Boss was an idiot, and quit, to work for myself. My new Boss is an idiot, too … but at least I respect and think highly of him.”

“Some people climb the ladder of success. My Boss walked under it.”

HR Manager to job candidate “I see you’ve had no computer training. Although that qualifies you for upper management, it means you’re under-qualified for our entry level positions.”

Quote from telephone inquiry “We’re only hiring one summer intern this year and we won’t start interviewing candidates for that position until the Boss’ daughter finishes her summer classes“.