The corporate world is like a ham and cheese omelette: the cow participated, the chicken made a contribution, but only the pig showed the level of commitment we expect in this company!
Usually in a corporate culture, the order of sacrifices starts at the bottom, with the workers.…Once their numbers have been decimated, time and again, then they go after middle management, which in a diamond-shaped organization, is probably where most of the “fat” was in the first place.…Eventually, once middle management’s numbers have been reduced, then they go after senior managment.…The problem here is that the problems in any corporate culture start at the “brains” of the outfit, but they are the ones that take the least of the hits that the rest of the body suffers.
or, how about the managers of nj tgifridays for switching top shelf booze with low quality booze. customer orders top shelf, and they receive low quality booze.
Please don’t tell me you’re referring to those awful links to the Great Old Ones created by August Derleth.
.I don’t think the gods would be happy with an exec as a sacrifice. They rank lower than lawyers on the cosmological scale. Even Tlazolteotl, the Eater of Filth, wouldn’t touch them.
jazzmoose over 11 years ago
Don’t they usually use a virgin? Get IT up here.
edclectic over 11 years ago
C’mon, have a heart, boss!
Varnes over 11 years ago
Aztech?
Hawthorne over 11 years ago
Another astute observation, Wiley. Thanks for the image!
roctor over 11 years ago
Bring in the refreshment person.
puddleglum1066 over 11 years ago
The corporate world is like a ham and cheese omelette: the cow participated, the chicken made a contribution, but only the pig showed the level of commitment we expect in this company!
luvcmx over 11 years ago
Jimmy Cagney in White Heat? If so, we are both showing our age!
J Short over 11 years ago
…and first at bat is a young accountant from Sioux Falls. He didn’t quite master the are of “cooking the books.”
emptc12 over 11 years ago
“Pip pip, old chop — why beef? Liver and loin, I always say!”(from an old “Smokey Stover” strip)
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 11 years ago
Start with the CEOs and work your way down.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
start with bank of america ceo and goldman sachs ceo.
watmiwori over 11 years ago
A change in corporate culture??? Not really….
dabugger over 11 years ago
now don’t all run to be first….some one will have to take a stab at it….
Warren Wubker over 11 years ago
Change the word ‘corporate’ to ‘Washington’ and you have the ‘changer-in-chief’.
SaraRundle over 11 years ago
I nominate middle management. Bone heads just below VP’s. The Peter Principle Poster Child Psychopathic Personalities. (This is a new disorder)
aprilsphere over 11 years ago
Tyranny is the logical step following capitalism, but a good tyrant is hard to come by.
Linguist over 11 years ago
Talk about slashing overhead !
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
Nice comments, guys. Wiley really sets the scene.
californicated1 over 11 years ago
Usually in a corporate culture, the order of sacrifices starts at the bottom, with the workers.…Once their numbers have been decimated, time and again, then they go after middle management, which in a diamond-shaped organization, is probably where most of the “fat” was in the first place.…Eventually, once middle management’s numbers have been reduced, then they go after senior managment.…The problem here is that the problems in any corporate culture start at the “brains” of the outfit, but they are the ones that take the least of the hits that the rest of the body suffers.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 11 years ago
You mean it isn’t already this way????
The Life I Draw Upon over 11 years ago
Downsizing. Hasn’t changed.
Spooky D Cat over 11 years ago
The goal setting, mission statement, and strategic planning start tomorrow. Then adding several additonal layers of management.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
or, how about the managers of nj tgifridays for switching top shelf booze with low quality booze. customer orders top shelf, and they receive low quality booze.
Ernest Lemmingway over 11 years ago
Please don’t tell me you’re referring to those awful links to the Great Old Ones created by August Derleth.
.I don’t think the gods would be happy with an exec as a sacrifice. They rank lower than lawyers on the cosmological scale. Even Tlazolteotl, the Eater of Filth, wouldn’t touch them.
reynard61 over 11 years ago
@ edclectic: He does. In a jar on his desk.
tigerchik32 over 11 years ago
Didn’t anybody tell him Dec. 21, 2012 wasn’t a big deal?
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
I don’t know why but I lie this :)