Quotes About Workplace

Evvverrrrybody wants to know what it's like working with Jennifer Lopez.

If you're working for a sexist jerk, you have to leave.

When you look at the reasons people leave companies, it's usually because their boss is a jerk or because they aren't learning and growing.

I've had a disproportionate share of interaction with jerks.

Women have to compensate more in the personality department in order to get the things that men get. And they don't have as much leeway for being divas or jerks.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

I joined NOW on an issue of pay.

The joke around my office is that I've shaken many hands, but I've petted more dogs.

A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 pm to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.

A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 A.M. and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 P.M. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.

A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.

The number one sign you have nothing to do at work: The 4th Division of Paperclips has overrun the Pushpin Infantry and General White-Out has called for a new skirmish.

Frederick Taylor

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerably amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and convince his employer that he is going at a good price.

You can work long, hard, and smart, but at Amazon.com you can pick only two out of three.

the interest of employee feedback, this guy needs to work on his people skills.

You know, the fact that you were educated in a gun factory kinda shows sometimes

Perfectionism never happens in a vacuum. It touches everyone around us. We pass it down to our children, we infect our workplace with impossible expectations, and it's suffocating for our friends and families. Thankfully, compassion also spreads quickly. When we're kind to ourselves, we create a reservoir of compassion that we can extend to others.

define calm as creating perspective and mindfulness while managing emotional reactivity. Calm is a superpower because it is the balm that heals one of the most prevalent workplace stressors: anxiety.

I haven't been in a company in five years where people aren't whispering, "This is great, but, um, how do we talk about race?

Perfectionism never happens in a vacuum. It touches everyone around us. We pass it down to our children, we infect our workplace with impossible expectations, and it's suffocating for our friends and families. Thankfully, compassion also spreads quickly. When we're kind to ourselves, we create a reservoir of compassion that we can extend to others. Our children learn how to be self-compassionate by watching us, and the people around us feel free to be authentic and connected.

Being onstage is comfortable for me because it's my work, but put me in the middle of a cocktail party and you'll find me with a frozen smile, wishing I could curl up under a table in the fetal position.

Just because you're standing in your office or your classroom or your studio doesn't mean that you can take emotion out of this process. You cannot. (P.8)

If you've created a work culture where vulnerability isn't okay, you've also created a culture where innovation and creativity aren't okay.