What the Big Bad Boss Told the Smart Employee

—after James Mitsui

Recognition? You think
you should get recognition
for your ideas? I'm the one

who gets ideas in this
department. What you think
is my idea. I'm the boss. See

how it works? You do
what I tell you and
I hand you a paycheck. If

you were capable of coming up
with ideas, you wouldn't be
working for me. But here you are

screwing up even the simple
things I tell you to do. And
you think you can suggest

ideas for making things
better? Ideas come
from the top down

around here—people
who know things you'll
never understand. Do you have

any idea how many workers would
be happy to have your job? Hundreds,
maybe thousands. You could be

replaced at any minute
on my say-so. You're
disposable. How's that

for an idea? That's why you have
your job and I have mine. You don't have
ideas. You're a cog in a wheel

that would go on turning even
if it were missing a few small
gears like you. So put your

nose back down, leave the thinking
to me, and be thankful you get
a paycheck—that's your recognition.