| 1 | ''An index of tropes and characters found in an office environment.'' |
| 2 | ---- |
| 3 | !!Tropes: |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[index]] |
| 6 | [[AC:Workplaces]] |
| 7 | * {{Adminisphere}} |
| 8 | * BusinessOfGenericImportance |
| 9 | * CelestialBureaucracy: A bureaucracy that sorts out where people are supposed to go after they die. |
| 10 | * CrazyWorkplace |
| 11 | * CriticalStaffingShortage |
| 12 | * CuttingCorners |
| 13 | * DangerousWorkplace |
| 14 | * EvilInc: Where a corporation is blatantly evil and exploitative. |
| 15 | * FamilyBusiness |
| 16 | * IncompetenceInc |
| 17 | * TheInspectorIsComing |
| 18 | * NoOSHACompliance: When a battle is fought in a "factory" that would be condemned in seconds if OSHA ever inspected it. |
| 19 | * NoProductSafetyStandards |
| 20 | * NoSuchThingAsHR |
| 21 | * PredatoryBusiness: A business that uses underhanded means to eliminate the competition. |
| 22 | * StandardOfficeSetting |
| 23 | * VastBureaucracy |
| 24 | * WackyStartupWorkplace |
| 25 | * WorkCom |
| 26 | * WorkplaceHorror: Where you go to work and discover the office overrun by the supernatural and proceed to try to ignore the tortured screaming in the hallways. |
| 27 | * XDaysSince: Where there is a prominent sign displaying "X Days since the Last Catastrophic Incident" that gets reset during the course of the story. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[AC:Career Paths]] |
| 30 | * AntiNepotism |
| 31 | * BrainDrain |
| 32 | * CardboardBoxOfUnemployment |
| 33 | * CareerVersusMan |
| 34 | * CastingCouch: An actress gets a part in a movie by having sex with the director. |
| 35 | * TheDilbertPrinciple |
| 36 | * DisappointingPromotion |
| 37 | * ExposeTheVillainGetHisJob |
| 38 | * FamilyVersusCareer |
| 39 | * FictionBusinessSavvy |
| 40 | * FiringDay |
| 41 | * FirstDayFromHell |
| 42 | * GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Someone gets fired for a trivial reason or no reason at all. |
| 43 | * HighTurnoverRate |
| 44 | * IneptAptitudeTest |
| 45 | * KickedUpstairs: Promoting an incompetent employee to an ostensibly important position to prevent them from doing any real damage. |
| 46 | * KlingonPromotion: Gaining a person's job or title by killing them. |
| 47 | * LastIntervieweeWins |
| 48 | * {{Nepotism}}: Allowing relatives to work for you. |
| 49 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands:A character's job changes depending on what's appropriate for the current episode's plot. |
| 50 | * NewJobEpisode |
| 51 | ** WelcomeEpisode |
| 52 | * NonPromotion |
| 53 | * ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation |
| 54 | * OmnidisciplinaryLawyer |
| 55 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: A scientist whose knowledge and skills cover every kind of science the plot requires. |
| 56 | * OpenHeartDentistry |
| 57 | * PassedOverPromotion |
| 58 | * ThePeterPrinciple |
| 59 | * PromotedToScapegoat |
| 60 | * PromotionNotPunishment |
| 61 | * PulledFromYourDayOff: Someone is forced to work on their day off. |
| 62 | * ReluctantRetiree |
| 63 | * ResignedInDisgrace: A scandal forces someone to resign from their position. |
| 64 | * SleepingTheirWayToTheTop |
| 65 | * SoulCrushingDeskJob |
| 66 | * SuperficialSuggestionBox: A suggestion box that's treated as a joke. |
| 67 | * TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Someone angrily quits their job. |
| 68 | * TerribleIntervieweesMontage |
| 69 | * UltimateJobSecurity: No matter how severe their violations or acts of negligence are, this person never gets fired. |
| 70 | * UnconfessedUnemployment |
| 71 | * UnprocessedResignation: Someone resigns but their superior disallows the resignation through inaction. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[AC:Bosses]] |
| 74 | * TheAllegedBoss |
| 75 | * BadBoss: A boss who is abusive to their employees to the point of injuring or killing them. |
| 76 | ** TyrantTakesTheHelm (the tyrant being the boss in question) |
| 77 | *** BaitAndSwitchTyrant |
| 78 | * BeleagueredBoss |
| 79 | * BenevolentBoss: A boss who is nice and fair to their employees. |
| 80 | * CluelessBoss |
| 81 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is evil or at least very unscrupulous. |
| 82 | * DinnerWithTheBoss: An employee ends up having dinner with their boss. |
| 83 | * ADoormatToHisMen |
| 84 | * GirlbossFeminist: A female character, usually a HighPoweredCareerWoman, and often TokenGirl, who uses the language of feminism, but doesn't live up to it in practice. |
| 85 | * HonestCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is a good person and refuses to use their company for unethical purposes. |
| 86 | * MajorityShareDictator |
| 87 | * MeanBoss |
| 88 | * PointyHairedBoss: The boss is a complete dunderhead. |
| 89 | * SuitWithVestedInterests |
| 90 | * UnderNewManagement |
| 91 | * WeakBossStrongUnderlings |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[AC:Employees]] |
| 94 | * AlmightyJanitor |
| 95 | * ArmyOfLawyers |
| 96 | * BadassBureaucrat |
| 97 | * BeleagueredAssistant |
| 98 | * BobFromAccounting |
| 99 | * BosssUnfavoriteEmployee |
| 100 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: An employee is very eccentric, but still quite competent at their profession. |
| 101 | * CorporateSponsoredSuperhero |
| 102 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive |
| 103 | * DependingUponTheUndependable: An incompetent employee keeps getting hired and/or promoted even though the hiring person is aware (or should be aware) disaster will inevitably result. |
| 104 | * DeskJockey |
| 105 | * DitzySecretary |
| 106 | * ElderEmployee |
| 107 | * HighPoweredCareerWoman |
| 108 | * HiredForTheirLooks |
| 109 | * HiredOnTheSpot |
| 110 | * HonestCorporateExecutive |
| 111 | * IDontPayYouToThink |
| 112 | * TheIntern |
| 113 | ** DisposableIntern |
| 114 | * JadedProfessional |
| 115 | * TheLastDJ |
| 116 | * ModernMajorGeneral |
| 117 | * ObliviousJanitorCut |
| 118 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: A bureaucrat who prevents the heroes from acting quickly by making them file the required paperwork before allowing them to go and solve the problem. |
| 119 | ** BeleagueredBureaucrat |
| 120 | * OnlySaneEmployee |
| 121 | * OperatorFromIndia |
| 122 | * {{Paperworkaholic}} |
| 123 | * PluckyOfficeGirl |
| 124 | * PowersuitMonkey |
| 125 | * ProfessionalButtKisser |
| 126 | * ProfessionalSlacker |
| 127 | * SassySecretary |
| 128 | * SecretaryOfEvil |
| 129 | * SeriouslyScruffy |
| 130 | * SexySecretary |
| 131 | ** RightHandHottie |
| 132 | * VolatileSecondTierPosition |
| 133 | * WeaselCoWorker |
| 134 | * WhiteCollarWorker |
| 135 | ** {{Salaryman}} |
| 136 | ** TechBro |
| 137 | ** OfficeLady |
| 138 | ** {{Workaholic}} |
| 139 | ** {{Yuppie}} |
| 140 | * WorkHardPlayHard |
| 141 | ** BeingPersonalIsntProfessional |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[AC:Recreational Opportunities]] |
| 144 | * CheekCopy: Someone uses a copying machine to produce a picture of their bare buttocks. |
| 145 | * DelegationRelay |
| 146 | * DeskSweepOfPassion |
| 147 | * DrinkingOnDuty |
| 148 | * EmployeeOfTheMonth |
| 149 | * ExecutiveBallClicker |
| 150 | * MarriedToTheJob |
| 151 | * MustHaveCaffeine |
| 152 | * OfficeGolf |
| 153 | * OfficeRomance |
| 154 | ** SleepingWithTheBoss |
| 155 | * SleepingWithTheBosssWife |
| 156 | * OfficeSports |
| 157 | * OneHourWorkWeek |
| 158 | * PlayingGamesAtWork |
| 159 | * ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks |
| 160 | * SensitivityTraining |
| 161 | * SexAtWork |
| 162 | * SubordinateExcuse |
| 163 | ** MinionShipping |
| 164 | * TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot |
| 165 | * TheQueenWillBeWatching |
| 166 | * TrustBuildingBlunder |
| 167 | * WastebasketBall |
| 168 | * WhiteCollarCrime |
| 169 | ** StealingFromTheTill |
| 170 | * WhosWatchingTheStore |
| 171 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Someone's career requires them to work with their ex. |
| 172 | * WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities - for when your day job gets too boring |
| 173 | * YouGetMeCoffee: Ordering a subordinate to get coffee. |
| 174 | [[/index]] |
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