''An index of tropes and characters found in an office environment.''
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!!Tropes:

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[[folder: Workplaces ]]

* {{Adminisphere}}
* BusinessOfGenericImportance
* CelestialBureaucracy: A bureaucracy that sorts out where people are supposed to go after they die.
* CrazyWorkplace
* CriticalStaffingShortage
* CuttingCorners
* DangerousWorkplace
* EvilInc: Where a corporation is blatantly evil and exploitative.
* FamilyBusiness
* IncompetenceInc
* TheInspectorIsComing
* NoOSHACompliance: When a battle is fought in a "factory" that would be condemned in seconds if OSHA ever inspected it.
* NoProductSafetyStandards
* NoSuchThingAsHR
* PredatoryBusiness: A business that uses underhanded means to eliminate the competition.
* StandardOfficeSetting
* VastBureaucracy
* WackyStartupWorkplace
* WorkCom
* 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.
* XDaysSince: Where there is a prominent sign displaying "X Days since the Last Catastrophic Incident" that gets reset during the course of the story.

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[[folder: Career Paths ]]

* AntiNepotism
* BrainDrain
* CardboardBoxOfUnemployment
* CareerVersusMan
* CastingCouch: An actress gets a part in a movie by having sex with the director.
* TheDilbertPrinciple
* DisappointingPromotion
* ExposeTheVillainGetHisJob
* FamilyVersusCareer
* FictionBusinessSavvy
* FiringDay
* FirstDayFromHell
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Someone gets fired for a trivial reason or no reason at all.
* HighTurnoverRate
* IneptAptitudeTest
* KickedUpstairs: Promoting an incompetent employee to an ostensibly important position to prevent them from doing any real damage.
* KlingonPromotion: Gaining a person's job or title by killing them.
* LastIntervieweeWins
* {{Nepotism}}: Allowing relatives to work for you.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands:A character's job changes depending on what's appropriate for the current episode's plot.
* NewJobEpisode
** WelcomeEpisode
* NonPromotion
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation
* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: A scientist whose knowledge and skills cover every kind of science the plot requires.
* OpenHeartDentistry
* PassedOverPromotion
* ThePeterPrinciple
* PromotedToScapegoat
* PromotionNotPunishment
* PulledFromYourDayOff: Someone is forced to work on their day off.
* ReluctantRetiree
* ResignedInDisgrace: A scandal forces someone to resign from their position.
* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop
* SoulCrushingDeskJob
* SuperficialSuggestionBox: A suggestion box that's treated as a joke.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Someone angrily quits their job.
* TerribleIntervieweesMontage
* UltimateJobSecurity: No matter how severe their violations or acts of negligence are, this person never gets fired.
* UnconfessedUnemployment
* UnprocessedResignation: Someone resigns but their superior disallows the resignation through inaction.

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[[folder: Bosses ]]

* TheAllegedBoss
* BadBoss: A boss who is abusive to their employees to the point of injuring or killing them.
** TyrantTakesTheHelm (the tyrant being the boss in question)
*** BaitAndSwitchTyrant
* BeleagueredBoss
* BenevolentBoss: A boss who is nice and fair to their employees.
* CluelessBoss
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is evil or at least very unscrupulous.
* DinnerWithTheBoss: An employee ends up having dinner with their boss.
* ADoormatToHisMen
* 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.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is a good person and refuses to use their company for unethical purposes.
* MajorityShareDictator
* MeanBoss
* PointyHairedBoss: The boss is a complete dunderhead.
* SuitWithVestedInterests
* UnderNewManagement
* WeakBossStrongUnderlings

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[[folder: Employees ]]

* AlmightyJanitor
* ArmyOfLawyers
* BadassBureaucrat
* BeleagueredAssistant
* BobFromAccounting
* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee
* BunnyEarsLawyer: An employee is very eccentric, but still quite competent at their profession.
* CorporateSponsoredSuperhero
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* 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.
* DeskJockey
* DitzySecretary
* ElderEmployee
* HighPoweredCareerWoman
* HiredForTheirLooks
* HiredOnTheSpot
* HonestCorporateExecutive
* IDontPayYouToThink
* TheIntern
** DisposableIntern
* JadedProfessional
* TheLastDJ
* ModernMajorGeneral
* ObliviousJanitorCut
* 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.
** BeleagueredBureaucrat
* OnlySaneEmployee
* OperatorFromIndia
* {{Paperworkaholic}}
* PluckyOfficeGirl
* PowersuitMonkey
* ProfessionalButtKisser
* ProfessionalSlacker
* SassySecretary
* SecretaryOfEvil
* SeriouslyScruffy
* SexySecretary
** RightHandHottie
* VolatileSecondTierPosition
* WeaselCoWorker
* WhiteCollarWorker
** {{Salaryman}}
** TechBro
** OfficeLady
** {{Workaholic}}
** {{Yuppie}}
* WorkHardPlayHard
** BeingPersonalIsntProfessional

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[[folder: Recreational Opportunities ]]

* CheekCopy: Someone uses a copying machine to produce a picture of their bare buttocks.
* DelegationRelay
* DeskSweepOfPassion
* DrinkingOnDuty
* EmployeeOfTheMonth
* ExecutiveBallClicker
* MarriedToTheJob
* MustHaveCaffeine
* OfficeGolf
* OfficeRomance
** SleepingWithTheBoss
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife
* OfficeSports
* OneHourWorkWeek
* PlayingGamesAtWork
* ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks
* SensitivityTraining
* SexAtWork
* SubordinateExcuse
** MinionShipping
* TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot
* TheQueenWillBeWatching
* TrustBuildingBlunder
* WastebasketBall
* WhiteCollarCrime
** StealingFromTheTill
* WhosWatchingTheStore
* WorkingWithTheEx: Someone's career requires them to work with their ex.
* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities - for when your day job gets too boring
* YouGetMeCoffee: Ordering a subordinate to get coffee.
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