Everybody is Management

A couple of days ago we had a motivational speaker at work, talking about passion at work, giving one's best, and so on. One of the phrases used was 'Everybody is Management', meaning that each of us serfs were 'owners', in that we had both the power and the responsibility to steer the company's destiny in the most glorious, bestest way possible.

Everybody is Management, eh?

1. Then how come my pay is muchos less than management pay?


2. Why am I sitting in a cube farm and not in a corner office?


3. Where are my stock options?

Everybody is Management my ass. I am not claiming that I do management work. I do my job, and I get paid for it. Fair enough. But spare me this BS, please.