SURVIVAL GUIDE IN CORPORATE AMERICA 1. Brown-nose all the time. Be a King (or Queen) of kissing ass. Make sure to kiss the right ass. 2. Your boss is right. I'm sorry, your boss is ALWAYS right. 3. Squeaky wheel gets the oil. Be bitching loudly and frequently. If you don't know how to, I am willing to give you a privite lesson with a small fee. 4. Be visible. it really means to steal all other people's credits. If you cannot setal, rob it. 5. Publicly announce you are a team player, but you only speak I, me, my. If you are over 30 with qualification of all of above and you are not a second line manger yet, you are not a white male (like me). My two cents is to proceed with caution.