Ask HN: What's your favorite corporate power move?

Examples of corporate power moves:

- Showing up 5 minutes late to a meeting, to show someone your time is more valuable. - "The Hard CC" where you cc someone's boss to throw them under the bus for not being accountable. - Having someone prepare a report or do a lot of work on something and then tell them to "simplify it" or just give you the "key points" in a meeting

What are your favorite (or least favorite if something drives you nuts) corporate power moves?

You do a little scribble in your book or tablet or whatever and look up and say "noted" and then just stare with a pregnant pause, indicating you are waiting for the next meaningless "concern" to be articulated.

At least a couple of employers I had in smaller towns in the midwest would treat employees like property, and would assume you would never (or be able to) leave. "You should be grateful to even have a job" was common.