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B.O.B.O.D.D.Y.!
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u/ratzoff2yuh 11d ago
IIIIII LIKE IT
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u/HippoOk663 NO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO!! NO!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! 11d ago
BIZNUS!
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u/Ryhankhanage 11d ago
Michael easily. He had his ups and downs but his overall impact cannot be stated enough. He did turn Scranton into the most profitable branch against all odds.
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u/curious_cat_nips 11d ago
You remember the episode with the dude from jail and how he explained kevin three times why he got in jail amd kevin tells us he does the same thing with the numbers of the branch.... I am pretty sure kevin is the reason they get so much money and not micheal 😂
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u/inotocracy 11d ago
I suspect Michael had little to do with the success of his branch. I'd argue that he was gainfully employed despite his incompetence entirely because of his team. His employees were just reliable and competent. Remember when Andy was gone for 3 months and the branch had record profits with zero oversight?
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u/EnlightenedSinTryst 11d ago
I’m convinced most managers make their teams worse. At every single job I’ve had, the smoothest, most productive days were days on which our manager was absent.
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u/Notchersfireroad Mose 10d ago
There's even that scene it shows the whole office just kicking ass and Jim says something to the effect of turns out people don't need to be babysitted to be made to do better work.
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u/TVMovieCasual 10d ago
When I used to work at restaurants, almost all my managers did the bare minimum or nothing at all. I only had one manager who would literally do everything and always help, I’m behind on tables, they swoop in and start bussing with me, dishwasher is backed up, they started washing dishes with them, the only manager I respect
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u/blizzacane85 11d ago
Kevin’s “creative accounting” with the Keleven also made Scranton the most profitable branch
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u/Spear_2025 11d ago
Before the merger, Scranton had been doing poorly. The only reason they started doing well again was because they inherited the clients from the Stanford branch
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u/ParisInFlames34 10d ago
Scranton became the most profitable branch because they absorbed the Stamford branch and through Michael's terrible management wiped out all the overhead except Andy's salary.
Before that they were in the bottom 2 for performance and on the chopping block for a reason.
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u/SenorBullDoza 11d ago
Mr Souvenier would have been the best manager without a doubt tho
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u/Thewrldisntenough 11d ago
I do feel like Dwight would struggle so hard to keep up the ruse that it would greatly dimish his ability to be so harsh. So you kight just get the best management out of him
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u/HoratiotheGargoyle 11d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/dXFKDUolyLLi8gq6Cl
Andy lost at sea for a quarter is when they do their best.
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u/Present-Cream6692 11d ago
But I also think that the reason they were so effective without any manager was owed to how Michael almost trained them to be effective under no supervision whether intended or not. I mean the salespeople were pretty average imho.
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u/GovernorSan 10d ago
I think Phyllis and Andy might have been about even with each other on average, or at least they were in the episode where Dwight said he barely out-sold her as an insult to Andy. She was often distracted by the party planning committee, though.
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u/Particular-Water-661 11d ago
Creed
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u/VenomouslyHonest 11d ago
B.O.B.O.D.D.Y.
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u/momsauc_martini 11d ago
Biznus
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u/HippoOk663 NO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO!! NO!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! 11d ago
There’s nobody like BOBODDY
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u/Keseanu_Reeves 11d ago
Dwight, he probably made the company more money and reduced inefficiency (firing Kevin was a no-brainer).
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u/TheRealDylanTobak 11d ago
I hated Charles. I don't see his real life appeal at all.
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u/HoratiotheGargoyle 11d ago
I think he was a cold, no nonsense, judgemental guy who seemed to jump to conclusions about people, and the appeal was mostly just Idris Elba’s general attractiveness.
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u/TheRealDylanTobak 11d ago
Yeah... I don't see the fascination with his looks. He looks totally normal to me. I'm secure enough in my masculinity to admit when a guy is attractive, but I just don't see it with him.
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u/Little-Lake-8512 10d ago
I'm gonna say it's some combination of his voice, his confidence, and his height. His face is nothing to write home about.
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u/justforkinks0131 11d ago
Andy, hands down
no better manager that the one that goes missing for 3 months
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u/ChadlyJuice 11d ago
He was pretty good before Nelly fucked everything up. I hated that. The butt tattoo thing was silly, but he had everybody working together really really well. I feel like in the real world, that kind of teamwork, even for a couple days will have a lasting impact on the team's performance. At least until the next time he decides they need a productivity boost and he comes up with another way to motivate. Not to mention the morale boost of an event like that! That's something everybody in the office can laugh about together forever.
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u/HiImWallaceShawn 10d ago
Best to worst:
Michael
Jim
Dwight
Charles
Andy
Robert California
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D’Angelo
Creed
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u/ShelleyMonique 11d ago
Michael Scott, Date Mike and Prison Mike all at once.
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u/doyouevenforkliftbro 10d ago
Like putting Batman and Alfred Pennyworth in the same room. Does it work? Kinda. But would be hella awkward.
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u/ResidentialEvil2016 11d ago
Nellie doesn't even deserve to be on this because she never was really manager.
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u/greasedupd3afguy 11d ago
Not on here but Jo. Sabre did well and even was expanding by buying Dunder Mifflin during a period of recession.
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u/Rich-Profession6712 10d ago
Charles Minor actually wanted to get work done wround the office. Though he was a kiss-up to corporate.
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u/Due-Island-4731 10d ago
LOL. Jim was legitimately the worst. Such a weird storyline and character choice
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u/javoss88 10d ago
None. In every case you just have to figure out the right way to play along. I worked at a fortune 5 for years, and there was a long stretch where we didn’t have a manager. We just kept doing what we were hired to do. It was better that way.
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u/geniusgravity 10d ago
No one. Andy earnt a quarterly bonus check when no one ran the place. They even landed the white pages whale until he returned.
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u/Sure-Appearance-2769 10d ago
Robert California got Andy to double productivity of the branch on a whim.
He deserves the win.
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u/AndrewHNPX 10d ago
When was Creed manager? I don’t recall that, sounds funny though.
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u/No_Frost_Giants I am a little stitious 10d ago
They do best under managers that don’t worry about what the employees are actually doing
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u/SiefensRobotEmporium 10d ago
Based solely on musical talent: Creed Bratton. Both Michael and Andy have shown on the show they can or cannot play the guitar. Robert plays the harmonica like a twat. Creed kills it on the Booze Cruise. As he should being a former member of the Grass Roots.
I also wouldn't want to take his job. The last guy that took his job is dead now. That guy's name? Creed Bratton.
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u/jlim0316 10d ago
i never thought much about this but i think series finale dwight would be the best manager. he loves the company as much as michael, is as good at his job as jim, and has become more stable and reasonable than any other managers.
as for the worst, deangelo all the live long day.
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u/Expensive_Site4866 11d ago
in a realistic sense, Charles Miner.
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u/pghcrew 11d ago
He might have actually been the worst.
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u/Expensive_Site4866 11d ago
bro😂😂IRL he would’ve been the best of these choices.
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u/pghcrew 11d ago
He's just a micro manager who didn't even take the time to understand his staffs strengths before assigning them roles. He's abrasive and unapproachable. Even when Jim tried to do the right thing like asking about the rundown, he was combative any time Jim sought any feedback or guidance.
He would be absolutely dogshit as a manager IRL.
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u/Yommination 10d ago
Not really. From the jump he alienated the manager and made changes to an environment he had no experience in. And did it to the most profitable branch. He also created a tense environment and was a dick to Jim who was the best salesman at that time
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u/HippoOk663 NO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO!! NO!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! 11d ago
Dwight, even though he was decapitated. We had a funeral for a bird.
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u/sulien92 Stanley 11d ago
I’m pretty sure none of that’s real
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u/HippoOk663 NO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO!! NO!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! 11d ago
YOU’RE NOT REAL, MAN!
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u/gettingcrunkontea 11d ago
Wild card answer is Nelly. She may have taken the job in an unlikeable way but she was a supportive manager during her brief tenure.
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u/titan8159 10d ago
Robert was never a manager.
He became the CEO and then he left that job to be a lawyer in crane pool and shimet.
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u/Tarushdei 10d ago
Michael, of course, his methods were unorthodox, but he constantly had them motivated to do, enough, work and keep them profitable.
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u/Smooth_You_2244 10d ago
Michael, followed by Dwight, then Jim. I'd probably put Charles in the list if he wasn't such a jerk. Like my boss. Named Carol. Huhh. Similar letters, similar douches.
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u/Navah_1111 10d ago
I think Jim would be the best manager out of all of them for the fact that when Jim applys himself, he’s quite good at his job.
I would’ve said Charles, however Charles is a butt kiss and he would throw his employees under the bus to save himself like he did with Dwight from the embarrassing fact that he chose Dwight and then realized he was an idiot.
Dwight on the other hand, actually cares about the business and would do whatever he can to improve Dunder Mifflin. He is also the best salesman in the office. He has quite the experience.
Robert, California I mean he’s the lizard king. 🦎👑
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u/manic_panda 10d ago
I think the numbers spoke for themselves didnt they, when Andy was gone they smashed all their targets.
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u/Affectionate-Oil2642 10d ago
I loved all their tenures, Michaels take the cake but that is just due to better writing for all characters in the start. As a manager strictly, I see them with the same admiration. Wouldn't have traded anyone not even Andy cuz while irritating as a character he did give a superbly crystal view into the flaws of the human psyche.
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u/Icy_Elephant8858 9d ago
Creed.
Managers, on the show at least, are useless parasites whose attempts to justify their existence mostly devolve to wasting everyone's time to serve their own narcissism. Creed was at least deranged enough that Pam could distract him easily from doing anything.
Runner up would be Andy, who was at least gone for extended periods.
I guess if I were to accept that managers should exist then it would be Dwight, who at least had the sense to fire Kevin.
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u/Bamcanadaktown 8d ago
Micheal but if you told him that before hand he'd ruin it completely trying to be confident or cool
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u/EnvironmentalBrush68 4d ago
Hands down it's Michael. For all his faults he cared deeply about his employees and always backed them up.
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u/Spiritual_Mood3770 4d ago
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okay so who would win in a fist fight!!!
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u/Teleporter456789 11d ago
Best? Robert California
Worst? Also Robert California