{"slug":"boardroom-meeting-suggestion","name":"Boardroom Meeting Suggestion","url":"/templates/boardroom-meeting-suggestion.jpg","w":500,"h":649,"top":"GOOD IDEA","bottom":"","description":"Boardroom Meeting Suggestion meme generator. A boss asks for ideas and throws the person with the best one out the window. Classic corporate logic.","keywords":"boardroom meeting meme, thrown out window meme, suggestion meme, corporate meme","year":2014,"origin":"A four-panel comic where a boss at a boardroom table asks his team for suggestions. Three people offer ideas — the first two are bad ideas that the boss accepts. The third person gives the actually good, honest answer and immediately gets thrown out the window. The format nails every organization that punishes honesty. Related energy: Batman Slapping Robin (getting slapped for speaking truth).","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Boss's Question","x":30,"y":0,"w":61,"h":9,"placeholder":"The problem to solve","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":28,"opacity":1},{"label":"Person 1","x":4,"y":38,"w":22,"h":5,"placeholder":"Bad suggestion","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":18,"opacity":1},{"label":"Person 2","x":32,"y":39,"w":18,"h":5,"placeholder":"Bad suggestion","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":18,"opacity":1},{"label":"Person 3 (thrown out)","x":60,"y":39,"w":29,"h":8,"placeholder":"The good idea that gets rejected","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1}],"howToMake":["The Boardroom Meeting Suggestion template is loaded with 4 text fields: the boss's question and 3 employee responses","Fill in the top with the boss's question or problem, then the two left suggestions with bad ideas the boss likes, and the right suggestion with the actually good idea that gets the person thrown out the window","Each text box sits inside the speech bubble for its character. The thrown-out person's box is on the right","Bold or resize the rejected suggestion to make the good-idea-gets-punished punchline land harder","Tap Download to save your boardroom disaster as a PNG, or Copy it straight into a group chat"],"exampleCaptions":["We need to improve employee morale","More meetings","Mandatory fun activities","Pay people more"],"exampleAltText":"Boardroom Meeting Suggestion meme where the person who suggests paying people more gets thrown out the window","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-02-22","seo":{"aliases":["Thrown Out Window Meme","Boardroom Suggestion","Boss Throws Employee","Corporate Meeting Meme","Good Idea Bad Idea Meme"],"description":"The boss sits at the head of a corporate boardroom table and asks employees for suggestions. The first two offer terrible ideas and are praised. The third offers the obvious, correct solution — and is immediately hurled out the window. Four panels of frustration about being punished for giving the honest answer in a world that rewards comfortable lies.","definition":"Every workplace has a version of this meeting: someone tells the truth and gets punished for it. The boss asks for suggestions, the first two employees give terrible ideas and get praised, and the third one offers the actual solution and gets launched out the window.","useCases":[{"category":"Corporate Nonsense","examples":["Boss: How do we retain employees? / Pizza parties / Team building exercises / Competitive salaries and benefits → thrown out","Boss: How do we boost productivity? / Open floor plan / More status meetings / Let people work from home → thrown out","Boss: Our product is losing users / Change the logo / Add more features nobody asked for / Fix the bugs → thrown out","Boss: How do we cut costs? / Smaller coffee cups / Remove the good snacks / Stop paying executives bonuses → thrown out"]},{"category":"Technology & Development","examples":["Boss: The app keeps crashing / Add more features / Rebrand the app / Fix the existing code → thrown out","Boss: How do we ship faster? / More meetings about shipping faster / Hire a consultant / Remove the unnecessary approval process → thrown out","Boss: Users are complaining / Ignore the reviews / Add a chatbot / Actually listen to user feedback → thrown out","Boss: The website is slow / Add more animations / Redesign the homepage / Optimize the code → thrown out"]},{"category":"School & Education","examples":["Boss: Students aren't engaged / More homework / Longer lectures / Make the material actually interesting → thrown out","Boss: Test scores are dropping / Teach to the test / Blame the students / Update the outdated curriculum → thrown out","Boss: Students are stressed / Add more extracurriculars / Mandatory wellness seminars / Reduce the workload → thrown out","Boss: How do we prepare students for the real world? / More standardized tests / Another essay / Teach practical life skills → thrown out"]},{"category":"Government & Politics","examples":["Boss: How do we fix the economy? / Print more money / Blame the other party / Actually help regular people → thrown out","Boss: Traffic is terrible / Widen the highway / Add more parking / Invest in public transit → thrown out","Boss: Healthcare costs are too high / Thoughts and prayers / A website that doesn't work / Universal coverage → thrown out","Boss: Housing is unaffordable / Tell people to save more / Another luxury development / Build affordable housing → thrown out"]},{"category":"Relationships & Social","examples":["Boss: How do we make friends as adults? / Post on social media more / Join a networking event / Actually reach out and make plans → thrown out","Boss: How do I get over my ex? / Stalk their Instagram / Rebound immediately / Go to therapy and work on yourself → thrown out","Boss: How do we plan the group trip? / Another group chat / A shared spreadsheet nobody fills out / Just pick a date and book it → thrown out"]},{"category":"Health & Fitness","examples":["Boss: How do we get healthier? / A new fad diet / Expensive supplements / Eat less processed food and move more → thrown out","Boss: How do we sleep better? / Scroll in bed / Drink coffee at 8pm / Put the phone down an hour before bed → thrown out","Boss: How do we reduce stress? / Work more hours / Ignore it / Set boundaries and take breaks → thrown out","Boss: How do we lose weight? / Detox tea / Waist trainer / Consistent exercise and balanced diet → thrown out"]},{"category":"Gaming & Entertainment","examples":["Boss: How do we make the game better? / More microtransactions / A battle pass / Fix the servers and listen to the community → thrown out","Boss: How do we get more viewers? / Clickbait titles / Drama and controversy / Actually make good content → thrown out","Boss: The sequel needs to be a hit / Copy the last game exactly / Add NFTs / Make an original story with good gameplay → thrown out","Boss: How do we compete with other platforms? / Buy the competition / Restrict creators / Offer better revenue sharing → thrown out"]}]}}