The characteristic form of address on a job site is command. In the office, Jordall writes, "managers' acute sense of organizational contingency makes them speak gingerly to one another since the person one criticizes or argues with today could be one's boss tomorrow...moreover, the crucial premium in the corporation on style includes an expectation of a certain finesse in handling people, a "sensitivity to others" as it's called. As one manager says "You can't just push people around anymore." Discreet suggestions, hints, and coded messages take the place of command; this, of course, places a premium on subordinates ability to read their bosses' vaguely articulated or completely unstated wishes.