Frank (Danny DeVito) has a storyline parodying the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), a film in which DeVito himself featured.
Tim Sampson, who plays the Chief, is the real-life son of Will Sampson, who played the Chief in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Gaetano Vincini's character is called Martini which was Danny DeVito's character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Michael Naughton, who plays the HR director in this episode, also plays a waiter in seasons 8 and 10.
The 1987 film "The Secret of My Succe$s" is a blueprint for climbing the corporate ladder. It stars Michael J. Fox as a recent college graduate working in the mailroom of a corporation, and who pretends to be a new executive by occupying an empty office of a recently fired employee.