Movies like this get shafted with the R-rating
Does anyone really consider this movie to only be appropriate for 18 and up? The humor might fly over the heads of younger viewers, but the movie wasn't dirty, had no nudity or violence and was all around pleasant.
Employee of the month was a much worse movie but got a PG-13 rating and probably did far better in the box office because it got the advertising and viewers due to the lower rating. Even though these are the reasons for each rating:
"Employee of the month": Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and language.
"The Promotion": Rated R for language including sexual references, and some drug use.
So both movies with a similar premise have sexual references and language. One movie is a more realistic comedy, and the other is a constant exaggeration of work where the employees have secret hideouts and ride around on scooters. The "drug use" in The Promotion isn't dirty or suggestive. They don't even say what he's smoking, just imply that it's wrong and he'll get in trouble for it. That's something a 5 year old could learn from.
Anyway it just pains me to see movies like this with light humor and good messages get ignored due to their adult ratings. Same thing happened with "The Hammer" and that was a similarly light humor movie with good messages and nothing too inappropriate.