Here's the thing: they can't deliver on those promises.
On my first day at the firm I sought out the partner who promised me the moon and asked him when I could expect to receive the deed. He looked at me like I had three heads! Mumbled something about me making a "funny joke."
I never joke about the moon. I told him as much. It turns out they don't have title to the moon and could not legally have it under some treaty or other. I spoke to an employment lawyer who says it's a "well known idiom" and I could not have reasonably relied on their moon promise.
Fuck Badlose Proctologist.