Comments on: Thoughts in a Meeting: A Monologue on Corporate Dysfunction

By: Narconon

Narconon — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:12:16 +0000

This proves that if you have the right connections you can whatever you want to do. Our opinion seems less important each day, we must show them the opposite.

By: Auntie Em.

Auntie Em. — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:12:38 +0000

I like your style of writing. And it sounds like the corporation I use to work for and it’s beginning to sound and be like the food service corporation I’m working for now.

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:32:52 +0000

I can’t imagine living with a job like this day after day after day…

I know there are people who live like this, I personally would live on bread and water under a bridge rather than work in this kind of world!

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:07:27 +0000

Yes, kind of. They made some references to Network, both among the people in th studio and in the snippets of various newscasts covering what had transpired.

By: laurence haughton

laurence haughton — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:56:09 +0000

Wow that Studio 60 bit is lifted from the Howard Beal rant in “Network.” Did they credit Chayefsky or call it a “hommage”?

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:48:36 +0000

That was great.

We taped Studio 60 to check it out, since we had liked West Wing. Otherwise we’d not have even thought of watching. We watched it last night after House and Standoff.

Your post reminded me of the guy at the beginning of the show who gets 53 seconds live on the air, after interrupting an unfunny skit on a failing SNL-like live show, to rant about how the show is no longer funny and people ought to change the channel and how the FCC and other PC factors have neutered the show. His rant was triggered by the pulling at the last minute of a skit, funnier than any they’ve done in four years, that might offend the religious right.

Funny timing. And way too true!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:06:29 +0000

I do want to add, in response to several emails, that this has nothing to do with my current job. I actually have an extremely long leash. The catalyst for the post was several emails with old friends, which made me reflect on previous work experiences where I wasn’t so happy.

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:55:45 +0000

And there you have it: The reasons I am an entrepreneur.

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:42:16 +0000

A fresh breeze of honesty. Brilliant!

By: laurence haughton

laurence haughton — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:11:28 +0000

Great post. I knew this was in you.
You remind me of Paddy Chayefsky’s script for the movie Network. You know, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.”
There are companies that run the way you want Rob. They’re not dysfunctional. They’re not filled with “zeros, frauds, and bastards” (as David Ogilvy described the ad business). But they’re rare.