I worked for a small tech company that, like many, was valued extremely highly in 1999, but the owner didn't listen to advisors and so we fell down the cliff wi

I worked for a small tech company that, like many, was valued extremely highly in 1999, but the owner didn't listen to advisors and so we fell down the cliff with the other tech companies. He was dejected, along with most of the company, for most of 2000/2001. The company still had steady revenue from government stuff, though, and those of us left kinda did what we want for several months with no guidance. I watched Office Space nearly daily (the owners stayed home watching whatever and rarely showed up) during that time. It was a weird, shared misery. I wasn't the only one. We even ordered some red staplers and had them floating around for a while. We also, for whatever reason, printed out tons of Jeff Goldblum face shots and hid them all around the company. 10 years later and the owner was still swearing whenever he'd find one.