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A fictional advertising firm from the television series "Mad Men." A "great" place for heterosexual men in suits to work, a not-so-great place for anyone else.

CydeWeys 6y ago
I suspect the average person would actually find that a much worse place to work than most modern white collar companies. You wouldn't want those main characters as your boss, especially not if you're a woman.
- morelisp 6y ago
  It would nearly as bad as Google's C suite!
- artsyca 6y ago
  What irks me the most is the current crop of so called white collar is populated by people who don't have a fraction of the dress sense and don't even wear white collars or when they do it's combined with something preposterous like a fleece vest or puffer jacket I have witnessed a vice president at a danged top five bank in Canada dressing like he was going clubbing
  - ShroudedNight 6y ago
    For most Canadian financial institutions, does 'Vice President' mean anything more than someone who works in b2b sales? They seem to be a dime a dozen.
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    The 1960s are long past, thank god, and we have a lot more personal freedom than workers did back then. If you wanna wear a suit, be my guest, but I’m going to stick with t shirts and my weird toe shoes. They’re more comfortable.
    - artsyca 6y ago
      I wear toe shoes and a tailored shirt bro You're acting like the t shirt is the pinnacle of shirt technology it's literally two tubes of flimsy fabric aren't you even a little ashamed of your bare arms after all these years? Do you like that feeling of leaning in close and rubbing arm hair with your neighbour? Ever consider that bare arms might be rude on some level naw you likes what you likes I guess we should be grateful you wear toe socks most days By the way you have zero freedom -- these companies are eating you from every angle and you're taking it on the chin https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/07/07/are-staffers-showing-too-much-skin/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/07/07/... ^^ contributing to falling standards since '97
      - ashtonkem 6y ago
        I’m not ashamed of my bare arms, no. What a strange suggestion.
morelisp 6y ago
I'm well aware of what it is. it's just - if your example of a 'great company' is a fake company that is also intentionally terrible... what?

CydeWeys 6y ago

I suspect the average person would actually find that a much worse place to work than most modern white collar companies. You wouldn't want those main characters as your boss, especially not if you're a woman.

morelisp 6y ago
It would nearly as bad as Google's C suite!
artsyca 6y ago
What irks me the most is the current crop of so called white collar is populated by people who don't have a fraction of the dress sense and don't even wear white collars or when they do it's combined with something preposterous like a fleece vest or puffer jacket I have witnessed a vice president at a danged top five bank in Canada dressing like he was going clubbing
- ShroudedNight 6y ago
  For most Canadian financial institutions, does 'Vice President' mean anything more than someone who works in b2b sales? They seem to be a dime a dozen.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  The 1960s are long past, thank god, and we have a lot more personal freedom than workers did back then. If you wanna wear a suit, be my guest, but I’m going to stick with t shirts and my weird toe shoes. They’re more comfortable.
  - artsyca 6y ago
    I wear toe shoes and a tailored shirt bro You're acting like the t shirt is the pinnacle of shirt technology it's literally two tubes of flimsy fabric aren't you even a little ashamed of your bare arms after all these years? Do you like that feeling of leaning in close and rubbing arm hair with your neighbour? Ever consider that bare arms might be rude on some level naw you likes what you likes I guess we should be grateful you wear toe socks most days By the way you have zero freedom -- these companies are eating you from every angle and you're taking it on the chin https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/07/07/are-staffers-showing-too-much-skin/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/07/07/... ^^ contributing to falling standards since '97
    - ashtonkem 6y ago
      I’m not ashamed of my bare arms, no. What a strange suggestion.

morelisp 6y ago

I'm well aware of what it is. it's just - if your example of a 'great company' is a fake company that is also intentionally terrible... what?