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Comment by hcknwscommenter

5 years ago

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.

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CydeWeys  5 years 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.

  • artsyca  5 years 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

    • ashtonkem  5 years 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.

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    • ShroudedNight  5 years 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.

morelisp  5 years 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?