4 Things Movies Get Wrong About Jobs (Office Space, Batman Begins)
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- You're telling me writers and directors of movies such as Office Space, Batman Begins and Richie Rich aren't exactly corporate experts and often don't even know what an average office job is like?
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4 Things Movies Get Wrong About Jobs - Komedie
I'm a receptionist/office assitant. I've seen many movies/shows where the receptionist is filing or painting her nails,etc. I WISH I had time to do that at work.
Same here
Well Goddam, you ain't workin hard enough MISSY! 😂😂😂😂
We had a receptionist did that. They fired her in the first opportunity.
@ then she was not doing what was expected of her once her nails, lips and hair was perfect......or she took to long and the boss had to finish! “ it” himself.
Regarding the last point, that's why Clerks was so great. "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" It was so relatable.
These are particular to teacher movies, but:
-New teacher walks into a classroom full of students with no adult in the room on day one.
-Classroom is portrayed as totally chaotic until teacher says something important to them, which they are all suddenly quiet and attentive enough to hear clearly
-English teacher explains a book's central theme in one sentence with zero input from students
-Students in any classroom learn exclusively by listening to the teacher, and never do any actual work/practice in class
-Teachers go out on weeknights
-Teachers leave for work when it is light outside
denali637 um, no, there is some listening involved with being a student (especially in University or College) but, I get what you're saying, and, students in film Uni or not do get assignments and such, they just don't spend a lot of time on it.
Also in movies high school classes are not streamlined at all and everyone is in the same class for all subjects.
And the school bell goes off when the teacher is in mid-sentence and five seconds later all the students have left the class room.
- Teachers are actually interested in teaching something to their students
- Students actually learn important things in school (that borders on science fiction though)
Also, the teacher (or the principal) remembers every one and each of his former students by name, generation and personality traits, even if they attended the school 20 years before.
My biggest gripe is "They bought my company I am ruined!" >.>
They paid millions if not billions to you for your company how the fuck are you ruined? did you see the giant amount of money in your account from the buyout and go "pfft not mine" and tell the bank to take it back? Anytime I see this as a plot point in a movie I instantly hate the main character cause clearly losing the company is in the best interest of everyone as they have no idea how the fuck money works.
Hollywood makes money hand over fist, they aren't even required to know how money works. so why should they?
Dont answer that question. I hate dumb plot points too.
Danielle Jones Selling a company or even having it sold from under you isn't the same as having that company's stock value tank. Selling a company IS selling the stock. That's the entire point of venture capitalism, building a company to a certain value then selling it off. Tom did it with MySpace and David Karp did it with Tumblr. Both of whom are now billionaires.
If having your company bought left you destitute MR. Minecraft wouldn't be rolling in mansions.
There was a futurama episode that made this joke. Planet Express was about to get bought out, so everyone was mad. By the time Fry came around and "saved the company," they realized that getting bought out meant they would be rich, so they were even more mad.
What movie does this happen in? I've never seen a movie where something this dumb happens.
Brad Bird got it right in _The Incredibles_ where "Bob Parr", the alter ego of Mr. Incredible, does work a mundane job. As a part of his cover, of course. But, nonetheless.
As an accountant with a bunch of daily duties, this rings so true.
Month end, year end, or the audit are stressors, but usually between things are more calm and I can be with my family more.
Yeah it would be crazy if someone with 51% control could do something horrible and destructive to a company while the other 49% all think it's a terrible idea. That's what politics is for.
Krombopulos Michael
Usually only need 13% stake to dominate a large company.
Actually it would only take the 0.1%
If you think the 51% control the government, you're insane. Corporations do
I feel like this is more for humour but the 51% in charge in most democracies can absolutely not do anything they want like not even close. otherwise there would only ever be one election and the winner would just ban the loosing parties etc.
R Nickerson yea well thats the system in place before everyone starts campaigning. Everyone knows the rules and knows which pins have to be knocked down to win
No matter how hard you try to make the comparison it doesnt work. Lets drop the pretense... TRUMP! There, ive said the name so we can move on. Shall I post a list of everything trump has tried to do that was shot down despite a comparative minority of the nation putting him in charge? Neither trump nor the republican party have anything remotely resembling total control over america despite holding a narrow majority in congress as of the time of the comment. Some things got hammered through yes, but at least as many got shot down because it doesnt work that way in government anymore than it does for stockholders. Both have extensive legal protections put in place to stop exactly that from happening. Some of those protections were weakened by the democrats during obamas last term, (the so called nuclear option) then expanded somewhat during trumps, but far more remain.
It sounded like someone was holding a gun to the narrator's head saying "You have to read off this script in less than seven and a half minutes."
Nater K normally I have the speed at 1.75x. No wonder I had to slow it down to 1.5x
Have you ever watched Swordfish?
@@anderssorenson9998 I got better things to do in the ocean
"...The way most people work."
Most people don't work in offices.
The number one thing movies get wrong about computer-based jobs is the actors foregoing the use of a mouse, which is so ridiculous. It's all about typing a bunch of nonesense on a fkn keyboard.
Well hot keys do exist and if you work with computers often enough you'd probably memorize (or in some cases customize the hot keys) your most often used commands that being said it's very unlikely that the average person has every single one memorized although if you did you could potentially get away without a mouse
Yep. Most of programming is copy/pasting. And then looking for what you forgot to change to make it work.
@@msthing maybe if you're paid per line of code. Otherwise the majority of your code won't be copy/pasted. Autocomplete is a thing though, so you won't be typing like mad either, even when you're typing.
I agree with nearly all of this, except the dress code thing. Office Space was set in Texas at a smaller company that, itself, was not primarily a tech company. As evidenced by the fact they were struggling with Y2K code in an 8 bit OS and had only ONE technical accounts manager whom they fired (despite being a people person). The programmers were likely COBOL or Fortran coders as those were the people on the front lines of Y2K. Companies like that, especially in the 90s, had strict business dress codes M-Th with business casual on Friday. Microsoft and Google courted many developers by using the absence of a dress code as an actual benefit. Free soda and the ability to wear aT-shirt is a big deal when IBM or TI require a tie four days out of a week.
Well, American Psycho was based on eighties, New York yuppie-culture. And the incredible weight those people placed on their appearance was a big part of that. It was also very true to the book.
Unless you have a great office job, you absolutely can get fired for no reason. Many jobs nowadays require new employees to sign at will employment contracts, stating that any employment you may experience is just an illusion of security before you quit or are fired for no notice. All of retail is like this.
BtRobot Noone really cares about retail or hospitality workers, unless you're at that level. They're the second to bottom rung - farmers and service workers are at the bottom.
@@Richard_Nickerson Not sure if he was being an asshole. He might be bitter about it himself.
He's right. Low level jobs have no protections. Higher ones do.
Actually, the dress code thing is a very recent development in workspace conduct. Thirty years ago, you really weren't respected if you didn't dress well. Look even further back, it's basically to look more masculine. Large ties and square jackets were the fashion for the purpose of being respected at work. Also, this is why women wore shoulder pads. To look more demanding (like a man).
Nowadays companies have figured out that comfortable employees make efficient ones. This creates more open workspaces and more freedom of dress.
Ron Josh Ytem compaines now are loving and tolerant and open minded. In the 60s theyd just rape the telephone hoes.
Ron Josh Ytem people were so stupid and closed minded. They just sat around jiggling their cufflinks drunk cuz they couldnt wear shorts.
Shut up
I totally agree. Most companies especially in manufacturing have very casual dress code. I can see why people that practice law or doctors wear suit and ties. But for the most people, they usually work in production / warehouse. Hollywood portrays people always wearing suits and ties and in board meetings. None of that really happened in the real world.
honestly the 'dress code' thing is probably related to this wierd fetish hollywood has had for the 50's and 60's for a WHILE..until quite recently.
Ok, so I completely understand the need for ad revenue. We are getting a TON of content, for free, and I don't mind watching an ad for that. I don't even mind the unskippable 30 second ads. But...does it ALWAYS have to be the same stupid ad? Maybe it's just me, and CZcams thinks I Desperately want men's underpants that will breathe for some reason. All I can say is, I now have an unreasonable hatred for Fruit of the Loom *and* their stupid hole-riddled chones
DangerousTempest I think the ads are on this you like or recently searched in Google. For instance, I keep getting ads about the mobile final Fantasy 15 game. I believe I got that because I added it to my wish list.
However when I watch CZcams on my laptop I get different ads mostly involving movie trailers. Not sure, I just know it's some crazy algorithm they have going on
MikeBNumba6 I appreciate the feedback :) I have not ever looked for guy undies online, though. I also get the exact same ad if I'm using the game console (I don't really use laptop for videos). I acknowledge that I am more disturbed by repetitive things (sounds, words, etc) than the average person; additionally, it would seem that this isn't happening to everyone. It gets to a point for me where I will just not watch the video, because hearing the same thing over and over gets unbearable.
Now that I know it isn't happening to everyone, I may have to try and look up a way to stop it though :) thank you
my solution: on your android phone go on google settings-ads- opt out of specialised ads and also reset advertisement id for good measure
guy random: thank you so much, I'll give that a shot! I hope it works. I don't care what the ads are for, as long as they're varied :)
I mute them if I'm sitting watching videos, but often I just let them play while I'm cleaning or doing some other thing, where I don't want to stop and fuss with the volume every few minutes.
DangerousTempest I know the feeling, on another website when don't text and drive was a big ad council thing and they had relatives explaining how these were my sons last letters to the world, I got so fed up with it being shown to me every single time I wanted to watch a video that I literally wanted to text and drive because they told me not to and that's what they were promoting, I wanted to shout to the roof tops that everyone should text and drive and I wanted to run a counter ad telling people how much time it saves to do two things at once. I DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT. I just got so tired of that ad that that's how I felt.
Should be Office Jobs, not jobs. Most workers are service or retail and DO have dress codes.
Kevin Martin yeah I think they meant like suits specifically aren't as common
Office jobs have unwritten dress codes, and if you ask someone during orientation, they'll tell you what they prefer you not to wear. You COULD show up in shorts, but....I wouldn't recommend it if you're trying to move up or be taken seriously. I think they're basing this point on California start-ups.
I worked at a big insurance company for a while. As I never had to meet client, I could wear casual clothes, but there was still a dress code (no t-shirt with brands or drawings for example). Employees who have to meet clients or are public oriented had a strict dress code.
If most workers were service or retail, the economy would fail. You've eliminated all the physical trades, factories, entertainment, and obviously 'office' which ranges from programmers to food scientists.
It's not the 51% rule, it's 50%+1.
Example: a company has 400 shares. For one share-holder to become the president, he needs the minimum ammount of 201 shares, which is half of the shares (200) plus one.
And 51% of 400 is 204.
Yes, but being pedantic aside, its far simpler to say 51% than to take this fake company your writers invented and give it an arbitrary number of shares so the bad guy can crow about how he has 586,721 shares, just enough to have more than half as big companies tend to have both far more than a small round number like 400 shares, at&t has over 7 billion outstanding shares atm for example. Good luck having the bad guy refer to 3,639,000,001 shares as his goal verbally several times without being confusing.
Myth number 5: that you'll have a job that is on some level enjoyable, fulfilling, or offer some measure of personal self worth.
OMG THIS. PPl in movies may be stressed otu but they're biggest problems are some BIG deadline they have to meet. No soul crushing boredom, no existential crisis as you realize at 10pm that you're STILL in the office and start to rethink your whole life as you stare out the window and wish you were home with you kids. This is actually really bad, as that sets an unrealistic expectation and just makes the reality of things MUCH worse.
Aside from the old, standby jobs in movies and TV shows (law enforcement, lawyers, and military), Hollywood thinks a disproportionate number of people are realtors, newspaper/magazine columnists or editors. advertising "creatives," or some kind of "designer."
I just made pretty much the same comment earlier.
Maybe because they want "work" in movies to seem glamorous or cool or creative, whereas LOTS of work LOTS of people do is the same deadly grind over and over again. Maybe they (the H'wood types_ are stressing the "escape" aspect as many people jobs are...well, less than creative.
Renault is pronounced "Ren- No" but we hardly ever hear it in the US because they don't bother with the US market.... loved the video, especially the last point.. so. Very true.
lol! I actually watched this video as a break from my stressful project that I'm working on with a crazy deadline, for a presentation to a bunch of investors that are going to decide the future of the company I work for!
Not a lot of places have super strict dress codes where you need to wear a tie, that's true.. but companies that promote wearing shorts are few and far between... Most people at least wear khakis and a polo at a "casual" company. My last job was 'business casual' and I wore a tie almost every day... Not because I was required to but because it looks nice and made me feel more professional and most of the higher ups wore slacks and ties. I was in the minority of the lower-level employees and some of the big-swinging players wore jeans and a t-shirt but just because something is not a requirement doesn't mean it is rare or doesn't happen. Seems like a bit of a West Coast tech company bias...
More like a tech company bias but admittedly we do not have shorts weather year round in the northeast
Man I never want a movie about my job. Pick cases and stack them on pallets. Do this for XXhours a day and you get YYMoney. Oh yes. And you get to stop now and then when we have a fucking kindergarten-like cheer that we all do and will write you up and term you if you don't participate. I would rather drink boiling acid than ever do another walmart cheer again.
Your fault. You chose to work at Walmart. I also work retail, but at least I am not as dumb as you and I did no go for literally the shittiest choice possible. If you actually care, quit and get a job at literally anywhere else.
Where I work accomplishes all of my goals including paying off my home and vehicles before I'm 45 years old. It's just boring as all fuck and the "family oriented" bullshit is irksome, but feel free to enlighten me with all the wisdom you've amassed in your travels as I seem to have offended you with my use of hyperbole.
I can't decide whether that's better or worse than the poor Apple schmucks who have to cheer & clap when a customer buys something.
Ugh. I dunno, it may be on par. If you ever go into a Walmart at/around a shift change you can sometimes catch those poor bastards(Store associates, thank fuck I work in a warehouse away from the public) have to circle up and do the cheer.
They spell "Wal*Mart" have to "Squiqqle" at the break, and cheer. "Who's walmart is it? My Walmart. What are we going to do? Work safe. When are we going to do it? Right now. Huh!" and clap the whole time. It is the most demeaning thing I've ever experienced, and that's coming from a guy who really pissed off his RDC his first week in basic. You don't know what it is to be shat upon until you promote a Petty Officer to a Petty Chief, THEN forget his fucking name... he will make the next several weeks very unpleasant.
I just looked up what a Walmart cheer is (we don't have it in the UK) and it looks really depressing. It's not your Walmart anyway, it's the shareholders Walmart. They own it and they keep the profits while you squiggle your butt. I'm glad I don't work in retail anymore.
I love this 'Dan just says some stuff' style. We need more Dan god damn it!
Other than on the weekends, you would not find executives at my last corporations outside of their $1,000 suits. Even to a casual viewer, the CEO's suit was a work of art and the jacket *never* came off in public.
"Dress Casual" makes the class difference between upper and lower management even more obvious at big corporations.
Another article turned video! Also another thing about the firings, that maybe easy for executives by try getting those protections as a low-level employee under those same conditions.
Should've used iron fist for examples. the business scenes are a 12 year old kids idea of what business is like.
Except Iron Fist is awful.
Explaining why office workers in movies always seem to have some big project to tackle by explaining what it's like for the movie producers was really interesting. Never thought of that as the reason. I know they don't accurately portray what work stress is like for the average person, but it will still help me look at the story a little more wholly.
Thank you for narrating this!!! Far more interesting!!! And this is so accurate that it's scary! Well done!!! 💙💙💙
I worked for an AD agency. All depictions of advertising in movies are incorrect! It is a series of tasks day in day out! This video is right on the mark regarding Hollywood's cluelessness!!
I'm much happier with the narrated version of these. Thanks Cracked!
I actually also have an MBA and found this to be a HIGHLY enjoyable video to watch. Well done!
Narrator has a hyper-active voice. Had to play this at .75x speed just to process the words. made him sound normal too. I think it was sped up in post. Cracked I love you. You are my home page and my number one time waster but don't rush us thru your content damn it!
4:17 I’m so glad you included Fletch Lives there!
dan is basically the next morgan freeman, his voice is legit af
Thank you for actually voicing this
Thank you guys great content
4:48 - Way to mess up tech giant cisco logo! Some internet company you are! RIP Jack
I'm really enjoying these videos where Dan narrates 👍🏻👍🏻
5:40 I work within the tech industry. I personally either have 1 thing to do that takes the whole day, or many smaller tasks. I like the balance.
Around the late 90's a lot of companies went to "business casual" for everyday wear. This was mainly due to the newer tech companies having more relaxed dress codes and it was a cheap way to attract applicants.
If it were just “the” big presentation, I could do it in my sleep. Dealing with my micromanaging, slave driving, egomaniacal boss is my real stress.
Yes, use 90's movies to show how Hollywood thinks people dress for work in 2017
Hahhahaha! The irony of Cracked making a video about the misunderstood corporate world and putting up the logo of "Sisco" is epic!
Dan, you're great. You nearly approach Yahtzee speeds on that one.
Fun fact: In the original cut of Robocop, Dick Jones gave his exit interview before being shot out the window. Verhoven cut it for time.
EXCELLENT video!
If Daniel is narrating i'm all in.
Great interpretation of the job market
I'm not sure why Office Space was included in here. I actually work in the Las Colinas area of Irving, TX, and yeah, it's pretty much Office Space. As in, "Hey, can I get desk-top support over here to figure out why this printer isn't working?" (PC load letter, what the fuck does that mean?) God I hate printers. I locked my own up in the closet. My computer misses it, always whining about not being able to connect to all network drives. But my contempt runs deep.
Despite having cracked videos playing on my phone while I walk around the room I enjoy having Daniel in the screen here and there.
"Oppression" of stock holders...
FFS what about the workers?
underrated comment
Monopoly Guy Accent: ...I'm sorry the who?
These days it's hard to find any worker drones going 9 to 5 without deadlines or project pressure.
I returned from a work site last night at 3AM having finished building the electric installations for multiple projects for very important big clients where deadlines got changed and projects went on simultaneously yet we managed to finish everything without problems and even go and fix a couple of smaller clients problems while working double shifts. I can certainly relate to the movie deadline/important project pressure and so can a lot of us. Being a huge success is a lot of commitment and work and the family sure loves the paycheck this kind of commitment brings.
Wow, really? Jeans and sandals? Strolling in around 10 am? Someone has never had a grownup job.
Just want to say Cracked has been nailing it lately. There hasn't been a single video I didn't enjoy released in the last month or so.
Working sales taught me that to succeed, you had to treat potential clients well, often dreams would end up being about the pitch. I definietly think there is some clout to how some film execs include big pitches and client meet ups in films because it aligns with what business theyre familiar with carrying out. However, Id go as far to say that if you arent worried about a pitch or keeping numbers up, then you musnt be a very hard worker. No one makes you obsess over doing a good job other than yourself.
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Joe Collas do you like to make people hate you or is it an accident
not only filmmakers don't know corporate jobs with their laws, structure, vocabulary, concepts, etc. but maybe almost all creative jobs (graphic designer, animators, painters, musicians, etc.) It's been difficult for me as an animator/graphic designer to understand and keep up with my group of friends whom all of them work at regular offices as accountant, IT manager, HR, etc.
[4:00] suits and ties are a east coast thing. seriously get out of California centrism. normal office attire on the east coast is when relaxed, button-up shirt and slacks and when performing dignified acts a suit and tie. an officer worker may wear a polo and slacks or something similar. lower management will normally wear a button-up shirt and tie or just the shirt. middle management will wear suit and tie often breaking down to a shirt and tie during actual office work. upper management will almost always wear a suit and tie of some sort.
a lot of companies that "don't have dress requirements" have simplified dress requirements without specific guidelines and usually state: "to dress conservatively and with good taste," left to middle and lower management's discretion.
The "big project" should usually be a software conversion. Even if you aren't in tech - everything from retail to driving trucks involves software and inevitable changes. And the best time to switch is in the evenings or weekends outside the normal workday. Overtime galore.
Another suggestion: overtime pay. Hollywood doesn't really understand that companies might send workers home even if they aren't finished rather than pay them overtime. That gives you that "deadline" feel.
3:47 was certainly *all* about that sheet of paper...
Well said!
I’ve been laid off from some of the top IT companies in America and I’ve seen people fired from those same companies, and from a whole lot of non-corporate jobs (mostly retail cashier jobs).
For the tip top of the IT world, a layoff involved a big severance package and months (3) to find a “new” position in the company. I could use the resources in my former office, but yeah, no. That was the nicest layoff I’ve ever been part of.
Another large IT company had all their contractors show up at a nice hotel’s conference center for a “meeting” and said “give us your IDs, sign this nondisclosure for your severance package and GTFO”.
Another place sent our jobs to India, promised us a payout of X weeks if we stayed to train our Indian counterparts over the damn phone. That may have happened because the employees they sent kept getting food poisoning. I still can’t imagine Bubba somewhere in a small town in Alabama calling India for help with the paint tint machine.
Retail isn’t that nice. A lot of times they won’t fire you without cause (personality conflict isn’t cause, stealing is) because they don’t want you to be able collect unemployment. They will cut your hours to the bone and change your schedule around to something impossible for nearly anyone to work and live. Retail can be just plain evil.
I’ve never had a job that required me to sign a contract that said anything other than my company can end my employment with no notice at any time and I can leave my job with no notice at any time. I’ve been working since 1986. That’s how it is in most states in the US for the at will employee. HR is not on our side and as long as firing us doesn’t break the state or federal employment law, you will be out the door.
The world of C-level employment is so different as to be practically a separate universe from the rest of us.
i actually like that guitar outro :o
On your four points:
1) Yes, this is accurate, thank you for pointing this out.
2) I think that's obvious to everyone... it's played up dramatically to make the film or show more interesting, but the outcome is similar.
3) They're called visual cues and it's a great tool that Hollywood uses to show us hierarchy without spelling it out. Office Space is a great example... Peter (Ron Livingstone) starts out wearing a shirt and tie, but when he gets promoted, he's wearing a full suit. Without any dialogue, you can tell he's in a greater position of power in the second outfit. Plus the whole "casual workplace" is a relatively new development and that's primarily tech companies that have that. While dress codes have gotten relaxed over time, you'll still see white collar professionals at law firms, investment banks, etc. dressed in at least business casual or above.
4) At higher levels, there are absolutely project and presentations that have a timeframe. It's not just "do xx" everyday and there are no milestones. Hell, didn't you have a deadline to publish this video?
#4: You missed the point, I think. Yes, many jobs have deadlines all the time. But what he's griping about is showing how everything hinges on just ONE deadline, and after it's met, life is smooth sailing. In most jobs, meeting the deadline on one day is just another day, the day before the next deadline is set (to simplify it). And of course there are some jobs that might generally fit the mold of the huge presentation or deadline, but from Hollywood, you would think that most non-menial jobs are like that. But in reality, they are not.
Renalt.
contra9 came to comments for this 🙏🙏🙏
Jugal Asher same
Renault rhymes with Jay Leno
When they first started importing them to the US, we called them Renalts. My parents' first car was a '61 4cv. It took awhile for "Renoh" to become popular with us backwards Americans, lol. I guess the narrator has not been around them? Or more likely he was saying it to be funny. What really bothers me, having spent 20 years around actual Porsche race cars, is them still being called "Porshhhh."
You started by mentioning the 51% rule. The first instance of this is from the Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Christmas Carol”. Of course the 1951 movie version uses this too, and this is, most likely, where the movie cliché was born. Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley offer to bail out their employer, Mr. Jorkin, after he embezzles from his company. In order to do this, they are allowed to purchase up to 51% of the company stock. As Mr. Jorkin says, “On order to save the company, they become the company”. Of course, when the novel was written in 1843, this would be allowed. But, as you mention, there is no way this could happen today but the cliché is part of the movie culture now.
A friend of mine was fired from her job for making a minor error(actually there were those who didn’t want her there. ) they put her on the don’t rehire list. And was denied unemployment. Others had made worse mistakes and either kept their jobs or were able to come back in 6 months
Thats DANIEL! Yaaas.
If you'll excuse me I'm going to pretend it's a OPCD episode and no one can tell me otherwise.
i pretend every youtube video is an opcd episode
they're not as good as they were before i started doing that
6:28 Great analysis
The last point about stressing over a big presentation reminded me of how high school kids in TV and movies are always stressing about whether they will be accepted to college. When I was that age, I was constantly getting letters from small colleges that I'd never heard of, much less applied to, saying that I'd been accepted. I guess the difference is that all these characters are trying to get into an Ivy League school or some other prestigious private school - a situation that most American's didn't experience when applying to colleges..
Myth: Characters wake up in broad daylight, have breakfast, go for a run, take the kids to school and THEN go to work.
The problem: Most people I know (myself included) find it extremely hard to wake up for a morning shift, so I'm actually happy if I have 10 minutes for a quick coffee before I bolt off. Oh an by the way, it's still dark when I start work during the winter months.
great video
My job at a family museum has a dress code, but it's fairly loose. Other than requiring a museum shirt and/or fleece jacket, the rest is kinda up to you. I wear slack shorts because they're comfortable, but I have a good friend who wears super faded jeans with holes in the knees
Jetson... you're fired!!!!😁
No, the reason so many characters in movies are ad execs with a major client to promote is that it lends itself to product placement without seeming forced.
The firing thing actually depends on what date the company is in. Here in Missouri a person can be fired on the spot for no reason whatsoever.
I will say in my last job the big client thing or massive project was a thing occasionally, securing large contracts and sourcing for agricultural sectors can be stupidly insane
Loved your comments and insight! Thank you!
Some of my favorite war movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paths of Glory
Wings
The Great Escape
The Best Years of Our Lives
Liked for Johnston's post video guitar riff
like doctors in movies, while I have colleagues who may fill themselves with countless hours in patients, I've met some that for example work weekdays, 4 to 6 hours a day and weekends off, still making big numbers in salary and able to spend time with their families. Another myth I saw mostly was in House MD, where a surgeon would be also knowledgeable in internal medicine, or a plastic surgeon would be as well as good as an urologist, like if they studied all specialties at once...
Madiedo MD or that episode of House with a 50 something man who's been in a wheelchair for 8 years can just stand up and walk fine (or about as eell as an 80 year old) at the end.
My dad worked in the office of an oil company for nearly 16 years, in the movie he'd probably be some guy in a suit, but he'd go to work everyday in jeans and a tshirt
Send this to every studio
it's my money? lmao I fucking love John Turturro
Oh boy, as someone working in finance, I can guarantee you, some months are basically "I'll just sleep at the office" levels of bad. If it isn't some newfangled "business project", it's "streamlining" or other kinds of "optimizations" and "automations", and for some reason, it never actually affects the hours needed to complete the daily tasks once everything is finished.
On the job firing subject, a boss or manager can fire you without reason in your in a labor state like tennessee, you can quit without reason or be fired for no reason. Unless your in a union or temp service. Sometimes...
About the dress code thing, there is one recent movie that perhaps shows a more realistic view; The Martian. In the movie Nasa employees seem to wear whatever the hell they want, there are a few suits, but most are dressed casually.
It's also sometimes funny to see customers standing up after a presentation and applaude for it, as if it was a theatrical performance (what of course it is in a movie). In 30 years consulting activities I never came across such a thing happening. Normally customers rather go "yep, that's what we want, but you're too expensive, let's talk about your cost..."
"......if I don't come up with a slogan I'll lose the Johnson account!"
A lot of this is looks to be a combinations of "hangups from the era where these writers were kids and teens and saw THEIR parents go to work", like the suit thing - which WAS how things were in the 50s and before that, and "maybe that's how things work in 'rich people land?' "
Get a job Hollywood.. ha ha ha alright spot on indeed spot on 😆😜😎
I never realized my underwear was so desperate to breathe me in... although I would have appreciated getting dinner first...
"Get a job, Hollywood"? That's like saying, "get some sun, Dracula"
I just like listening to Dan. Pls keep having him do this.
Now I want to see a corporate-themed movie with all of these things right.
A new ceo firing the old board in a meeting, after he had to take over the company because it struggled, is pretty common actually.
I think you meant "Cisco", not Sisco.
Seattle Mark no it's pronounced sisco for "ci" makes the s sound
The logo bothered me too
James Feww he was referring to the logo not the pronunciation
Oh
Yeah, that stuck out - showing the logo of "Sisco", a company I never heard of, instead of "Cisco" a massive multinational that's one of the biggest tech giants in the world.
Movies don't get these things wrong. Screenwriters need to make dramatic scenes to keep you entertained.
George Bushway Cracked knows that. They just have to make dramatic lists to keep us youtubers happy
I've had a dress code at every job I've ever had-retail, education, insurance office, accounting office. I know maybe 2 people that don't have a dress code for work.
Regarding a glorious example the 51% rule:
There was a Spider-Man comic back in the late 90s that took place during the Gather of Five story arc which had a scene in which Norman Osborn is waiting for someone at the airport. I forgot who this individual was, but this person was instrumental in Osborn's plans as he was to take part in the Gathering of Five ceremony. He waits for the person to disembark, only for the person to never show. As the flight attendant's closing the door, he walks up to her and, addressing her as "You, girl!", demands answers (I think he asks her if the person he's looking for was on the plane). I forget what non-answer she gives him (she doesn't know who he's talking about), and Osborn literally grabs her by the arm and starts forcefully demanding answers. And when she demands to know who he is, he states, "I am a majority shareholder of this airport, and therefore, your employer. So therefore, if you wish to keep your job, you will tell me what I need to know."
As a 12 year old, I thought nothing of it beyond how much more dangerous Osborn is as himself versus the Green Goblin. As an adult, I'm just thinking of all the money that woman could have gotten had she sued.