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Archive for the 'Career Limiting Moves' Category



Wasting Time

Published on February 21, 2006

I was sitting in a manager-led meeting onsite at the client a while back and felt the urge to capture for posterity just how inane this fucking meeting was. So I whipped out my cellphone and surreptitiously started a voice recording. I transcribed the recording in its full glory for your viewing pleasure. [...]


Now That’s Balls

Published on February 17, 2006

If you haven’t seen this CLM, there’s an infamous email that has made its rounds through all of the Big 4 firms and many others. It all started when a regional partner sent out this email:
To: All Office Employees
From: Charlie Karlson
Subject: Thank Your Mentor Day
January is National [...]