In this clip from the 1999 movie "Office Space," Peter, a disgruntled tech worker, has been accidentally left in a state of hypnotic relaxation by his psychiatrist. Called in for a performance review by two downsizing consultants, Peter blithely tells them precisely what he really does at work and why...
Software engineer Peter Gibbons is terminally bored, trapped in a cubicle and antagonized by bureaucratic office politics. His work is unfulfilling, his co-workers are slowly losing their minds, and his boss constantly makes inane demands...
A classic from the golden age of corporate raiders, Wall Street exposes the rampant greed and ruthlessness of 1980's stock brokers. Bud Fox is a low-level stockbroker who will do anything to get ahead...
Violet and Doralee are ambitious, hardworking women whose dreams of success are thwarted by sexism. Violet gets passed over for promotions in favor of an incompetent male executive, Frank Hart. He even steals her ideas and tells her that the company will never promote a woman...
The Onion imagines what would happen if the newly-elected President of the United States decided to conduct a job performance review with every American worker. The video reveals a few of the challenges any new manager might face when evaluating her staff for the first time, as well as some common pitfalls.
Paul Anderson, Chairman Spectra Energy, shares his lesson in how to best deliver bad news (in this case, firing an employee). You must be straightforward without sugar coating the message, otherwise the message can easily be misinterpreted.
The recession in the UK has been especially harsh for younger job seekers who now constitute almost 40% of those out of work. According to this report by Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal, even recent graduates of elite universities are unable to find jobs...
Fourth-generation working families commit their entire lives and careers to Ford Motor Company and believe it will survive, along with the Detroit auto industry.
Chris Conley shares the inspirational leadership lessons he learned from Dr. Timothy Leary, including the importance of acknowledging all levels of employees and finding ways to make everyone feel important.
Summer interns more at home in the dorm than the business world often make career-damaging mistakes, as illustrated in this clip from the TV comedy 30 Rock. A young intern, dressed appropriately for the beach, distracts all the male members of a business meeting...
