I worked at an online brokerage firm during the tech bubble blow up and we had a client who lost MILLIONS doing stupid shit like buying stuff on margin(against his broker's advice). The receptionist was on vacation and all non brokers were taking a turn on phones so this guy kept calling saying he was going to come over and kill the big boss- who sat 20 feet from me- but not hurt me because he liked me because I was always able to fix problems with his trading software (uh, yeah, when the bullets start flying like he was going to pay attention to where they were going). The police got involved and the boss paid to have a plainclothed armed guard sit in the reception area all day. Yup, we felt secure (hah). The police caught ex-millionare guy before he made it to the front door of the building carrying a rather large, heavy duffle bag...
Same industry- different firm. We were all called into the conference room to celebrate the release of some new software. There was music, cake, champaigne... and a stripper jumping out of the cake who then gave lap dances for the rest of the party. All paid for by the CEO. The two other women who worked for the firm and I started updating our resumes and left within a month.
At another IT job I walked in on two project managers and a depatment head snorting cocaine in a conference room. They didn't see me and I shut the door fast. The deadline was breathing down our neck but I thought coke was an extreme way to deal with it. Looking back, their drug use explained a LOT about their management styles.
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Date: 2009-03-26 01:47 pm (UTC)Same industry- different firm. We were all called into the conference room to celebrate the release of some new software. There was music, cake, champaigne... and a stripper jumping out of the cake who then gave lap dances for the rest of the party. All paid for by the CEO. The two other women who worked for the firm and I started updating our resumes and left within a month.
At another IT job I walked in on two project managers and a depatment head snorting cocaine in a conference room. They didn't see me and I shut the door fast. The deadline was breathing down our neck but I thought coke was an extreme way to deal with it. Looking back, their drug use explained a LOT about their management styles.
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