Mandatory Training Tonight
You are hereby notified that you have a mandatory training session this evening. At 9/8c, you are required to tune in to your local NBC affiliate and watch The Office. Failure to do so could result in disciplinary action.
In my humble opinion, The Office is the world’s greatest employment law training aid. All you have to do is (1) watch it and (2) do the exact opposite of everything you see.
TONIGHT’S EPISODE. “Mafia.” Here’s NBC’s official description: “Michael is convinced an insurance salesman visiting the office is part of the Mafia and sets out to prove it.” Should be interesting.
OFFICIAL “ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A LAWYER?” CONTEST. Tune in tomorrow to see my detailed analysis of the episodes and exactly what I would tell Dunder Mifflin if I were its lawyer. Anyone who spots an employment law issue that I missed will be entitled to a valuable prize.
Enjoy!
October 15th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I discovered your blog through your VP/Sales, whom I met on a plane while flying to MKE to speak to YPO and AMA on marketing. He said you “broke the mold” of lawyers and blogging…and you have. I’ve enjoyed reading it.
Since you and one of my favorite bloggers, Venkatesh Rao, talked about the Office today, I wanted to introduce you to each other. You MUST read his analysis of the OFFICE…it’s quite in-depth, but I suspect you will enjoy it. Let me know if you want his email, but I”m sure you can contact him through the site.
BTW, I’m back in MKE on 10/27-10/28, if you’d like to chat over coffee for 30 mins, I’m game.
Here’s the link:
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office
October 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Sorry, I meant your VP/Mktg. Apologies.