I like even more than the volume on his radio clearly is not at a reasonable volume if people in neighboring cubicles can still hear it. Reasonable would be his own cubicle. I would say Milton is in the wrong, but I don't want my building set on fire.
I’d like to add that reasonable doesn’t necessarily mean that no one can hear it but that it doesn’t disturb anyone. If you just hear something faint that you can easily tune out, it should be fine. But Peter here is clearly disturbed by it so the volume could be considered to be no longer reasonable.
Unfortunately it's a worryingly fine line to walk between being a lumburgh and being an ineffective manager that people take advantage of. I know that from experience
In the early 90s I worked as a temp at a big oil corporate HQ in Tulsa. I literally worked in the "Paperwork" department. I had an empty desk, and when a file came in, my job was to Xerox it, file the original and file the copy. Then I sat down again. I now know what Hell is like.
Sounds easy. But I know repetitive jobs can go from "easy" to "stir crazy" pretty quickly. THANKFULLY TODAY I got promoted out of the originally all day, then half day repetitive job to the warehousing part that I originally started in. And got to become the "all rounder" which means I get tasks to do in my own time around the place. Just because he thought I unloaded a few shipping containers very neatly and efficiently for the warehouse that doesn't usually get them.
Masster Gunnz Soon you’re the guy who is never at his desk, always goofing off, unreliable, not a hard worker, maybe doesn’t really wanna be here, and either ends up getting passed up for a promotion or getting fired. The working world doesn’t care if you have no work to do; look busy or else be completely unable to provide a reason you should keep getting a paycheck.
My first year working as a cashier, I had four managers on the front-end alone, not counting the store manager, regional manager, etc. Some days, I would receive four conflicting orders at a time, constantly contradicting each other as I ran back and forth between tasks, accomplishing nothing the whole while. And then when we were backed up and understaffed, they just stood around chatting, doing nothing. That was how I learned what "redundancy" really looked like.
Actually it's a prop from the short lived sci-fi show "Crusade" which he did just before filming this movie. "Crusade" was a sequel to Babylon 5 and the ring was from the "Earthforce Academy."
Like where I work. You can sign off on the weight and size box of an order, but if you don't put a tick beside EVERY item 😨😨😨 but did he pick it??!!! Is the customer missing stuff on their order 😨😨😨 no I tell you if we ran out. And so does the computer. But EVEN THEN YOU will manipulate the computer so well that I'm lookibg at order sheets that say 12 in stock but the order is for 122. ON THE SAME SHEET, nunbers side by side no less....
The increasing frustration Peter has as he’s repeatedly badgered is definitely spot on. I think the Teams “colleague started the meeting” sound is an equivalent for me these days.
@@marcosamine9130 We used to have a guy who would start the meeting 15 minutes early but then then would shuffle off (leaving his camera on) to make a cup of tea before the meeting started.
Having "8 Bosses" in a small workplace environment such as this, in my opinion, is a red flag for broken leadership system. They've basically promoted all their friends and left the hard workers at the bottom.
Nah! The Bobs were probably their buddies too! The rank-and-file would have probably been gutted to the bone, increasing the remaining staff's workload tenfold. Lumbergh may have gone out the door with the staff though. I think he was at the bottom of the executive ladder. The fire eliminated all those worries though. 😆😆
Yes. My last job. One day, my supervisor said, "You look like you're having a bad day." And I said, " I really, really, really, really, really want to retire." She left me alone after that but it was too late. I quit anyway.
@@anotherdayanotheryerrr4072 They probably had it out against you. I had something similar when I (get this) interviewed for a volunteer position with the stupid RCMP (police department). Fucking stupid cunts don't know how to conduct an interview.
googlewolly I was declined a job as a life insurance salesman after I took their test and the interviewer [correctly] told me that I didn’t really seem to want the job. I blame/credit me answering “no” on the statement “I would sell a life insurance policy to a member of my immediate family”. What’s funny is that I didn’t even know it was a commission only insurance sales job. I can’t remember what I thought it was, but it certainly wasn’t presented as that.
This is the absolutely best portrayal of the soul sucking grind of day to day work life in a corporate environment. Mindless drones pushing policy, idiots who don't respect others' work space, failing office equipment, the nonstop repetition of the receptionist's greeting, repeated chastising when one makes a mistake... How someone could possibly assemble all this in the span of a 2 minute skit. Genius.
I swear, Gary Cole is one of the most underappreciated character actors around. The guy went from Mike Brady to Lumbergh to Reese Bobby without a hitch. The dude is good!
Try to find a talent u have that u can profit off of. Or something you're passionate about that u can do so you'll enjoy your job. Or a buisness idea so that u can be self employed and be your own boss instead of having 8 bosses.
There's an old saying in my culture "No se vale servir a dos reyes, porque saldras faltando a los dos." "You shouldn't serve two kings, because you'll end up failing both." So why does this guy have EIGHT!?!
The dragging on for 20 minutes over a minor mistake is relatable. I once made a small mistake and a trainer pointed it out. I acknowledged it, she rambled on about it. I thought it was over. I come in Monday morning and was called into my supervisors office and the thing was rehashed AGAIN! That trainer actually died two years later
For the most part everything is still accurate. Most office jobs aren't as depressing as this anymore luckily. Haven't worked or seen a place use cubicles outside of big cities in years. Offices are all about team building and inter personal relationship crap now which can get just as annoying if not more annoying to the point you want it to be this way again.
Could you give some examples of personal experiences in relation to team building which annoyed you ? I think a certain amount of team building is a good thing. I'm talking about things like dinners or company sports teams.
That look on Peter's face at 0:19. We've all been there. Acknowledging nicely and professionally that you "got the memo", your boss still is taking the time to explain something to you that he knows you already know. But you just have to bear it, hold it in, and try your best not tell him off. Every little thing in this movie is fucking brilliant.
The barely audible woman responding to calls in the background of the entire scene is brilliant. Such a great use of an everyday sound to create a psychotic soundscape.
This, along with American Beauty, was making poeple Think about their working life and their marriage. Great movies. Both movies should be shown to students and to couples before marriage.
That's how a previous job of mine was. You do one trivial thing wrong and people just stand in line to chew you out for it. One time, I wrote a wrong number down on a form. Yes, it shouldn't have happened, but it happened. The other person I was working with caught it as she was going through them. We fixed it, and I figured it was over. Not exactly---see, someone else (not her) went and snitch to our boss about it, and our boss came tearing into my office to yell at me for it. There's a reason I don't work there anymore.
No matter how many times you watch a movie, you still miss things. Thanks for pointing that out after me seeing this movie 100 times, I had no idea who was on the line. I just turned it up really loud when the phone rang and just spit my coffee everywhere...yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh
I'm gonna have you work in a sweatshop condition, we're gonna have to cut your salary by 50% AND we also need you to work 16 hour shifts, everyday....that would be great. Thanks...
Im a district manager for a retail company, I make store visits and have to basically tell the managers everything they are doing wrong. It doesn't sit right for me, so i always try to be relatable and respectful. (Basically not these guys). If I mention something and the manager seems aware of the problem, or already has plans to take care of it. Then i will give credit where credit is due. I will either say "oh seems like you are already on it". Or "oh forget i said anything". My managers are just as capable as me at seeing problems and taking care of them, they shouldn't be belittled.
You’re a good boss then. Our management is basically useless. Any new person I train, the one thing I try to drill into their heads is that if a problem comes up, never rely on management for any kind of help. They’ll drag their feet for a week or more over the issue, then come back and demand to know why THEY haven’t done something about the problem. Thankfully my new bosses and I have an unspoken agreement. Any issues that come up, I fix them myself, they in turn leave me the hell alone and let me do my job my way.
I love the attention to detail in this movie. Like when Bill walks off and starts a conversation with someone else, you can still hear him for a while in the background in the next scene. It’s only small but it adds to the realism so much.
Or how you can barely hear "Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking; just a moment," repeating throughout every Initech scene on that first day, including this one.
Few weeks back I did some mistake at work and my supervisor pointed it out and spent 30 mins explaining me why I should not do it. Something which needed not more than few minutes. A week later, she set up another meeting talking about the same thing and setting some new rules. Yesterday she invited her superior who talked about my mistake and why it should not be done! So watching this scene I had a deja vu! The fuckery that exists in corporate America is timeless! Its worse than the primary school!
"You see, we update our Slack, Trello, and Google Sheets for every progress step when editing the Toy Reaction Channel Videos, it's very important, and very crucial. If you want to submit suggestions and improvements then there's a meeting with all the unpaid interns and freelancers on Friday at 2:45 EST. Yeaaa." For every pointless anti-productive element of our society, there's a productive person being slowed and grinded down to comply and get something done that has no impact on the world, and hence his salary, CV, life, and mere self-worth cannot be allowed to have any sort of an up-tick. Oh, and this comment was submitted late, but we're going to have to have you come into the office and spellcheck it there before posting it. We don't allow new employees to work from home yet. But when you do get home, make sure to fill out the spreadsheets and systems for progress after applying for access and being granted a security group profile. Alright? Greaaat.
Matrix Management, you have to have all your managers sign off on vacation days, and we'll need six months advance notice so we can to fit them into the annual schedule. Some of you guys haven't taken any vacation days in two years and can't come back to work until you're below the maximum level.
Love this movie, its close to the BS in my last job. When they tried to tell me what my duties would be for the next year, the 'teams' and 'project groups' I would be on or assigned to in addition to my regular duties, I told them 'nope, I'm retiring.' Two months later on my last day I came in wearing a t-shirt and jeans, left all my company 'flair' on my desk, said a few goodbyes, signed out with HR, and off I went feeling like a smug "gangsta" just like Peter.
Obviously to be in management in that company you have to have Asperger's. Whenever I have encountered people like that in real life, I have always figured their lives outside of the office had to be pretty miserable. Can't imagine them ever having any friends, or meaningful relationships of any kind.
I've had managers like this, after one mistake or slip of the mind, they call you out. Honestly I'm happy if someone points out my mistakes, I want to improve, but then they try to make you feel guilty and never let it go. Then they wonder why you quit.
I love the design of the cubicles. I want to work in a cubicle that looks like Peter's. I would especially want his computer, that's like a cross-breed of Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
TPS report are a real thing. TPS stands for transaction processing systems. PS is defined as "a computer - based information system that keeps track of the transactions needed to conduct business". Features of a TPS: Rapid Response , Fast performance with a rapid response time is critical. Businesses cannot afford to have customers waiting for a TPS to respond, the turnaround time from the input of the transaction to the production for the output must be a few seconds or less. Reliability Many organisations rely heavily on their TPS; a breakdown will disrupt operations or even stop the business. For a TPS to be effective its failure rate must be very low. If a TPS does fail, then quick and accurate recovery must be possible. This makes well-designed backup and recovery procedures essential. Inflexibility, A TPS wants every transaction to be processed in the same way regardless of the user, the customer or the time for day. If a TPS were flexible, there would be too many opportunities for non-standard operations, for example, a commercial airline needs to consistently accept airline reservations from a range of travel agents, accepting different transactions data from different travel agents would be a problem. Controlled processing, The processing in a TPS must support an organisation's operations. For example if an organisation allocates roles and responsibilities to particular employees, then the TPS should enforce and maintain this requirement. Input and output , The inputs of a system are transaction data: bills, orders, inventory levels, and the like. The output consists of processed transactions: bills, paychecks. Data can be numeric or general. The TPS deals with day-to-day matters, it is principally of use to operational-level or supervisory managers, although it can also be helpful to tactical-level managers. MIS: management information systems, a database designed to aid in management decisions and overall directions of the businesses. DSS: decision support system, also a data base created for business decisions. --> The purpose for having two of such systems is to be redundant and hopefully build upon each others responses to a grand question. This type of system records and manages order processing. This doesn't necessarily need to be on a computer, it can be in person, through the mail or even on the phone which means there are plenty of types of these systems. The more familiar types are e-commerce systems and point-of-sale systems (POS). More and more stores have been using a new form of POS called a MPOS or mobile-point-of-sale. You may have noticed that when you enter an Apple Store you can't find a cashier station. This is because they are using a MPOS and have been. The trend has been spreading to some retail stores as well. Urban Outfitters has recently introduced this in their stores just before the winter holidays hit in 2011. This trend has been growing not to eliminate the registers but to provide relief for long lines during peak times when there are only a limited amount of registers available. The only downfall this system has is that it is not possible to handle cash due to security. Copy and paste is a wonderful thing.
This is why I became a boss. Nobody bitches at me anymore except for the rare chance one of the big wigs stops by. Work your way up or quit, folks. Fuck being the little man.
Out of the 13+ years I worked office jobs only one didn't suck and that one only lasted a year. With these kinda odds I don't know why I think I'm built for this shit
I only just noticed that in the background you can hear a lady answering the phone constantly and continuously saying "X department speaking, Just a moment" to every single call
Peter’s Inner Voice POV: “Here’s the memo! Here...take your fucking memo and send it so far up your ass I hope you can taste the font!” I may need to be a writer...
I like how Milton compares listening to a stereo (something EVERYONE around him has to put up with) to a woman wearing her headphones.
Yea but he was listening to it at a reasonable volume
Yeah and only between 9 and 11
I like even more than the volume on his radio clearly is not at a reasonable volume if people in neighboring cubicles can still hear it. Reasonable would be his own cubicle. I would say Milton is in the wrong, but I don't want my building set on fire.
I’d like to add that reasonable doesn’t necessarily mean that no one can hear it but that it doesn’t disturb anyone. If you just hear something faint that you can easily tune out, it should be fine. But Peter here is clearly disturbed by it so the volume could be considered to be no longer reasonable.
@@E2theBizzlesounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays
I love how the increasing levels of annoyance build up with the constant repetetive secretary's voice in the background.
hellow,,just a moment,,,,hellow,,just a moment,,,,hellow,,just a moment,,,,hellow,,just a moment,,,,
Alex Rogers like a broken record 😖🤮
ARCSTREAMS JUSt A MoMEnT, HELLOW
She has a name! Corporate Accounts Payable Mina~~❤️
That moment before you go postal.
When I found myself promoted to a supervisor position, my one rule I told myself was "Whatever I do, don't be Lumburgh". It worked reasonably well.
*NICE!!!*
Did you keep your memos frequency at the reasonable level?
Yeeeah.... If you could just make sure you do that from now on, that'd be great.
That kind of attitude will get you eaten by the bigger fish above you though.
Unfortunately it's a worryingly fine line to walk between being a lumburgh and being an ineffective manager that people take advantage of. I know that from experience
I see the build-up to "Falling Down"
1:06 from nine to eleven 😢
@@andreachrist2341 He was talking about a movie from 1993 u genius
Didn't that guy design missiles for the government?
This isn''t the prequel?
From Milton
In the early 90s I worked as a temp at a big oil corporate HQ in Tulsa. I literally worked in the "Paperwork" department. I had an empty desk, and when a file came in, my job was to Xerox it, file the original and file the copy. Then I sat down again.
I now know what Hell is like.
Hhahah
Sounds easy. But I know repetitive jobs can go from "easy" to "stir crazy" pretty quickly. THANKFULLY TODAY I got promoted out of the originally all day, then half day repetitive job to the warehousing part that I originally started in. And got to become the "all rounder" which means I get tasks to do in my own time around the place. Just because he thought I unloaded a few shipping containers very neatly and efficiently for the warehouse that doesn't usually get them.
@Masster Gunnz he said it was in the early 90s, a lot of those options weren't available
Masster Gunnz Soon you’re the guy who is never at his desk, always goofing off, unreliable, not a hard worker, maybe doesn’t really wanna be here, and either ends up getting passed up for a promotion or getting fired. The working world doesn’t care if you have no work to do; look busy or else be completely unable to provide a reason you should keep getting a paycheck.
Sounds more like purgatory
Anyone thinking of working in a call center, especially for a company that is an outsourcer, this is your day. Every day.
In every country of the world.
And everyday is worse, them the day before hahah.
Facts... from the annoying ass cubicle partner to having multiple bosses telling you how you fucked up doing your job....
Yep, I work it
Your only goals are not to be hassled and keep your job, and thus only the motivation to do the bare minimum of what you're asked.
My first year working as a cashier, I had four managers on the front-end alone, not counting the store manager, regional manager, etc. Some days, I would receive four conflicting orders at a time, constantly contradicting each other as I ran back and forth between tasks, accomplishing nothing the whole while. And then when we were backed up and understaffed, they just stood around chatting, doing nothing. That was how I learned what "redundancy" really looked like.
That still happens today
@@magicmanscott40k Considering it was in 2016, I'm not surprised.
Sounds like my job
I've seen this movie a dozen times and never noticed until now that Lumbergh still wears his high school class ring. Nice touch.
Actually it's a prop from the short lived sci-fi show "Crusade" which he did just before filming this movie. "Crusade" was a sequel to Babylon 5 and the ring was from the
"Earthforce Academy."
Make one little mistake and everyone loses their minds.
John- and they make sure you know they have lost their minds over and over and over and . . .
Like where I work. You can sign off on the weight and size box of an order, but if you don't put a tick beside EVERY item 😨😨😨 but did he pick it??!!! Is the customer missing stuff on their order 😨😨😨 no I tell you if we ran out. And so does the computer. But EVEN THEN YOU will manipulate the computer so well that I'm lookibg at order sheets that say 12 in stock but the order is for 122. ON THE SAME SHEET, nunbers side by side no less....
@@OffGridInvestor you deserve to work where you work.
But they need the cover letter on the TPS report. They'll probably make sure he gets the memo again.
The increasing frustration Peter has as he’s repeatedly badgered is definitely spot on. I think the Teams “colleague started the meeting” sound is an equivalent for me these days.
These friggin people that start the teams meeting 15-20 minutes early…
Or someone just sending "Hi" on teams and saying nothing for the next 5 mins
@@marcosamine9130 We used to have a guy who would start the meeting 15 minutes early but then then would shuffle off (leaving his camera on) to make a cup of tea before the meeting started.
@@gouthamakumar6591 Yeah, friggin annoying. Just tell me WTH you want
Teams started self-opening on my PC and I don't even have a office job! Maybe I'm now a go getter who can do a fine TPS report.
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume. From 9 to 11.
We will never forget.
More Hollywood foreshadowing symbolism...:-P
But radio waves can't melt steel beams.
But this one goes to 11
Having "8 Bosses" in a small workplace environment such as this, in my opinion, is a red flag for broken leadership system. They've basically promoted all their friends and left the hard workers at the bottom.
I can relate to that.
Which was like music to the Bob's ears, because they found a lot of fat they could trim straight away.
Been there, done that, retired now, outdid ALL of those piss xxx bosses... and .. you could put gun to my head, I would not go back!
Ever wonder why commercial software costs 5 or 6 figures? There ya go! 😂😂😂😂
Nah! The Bobs were probably their buddies too! The rank-and-file would have probably been gutted to the bone, increasing the remaining staff's workload tenfold. Lumbergh may have gone out the door with the staff though. I think he was at the bottom of the executive ladder. The fire eliminated all those worries though. 😆😆
Yes. My last job. One day, my supervisor said, "You look like you're having a bad day." And I said, " I really, really, really, really, really want to retire." She left me alone after that but it was too late. I quit anyway.
I got fired during traning due to the fact that I lacked motivation on the exam. Never heard of such things in my life
Raw Hide Kid those people seem to think it’s game
Looks like someone's got the case of the Mondays!
@@anotherdayanotheryerrr4072 They probably had it out against you. I had something similar when I (get this) interviewed for a volunteer position with the stupid RCMP (police department). Fucking stupid cunts don't know how to conduct an interview.
googlewolly I was declined a job as a life insurance salesman after I took their test and the interviewer [correctly] told me that I didn’t really seem to want the job. I blame/credit me answering “no” on the statement “I would sell a life insurance policy to a member of my immediate family”.
What’s funny is that I didn’t even know it was a commission only insurance sales job. I can’t remember what I thought it was, but it certainly wasn’t presented as that.
This is the absolutely best portrayal of the soul sucking grind of day to day work life in a corporate environment. Mindless drones pushing policy, idiots who don't respect others' work space, failing office equipment, the nonstop repetition of the receptionist's greeting, repeated chastising when one makes a mistake... How someone could possibly assemble all this in the span of a 2 minute skit. Genius.
I swear, Gary Cole is one of the most underappreciated character actors around. The guy went from Mike Brady to Lumbergh to Reese Bobby without a hitch. The dude is good!
He was great in Pineapple Express too
Also Cotton McKnight
Bro are you saying that the guy who played Mike Brady plays Lombard
@@Alien-Earth1Yup. Gary Cole. He played Mike in both Brady Bunch movies.
It’s like he channels Leslie Nielsen
i am lowkey afraid i am going to be peter one day
Try to find a talent u have that u can profit off of. Or something you're passionate about that u can do so you'll enjoy your job. Or a buisness idea so that u can be self employed and be your own boss instead of having 8 bosses.
I am already Peter and it sucks badly. He's right about one thing; human beings are not meant to sit at little cubicle staring at computer screens.
Learn from Peter's happy ending.
@@dariushenry88 the shitty thing is that there's too many people on this Earth for us all to pursue our passions.
Christopher Marlowe right, it’s someone’s passion to be a cashier at a Sunoco. Someone has to do that job.
There's an old saying in my culture
"No se vale servir a dos reyes, porque saldras faltando a los dos."
"You shouldn't serve two kings, because you'll end up failing both."
So why does this guy have EIGHT!?!
Alot of times people don't have a choice.
Juan- I seriously doubt he chose to have 8 bosses. Would you? Would anyone???
@@acm1350 - no shit he didn't choose
If you came up through the years with multiple bosses and found this , you ARE a Boss 🙂☝
The dragging on for 20 minutes over a minor mistake is relatable. I once made a small mistake and a trainer pointed it out. I acknowledged it, she rambled on about it. I thought it was over. I come in Monday morning and was called into my supervisors office and the thing was rehashed AGAIN!
That trainer actually died two years later
How did you arrange that?
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq arrange what, her death? She died of natural causes a couple of years later
Is this a confession?
@@assmane999 no she actually did die a couple years later. Cancer
@@grapefruitm00n that’s very unfortunate. You’re exonerated, sir. If the cause of death is correct
My Supervisor told me about this movie. He understood some of the insanity we were surrounded by.
Same here
If your supervisor knows about Office Space, then hopefully he’s not a crappy person.
For the most part everything is still accurate. Most office jobs aren't as depressing as this anymore luckily. Haven't worked or seen a place use cubicles outside of big cities in years.
Offices are all about team building and inter personal relationship crap now which can get just as annoying if not more annoying to the point you want it to be this way again.
Could you give some examples of personal experiences in relation to team building which annoyed you ? I think a certain amount of team building is a good thing. I'm talking about things like dinners or company sports teams.
I love how "CORPORATE accounts payable Nina speaking....JUST a moment!!" seems to sort of blend in to the background, yet it doesn't at the same time.
This movie is so accurate .
Managers have no purpose, and we can see that here.
Scary it's so accurate
That look on Peter's face at 0:19. We've all been there.
Acknowledging nicely and professionally that you "got the memo", your boss still is taking the time to explain something to you that he knows you already know. But you just have to bear it, hold it in, and try your best not tell him off.
Every little thing in this movie is fucking brilliant.
The barely audible woman responding to calls in the background of the entire scene is brilliant. Such a great use of an everyday sound to create a psychotic soundscape.
This, along with American Beauty, was making poeple Think about their working life and their marriage. Great movies. Both movies should be shown to students and to couples before marriage.
Dying all the time, without becoming dead.
That's how a previous job of mine was. You do one trivial thing wrong and people just stand in line to chew you out for it. One time, I wrote a wrong number down on a form. Yes, it shouldn't have happened, but it happened. The other person I was working with caught it as she was going through them. We fixed it, and I figured it was over. Not exactly---see, someone else (not her) went and snitch to our boss about it, and our boss came tearing into my office to yell at me for it. There's a reason I don't work there anymore.
Moral of the story. Next time, just give them a blank look and ask, "What memo?"
If you didn't sign for it, it didn't happen.
playing dumb always works
Say, "It's my first day."
Every time I watch this scene with my dad he always tells me he tells the bosses he didn’t get the memo lol
or flat out tell them, fuck that memo. and get called by HR, be unjustly fired, and collect unemployment and sue the company.
The second boss looks at him like a naughty child, then gives a dominate pat on the shoulder, gross.
Eileen- that wasn't a "pat" he gave him. He literally slugged his shoulder.
@@acm1350 Your right
But he sees more human and happy than that complete psychopath Lumbergh.
@@adamfidelio1213 The second one seems to be an decent guy off the clock.
@@WorldWar2freak94 Good cop, bad cop. They'd both fuck you over in a heartbeat but they're probably like, fine off the clock.
I love this film, still got it on DVD.
And swimming with sharks lol 😂😆
What is DVD?
Karl Axel Digital video disc, physical media format popular in the late 90s/early 00s.
@@karlaxel7358 You must be really young 😁
Still have it on VHS
2:20 you can just about hear Lumberg's "yyyeeeaaahhhh!" as Peter answers the phone. LOOOOOOL.
That’s hilarious
No matter how many times you watch a movie, you still miss things. Thanks for pointing that out after me seeing this movie 100 times, I had no idea who was on the line. I just turned it up really loud when the phone rang and just spit my coffee everywhere...yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh
Ha
I can relate to this and you all probably can to! The frustration of working in a place with too many people in charge/rules/standards.
I'm going to need you to come into work for the next 365 days, forfeiting all your vacation time, sick time, and greivance time. That will be great.
Yes but Lumberg I need to greive for all my lost days....
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm-kay?
I'm gonna have you work in a sweatshop condition, we're gonna have to cut your salary by 50% AND we also need you to work 16 hour shifts, everyday....that would be great. Thanks...
Seen it happen, and you know what?the bastards would let you do it!
Don’t forget, we’re have a pizza party next Friday followed by a mandatory forced fun event to make up for all your hard work
Omg this is still happening,an its 2019.
Yeah, and it’s been 20 years since this movie came out Jesus Christ lol
@@EricGraham94 Well, will you learn to put the Coversheet on or not?
If anything it's got even worse lol
I'm gonna send you another copy of that memo, just in case.
This scene truly epitomizes Micromanagement.
IT Guy: * makes mistake *
Bosses: * "yeeeeaaaahhhh..." intensifies *
Im a district manager for a retail company, I make store visits and have to basically tell the managers everything they are doing wrong. It doesn't sit right for me, so i always try to be relatable and respectful. (Basically not these guys). If I mention something and the manager seems aware of the problem, or already has plans to take care of it. Then i will give credit where credit is due. I will either say "oh seems like you are already on it". Or "oh forget i said anything". My managers are just as capable as me at seeing problems and taking care of them, they shouldn't be belittled.
You’re a good boss then.
Our management is basically useless. Any new person I train, the one thing I try to drill into their heads is that if a problem comes up, never rely on management for any kind of help. They’ll drag their feet for a week or more over the issue, then come back and demand to know why THEY haven’t done something about the problem.
Thankfully my new bosses and I have an unspoken agreement. Any issues that come up, I fix them myself, they in turn leave me the hell alone and let me do my job my way.
I love the attention to detail in this movie. Like when Bill walks off and starts a conversation with someone else, you can still hear him for a while in the background in the next scene. It’s only small but it adds to the realism so much.
Or how you can barely hear "Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking; just a moment," repeating throughout every Initech scene on that first day, including this one.
The Chinese subtitles, this movie connects with all people.
I love how when I paused the video and saw your comment it still had TPS in English 🤣🤣🤣
Even the name 'Lumbergh' is funny. It just connotes officiousness and obstructiveness so very well.
Few weeks back I did some mistake at work and my supervisor pointed it out and spent 30 mins explaining me why I should not do it. Something which needed not more than few minutes. A week later, she set up another meeting talking about the same thing and setting some new rules. Yesterday she invited her superior who talked about my mistake and why it should not be done! So watching this scene I had a deja vu! The fuckery that exists in corporate America is timeless! Its worse than the primary school!
Living this office life past 6 years. Yes I am almost dead inside
The constant cuckoo sound coming from the receptionist is hilarious.
I love how this movie single handily removed flare from being a thing in restaurants
what
flair
American Beauty, Office Space, Fight Club, The Matrix.
What was it with 1999 and painting office life as so hellish?
That was a time when Hollywood actually cared about authenticity. All reflections on what life was really like.
These bosses are like NPC ( NON-Player Characters), they have a script in there heads that need to get said and that's it...
A lot of politicians are like that too
This is scarily accurate
"You see, we update our Slack, Trello, and Google Sheets for every progress step when editing the Toy Reaction Channel Videos, it's very important, and very crucial. If you want to submit suggestions and improvements then there's a meeting with all the unpaid interns and freelancers on Friday at 2:45 EST. Yeaaa."
For every pointless anti-productive element of our society, there's a productive person being slowed and grinded down to comply and get something done that has no impact on the world, and hence his salary, CV, life, and mere self-worth cannot be allowed to have any sort of an up-tick. Oh, and this comment was submitted late, but we're going to have to have you come into the office and spellcheck it there before posting it. We don't allow new employees to work from home yet. But when you do get home, make sure to fill out the spreadsheets and systems for progress after applying for access and being granted a security group profile. Alright? Greaaat.
Matrix Management, you have to have all your managers sign off on vacation days, and we'll need six months advance notice so we can to fit them into the annual schedule. Some of you guys haven't taken any vacation days in two years and can't come back to work until you're below the maximum level.
Love this movie, its close to the BS in my last job. When they tried to tell me what my duties would be for the next year, the 'teams' and 'project groups' I would be on or assigned to in addition to my regular duties, I told them 'nope, I'm retiring.' Two months later on my last day I came in wearing a t-shirt and jeans, left all my company 'flair' on my desk, said a few goodbyes, signed out with HR, and off I went feeling like a smug "gangsta" just like Peter.
Obviously to be in management in that company you have to have Asperger's.
Whenever I have encountered people like that in real life, I have always figured their lives outside of the office had to be pretty miserable. Can't imagine them ever having any friends, or meaningful relationships of any kind.
The southpark episode with the investment guy: ANNND its gone. Want some Kmax? is speaking EXACTLY like the boss.
Sounds like someone was having a case of the "Mondays"
This is when you give a single boss credit for the genius memo in front of the other bosses so that they all hate each other
I've had managers like this, after one mistake or slip of the mind, they call you out. Honestly I'm happy if someone points out my mistakes, I want to improve, but then they try to make you feel guilty and never let it go. Then they wonder why you quit.
Boomer bosses. They nailed it.
with gen x employees
With shit pay, little to no benefits, and economic inflation through the roof.
Słowiański Wojownik
Slaves without chains?
@@yourtypicaltroll2022 Nope, virtually no inflation whatsoever. Look it up.
@@jamespfitz you were saying? :)
I love the design of the cubicles. I want to work in a cubicle that looks like Peter's. I would especially want his computer, that's like a cross-breed of Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
Mom worked for state government
As a welfare, unemployment/employment worker. The BS she had to deal with.
I had this boss...right down to the "yyyyyyyeahhhhhhh"
It’s like they don’t even fucking hear you
This movie freed me as a teen, I realized I wasn't just negative but that the conditions of employment really are insane
8 bosses. Or as MBA graduates call it: Matrix Management
TPS report are a real thing. TPS stands for transaction processing systems. PS is defined as "a computer - based information system that keeps track of the transactions needed to conduct business". Features of a TPS: Rapid Response
, Fast performance with a rapid response time is critical. Businesses cannot afford to have customers waiting for a TPS to respond, the turnaround time from the input of the transaction to the production for the output must be a few seconds or less. Reliability Many organisations rely heavily on their TPS; a breakdown will disrupt operations or even stop the business. For a TPS to be effective its failure rate must be very low. If a TPS does fail, then quick and accurate recovery must be possible. This makes well-designed backup and recovery procedures essential. Inflexibility, A TPS wants every transaction to be processed in the same way regardless of the user, the customer or the time for day. If a TPS were flexible, there would be too many opportunities for non-standard operations, for example, a commercial airline needs to consistently accept airline reservations from a range of travel agents, accepting different transactions data from different travel agents would be a problem. Controlled processing, The processing in a TPS must support an organisation's operations. For example if an organisation allocates roles and responsibilities to particular employees, then the TPS should enforce and maintain this requirement. Input and output
, The inputs of a system are transaction data: bills, orders, inventory levels, and the like. The output consists of processed transactions: bills, paychecks. Data can be numeric or general. The TPS deals with day-to-day matters, it is principally of use to operational-level or supervisory managers, although it can also be helpful to tactical-level managers. MIS: management information systems, a database designed to aid in management decisions and overall directions of the businesses.
DSS: decision support system, also a data base created for business decisions. --> The purpose for having two of such systems is to be redundant and hopefully build upon each others responses to a grand question. This type of system records and manages order processing. This doesn't necessarily need to be on a computer, it can be in person, through the mail or even on the phone which means there are plenty of types of these systems. The more familiar types are e-commerce systems and point-of-sale systems (POS). More and more stores have been using a new form of POS called a MPOS or mobile-point-of-sale. You may have noticed that when you enter an Apple Store you can't find a cashier station. This is because they are using a MPOS and have been. The trend has been spreading to some retail stores as well. Urban Outfitters has recently introduced this in their stores just before the winter holidays hit in 2011. This trend has been growing not to eliminate the registers but to provide relief for long lines during peak times when there are only a limited amount of registers available. The only downfall this system has is that it is not possible to handle cash due to security. Copy and paste is a wonderful thing.
This is why I became a boss. Nobody bitches at me anymore except for the rare chance one of the big wigs stops by. Work your way up or quit, folks. Fuck being the little man.
I played this clip at a reasonable volume.
I like to think of this movie as the predecessor to Joker
This is exactly what it’s like when you don’t change your email signature at work 😂
This is passive agression.
this makes me physically ill. It's so real.
Everyone asks how I relate to this movie. There’s one simple answer: Milton.
Never worked in an office but had some creepy bosses, must be a power thing, and insecurities is not a good thing
Out of the 13+ years I worked office jobs only one didn't suck and that one only lasted a year. With these kinda odds I don't know why I think I'm built for this shit
Gary Cole = Perfect sarcasm.
This is a documentary
When you’re younger, you think it’s a hilarious movie! But when you get older then you realize it’s not a movie... it’s a documentary! 🤯 lol
Whatever TPS stands for, sounds like it's another way of pretending to getting work done in a that fine establishment 😂
Totally Pointless and Stupid
OMG, In 43 plus years and too many companies, this is so true, even now!
Oh, corporate America in the 90s. I don't miss it - and then I do
Ill take this 100 to 1 over sitting at a table with 4 smug figures casting haughty stares out from beneath their earbuds....
Fucking Bureaucracy. The True Bane of Progress.
It’s just creepy how much those managers resemble my own
You skipped the part where even his co-workers' (friends) talk to him about the reports.
i have no idea how people work in an office. construction supervision is stupid but at least i am outside
This is why I went from investment to driving a tractor trailer 😆 Best idea EVRRRRRR 🐯
I work with someone just like Milton, though not nearly as stutter-y.
the joy of working your way up to at most 1 boss
It’s weird but promoting idiots is really a thing
Yeah you can make sure that you do that from now on I'll make sure you get a copy of that memo😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nothing has changed.
Absolutely timeless. The only difference is that now your 8 bosses bother you on Teams instead of coming by your desk.
I only just noticed that in the background you can hear a lady answering the phone constantly and continuously saying "X department speaking, Just a moment" to every single call
At my previous job I had 3 bosses and 1 coworker who thought he was the fourth. Hard relate to this clip.
Did ya get the memo.....! Greatest movie line ever! Lol! Peace!
It’s not a movie, it’s a documentary
They say people don't leave companies they leave bosses; they are correct.
This is the hell I live 50 hours a week
Awesome acting 😂 this movies a classic
When you’re younger, you think it’s a hilarious movie! But when you get older then you realize it’s not a movie... it’s a documentary! 🤯 lol
I use to work a Wearhouse Job when I was in college and It's like this too.
I enjoy listening at a🧐 reasonable volume...... Lmao 😂 🤣😎🤩 🤗🧐😳
One can understand mass shooters.
the japanese i think find this movie especially appealing :)
Peter’s Inner Voice POV: “Here’s the memo! Here...take your fucking memo and send it so far up your ass I hope you can taste the font!”
I may need to be a writer...