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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by notJim on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:11PM (#21548805)
My brother worked in ad agencies, and this is the opposite of what he said. Tons of drinking and just generally bad behavior which would only be tolerated in the worst silicon valley startups. He moved to the startup world because it has a healthier work culture.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by ishjoh on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:33PM (#21548998)
One of my first jobs out of college was for a digital agency. Shortly after I started we were bought by a very large ad agency and it was shocking how casual alcohol and drug use were at our parent company. Luckily we were insulated enough that it didn't permeant our culture until after I left.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by kevin_thibedeau on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:46PM (#21549111)
We are surrounded by functional alcoholics (10% in the US drink most of the booze). They naturally tend toward career paths that support their behavior.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by ekianjo on Friday November 15, 2019 @09:23PM (#21550553)
90% of people surrounded by 10% ? The word "surrounded" seems inappropriate.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by Spooky23 on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:04PM (#21550722)
Maybe a better word could have been chosen. But in perspective, almost every team on average has at least one person with an alcohol problem of some sort.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by LoSboccacc on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:04AM (#21551424)
and then there's Ireland.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by paulddraper on Saturday November 16, 2019 @01:46AM (#21551369)
Surrounded =/= Majority
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