Green Grads Archives: Corporate Cavemen
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1 June 2009
Ask Grad Girl #1 – Sans Halo
Hi Grad Girl,
I’m in my final year of my law degree and I’m a bit scared about what is going to happen next year. I’ve been applying for clerkships and putting my name and resume out there but it looks like the current law firms are struggling to keep the staff they’ve got – and [...]
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10 January 2009
Corporate Cavemen #3
Most days at work, Dick encounters behaviour so awkward, strange or downright repulsive he spews in his mouth a little. These are his stories.
“The first time I got instructions from Dr Octagon, I felt like I was in special-education. In the Hitler Youth.”
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30 December 2008
Corporate Cavemen #2
Most days at work, Dick encounters behaviour so awkward, strange or downright repulsive he spews in his mouth a little. These are his stories.
For a while, I sat near a young senior associate I’m going to call Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet was sub-30, militant, and monstrously ambitious. The running joke was that Pinochet would kick his [...]
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20 December 2008
Corporate Cavemen #1
Most days at work, Dick encounters behaviour so awkward, strange or downright repulsive he spews in his mouth a little. These are his stories.
I used to work in the vicinity of a corporate lawyer who I’m going call Chris Farley. This is something of a misnomer. While the real Chris Farley was tragicomic, corporate lawyer Chris [...]
