As you’re aware, Bank of Amerillwide is a serious business, and it’s serious about it’s business of makin’ money. Apparently central to that goal, in BAC’s opinion, is treating your underlings like (circle one) a small child/person you’re trying to bang/invalid, which is why the firm has distributed the following suggestions for interfacing on the job. If you see anything missing from this list, feel free to speak up.
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Comments (109)

  1. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    HR run amok

  2. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    100. Lie to them and say ‘no’ if they ask you if the pants they are wearing make their ass look big.

  3. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    that is incredible

  4. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    101. Ask them if they have lost weight, even when you know they haven’t.

  5. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    100 – Offer to write a recommendation to business school.
    101 – Serve as a reference for the interview process.
    yada yada

  6. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:42 AM

    101. always invite them to join in the circle jerk

  7. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    #1 Learn and remember their name, so when you tell them they are being laid off you can make the message more personal.

  8. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    4 rounds of cuts, but they keep the middle school counselors that come up with this garbage.

  9. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    “97. plan public recognition events for them”
    seriously?!

  10. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    102. When they fuck up the marks on the MBS portfolio and lead the bank to overstate earnings by $1.3B, take them out for cocoa and tell them isn’t their fault, its the market’s fault.

  11. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    significance of #69 being “say yes a lot”?

  12. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    Tell them that money isn’t everything.

  13. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    100. Let them take Good Friday off.

  14. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    @10 FTW

  15. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM
  16. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    haha @13

  17. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    #67 “Ask them about themselves.”
    So now the totalitarians in HR want us to ask them questions that might get all parties involved sued?

  18. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    Tell them that $1.2m to remodel their office is very reasonable and compliment them on how their $35,115 commode on legs compliments their $1,405 parchment waste can.

  19. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    Ask them how much of their bonus they plan to put with Madoff, since that will be the only thing that BAC’s stock outperforms.

  20. Posted by queen_of_the_VIX | April 17, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    100. put their name into one of our “associate appreciate” email templates
    101. put their name into our “associate appreciate” email templates, and this time remember to fill out all fields, so they don’t get another “Dear , We are writing to recognize . . . signed, ” mail

  21. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    Just another product of the “everybody is special!” culture we live in. Maybe everyone can get trophys at the end of the year to celebrate the joy of participation. This looks like a list provided to deal with a retarded 6 year old.
    If you want your feelings validated and your manager to jerk you off go work for the god damn red cross.

  22. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    #125: Remind them that 9 out of 10 pitchbooks they stay until 3am to complete will likely end up papering an MD’s birdcage
    -MoneygripWisdom

  23. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Extend an offer to the cute girl in HR to finance breast implants if she spends the weekend with you in Vegas and doesn’t let your wife find out about it all.

  24. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    101 – Finger them every Thursday lunctime
    102- Offer to massage their prostate every month
    103- pretend to give a shit about their children
    104- Don’t roll your eyes and sigh every time they come within 25ft of you
    105- Tell them how attractive you think their wife is
    106 – Tell them how unattractive you think your wife is
    107- Suggest wife swapping parties

  25. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    100 – get rid of spirit points

  26. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    112. Laugh it off when they give you a gorilla mask.
    113. Share in the fun when they gang up and give the jerk with a private bathroom an upper decker.

  27. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    100 – get rid of spirit points

  28. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    @7 hits the nail on the head
    This list is so CLEARLY out of Charlotte.
    If it came out of SF, it would say, “take them nature hiking.”
    If it came out of NY, it would say, “tell them to get the f*ck out of your way, and that there are 20 people on the Street who could do their job, so they’d better f*cking get to it.”

  29. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM

    Offer KY for sale in the vending machines around bonus time so employees don’t have to be without when they walk into your office to receive their numbers.

  30. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM

    When doing them doggy, karate chop their arms out from under them and…oh wait wrong list.

  31. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    Jesus. If anyone actually did all of the above, I’d file a restraining order against them.

  32. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    It warms my heart that BofA is doing their part to integrate the mentally impaired population into mainstream society. I think this list should be incorporated into TARP guidelines.

  33. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    @28- well considering charlotte is the BAC headquarters, i’d say the place is fucked.

  34. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    Build them a brand new jungle gym. It worked for Obama.

  35. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    Remind them the list for the next round of layoffs is being drawn up on the day after Bring Your Daughter to Work Day.

  36. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    100. Just hop on the bus Gus
    101. Just drop off the key Lee
    102. Set yourself free

  37. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    Remind them that working for free is not a right, it is a privilege.
    Barry O

  38. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    Everytime a H.R-tard gets the axe a child is cured of cancer.

  39. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    or you can buy them a PWD and name it bo

  40. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    Laugh at them for actually having paid their income taxes and explain that paying income taxes is so “Bush administration.”

  41. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    Gimme back that fillet-o-fish
    Give me that fish!

  42. Posted by Anal_yst | April 17, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    I can only imagine how many (wo)man hours this took to compile and produce, I’m guessing at least 1,000, and that still may be way off, sigh… HR: THE self-propagating division.

  43. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:24 AM

    @ 30 I just spit Coke Zero on my keyboard…well played
    114 After they narrowly escape death on a plane in the Hudson River ask them for the US Air reimpursement money back, but say pretty pretty please with sugar on top and a cherry.

  44. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:25 AM

    Assign employees unique identifying numbers for ease of identification and tatoo the numbers on their forearms.

  45. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:27 AM

    I wish this sand was not in my vagina.

  46. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    @43- you drink coke zero.
    gay.

  47. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    @30- why do you give a shit a man bought his two young daughters a dog? it’s not like he bought ken lewis a dog for being such a good boy.

  48. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    Anyone wonder why “reward them for their work” is last on the list?
    below such notables as “be happy”, “be spontaneous”

  49. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    how in god’s name did trust falls not make this list?

  50. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    @ 46
    @ 43 here
    Cut me some slack I am trying to “deleverage” my waist line

  51. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    why isn’t ‘Pay Them’ on this list?

  52. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM

    Send one of them a cheesesteak

  53. Posted by american bandersnatch | April 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    I refuse to believe this is real.

  54. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    @AB- I work at BAC (posting from an iphone of course, bastards) and sadly I can tell you it is.

  55. Posted by american bandersnatch | April 17, 2009 at 11:10 AM

    @54. I’m putting in a couple of lines of credit with Bank of America. Do I need to apply some or all of the 99 items to the people I deal with or does it only apply to intra-BofA relationships?

  56. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    The font is kinda small. Is #25 “Put them on their back often”?

  57. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    101. Wana blow job?
    102. A little doggy?

  58. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    101. Wanna blow job?
    102. A little doggy?

  59. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    101. Wanna blow job?
    102. Wanna doggy?

  60. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    @56- it’s “pat them on their back often,” though yours certainly would fit with this list.

  61. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    Pay them for the hours they actually work?

  62. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    @ 25 & 27
    BofA got rid of spirit points at the end of last year because they didn’t want the Merrill guys to feel left out.
    http://dealbreaker.com/2008/12/bank-of-america-swaps-spirit-f.php

  63. Posted by NAS Keflavik boi | April 17, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    #115 – institute a danza slap Tuesday

  64. Posted by guest | April 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    @30 – congratulations on post of the week for me. I’ve stopped posting at work for compliance reasons but you made me laugh so much today that I had to walk off the desk when I read your post.
    - Fixed Income

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