Kevin Spacey is reportedly starring in a 24-esque film called Margin Call (also starring Demi Moore as a chief risk officer). Last week Spacey started researching the role at Citi’s downtown offices where he peppered the Little Viks with questions such as “What is it like to earn millions of dollars in one afternoon [which presumably garnered looks of confusion] and what about losing that amount” and “Is it possible to be good at what you do without liking the company you work for,” and by extension, your boss?
Naturally we’d like the actor get as many comprehensive answers as possible, so let’s open it up to the group. How many of you enjoy your trade and/or be exceptionally awesome at it but absolutely loathe your employer? Really– tell us about your experiences working for people you despise.
I hope this means he will be shadowing Vikky
Zach Kouwe is and always will be a cocksucker.
@1 I know. Fingers crossed.
please work this into the movie
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-SZWSEns8Zo/Ryuw71bjl3I/AAAAAAAADZs/YdEMBVYOU5I/s400/151_553626655_demi_moore_cigar_aficionado_cover_H131433_L.jpg
I’ve seen this show before, and IT WAS CHUCK PRINCE THE WHOLE TIME!
I work for a dickbag. There was a fire in the building next door yesterday in the middle of a meeting, and we were evacuated for some reason. My MD got pissed that we couldn’t go back inside so he started yelling with a fireman to let us back in, concluding with “I light fires under asses all fucking day and no makes me stand outside!!” He then walked into the building while flipping the guy off.
At Jefferies, every day is filled with excitement, adventure and opportunities for new learning. Given our blue-chip client base, we make millions of dollars every day but we don’t lose any of it. Everyone loves working here, and we represent the best of what the Street has to offer. If only every firm was like Jefferies, the mortgage crisis would have never occured and everything would have been just perfect.
Jefferies Analyst
@6 no one*
@7 can someone explain the genesis of the Jefferies hate?
My boss made me take estrogen, and dress up like a girl. Ever since that fateful day in the park I’ve never been the same. It’s been a truly rewarding experience.
-Anonymous
Hmmm, Demi as chief risk officer — with whom will she be sleeping in the contractually mandated topless scene? Those things never get old (because they’re not real — not that there’s anything wrong with that).
I nailed the PA of my boss on his desk while he was talking to me on the phone. Is that OK? I also peed in the corner of his office too.
Jefferies has always been the chomping at the boot heels of Raymond James and therefore bears the brunt of many a joke and jest.
@9 Agreed. I have worked with Jefferies for years and found them to be very non douchey. Good salespeople, good energy group, etc.etc. I would like to know the origin of the hate.
Guy in Chicago who does not get the Jefferies hate, perhaps because he is a guy in Chicago.
@ 13
Jefferies is FAR superior to Raymond James. Perhaps we can discuss this over a knuckle sandwich.
- Jefferies Analyst
@9 Jealous Ones Still Envy
@15 Jeffries > RayJ > MBA >= CFA
I have heard of neither Raymond James or Jefferies.
-Primerica quant
@14,13, 15 It does seem a little silly for a firm like jefferies to occupy (what I have heard is) the most expensive office space in nyc at 520 Madison.
I guess I can see where ya’ll are coming from.
And @17 CFP > Everything.
-9
@18 who is this Neither you speak of? Are they boutique?
-AIG Qwont
@Bess, what’s with the censorship? If my eyesight hasn’t failed me, the post originally ended with the word “dickbag.” Wha happened?
@19
Because you have never worked with the best and brightest minds on the Street for the world’s top clients, I can understand where you are coming from. It’s OK, I can sympathize with non-Jefferies bankers who are not the same breed.
- Enjoying his beautiful office at 520 Madison (Jeffries Analyst)
@21 I decided I preferred saying “despise.” and adding dickbags to the tags. I don’t think it’s considered censorship if I’m editing my own stories..
Thank you for your questions Mr. Spacey, and now if you don’t mind, what’s it like working on a trading floor on K-Pax?
@19
Pretty sure there’s more expensive office space (I’d imagine the BoA building, 9 West 57th, etc, etc)
@17 – MBA > everything. It may not be immediately useful, but it’s WAY more fun being a student than slaving away at a bank. enjoy your days.
Bess, stop censoring yourself. Please practice more self love!
Brokers are trash and you idiots won’t be in existence in 5yrs, so stop fighting over who is better. You are the laughing stock of the industry and I’m glade your jobs will go away.
@Anal_yst I had no idea they actually leased parts of BOA tower for $100-$185/sqft…
So a bunch of us go out for drink the other night. All men, including my boss. We are about 4-5 drinks deep when we all start talking about fantasies, sex, etc. my boss tells us how he likes to wack off while looking at himself in the mirror fully naked while spanking his own ass with his wife’s sorority paddle. stone silence.
@28/Kouwe Are you GLADE our jobs will go away? Show yourself out…
And Wall Street has a question for Kevin Spacey:
When are you coming out of the closet?
Uh, pretty sure PhD > MBA.
Wonder if anyone at Citi told him:
Fuck you, Kevin! You know your business, I know mine. Your business is being an asshole. I find out whose cousin you are, I’m going to go to him and figure out a way to have your ass.
/Glengarry Glenn Ross’d
@28 they don’t have closets on K-PAX
kouwe:db::kevin spacey:glengarry
“If you knew a security was worthless and wanted to sell it, how would you grapple with the moral implications of doing so?” Like doing all those commercials is so much different.
Spacey, stop playing with this fucking ball and pay attention to me. You come in here drinking your Red Bull shit, you stink like booze, you’re out all night partying, and that’s OK. But when you become a cowboy, that’s when I draw the line. I am still your boss. And I am telling you now. You sell half those contracts. Do I make myself clear? Do I make myself clear, Kevin? Do I make myself clear to you?
@25
Dear Mr Anal_yst
SHUT THE FUCK UP KOUWANAL_YST
Kind Regards,
SHUT THE FUCK UP KOUWANALYST
@28 = S.C. Johnson employee
JEF > LAZ > GS > MS > MER ….. subway system
@40 FTW
Vic is the real life Verbal Kint
**** *çè&@ ******* Shit…
( self censoring is the new killing it)