I love how she perfectly embodies that new graduate who comes into an established work place and immediately tries to upend how things are done without having any understanding around the nuance of the job or company/industry. I see these people come and go constantly.
@@kashstory It depends. As someone who works for a Fortune 100 company and Manages a team I can tell you they also rub people the wrong way. Being a disruptor is fine once you gain a lay of the land, meet the right stakeholders, build rapport... etc. It's not something for a new graduate to take on. Also, a lot of times, especially in a large workforce your ability to move up is wholly dependent on others. It's often times not a good idea to then piss off those same people.
@@kbob9625 Yeah, that makes sense. But I mean, if they move on from working there they're more likely to find their way than not. Eventually they're to understand how to navigate the lay of the land as you said working at different places.
He knows what he's talking about. I worked 20 years for a thriving company and we did everything with our client face to face. One day, no more travel. We closed about 5 operations and downsized 65 percent due to lower sales and client complaints. There is still something about being personal that will always earn respect from people.
The majority of communication is non-verbal. Today, in the era of Covid-19 isolation, my organization is dealing with that via video conferencing. It is a great tool but absolutely not a substitute for real face to face communication with suppliers, customers, and colleagues.
There is an old airlines commercial from the 80's. A sales manager addresses his sales team and tells them that they are relying too much on fax machines and the telephone to communicate with clients and they recently lost their largest client. He gives each rep airlines tickets to meet with all clients in person. A nearly 40 year old commercial on the value of interpersonal communication.
@@erichmutchler1186 United Airlines commercial in 1990. Whoever was running ads for that airline knew how to run ads properly, as that airline consistently had killer TV ads during that time.
I love the way George Clooney just side coaches Anna Kendrick in the scene. He doesn’t condescend to her in those moments, just offers her quick practical pieces of advice. And then, he destroys her.
I love her line about minoring in psychology. I can promise you after a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, I learned nothing practical about how the business world works... Let alone had the confidence to know what other people are thinking at all times
I am pursuing my bachelor of arts degree in cognitive studies and want to pursue my master's degree in organizational management. I have learned a lot of useful information so far. I wonder if it has to do with the psychology field not being about understanding how people's minds work.
@@cartergomez5390it's not fair for me to speak about psychology majors in general as neither of my degrees are in one. I am in general Leary of labeling people a certain way because it becomes very hard to know a person and how they think without being around them a lot or knowing them very intimately
Funny, when I got my bachelor of science in Psychology I thought I was the sht. Then I went on to do a Masters, and it broke me. I still passed and got my diploma, but I haven't been that stressed since secondary
Somehow, it is so satisfying to watch people with academic knowledge and an air of superiority face reality and realize that reading and studying something is only a small percentage of what it takes to start a journey, as I myself have faced this and have felt wasted studying many things without application.
He owned her big time. He is aware that what they do is terrible to people, so at least he can show his face in person and tell people to their face and share a little of their grief. Doing the same thing via chat o via a simple mail is so much more inhuman.
So, this is what I like about his character. He absolutely loves the fact he travels first class all over the country, staying in nice hotels. It’s literally his dream job. As hard and depressing what he does is, he absolutely takes pride in the fact how he does it. He knows how personal it’s going to be, he knows how devastated people are going to be, and as he said, he does it with dignity and pride. On one hand he’s terrified of not being able to travel, his main motivation for doing the job, but he also understands how much this change will negatively affect his company.
Never been so fond of Clooney. but he was really good here. As for Kendrick, she also did a great job. However, as much as I loved Farmiga in movies like Orphan and in the show Bates Motel, I didn´t find her work here to be that good.
I give Clooney big props for his performance in this movie but Anna Kendrick is also very good. She really shows a clean true reaction of someone being knocked down a peg or 2 . even in the last moment of Clooney speaks to her the defeat and realization that he has very valid points and the defeat even from her mouth twitches spoke volumes.
it's great how Clooney's character doesn't just go against this new procedure because he thinks it's wrong and callous, but because he's attached to his lonely life of constantly moving around, never being really tied down to anything.
I love that the subtext of this scene isn’t just that he thinks this new plan is bad, but that he doesn’t have a “home” to work from. His life is on the road and he desperately doesn’t want that to change.
This what happens when an idealistic newbie considers themself a catalyst for new ideas while considering people with massive experience as 'old school.' And if you remember, at the end...she walked away from the job (cowardly quitting by text message) and George Clooney's character was still going to work at the same company as if her involvement never existed.
2:58 gotta love the way she stares at him after he gives her the talk. It's like "what a hell industry am I really getting into?". And then to top it off someone she fires commits suicide.
Great scene to study for screenwriting. It has a nice bookend with Ryan's line that "Our job is to charter people across the river of dread and right when hope is dimly visible, we push them out of the boat and force them to swim". For a guy with an awful job, what makes him sympathetic and relatable is that he understands the entire reason his job exists is because people are too chickenshit to fire their employees in person. Suddenly Natalie's digital transition, while common in workplaces, is proven to be idiotic because firing over digital conferencing further proves the distance and cowardice of the job.
The psychology world treats everybody they define as robots not as human beings and Georges performance in this movie is priceless and he is a dangerous motherfucker in this movie.
“That’s a hell of a way to welcome her to the team.” “Am I the only who sees that by doing this, we’re making ourselves irrelevant?” “No, frankly we’re making YOU irrelevant.” “Nice.”
that's the thing, they don't make it work, they just do it. Jason Bateman's character just pointed out that they do it, but he clearly, based on his assessment of Kendrick's character's pitch, has no idea of its effectiveness.
My timing is fine. Are you Bluetoothing it? That might be the problem. Playing directly from phone, via wifi, plays on point. This video played via Bluetooth has slight delay.
Clooney should've gotten an award for this performance. Real good. Vera Farmiga was great too. But Anna Kendrick. She should have never been nominated at all! Her idea of iChat for firing people truly sucks!!
Kendrick's character is a prime example of the types we get into my work place, they are spreading like a virus. Absolutely no experience in the relevant field and completely out of touch with anything they say or do. This, in the right circumstances, can sometimes be a good thing, but mostly it's just down right damaging. And after wrecking havoc they leave after one or two years lol.
Great movie which exposes the plain dumb outcomes of consulting and managerial corporatism / capitalism and the horrors of so called 'redundancy' (no-one is ever 'redundant' - damn them to hell). It is Clooney's character that is redundant. These people spend most of their time arguing over expense reimbursement classifications and gold class lounge entitlements leaving a few minutes each week for their actual job. But they often waste that precious 'window' (as they say) putting the finishing touches on their application for some lowlife sports club where they can get free drinks in happy hour. Or talk about the said happy hour rules while flying back from the site of the latest Brazilian tailings dam collapse. Yes, I'm a little angry.
The last time a pragmatist put a book worm in her place was in Magnum Force when Dirty Harry mopped the floor with a rookie who didn’t even make her first arrest.
I was looking for this exact scene. Love it. She's overrated af though, this was not a best supporting actress nod well deserved. She was new on the scene, that often get's obscured and confused for really great. Those two are NOT mutually exclusive.
What are you talking about? She played her role good. Her character is represents most of those noobs who gets their first job in office, they don't know how the system works, no experience, think they can change the world and very emotional. If you didn't know that, then I say you don't work in an office.
This guy and their company would be so out of job in this age. Flying first class around the country to fire people?😂 like what. Now you can literally fire 20 people at the same time via Zoom by sitting in your living room in your pyjamas while having your morning Coffee.
I love how she perfectly embodies that new graduate who comes into an established work place and immediately tries to upend how things are done without having any understanding around the nuance of the job or company/industry. I see these people come and go constantly.
Recent graduate here and you are so right. Experience is everything ! Too many of my peers pretend they know something when they don't
They come and go, until they’re a middling senior director one day at 43 years old and… don’t go. Checkmate 😔
Yeah, but you know what? I get it. And chances are they'll eventually get further with this attitude after the intial bumps along the way.
@@kashstory It depends. As someone who works for a Fortune 100 company and Manages a team I can tell you they also rub people the wrong way.
Being a disruptor is fine once you gain a lay of the land, meet the right stakeholders, build rapport... etc. It's not something for a new graduate to take on.
Also, a lot of times, especially in a large workforce your ability to move up is wholly dependent on others. It's often times not a good idea to then piss off those same people.
@@kbob9625 Yeah, that makes sense. But I mean, if they move on from working there they're more likely to find their way than not. Eventually they're to understand how to navigate the lay of the land as you said working at different places.
He knows what he's talking about. I worked 20 years for a thriving company and we did everything with our client face to face. One day, no more travel. We closed about 5 operations and downsized 65 percent due to lower sales and client complaints. There is still something about being personal that will always earn respect from people.
The majority of communication is non-verbal. Today, in the era of Covid-19 isolation, my organization is dealing with that via video conferencing. It is a great tool but absolutely not a substitute for real face to face communication with suppliers, customers, and colleagues.
TheKnowitall
I worked at a company that went from 32,000 employees to 14,000 in 4 years.
There is an old airlines commercial from the 80's. A sales manager addresses his sales team and tells them that they are relying too much on fax machines and the telephone to communicate with clients and they recently lost their largest client. He gives each rep airlines tickets to meet with all clients in person. A nearly 40 year old commercial on the value of interpersonal communication.
@@erichmutchler1186 United Airlines commercial in 1990. Whoever was running ads for that airline knew how to run ads properly, as that airline consistently had killer TV ads during that time.
Because when your in person, you can be personable.
I love the way George Clooney just side coaches Anna Kendrick in the scene. He doesn’t condescend to her in those moments, just offers her quick practical pieces of advice. And then, he destroys her.
Same.
I love her line about minoring in psychology. I can promise you after a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, I learned nothing practical about how the business world works... Let alone had the confidence to know what other people are thinking at all times
I am pursuing my bachelor of arts degree in cognitive studies and want to pursue my master's degree in organizational management. I have learned a lot of useful information so far. I wonder if it has to do with the psychology field not being about understanding how people's minds work.
@@cartergomez5390it's not fair for me to speak about psychology majors in general as neither of my degrees are in one. I am in general Leary of labeling people a certain way because it becomes very hard to know a person and how they think without being around them a lot or knowing them very intimately
@r33mote And understanding yourself can help with understanding others if you do it right.
Funny, when I got my bachelor of science in Psychology I thought I was the sht. Then I went on to do a Masters, and it broke me. I still passed and got my diploma, but I haven't been that stressed since secondary
Its essentially a meme that most people who get a degree in business also tend to get one in psychology, thinking it will give them a leg up lmao.
Somehow, it is so satisfying to watch people with academic knowledge and an air of superiority face reality and realize that reading and studying something is only a small percentage of what it takes to start a journey, as I myself have faced this and have felt wasted studying many things without application.
He owned her big time. He is aware that what they do is terrible to people, so at least he can show his face in person and tell people to their face and share a little of their grief. Doing the same thing via chat o via a simple mail is so much more inhuman.
And now people are being fired by Email. Satire is dead.
The panic look in Clooney's face is priceless.
yeah right? especially when she says no more travel and hotel stays - 2 things his character thrives on
This movie is becoming relevant again now after the Corona aftereffects to Unemployment
Yuh.thats why i came back to this clip.suddenly came to my mind
That’s crazy I didn’t even realize that until now.
And also because of remote work
Also Clooney has Schizoid Personality Disorder in this movie which is why I’m here.
So, this is what I like about his character. He absolutely loves the fact he travels first class all over the country, staying in nice hotels. It’s literally his dream job. As hard and depressing what he does is, he absolutely takes pride in the fact how he does it. He knows how personal it’s going to be, he knows how devastated people are going to be, and as he said, he does it with dignity and pride. On one hand he’s terrified of not being able to travel, his main motivation for doing the job, but he also understands how much this change will negatively affect his company.
I thought he just wanted to keep banging Vera Farmiga lol
Clooney should've gotten an award for this performance. Real good. Vera Farmiga was great too. And Anna Kendrick. She acted nicely as well
Never been so fond of Clooney. but he was really good here. As for Kendrick, she also did a great job. However, as much as I loved Farmiga in movies like Orphan and in the show Bates Motel, I didn´t find her work here to be that good.
@@mateoairaudo5535 agreed.
Jason Bateman is a very underrated actor. Great work in this movie, as well as, others.
I give Clooney big props for his performance in this movie but Anna Kendrick is also very good. She really shows a clean true reaction of someone being knocked down a peg or 2 . even in the last moment of Clooney speaks to her the defeat and realization that he has very valid points and the defeat even from her mouth twitches spoke volumes.
it's great how Clooney's character doesn't just go against this new procedure because he thinks it's wrong and callous, but because he's attached to his lonely life of constantly moving around, never being really tied down to anything.
Good point
In cricketing terms, middle stump uprooted. What a great movie.
I love that the subtext of this scene isn’t just that he thinks this new plan is bad, but that he doesn’t have a “home” to work from. His life is on the road and he desperately doesn’t want that to change.
Easily a movie that can be watched again and again. So much to unpack.
If this were post covid they would be doing this job remote and no more traveling.
This is the one I like most. Wonderful
He straight up owned her....
He owned her and Bateman's character
This what happens when an idealistic newbie considers themself a catalyst for new ideas while considering people with massive experience as 'old school.' And if you remember, at the end...she walked away from the job (cowardly quitting by text message) and George Clooney's character was still going to work at the same company as if her involvement never existed.
This is actually gold.All newbies usually try to start a revolution in the company.
2:58 gotta love the way she stares at him after he gives her the talk. It's like "what a hell industry am I really getting into?". And then to top it off someone she fires commits suicide.
Great scene to study for screenwriting. It has a nice bookend with Ryan's line that "Our job is to charter people across the river of dread and right when hope is dimly visible, we push them out of the boat and force them to swim". For a guy with an awful job, what makes him sympathetic and relatable is that he understands the entire reason his job exists is because people are too chickenshit to fire their employees in person. Suddenly Natalie's digital transition, while common in workplaces, is proven to be idiotic because firing over digital conferencing further proves the distance and cowardice of the job.
That smile on Clooney face when she says his name..that shows you all you need to know 😅
1:38. "A dog can fire Nat". Poor Nat.
😄
And "Ned" not Nat, lol.
Exactly, because stabbing of shooting someone in the back (unless you're Uncle Fester) is the cowards way of doing it
The psychology world treats everybody they define as robots not as human beings and Georges performance in this movie is priceless and he is a dangerous motherfucker in this movie.
The moment you realize that it’s 2 foxes in the same room
What an human resource manager. Un believsble. Un believable.
Clooney owned her.
“That’s a hell of a way to welcome her to the team.”
“Am I the only who sees that by doing this, we’re making ourselves irrelevant?”
“No, frankly we’re making YOU irrelevant.”
“Nice.”
Well done man
This movie wouldn't get made today. A Mary Sue that matures into a real human by.... learning? From a man? From an OLDER man?? Impossible!
damn. you're right.
And now in 2021 this is how it works. Firing 900 people over zoom.
Yeah if you work for Better…
چطوری میشه با زیر نویس فارسی دید اینو
This movie prepared us before covid
The Covid/Post Covid world. Lots and lots of Teams/Zoom meetings.
This is Such A Jason Bateman Movie He Always takes a role like this
Why capitalize so many letters like its a movie title
God this movie came out in 2009? It feels like it was not that long ago.
Am I the only one wondering how Coke and IBM had been able to make firing people via video chat work?
that's the thing, they don't make it work, they just do it. Jason Bateman's character just pointed out that they do it, but he clearly, based on his assessment of Kendrick's character's pitch, has no idea of its effectiveness.
Audio timing is a bit off, a little delay too
Right? I thought I jammed my phone or something and restarted my phone lol
My timing is fine. Are you Bluetoothing it? That might be the problem. Playing directly from phone, via wifi, plays on point. This video played via Bluetooth has slight delay.
Clooney should've gotten an award for this
performance. Real good. Vera Farmiga was
great too. But Anna Kendrick. She should have never been nominated at all! Her idea of iChat for firing people truly sucks!!
Nick wilde and fantastic mr fox in the same room 😁
DUDE. =D
And that girl from Twilight
When you are so use to something even as mundane or stupid, you don't like to change it.
“My dog can fire Ned”
Am i the only one that wants to know a lot more about Ned lol
She really has no idea what she's doing, does she?
Like most managers in American business
Does anyone?
Nope. She's just going by the book. At least trying to untill she realizes not everything is like how it is in the books.
It’s almost like she new to the job …gaining experience.
Kendrick's character is a prime example of the types we get into my work place, they are spreading like a virus. Absolutely no experience in the relevant field and completely out of touch with anything they say or do. This, in the right circumstances, can sometimes be a good thing, but mostly it's just down right damaging. And after wrecking havoc they leave after one or two years lol.
Great movie which exposes the plain dumb outcomes of consulting and managerial corporatism / capitalism and the horrors of so called 'redundancy' (no-one is ever 'redundant' - damn them to hell). It is Clooney's character that is redundant. These people spend most of their time arguing over expense reimbursement classifications and gold class lounge entitlements leaving a few minutes each week for their actual job. But they often waste that precious 'window' (as they say) putting the finishing touches on their application for some lowlife sports club where they can get free drinks in happy hour. Or talk about the said happy hour rules while flying back from the site of the latest Brazilian tailings dam collapse. Yes, I'm a little angry.
Let's have a drink!
i majored/minored in psychology HAHAHA
How can you act normal around George Clooney when he’s that sexy
Don’t lawyers perform this service?
Touche
Time for a sequel
They make Schizoid personality disorder look so good in this movie.
Sharp and witty dialogue
What would've happened if she said "okay I can't fire you, so now try to fire me"?
The last time a pragmatist put a book worm in her place was in Magnum Force when Dirty Harry mopped the floor with a rookie who didn’t even make her first arrest.
I honestly don't remember anything Clooney ever said he just has a soothing voice is all I remember
It's almost super accurate, it's just missing the false sexual harassment complaint that really gets him fired
I love so much when Vera Famiglia fires George Clooney
Savage level of george 999999888889999
I was looking for this exact scene. Love it. She's overrated af though, this was not a best supporting actress nod well deserved. She was new on the scene, that often get's obscured and confused for really great. Those two are NOT mutually exclusive.
What are you talking about? She played her role good. Her character is represents most of those noobs who gets their first job in office, they don't know how the system works, no experience, think they can change the world and very emotional. If you didn't know that, then I say you don't work in an office.
@@Erich2142 Not working in an office isn't a bad thing. And her role really wasn't that great. It was ok, but not great.
This guy and their company would be so out of job in this age. Flying first class around the country to fire people?😂 like what. Now you can literally fire 20 people at the same time via Zoom by sitting in your living room in your pyjamas while having your morning Coffee.
2:35- not in California 😒
Her hairline is literally like the proceeding hairline joke from TJ Miller.
Bruce wayne
This ⬆️
No Miles
666 upvotes.
Never through George coolly is that good. Just wow
Boomer won