You'd think these guys know better than to even think about doing stuff like this in this day & age.
Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuch...in the world of sales, a LOT of Purchase Orders are signed after a trip to the strip club.
Should have taken the clients to see "Brokeback Mountain". The employees would have gotten promotions. Sheesh.
If I read the story correctly, there were some naked chicks involved, too.
So, no problem.
Brings to mind the Claire Swire debacle of yesteryear.
Cheers!
They weren't fired for inappropriate, immoral behavior but because they were exclusionary?!?! Oh! Wait! Of course! For liberals being exclusionary IS inappropriate and immoral.
"....the four fired employees were all technology-industry specialists who made the strip-club visit during free time while they were attending a three-day Morgan Stanley conference"
PC running amok..
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Good grief! Next time invite the femi nazis along.
It is an outrage.
What a stupid idea.
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...The man who predicted the 9/11 Attacks 8 years ahead of time,
...proceeded to save almost 3,000 Morgan Stanley Employees...
...by getting them out of the World Trade Center's Tower II...
...before it came crashing down on...
.......him:
9/11 Lifesaving Hero RICK RESCORLA, R.I.P.
http://RickRescorla.com
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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First thing that comes to mind is: learn to golf, sweeties.
Secondly, I've been very successful in sales for 20 years...mostly in male-dominated fields. My clients have always known I won't take them to strip clubs (of course); I spend my time trying to help them make more money, instead.
Who do you think wins in the long run? Perhaps if the ladies would spend more time selling and less time whining, they would be more successful.
Just a guess...the Robert "Lap Dunce" McCormick thing might have had something to do with these guys getting fired. Even if the sexual-harassment thing weren't a potential problem, Morgan Stanley almost certainly has no desire to be the next firm to get clowned by the Daily News and the Post because some of their guys got drunk and frisky and ran up a five or six-digit tab in the champagne room.
Okay. Big deal. Take 'em along. Let 'em get a lapdance or two--as long as they pay for it themselves.
Morgan Stanley might have another wrongful termination suit on their hands. Many people in the IT field are friends with others in the field. This visit to the strip club was on their own time.
If the guys entertained clients there then I can see how they would be violating the new rules, but if they were just hanging out with a bunch of people then I don't see how that could be against the rules.
The women were most likely excluded because the guys were jealous of their hair and makeup.
Funny thing is, I am not a salesman. :-)
But... maybe just... could it be that... Oh I just don't understand!!!
What about these all-female gyms that I see all over the place? Why are these exclusionary establishments allowed to flourish? What if a couple of ladies from Morgan Stanley went there together.
The firing of the staffers, all men, sent a message that exclusionary, male-only activities won't be tolerated at the firm, <<<<
Well there go the urinals.