Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40M conference call gone wrong
LOL, you can only laugh when you see this kind of story while the average joe struggles with life at just the slightest mistake.<p>When I was a student (but under a contract nonetheless) I was once threatened with termination because I took off my shoes while at my desk on a Friday at around 6pm (everyone left at 4pm, but I wanted to finish something that bugged me the whole week). Another guy next to me noticed it (trust me, there was no foul smell ;)) and it filed a report on misbehavior. What ensued was one of the most bizarre episodes I ever experienced with regards to "corporate life" (although I was in academy but w/e).<p>I got several emails from people that were somehow involved in that chain of command condemning the action; plus I had to go through two <i>serious conversations</i> regarding the incident, one with my direct supervisor and another one with the director of the whole faculty (!), where he took his time to explain to me how no one would like to employ somebody who displays such unprofessional behavior, etcetera ... Turns out that, for some people, it is a big deal if you take off your shoes, while sitting at your desk, on your office, on a Friday night. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>Fast forward to today and (quoting the great Mark Levine):<p><i>"The CEO of the company gave a potential investor a fake email address for a big customer, and then the COO digitally altered his voice to impersonate that customer on a call with the investor [...]"</i><p>but<p><i>"[...] the board decided not to investigate because ... they were satisfied that this was just a one-time thing, a little oopsie, everything else that the company does is completely aboveboard, and anyway no harm no foul"</i><p>Whew! We all play the same game, right? Just not under the same rules.