“That is a major plot point in Margin Call”
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That is a major plot point in Margin Call , which is a dramatization of the initial housing bubble crash of 08: this video
Eric Dale is fired – Margin Call (2011)
2.5M views · Oct 26, 2019 · 8:34 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2023
A scene from the 2011 film Margin Call in which risk head Eric Dale is laid off by HR and hands a USB stick to a young analyst. It shows a scripted, impersonal corporate firing.
Why Hacker News points people here: Referenced as the canonical depiction of mass layoffs and canned HR scripts whenever layoffs come up.
“Reminded me of this scene where Eric Dale was getting let go and HR was regurgitating canned script.”HN comment, 2023
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“in which most of a floor of employees in an investment bank is laid off”
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There's a scene in the movie "Margin Call" (about the 2007-2008 financial crisis) in which most of a floor of employees in an investment bank is laid off: this video
“Reminded me of this scene where Eric Dale was getting let go and HR was regurgitating canned script.”
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Reminded me of this scene where Eric Dale was getting let go and HR was regurgitating canned script. this video