[kayodelycaon]

Half the jobs I’ve worked, I’d be immediately fired if I interrupted a CEO’s speech. The other half, I’d be in serious trouble and I’d be first on any layoff.

[cm2187]

I know a story of a guy who got fired for just talking to the CEO of his large company!

[rolph]

failure to use acceptable method of interdepartmental communication ?

[snickerdoodle14]

america sounds like such a hell-hole

that would be a nice compensation package in any first world country

[mikestew]

You’re going to base an opinion on a third-hand story? That might not even be true just to illustrate a point?

I know a guy that passed BillG in a hallway and said, “hey, Bill, how’s it hangin’?” (Saw him do it; I was mortified.) Just a bottom-tier IC at the time. 20 years later, he still works there. Still an IC, though, so make of it what you will. :-)

So there, now you have another folksy anecdote to balance things out.

[cm2187]

Well, not quite third-hand, the guy was working in my team. But not a US company, not in the US either though.