GS "muppet" email search

from independent.co.uk "Goldman Sachs to trawl its system for 'muppet' jibes"


Goldman Sachs is combing through staff emails to see if anyone ever referred to the bank's clients as "muppets", as alleged by the renegade employee Greg Smith last week.

The hunt was ordered by the chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, following the dramatic resignation of Mr Smith last week.

On the conference call with partners this week, Mr Blankfein, pictured, said the company was taking Mr Smith's claims seriously and was conducting a review of his assertions, including the email scan.

It was not clear when the email search would be completed or what actions, if any, Goldman would take if the search does turn up derogatory comments.

if "muppets" were the worst thing clients were called then seems pretty tame to me. Just a PR move? or is GS really trying to clean things up? If so how would they punish them? Who else is going down in the weeks to come?

url: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/g…

 
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FinanceStudent28:
How are they gonna punish people for this?

They're gonna find a couple non-vital employees who were part of the muppet conversation, scapegoat all the "bad culture" juju onto them by releasing the emails in a sign of "goodwill," then leave those saps out to fend off the media wolves all alone and unemployed.

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Haha that'd be the worst. Fired just because some douche made a story for the New York Times. Though to be fair, you shouldn't be calling your client a 'muppet.' If you get fired for that, in a big way it's your own fault

 

There is a significant difference between calling someone a "muppet" in the US and doing the same in the UK. Either way, I'm labelling this as PR damage control.

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Wow, this is kind of ridiculous. Definitely a PR move, but it's still unfortunate that people will probably get fired over something they might've said years ago. Then again, if you're dumb enough to call clients muppets over company email that you know gets saved for XX years, then it's probably your fault.

 
TonyPerkis:
Who is your favorite muppet? I liked Lew Zealand..he was funny
Animal, the Swedish chef, and those two old dudes in the balcony.
The.RealDeal:
There is a significant difference between calling someone a "muppet" in the US and doing the same in the UK. Either way, I'm labelling this as PR damage control.
That's what I really don't get....muppet? THAT'S what the outrage is over? Am I missing something?
Get busy living
 

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