Who among us has not forwarded company e-mails?
Awesome post title. Didn't read the post.
Hey, well now that you're unemployed, maybe you should look in another industry. Maybe a restaurant job. I know which one would be perfect for you. There's a hip bistro down in your neighborhood that's always hiring. They're on the corner of Delancey and Essex; I think they're called, "McDonald's"...
//long setup, bad payoff
from you're swan song about being sacked, and I quote: I only forwarded the “damaging” memo to jesse from my conde nast email address... because... i needed to tell him something about edits to the heeb magazine piece I submitted to gawker.
how is that not blogging on company time? the real irony is someone who's so downright bright getting canned for something so blatantly dumb. in fact, the more i think about it, the more it seems completely unlikely that someone as smart as you could make such a stupid mistake. i'm beginning to buy lindsey's conspiracy theory, as cringe-worthy as the thought of agreeing with her is to me. is it merely happenstance that your firing coincides with gawker's "who's going to be the next mediabistro eic?" poll? the very poll that you are now winning as easily as LOTR won oscars last year?
me thinks, not so much...
Help a fella out. All proceeds from the sale of these items will go directly to Andy:
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whoa, whoa ParenthetiGal. I understand your point, but you judge too harshly. Let me explain why, in the end, it's a mock news story:
Many people blog from work, send personal emails from work, read non-company websites at work, etc. The purpose is irrelevant, it's all verboten under most corporate handbooks. People like us are smart enough to know the rules - if we are caught, we are not unwitting victims of corporate policy. We know damn well that every step across the line is a potential (and almost certain) reason to get blackballed.
But we do it all anyway. Why stop our ambitious pursuits for a company and their petty rules? The social contract between corporations and employees has been beaten and raped to hell and back; any of us could get canned if we DIDN'T do anything wrong. So, you only have one life to live, and only 5 hours of sleep every night - you're still going to blog, and you're going to do it from work. And you're going to take the risk that someone will see it, disapprove, and react in a petty manner consistent with corporate policy. In that sense, getting Dooced is more of an unfortunate turn of luck than a certain end result.
Blogging at work is not a result of poor decision making. On the contrary: the brightest and most determined individuals fly under the radar knowing the risks behind what they're doing. If you're smart and restrained (no looking at Fleshbot at work), you can minimize the risk of being fired and still assert your God given right (yes, RIGHT) to communicate with the world. Because that's all you really have; you don't have any right to your job anyway.
//commenting from work
i'd just like to point out to ParenthetiGal that she might want to learn the difference betwen "your" and "you're." especially when e-dissing somebody.
as i said to IndieDave, i'm not sure what's lamer, conde giving you das boot, or the times picking up on it, but hey! that times clip is definitely fridge-worthy material!
you'll find something better. preferrably somewhere w/o barf-filled bathrooms.
sorry to hear about your misfortune andy. i can totally relate to be fired from a job you actually like.
Oh, man, that fucking sucks. Because of this, I will continue to not buy any Conde Nast publications, and instead of stealing copies of the New Yorker from friends, I will now do it from newstands -- take that, Si!
The old lefty in me is thinking of some form of collective action. What if everyone at a company started blogging from work? They couldn't fire everybody! Power to the people!
(Now that you've got some time on your hands, feel free to come crash on my couch in Frisco. I'll buy the PBR.)
Now that you've got some time on your hands, feel free to come crash on my couch in Frisco.
Classic beginning to a homosexual porn video.
Hey, a man has to eat -- don't be embarrassed if you have to go gay for pay, dude.
Even to the casual observer, it is clear that you are self-destructive in your professional life. Nothing wrong with that. I've been pushing the envelope for years at my bank, but the fuckers just won't lay me off.
That shithole of fey pseudomen and barren-wombed skeletons is no place for a normal person to work. I'm surprised you lasted this long without snapping someone's neck (or maybe I'm just projecting).
Face it: you aren't a cubicle boy (most people are cubicle people). You need to start your own company. Maybe use that talent of yours with statistics to start a consulting firm? A friend of mine left advertising and started a one-man company, now he makes more money, works a lot less, and works from home. And, oh yeah, he loves his work.
If you want some inspiration on what smart man + talent + some hard work can lead to, here's his blog.
brian van: re-read my post. that's not criticism, that's praise. krucoff is a sly fox. this dismissal is the best thing that has happened to him. first, a times article, next, a spiersian book deal. or at least her old job. or something fab none of us will see coming. it's the krucoff way.
tamron: thanks for YOUR keen editing skills. YOU'RE the bestest.
Don't put any pressure on Krucoff. He is fragile and can break easily.
ParenthetiGal: Of course I didn't read your original comment fully. Who has time to peruse blog comments?
Yes yes, book deal. I thought of that last night when I was crossing Houston Street on the way to Mo Pitkins. He would do well with a book right now. We'll get him a huge advance so he can have more Blottered parties.
hey krucoff, sorry about conde nast. but I might know of a company looking for good data analysts in ny (so not mine, no worries). if you want to go back to internet stuff, let me know. I'll send you the info.
You gotta stop hanging around with that jerk Aligash. And don't try to sneak in and release a ferret in the office, because a suit of armor will fall on you-know-who, and I think that was only in the movie.
Yo, Gage, up the prices on those shirts. I think you can get a few dollars more. Especially since Special K was in the Times and all.
I was following this story on Gawker, and am sad that it has jumped the shark with the NY Times article and that you were fired(?). I think you should get the "I Love the 80's" gift basket.
I think Gawker should create/sell
a t-shirt with the following slogan:
Save Krucoff, F Si
All proceeds going to S.A.K. (Save Andrew Krucoff)
They owe you one. And BTW the last time that Vogue weighed 10 lbs was like a years ago...old.
You mean all proceeds should go to S.A.C.
www.save-andy-krucoff.com has been bought by corporate interest to prevent a worker revolt .. see Walmart in Red China..
If Johnny Cash was alive - he would say he went over the line, http://209.197.86.65/19580222/
co...lk_The_Line.mid
but at least his name is not Sue.
seperate at Hudson River Tunnel
jayson blair - from maryland
andy k - from maryland
jb - wrote for the NY Times / defamed NY Times
ak - in the NY Times / defamed Conde Nast
jb - knew harold raines
ak - seen movies by harold ramis
jb - brought his master house down
ak - brought his web traffic up
Kruc-
Something about a newly jobless hottie sticking it to the man...makes me love you even more...!! Seriously- I am sorry this happened to you. It sucks total ass that you lost your job, and its sucks even more that you actually liked your job..
Hang in there pally...Come to Mpls- you can get drunk- have a Mary Richards moment- and all will be well..
Good luck homes.
I'm looking for a DJ...
preferably caucasian... and female(ish)
interested?
In re Jackson's going gay for pay suggestion.
We are offering to turn Krucoff gay (or to just complete final few turns) at no cost. We hear Gawker is looking for writers for its new gay blog (and weblogs, inc doesn't have a gay blog yet).
To quote our blog entry: "We figure turning a guy who is in the habit of using the term fudge packing gay will be about as time consuming as getting Castro to embrace communism."
About the only thing dumber than Conde Nast allowing a gawker writer to be freelancing in its office is Conde Nast admitting that it had a gawker writer freelancing in its office. It makes you wonder what other temps Conde Nast has working for it (like could there be perm employees of competing publishing houses TEMPING at Conde Nast?)
You may find this hard to believe, but at one time there were a lot of perm employees of investment banks temping at other investment banks.
In re Jackson's going gay for pay suggestion.
We are offering to turn Krucoff gay (or to just complete final few turns) at no cost. We hear Gawker is looking for writers for its new gay blog (and weblogs, inc doesn't have a gay blog yet).
To quote our blog entry: "We figure turning a guy who is in the habit of using the term fudge packing gay will be about as time consuming as getting Castro to embrace communism."
About the only thing dumber than Conde Nast allowing a gawker writer to be freelancing in its office is Conde Nast admitting that it had a gawker writer freelancing in its office. It makes you wonder what other temps Conde Nast has working for it (like could there be perm employees of competing publishing houses TEMPING at Conde Nast?)
You may find this hard to believe, but at one time there were a lot of perm employees of investment banks temping at other investment banks.
Gawker already has a gay blog. It's called Gawker.
shazam!
Sorry to hear about your plight. Over here we call it using a sledgehammer to crush a nut (no pun intended).
I was interested to read that you were made to sign a confidentiality agreement when you started working for Conde Nast. Is that true of everyone now? I signed several six-month and three-month contributing editor contracts at Vanity Fair from 1995-97, but was never asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Do you think this is something the company's introduced since the publication of my book? It's hypocritical of publishing companies to legally prohibit their employees from talking about what goes on behind the scenes. Just think, if the New York Times or Time Life had insisted that their employees sign confidentiality agreements back in the 80s, Spy would have been a very thin publication indeed. Still, we can take some comfort from the fact that such agreements are very difficult to enforce and that all attemps by corporations--and, indeed, celebrities--to control what's written about them are doomed to failure in the long run.
I wonder if Si has made Anna Wintour and Graydon Carter sign confidentiality agreements? (Over to you Gawker.) That might seriously reduce the value of their memoirs in the not too distant future. I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Mazel Tov on the NYT mention. Next time our paths cross, I'll buy you a drink.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are going to get canned from work, make sure it is for something good, like having sex with your bosses wife.
At least you'll have a funny story for your next job interview
Nice job on the Jukt Micronics reference!!!
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