While it was only a television show, or so people try to tell me, the workplace implications resonated with so many of us in the HR/business community. Perhaps that is because, while much has changed, some things are still painfully similar.
It is hard to believe that Mad Men is over. It was more than just a television show. It was a cultural phenomenon.
Every entrepreneur should follow these 5 “R”s in training their managers on sexual and other forms of unlawful harassment, such as race, sexual orientation (in some states) and religion.
Lou gave Peggy a plum of an assignment and assigned Don to support her. Role reversals are never easy and this one made both Don and Peggy palpably uncomfortable.
Don Draper finally returned to work. After getting an offer from a competitor, Don confronts Roger, who agrees to take him back. However, Roger did not obtain prior approval from the other partners.
In the first episode of Mad Men, we witnessed Peggy and Joan experience not so subtle sexism in response to their efforts to maintain and grow the business. In the second episode, the palpable “ism” was racism.
Last night was, according to @DonDraper_NY, the “beginning of the end.” And, what a beginning it was.
There is more than a little bit of sexism in the roles portrayed in Mad Men. So why are so many of us crazy about the show, even though we deplore the sexism that is part of it?