February 2, 2005

pr hell

8 Comments

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Gaping­void regu­lar Dave Par­met was fired from his PR job yes­ter­day:

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8 Responses to “pr hell”

  1. TonyD says:
    February 3, 2005 at 2:43 am

    Well Hugh, I know that this won’t nec­ces­sa­rily make you feel any bet­ter, but get­ting laid off (3 weeks and coun­ting) is what got me to read Hugh­train seriously. Cheers and good luck!

  2. hugh macleod says:
    February 3, 2005 at 11:12 am

    Thanks, but.… ermmmmm.… it wasn’t me who was laid off.
    That being said, I’ve had my fair share of it in the past.

  3. James Cherkoff says:
    February 3, 2005 at 12:47 pm

    If you see Larry Weber again, can you tell him to speak to his senior mana­ge­ment. I con­sul­ted for Weber Shand­wick UK last year on web issues. They are well run, tra­di­tio­nal PR com­pany, but still well-enternched in an old school mindset.

  4. Alexis Bellido says:
    February 3, 2005 at 1:20 pm

    Hi Hugh, well said: “In the end, the peo­ple who do what they believe in, who have something to believe in… in the end, they last lon­ger”
    I’m doing what I believe in for almost ten years now ‚all right, honesttly, nobody wan­ted to give me a job so I had to “invent” one for myself.
    Things are going great now, I even got my wife to leave her regu­lar job and now she works with me, at home, online, we can do what we like the most (we’re into deve­lo­ping Inter­net pro­jects for world­wide clients) and we can spend more qua­lity time with our daugh­ter Bea­triz.
    I think thw world will be a bet­ter place when more peo­ple is fired from their tra­di­tio­nal jobs and rea­lize that they can do a lot by them­sel­ves and actually have a life. We need to believe more in our­sel­ves and less in “the sys­tem”.
    Con­gra­tu­la­tions to Dave for being fired :) , really, it’s one of the best things that can hap­pen in these times and I’m sure you will find lots of great oppor­tu­ni­ties now that you’re not just another 86 (those wor­king for others from 8am to 6pm like mon­keys each day of their lifes).
    Regards!
    p.s: I’m star­ting to read the Hugh­Train today, I’m a big fan of the Clue­Train so I think this will be another great read.

  5. TonyD says:
    February 3, 2005 at 5:52 pm

    Bah, don’t know why I mis­read that. Memo to myself: don’t do blog res­pon­ses last thing in the day. Best of luck to Dave and ever­yone else out there surviving!

  6. Vy Blog says:
    February 3, 2005 at 6:11 pm

    PR hell: Just go read it

    Read this from Hugh about Par­met, shake your head a little, learn the les­son, build on it and do something smart.

  7. communicatrix says:
    February 3, 2005 at 8:01 pm

    Wor­king ‘clean’

    In the end, the peo­ple who do what they believe in, who have something to believe in… in the end, they last longer.

  8. PR Opinions says:
    February 8, 2005 at 9:50 am

    PR Misc — February 08, 2005

    Mor­ning, Things have been, and con­ti­nue to be, a little crazy work wise, which is a limp excuse for a sig­ni­fi­cant lack of pos­ting recently.