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You Are The Company That You Keep | Affaholic.com — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:25:39 +0000

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By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:06:00 +0000

You shouldn’t have to live your life according to how others perceive your company. Keep your head down and do a good job. Priority #1 for the next year.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:05:00 +0000

It’s good that you bring up the opposite point and reveal the argument but I totally disagree. Those charged have the right to hold their employers’ identities secret and revealing them before they’re found guilty is a complete breach of their privacy. I think the courts should be left to decide whether the place of work is relevant and whether to release that information. Otherwise, it’s just 2 guys who got a little too drunk and should be punished. End of story.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:59:00 +0000

You may be right but I would say the reality of the situation is wrong. We work for companies but we don’t think for them. It’s funny how people put “my views are not those of my employer” thinking that will get them out of a lawsuit. It won’t. You just need to work for someone that understands these things are trivial.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:59:00 +0000

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:59:00 +0000

By: bman

bman — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:41:00 +0000

Totally agree with your comments. On business you are a direct reflection of your company. How many thousands of other people travel Toronto to Beijing and we don’t hear about it.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:02:00 +0000

Yeah, I agree. If those 2 execs worked for no name companies this would not be news at all.

By: Mitch Joel - Twist Image

Mitch Joel - Twist Image — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:47:00 +0000

They were travelling on business for RIM… not pleasure. Their tickets were paid for by RIM (their employer). I would argue that you’re an ambassador for the business that employs you 24 hours a day. I would argue even harder that if you’re travelling for business, then you represent the business. This issue has everything to do with RIM because these two were “on the clock.” Is RIM responsible for their behaviour? No. But, these two should know that when you’re travelling for business, you are the business. You’ll note that two gentlemen from the Montreal region recently drowned while on vacation (I believe they were in the caribbean). Because they died while on vacation, who they were employed by is only mentioned in passing (if that). Had this happened while they were there on business, you can rest assured the company’s names would have been front and center.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:12:00 +0000

I read “RIM exec’s party harder than you”

By: Furious George

Furious George — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:54:00 +0000

In a company where morale is already terrible, reading articles about executives behaving like this is another slap in the face. So while the RIM affiliation may not mean much to the outside world, it is very relevant inside the company.

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The Air Canada Issue Has Nothing to Do With RIM | Blackberry News — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:44:57 +0000

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By: Fan-Ir

Fan-Ir — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:01:00 +0000

Just speculating here, it could be possible they yelled “I work for RIM!” when they were being removed, to mirror diplomatic immunity?

By: William Ketchum III

William Ketchum III — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:19:00 +0000

Media outlets work that way, though. If a company is newsworthy, then so is what their employees do. The same would happen with the employees of another company, with members of an employee’s entourage, etc. Fact of the matter is, when you work for someone, your work reflects that company. It’s not something I think is right, but it’s a reality.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:11:00 +0000

Totally agree. The Globe and Mail is the worst for this – they made the recent jailbreak item sound as if Playbooks were going to steal your car. They will take every opportunity to kick RIM in the shins and I don’t get it, outside of stereotypical Canadian self-loathing.