A tech services firm’s Careers page has been raising the hackles of netizens worldwide. Icon.com’s flagship product is AdGPT, “think ChatGPT for ads,” and its CEO proclaims that he would “eat dog poop if it means winning.” However, new “A-player” recruits must also show similarly unswerving devotion to the company cause.
Take all the best macho posturing one-liners from Capitalist Noir movie classics like Glengarry Glen Ross and Wall Street, and then chisel them into a post-Covid AI-era corporate philosophy. You’d end up with a 'Values' statement, like this one, designed to filter potential applicants to vacancies at Icon ‘The AI Admaker.’
