![]() ![]() No, this is everyone’s bestest pal, Toronto’s top smile maker, and all-around girls-just-wanna-have-fun, I’m game for (almost) anything super trooper, Chrissy Rootin’ Tootin’ Newton! And again, this isn’t MJ “I don’t care if they hate me, and curling is a real sport” Banias we’re talking about here. Literally, and I mean literally, the first date and time Chrissy proposed for the group’s virtual chit-chat was Thursday, November 25 “at like 3 pm.” Seriously. To be clear, everyone expected to be in that meeting resides down here in the lower 48. Not two days later, our Director of Public Relations, award-winning schmoozer, network-level podcast host and all-around media superhero Chrissy Newton (who as it turns out is also a government-safety-net-loving, maple syrup guzzling Canuck) jumped on another group chat to plan a meeting between herself, current YouTube Debrief team leader Cristina Gomez, and some of our new YouTube content creators. Fortunately for workplace harmony, the American contingent of The Debrief’s international assemblage seemed to mostly shrug off the boss’ convenient turkey-day amnesia, and the issue was more or less settled. But to somehow conveniently “forget” Americans celebrate Thanksgiving was impressively dismissive even for this grumpy wilderness moose (and yes, I’m sure he is smiling while reading this, yet also mumbling “Whatever Chris, please start using Grammarly”). I mean, sure, this particular Editor-in-Chief, (whose name is apparently just a pair of initials like my high school weed dealer “CJ”) is known for his acerbic, emotionally disconnected nonchalance, which is clearly designed to keep him from killing everyone or crying profusely, or both. Well, imagine my shock (said in 1940’s dramatic actress voice) when one of those intrepid co-founders, who are a born and bred, poutine-loving, politeness-spreading Canadian, noted offhandedly in one of those communication channels that, “Oh, yeah, I forgot Americans celebrate Thanksgiving.” So, like many virtual workplaces, our daily operations function across a range of text messages, email chains, video conferences, and group chats, not to mention a dash of good old fashioned phone calling thrown in from time to time just to keep the old guy happy (which he does appreciate, btw). Heck, even the three founders all reside in different countries. For all intents and purposes, The Debrief is a worldwide organization. ![]()
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