The Training Videos From Hell

The UK arm of Microsoft commissioned a couple of training videos from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Gervais is in his full-on cringeworthy David Brent character, while Merchant plays the increasingly embarrassed Microsoft employee.

 

Good stuff, but probably the humour is lost on many non-British speakers. And while Microsoft UK probably thought they were being really cool commissioning these videos, I have a sneaking suspicion that Gervais and Merchant end up subverting the whole idea of company values (video 1) and personal development reviews (video 2). Probably not what Microsoft would have wished for…