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Office Space Still Number 1

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:00 PM
by Steve Bruce

Category: HR Strange But True

What’s your favorite type of movie: A sentimental love story? An insightful documentary? A crime-fighting action flick? What about a film about work?

While the latter may not be the first thing that comes to mind, there are some good ones out there.

A recent BLR® poll asked readers to rank their favorite workplace movies.

Here are the poll results:

Office Space
The Devil Wears Prada (a close second)
9 to 5
Working Girl
Horrible Bosses

Office Space, a comedy about a group of unhappy colleagues who decide to steal money from their company, holds the top spot.

The film, released in 1999, just beat out The Devil Wears Prada, a comedy-drama based on Lauren Weisberger’s novel.

It seems that not many poll takers liked Horrible Bosses. Perhaps the characters’ inappropriate behavior—and the potential lawsuits—made HR pros cringe.

Do you have a favorite workplace movie? Let us know below.

Comments

# re: Office Space Still Number 1

Tuesday, March 05, 2013 1:31 PM by Barb

Of course, Office Space has the advantage of constantly being aired on TV!

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