Microsoft Office, Ricky Gervais Style

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant agreed to produce some internal Microsoft training videos a few years back on the condition that they never be released. Oops! Some how they have escaped into the wilds of the interweb, the videos that is, not Ricky and Stephen. So you can now see them for yourself. Microsoft isn’t happy, apparently!

Ricky Gervais does video for “Sir William of Gates”

The company has launched an investigation into how the video clips appeared on the Web. Though no doubt obligated by the terms of their contract to show the proper public outrage, this is a fine bit of PR for Microsoft. The videos, which feature Gervais being interviewed by “Microsoft employee” Merchant, show the company in a human and humorous light, and are simply good fun. As expected, Gervais offers his Microsoft viewers some management advice that reads like it’s from the textbook, What Never to Do in Business, and he delivers it with a straight face.

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