Eric Dale is fired in Margin Call (2011)

Weyland · 9 min · 2019 · YouTube title: Eric Dale is fired – Margin Call (2011)

Why it's here

Referenced as the canonical depiction of mass layoffs and canned HR scripts whenever layoffs come up.

What it covers

A scene from the 2011 film Margin Call in which risk head Eric Dale is laid off by HR and hands a USB stick to a young analyst. It shows a scripted, impersonal corporate firing.