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Jackass: Corporate Edition HI, MY NAME

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Why it worked

The video likely resonated with a wide audience due to its relatable portrayal of project management stress and the humorous "corporate edition" twist on a popular cultural reference. The use of on-screen text and a direct-to-camera delivery makes it easily digestible and shareable.

Summary

A project manager humorously likens her executive team to "jackasses" as she prepares to notify employees about an overnight change to their course system after a long implementation period. The video uses the "Jackass: Corporate Edition" theme to portray the stressful yet relatable experience of a major system rollout.

Structure

1Introduction as a project manager nearing a system launch
2Describing the long hours and implementation period
3Announcing the imminent system change to employees
4Humorously referring to the executive team as 'jackasses'

On-screen text

Jackass: Corporate Edition HI, MY NAME IS SARAH MANAGER WHO'S BEEN WORKING FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT GO LIVE AFTER HALF YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION. AND I'M ABOUT TO HIT SEND TO NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEES THAT THEIR COURSE SYSTEM IS ABOUT TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT. WELCOME TO MY EXECUTIVE TEAM. ARE JACKASSES.

Transcript

HI, MY NAME IS SARAH. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WHO'S BEEN WORKING FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT GETTING READY TO GO LIVE AFTER HALF YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION. AND I'M ABOUT TO HIT SEND TO NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEES THAT THEIR COURSE SYSTEM IS ABOUT TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT. WELCOME TO MY EXECUTIVE TEAM. ARE JACKASSES.

Original caption

Welcome to my executive team is full of jackasses (my name isn’t actually Sarah, but we have all met her at some point in our career) #projectmanager #cutover #erp #crm #softwareimplementation