Character Analysis Of The Movie 'Office Space'

In addition, the company doesn’t work in ethical manner, and those in authoritative positions never share the decisions with employees because the company tends to operate more by using monologic communication where bosses always speak, while employees always have to listen. For example the consultants find out that an employee called Milton was laid off five years ago but there was no one to tell him. The Bobs try to fix the payroll problem in order to make sure that Milton doesn’t get paid but still they don’t tell him that he is fired, and let him to his job because he no longer receives his paychecks. Moreover, one of the consultants says that “they always try to avoid confrontation if possible”. The way how they fire employees is completely unethical. The consultants usually laugh and make jokes about employees that they let them go which clearly illustrates the lack of care that they have for them. Due to this

Lumbergh is represented a boss who is ignorant, greedy, obsessed with his rules and abuses his authority whenever possible especially when it comes to the employees. The outside consultants “Bobs” are represented as unconcerned for the employees or for the prosperity of the company. They have any no doubt about firing different employees and even laugh and make jokes of doing it. Milton is an employee who is seen as an ignored employee while Tom is paranoid and constantly afraid that he will get fired and loses his job. Peter’s friends, Michael and Samir are seen as employees as classic engineers who are always replaced and even though they dislike their jobs they still accept that job. However, when the company is burned down they both move to work for another company. Peter who is the main and dynamic character in the movie represents the average employee who hates his job until he realizes that in order to be happy he has to do whatever he wants, which he