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Alison Parker - TERRIBLE D&D employee

posted 9 years ago by SydLorraine
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Maybe as a receptionist, she wasn't so bad, but as an account exec, terrible. Reasons:

1. The very first opportunity she gets to prove herself after a promotion, she bails to canoodle with a married man and made up lies about being sick to Lucy. Very arrogant of her within her first week of a promotion.

2. Then the dumbass reveals those lies to Amanda when they went up to her lake house that weekend in S1. So naïve and sickening.

3. Amanda starts dating Billy which is kind of uncomfortable, but who gives attitude to her boss and openly acts condescending towards her for dating her so-called platonic roommate? "We both need to wear t-shirts that say 'we're platonic, I swear!'". Shut up, you lying moron.

4. Amanda confides in her about her pregnancy. Then she runs and tells a co-worker about the pregnancy when she was drunk. Way to get loaded in front of your potential future boss, dumb bitch!

5. The only reason she landed the Microcomp account was because Steve McMillan was hot for her. She didn't even know anything about computers. She said so herself. Then she cheats on Billy with him, and then dumps Steve!

6. Although I loved the acting, getting drunk on the job, playing hookie from work and getting into a fist-fight with her best friend over Billy at a company function. How rude!

Can anyone else add to this list? I know there's more!

[–] MNGal28 9 years ago

7. She can't read the client for sh*t. When Jo takes all those risque pics for the underwear campaign, Alison decides to show them even though the clients clearly say about the first pics- "Oh, those are fantastic! Just what we are looking for." Should have stopped there. No, instead she decides to show the slightly "dirty" pics & is shocked when the clients are disgusted by them.

8. She hooks up w/ some party boy & calls in sick so she can hang out w/ him instead on a mini overnight vaca.

9. She is at a retreat for work & thinks it is a good idea to sleep w/ Billy instead of mingling w/ co-workers. Amanda may have had her own motives to keep Alison away from Billy, but she still had a good point when she said that Alison needed to be at the retreat.

10. She constantly let her feelings for Billy, Amanda, Brooke, etc. show at work. Talk about unprofessional. Just go in & do your job lady! She was always bringing drama to the workplace.

[–] jastrait78 9 years ago

She sure did not know how to keep her personal life and problems out of the office.

[–] SydLorraine 9 years ago

Amanda, on the other hand, broke about as many HR rules that exist, including death threats.

Amanda to Brooke: "I don't know who you are, but you're dead, too!"

Amanda to Alison: "You're poaching, and poachers get shot."

Did Amanda have something on the HR director or what? 😄

[–] Catnip86 9 years ago

Especially at the meeting for Glorious Gowns. She totally blew it then.

Of course, she would say that none of it was her own fault.

[–] alisonparkerhanson 9 years ago

I don't have much else to add, except some that, given the list we already have, we are to believe that, in season 3, the board of directors of this company would agree to make this woman the President of the Company???? In the real world the woman would've been damn lucky to even still be answering the phones...

[–] SydLorraine 9 years ago

That chairman of the board was brought in by Peter. Before he died, Bruce said that a consortium of doctors became the major shareholders in D&D. I would be the chairman was a doctor who had no idea how to run an ad firm.

Another thing I remember is Alison DEMANDING Amanda hire her back right after she went blind. Even under the best of circumstances, who hell really demands their job back and gets away with it? She basically demanded it back again prior to that, after she got back from Seattle. Impulsive and immature she was!

[–] Catnip86 9 years ago

Alison was in no position to make demands. She was fired for incompetence. She had a track record of no-show/no-calls, missing important deadlines, showing up in the morning late (and sometimes with alcohol on her breath), getting drunk at company functions, the list goes on!

Add to all that, even when Amanda was "playing nice", Alison still had to make her snide remarks. When Alison's ex committed suicide, Amanda had the class to back off. When Bruce committed suicide, Alison showed no class at all.

[–] alisonparkerhanson 9 years ago

Good point! I didn't think about the "board" being the Consortium of doctors at that time, and yes, that they likely didn't know Advertising and didn't know Alison's history, they likely were just aware she'd just won an award for the "Glorious Gowns" campaign, but I think we all knew that her being President was going to be the disaster it in fact was...

I agree, Alison had NO right to demand her job back, all Amanda would have to do is bring up her history with the company, perhaps bringing out the report she once threatened to put in her personnel file, and say she was rightfully fired over that, and that it had NOTHING with discriminating against her for being blind...

Alison proved time and time again that whatever drama she had going on in her personal life would ALWAYS interfere with her work, that's enough to concern ANY employer...

[–] siamsa69 9 years ago

Allison demanding her job back at an Ad agency was hilarious. That's like being deaf working at a radio station.

[–] paranoja 9 years ago

Alison was awful - in reality Amanda was a true saint to keep her employed. I loved how in the later seasons she left to live out her dream of being a waitress at Shooters and Amanda begged her to come back for nonsense plot reasons that made little sense.

Amanda, be glad you're rid of the incompetent employee once and for all!

[–] heaintloveu 9 years ago

Being a waitress wasn't her dream at all

She left D&D and needed a job and she had the hots for Jake

[–] flapjackashley 9 years ago

I felt Alison was a much better employee overall in season five in those small doses when she was brought on as a "consultant" and then towards the end after some big blowup with Jake. As a full time worker, she was awful, though. haha

[–] Top_Film_School 9 years ago

Billy, Alison, and Amanda were ALL terrible employees and lists can be made for Billy and Amanda, too.

[–] Churchchick 8 years ago

Just curious...what are the lists for Billy and Amanda?

It is easier to critique than create

[–] BedHeadTalks 9 years ago

She was not only a terrible employee but also a horrible person. Allison always played the victim and never took any responsibilities for the role she played in her own misfortunes and how her choices affected other people. Allison was the most pathetic character of the show. I couldn't help but empathise with Amanda. Amanda was a lamb compared to Allison.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.-Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Downton Abbey)

[–] DennisAlexis 8 years ago

I always feel embarrassed for her when watching the show. I would have loved having a kind boss like Lucy. :P

Dennis Alexis
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[–] paranoja 8 years ago

I've been watching the start of season 2 and I know there was this whole Keith situation, but man, did Amanda have the patience of a saint? She constantly covers for Alison's screw-ups without knowing anything about the Keith drama even down to proofing figures for her, yet Amanda's portrayed as the one who's in the wrong?

Seriously?

[–] Catnip86 8 years ago

Alison screwed up so much! Getting drunk at company functions, missing deadlines, being late, not gong in and not even calling, going against what her boss said (like when she showed the nude picture to a client) and even after all that, thought she had a right to demand her job back!

[–] DennisAlexis 8 years ago

Yeah, it's like we are supposed to like Alison and see her as the good character. I'd much rather have Amanda as a co-worker.

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[–] paranoja 8 years ago

"I've always kept my life in little compartments - Alison the daughter, Alison the executive, the wife to be..."

The writers must've been laughing their asses off when they wrote that line, sheesh.