Bloomberg puts New Yorker cartoon in meeting rooms

Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg has placed a New Yorker cartoon criticizing meetings in all of the meeting rooms at his financial data and news company, reports Alexandra Steigrad of the New York Observer.

Steigrad writes, “The cartoon, which was created by Kaamran Hafeez, depicts a typical scene from corporate America, namely a meeting in a conference room with suit-clad workers. The generic-looking office houses a bookshelf with frames and what appears to be awards, while the large window offers a partial view of skyscrapers and an airplane in the distance.

“Bloomberg spokesman Ty Trippet declined to comment.

“An insider surmised that Bloomberg — the man — had the cartoons placed in the conference rooms in order to ‘subtly discourage pointless meetings.’ Another source noted that there seems to be an endless drag of meetings, making it impossible to book a conference room in the building, which is headquartered on 60th Street and Lexington Avenue.

“Conference rooms seem to be a preoccupation at Bloomberg, which earlier this year changed course slightly by obscuring some of the conference rooms on the sixth floor.”

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