A recent expose of corporate scandal? No, this was the ad copy for Employees' Entrance (1933), a shocking pre-code movie with a surprising relevance to today.

Warren William stars as the appropriately named Kurt Anderson, a corporate hotshot brought in to save Franklin Monroe & Co., the world's largest department store. The Depression has hit the store hard but Anderson sweeps aside all excuses. When one of the board of directors opines that, "I don't know if there's very much to be said. There's a depression and everybody's affected. I should say the thing to do is retrench, economize;" Anderson barks back, "Get out! You're dead weight!" The board member soon becomes literally dead weight, committing suicide. Anderson sheds no tears. "When a man outlives his usefulness, he ought to jump out a window!"

Excerpt from TCM HERE

In this romantic sex-comedy from director Robert Florey, Bette Davis stars as Helen Bauer, a free-spirited, self-sufficient feminist who would rather pursue her career as a graphic artist than settle down and marry Don Peterson (Gene Raymond), the advertising writer she loves, out of fear that marriage will destroy the romance. Eventually, Don wears Helen down and the couple marry. But when the flame quickly burns out, Don begins an affair with a female client. Not to be outdone and without missing a beat, Helen takes up with Nick Malvyn (Monroe Owsley), another ad writer, who by no coincidence also happens to be Don's biggest rival. In light of their respective bouts of infidelity, the couple must consider whether or not they want to give the marriage another shot."