MSG Presents "Characters From Corporate": Black Corporate Sins: A Million-Dollar Reckoning

What happens when a once ruthless corporate player suddenly finds himself grappling with guilt and millions of dollars? In this raw and thought-provoking episode, we hear from a 51-year-old Black man from Oakland who, after receiving a multimillion-dollar settlement from a racial discrimination lawsuit, confronts his past: passing over other Black colleagues for promotions, backstabbing peers, and prioritizing self-interest above all. 

Now, with his corporate persona behind him, he’s on a quest for redemption. Can he atone for his corporate sins? Tune in to explore the messy reality of moral reckoning, unexpected wealth, and the struggle to heal after a lifetime of cutthroat ambition.

Transcript

So characters from Corporate Uhhuh. All right. So we got, Eric, I love what you all are doing with the show. I am 51 years old, black man from Oakland, California.

Shout out to, to the Bay Area, the Yay area. Yep. I recently got a windfall of cash , due to a racial discrimination lawsuit. , I don't want to say my industry or give any other real details due to legal reasons now that I got this money and I've basically retired, I've started thinking about my own behavior and tactics while I was in corporate.

This is guilt, but I frequently passed over other black people for promotions. This is a black man, he's 51 years old from Oakland. He said he frequently passed over other black people for promotions. He back backstabbed many people of all backgrounds, and he was extremely selfish in most of [00:01:00] his corporate dealings.

Mm, I was a character to say the least. Mm. Now that I got this multimillion dollar bag, how can I atone for my mini corporate? Mm character from corporate. Now, you year, year old's brother from the Y area, he wants to atone for his many corporate sins, it sounds like. So he said he passed over other black people.

He backs stabbed people and he was an extremely selfish in his corporate dealings. He's gotta do some, he's gotta do some. I will, I won't say go to those people and admit what he's done 'cause that's gonna just expose him to a level that he ain't ready for unless he trying to go there. But I will say he can start posting some workshops on what to look for in people who may, , have his [00:02:00] character.

Things to look out for, tell him what to tell him what to be. On the lookout for how to spot, , other characters from corporate. Okay. Let 'em know what to do, what to, what to look for when people are looking to shit on you. Get in the way of your progress. Yeah, I like that. He, so he got a million multimillion dollar bag.

How can he atone for, I don't know, brother? You, you could think about, like Stu was saying, you know, put together a vehicle to help people navigate other characters in corporate, you know what I mean? Like create a program and you could mentor people who are still incorporated. You don't even have to really put your name out there like that.

You can just find young people that are in corporate or, or mid, you know, mid-age people. Help them navigate, you know? Yep. I, and I appreciate you admitting you a character from Corporate Fool, but, [00:03:00] oh, well, you know, you did that and you are here now. You feel, you guilt, you feel guilt written, you know what I mean?

So, dang you. Yeah. You are a character from corporate and you've done a lot of damage. You've done a lot of damage. Hopefully you can atone for that, man. Yeah. I'm glad you don't share your name and your I don't, I'm, I'm not happy with you, brother, but Okay. I appreciate you. You hope you fix it. Hope you feel better about yourself, young character.

It's terrible. Yeah. Thanks for sharing, brother. Thanks for sharing. Appreciate you. Get yourself together in the tone. Yeah, man. Your sins. But thank you. You know what? You could, you know what you could send, you could send 10 racks to the Money Sex Gen X podcast. Yeah. To start your atonement process. So next time.

Yeah. You know what? That, you know what, you know what he could do. Here's a great idea. So Stu and I are affiliated with [00:04:00] an executive coach, uh, executive coaching firm, Nelson Career curators send over 10 racks. We'll take that money and give it to them and they can provide access to some people to services who wouldn't ordinarily be able to afford it.

There you go. Come on. Send, send, send 20 racks now. Send 20 racks. Send 20. We gonna give it to Nelson and some people can get some access to deal with these issues. Yeah. That's what you could do if you really feeling like you want to do something. Cut the check. Cut the check. We ain't asking for a lot.

Just a little. Yeah. 20 racks. It won't hurt you. Won't hurt you. What an episode we started, man, we got through it. Technical difficulties. We ended up on Zoom. We ended up on Zoom and possibly with a check for 20 racks coming our way, 20 rack contribution to the culture. Can we take a little [00:05:00] percentage of that 20 racks, man?

Well that's why I bumped it up. 'cause we need, you know, we need 5%, we can get five off of that and put it into the podcast. Absolutely. Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure Nelson Ki Nelson, uh, career wouldn't, wouldn't, wouldn't mind, you know. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt.