p2pnet.net News:- Grumpy old men Bill and the Boyz have launched an official probe into how two 20-minute in-house training videos made by British comedian Ricky Gervais showed up online.

The flics were commissioned by Microsoft in 2004 as “a light-hearted way of getting our staff to think about the values they attach to working at Microsoft,” Reuters has a spokeswoman saying.

The mock documentaries feature politically incorrect manager David Brent who, believes, wrongly, he’s amusing and popular and by Tuesday, the videos had been pulled from politically correct YouTube, but were still on Google Video.

“These videos were produced for internal use and were never intended to be viewed by the public,” Reuters has a spokeswoman dclaring. “We are actively working to investigate how and why they have appeared now.”

In the first, the two men discuss, “balancing sex and work, wearing short skirts in the office, and keeping creative ideas to oneself. They also poke fun at software geeks and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

“In the second video, Gervais, as Brent, explains how employees could work better, such as using time and facilities at work to find a new job.”

Also See:
Reuters – Microsoft investigates leak of “Office” videos, August 29, 2006

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