He got him with "weren't you trying to catch a break once?" Roger is a boy prince who inherited his father's firm through no effort of his own. He never had to catch a break, and that's his greatest insecurity.

''It's 10 AM.'' (cuts to bar.) Love it!

Only now I just realized, Don literally just hired himself for the job. I thought Sterling actually did hire him and said "Welcome aboard" they just didn't show it. But no, Don just took advantage of the fact that Sterling was too drunk to remember what he said or did the other day. That's fucking brilliant.

I love how Don tells Roger that he said "Welcome aboard" - a subtle reference to his navy years, which likely made it more feasible to Roger that he actually did hire Don and used that phrase. Great writing.

This is a great episode because the whole episode Roger is jealous of all the attention Don is getting saying they don't give out awards for "finding guys like him." He wants credit for hiring Don, and asks for Don to thank him for it at the end...when the truth is he was hoodwinked by Don. Don hired himself.

I wonder if Roger was genuinely fooled by Don, or if he saw right through him and just thought, "What the hell."

"Boy, my name is Roger, I'm a taxi. Please."

"I'd do anything to buy you a drink and hear anything you've got to say" Don's clever pitch to get advice got him the job. Memorize this line everyone. Getting advice from an employer usually works.

Jon Hamm is such a wonderful actor. As Don he is so confident and powerful. In these scenes he is so young, naive and eager to impress Roger, he literally is a bright wide eyed boy but he still has that little cutting edge.

The lesson this teaches you is, if you talk to the right person you can get the job. HR is just there to make things more difficult than it has to be.

thats like date rape for business

He never hired him... Don is just being a boss

holy shit I'm dumb; I just got that. I thought they cut away from that conversation as they stepped out, but they never had it! Hahaha

"Weren't you trying to get a break once?" No, Roger was set after he got back home from the war. He's not the original Sterling on the wall.

Notice how Don is persistent and unfazed by Roger's destructive expressions. That is called holding frame, which only 10% of men can do. The majority will get butthurt and prioritize their ego, the rest will resist and build resilience for a guaranteed success in life.

Literally made a career from making people so socially uncomfortable around him they agree with what ever he wants lol

"Be careful what you wish for because you'll get it and then people get jealous and try to take it away from you" One of the best quotes for life experience

honestly I love it when Don says "Weren't you trying to get a break once?" as if Roger hadn't inherited the firm from his father. though it works simple because I suspect Roger wants to feel that he has still put in his fair share to make the firm what it was then.

That sideways glance that Don gives Roger at the end is priceless. It tells the whole story.

This is exactly how I got my job stacking shelves at Tesco...

Subtle hilarity. When Don says "I'd do anything to buy you a drink and hear what you have to say", he meant it as an appointment. He was basically going to prepare a pitch to present to Sterling to hire him. Sterling, who is a high functioning alcoholic, read it as a "right now". The reason why he is immediately aware of the time (it's 10am) is because he was already itching for a drink but was holding back on account of it being too early for one. Basically, Don gave him an excuse to get drunk. The flash cut to Sterling being somewhere and already knowing what he wants to drink and what time lunch is served shows his hand. He's been there before at about that hour to get drinks. The garcon part is an in-joke between him and the waiter. They know him personally. Draper was _unable_ to prepare his "I want to sell stuff" pitch, which is why he improvised and tricked Sterling into thinking he'd hired him. And here's the great part. Sterling knows he wasn't that drunk (he almost never is, high functioning), he's seeing right through what Don is trying. There's the tiniest of smirks just as the elevator door closes that I read as "got one". When Sterling wants credit for finding Don, this is what he meant. Don is a chaser, Roger knew he had to play hard to get, and when he saw Don go for it, he let him in.

Don is such a badass that he hired himself.

Don is one smooth operator that’s all you gotta be in life and you’ll get whatever you want no matter what it is you do

probably one of the greatest scenes of mad men

Hah, love that smirk Don makes by the end of the clip as the doors to the lift closes. Beautiful.

"It's 10 AM!" *Smash cut to roger w/ gin* I fucking love this show

"It's 10 am." No pause and immediately cut to drinking lol.

I'd love to see how Don went from new hire off the street to Creative Director

I heard from old timers that getting hired at large firms was kind of easier than you think. Not like a scam here but close to it - lots of stories about people being hired from the mail room, etc - walking of fthe street - this was an era with no resumes. Jim Shooter, the famed comic book writer who later ran Marvel comics, got hired just by how good his stories he cold submitted were and only after he was hired did the DC editor find out that Shooter was a teenager who needed his mom to cash his checks.

"It's not what you know; it's how much you know and about whom" - Don Draper, probably

Sterling: "Okay Don. Did I also tell you what your position and salary would be?" Draper: "as a matter of fact.........."

its not who you know, its who you meet

i've seen a lot of television shows and quite frankly, even if a show is pretty unique, a lot of the times I can connect it to something else i've seen and almost compare a certain part of it to something already created. With that being said, I've never seen anything remotely close to Mad Men, the storylines and character arcs are unparalleled to anything that has touched cable television before. There will never be another show like it, making it one of the best shows ever written. Matthew Weiner and his staff are geniuses.

"its 10 am" drinks martinis and gets hammered. just because..well...he's Roger. and Roger is always alpha.

So basically get your future boss drunk and then just show up and say they hired you?

The important thing here isn't the gamesmanship Don uses to get in the door. It's the portfolio he sent. You have to be able to do the job (or at least be able to do the job enough to get by in the early going). That bluff can be called at any time and will sink the entire ploy. Don is confident enough in his ability to send that portfolio, which makes him a viable candidate.

Don/Dick is a survivor. He learns fast and does what needs to be done. That's all the life skills you need, right there.

I’ve never watched a single episode of Mad Men, but after this scene I’m gonna have to watch it now. That was awesome

“Weren’t you trying to get a break once? “how do you say no to that,! His mixture of confidence and innocence simultaneously is off the charts.

One of the greatest comments sections I have ever read.

I love that scene

Roger-the best character!!

Asking Roger to drink at 10 am was the smartest thing Don’s ever done.

I always wondered just how Don got his job with Sterling Cooper. My mind entertained 1001 ways. One was that Don may have started out as a mailroom guy then snuck an idea into the boardroom. But this way he did was pure genius!

Getting a Job: The Cosby way.

Roger has years of business lunches and drinks, he didn’t lose track of what he said, he’s just amused by Don and is curious about where his creativity will lead.

Let's not forget that Don had some dirt on Roger. Didn't Roger buy that fur coat from Don to give to Joan who was his side chick at the time?

i got a job last thursday!

Bob Benson did the same thing, he was just more annoying.

Now I feel like trying this

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My favorite con man

I agree, generally speaking.....it's not what you know, it's who you know.

Roger is awesome

Very slick by Don. “Welcome aboard.” Something a sailor would say. Very slick.

Thats some damn good acting from Don

this scene bacsiclly is Don give his CV to himself and after consideration he hired himself. What an mad lad.

Those were the times when uttered words were considered more important than anything else.

All I learnt from Don(especially this video) is,you can get anything you want by getting other person drunk, And, being confident,that too! Lol!

1:43 is when Don knows he’s got the job.

It’s who you know. It’s how you blow who you know

Lololol! I'm an industrial psychologist. I teach people how to get jobs they want. This man has it all over me

A completely different tack but when I was in H.S. and not sure what I wanted to do I was driving around with my Dad talking to him and we drove past one of the rocket companies in Cocoa Beach (early 70's) and I said I'd like to work there do you think they word hire me? My Dad said walk in and ask the man at the first desk you come to. So I got out of the car and walked in, for some reason not nervous at all, and asked for a job and the man said do you have an Engineering degree or are you an Engineering major in College? I said no I am in H.S., which the man obviously knew, and he told me sorry you need an Engineering degree to be interviewed. So I walked back to the car and told my dad what he said. My Dad was wise enough to never say a word about it, knowing the seed had been planted and I am sure hoping that would motivate me...which it certainly did (a Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer who works for a large American defense contractor's Missile Systems company.

It is Who You Know.

Can't believe how many people didn't get this the first time...

Says its 10 Am next frame starts drinking 😂

Funny thing, I was exactly like Draper in the 90s wanting to become an electrician. I harassed this contractor for three months and got on and prospered. You don’t have to be a top shelf executive to have this drive. I hate to sound like a boomer, but I think this drive has diminished over the years.

What they didn't show was when the roofie was dropped.

Move forward.

THAT IS TRUE! It's Who you know. Really. The best jobs I've ever gotten came from 'insiders'..friend of a friend... Honeywell, GE, Aramark. Employers want to hire people who have some relationship with people the employer trusts...

Welcome aboard capin

Wait a minute what episode is this? I completely forgot this happened...

Roger didn't hire me. I hired myself.

The George Costanza approach

I’ve tried this to a lesser degree and it worked. I mean, who’s ready to be told what they didn’t say but were too drunk (sick in my case) to be sure?

Meanwhile Roger takes credit for “finding” Draper

As a currently unemployed person, i feel the need to try this

"No, I didn't." *roll credits*

Gosh, this don draper character is Godlike salesman!

I have legit tried similar things ...if they begin to like you just have to wait for the day they call you in a moment where they are pissed at other people that’s the in

It's not who you know, it's where you are. New York is still one of the biggest financial capitals of the world, even after all the scheming that has damaged the U.S. Prospects by proximity.

Of course, not what you know, but who you know. Then when you show up you better to deliver the goods!

its nothing about anything he did specifically, he had the balls to show up and talk to the boss, that is what landed him the job.

What episode is it? When happened?

Be careful what you wish for because you'll get and then people will get jealous and try to take it away from you

Hustle

What episode is this?

From my experience this is pretty much how you do it

Which episode? Which season?

I think when don said I’d pay you a drink to hear whatever you have to say, that was his ticket to be accepted to sterling advertisement. I mean, as an employer would u turn that down when someone said that?

Did he say welcome aboard? Cheeky Don

Good men find the right job for them, Great men make their job.

classic sterlling

Roger saw a little of himself in Don.

Garcon means boy

Part of the irony is, they should be going down because that's where a lot of their character goes as the show progresses.

Its most definitely WHO YOU KNOW anymore --- it's what you can do. The 60's was a LONG time ago fellas, you can't buy a house in one income alone anymore. Its your merit and skills that get you through the door now, not that you're the friend of the manager.

basically get the boss drunk and let it all out.

Funny how Don basically does the same thing all over again in season 7

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