# If you wer going to be a corporate shill... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159 "2016-10-10T17:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/21 "2016-10-12T12:39:15Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I have worked for Big Pharma for many years now. The seemingly unlimited funds part is right but none of the rest of it is. Obviously I am not only a terrific shill but potentially a vastly successful scam artist. Hardly anyone ever hears the whoosh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/22 "2016-10-12T18:30:22Z")
Tesla. As a shill, I need one of their cars to show off. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/23 "2016-10-12T19:37:41Z")
Old El Paso. I could probably die happy with all the free salsa, chips, dips and Mexican food and Mexican food accessories that I could consume. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/24 "2016-10-12T20:11:59Z")
I’d shill for anything I truly believe in: public access to knowledge, replacing trees, organic food, and great medical diagnostic devices or methods. That said, I’m a terrible introvert so it had better be an inside sales job. ---
**Author:** ![TwiSpark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TwiSpark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwiSpark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/25 "2016-10-12T21:48:01Z")
Even though I’ve kind of moved away from them and feel that they charge a premium for little to no benefit (when it should be going towards ethical manufacturing, better customer service etc) I would still have to say Apple. I know how powerful that Reality Distortion Field is, and could very easily get sucked back in even without meaning to - to do it on purpose would be a piece of cake. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/26 "2016-10-13T12:25:12Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Tesla. As a shill, I need one of their cars to show off. When I commuted I drove right past the Tesla plant. Tesla workers are awful drivers, and none of them drive Teslas. Just sayin’. Though maybe shills would. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/27 "2016-10-13T12:41:03Z")
Easy: **Gibson Guitars/Musical Instruments**. Taken private some years ago by Henry Juskiewicz, it has had an awful reputation for strategic planning choices (invested millions in a new electric guitar tech - fiber optic? - or just look up the Dusk Tiger or the Firebird X. Oy.) and is reputed to have a difficult working culture. The acoustic shop up in Montana has a better rep but most likely because it is far away from Nashville. I would love to dive in, retrench the planning and improve the corporate culture. No reason it can’t be a maker of good tools, an iconic brand and a company that is admired. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/28 "2016-10-13T12:49:44Z")
Yeo’s Sweet Chilli Sauce. I can’t live without it, firstly. Plus, I’ve already converted a dozen or more people, who also now cannot live without it. In fact, I DO put that shit on everything! (If I was offered a lifetime supply, I would be saving some real coin, I think!) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/29 "2016-10-13T14:49:46Z")
Tabasco sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159/30 "2016-10-14T08:54:07Z")
Sturm, Ruger & Co. - good quality and a very broad product line. But this: > [@silenus](#): > > Duluth Trading. I live in their clothes. and Domino’s Pizza are close seconds. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wer-going-to-be-a-corporate-shill/768159.md?page=1)