# What exactly was Chandler's job? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827 "2011-05-13T21:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/21 "2011-05-14T05:32:42Z")
What’s Joey’s favorite food? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/22 "2011-05-14T05:33:24Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > What could have been Phoebe and her husband’s legal names? Princess Consuela Banana Hammock and Crap Bag. (If you need help remembering it, just think of a bag of crap.) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/23 "2011-05-14T05:34:26Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > What’s Joey’s favorite food? Sandwiches! At the local pizza place, what is the “Joey Special?” ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/24 "2011-05-14T05:56:28Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > At the local pizza place, what is the “Joey Special?” Two pizzas! What is Monica’s pet peeve? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/25 "2011-05-14T06:03:44Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Two pizzas! > > What is Monica’s pet peeve? Animals dressed as humans. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/26 "2011-05-14T06:19:11Z")
I just figured Chandler was an early developer of web search engines. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/27 "2011-05-14T15:05:41Z")
When Chandler quits, Monica tells Chandler, “You need to find something you really love to do, not ‘Statistical Analysis and Data Reconfiguration’.” To which Chandler replies, “I quit, and you learn what I do??”, meaning Monica was correct. Also, Chandler’s company has a ‘fine foods’ division, although it’s implied that fine foods is not what you’d expect the company to do, considering everyone is surprised they have a fine foods division. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/28 "2011-05-14T15:24:37Z")
I totally understand nobody knowing or understanding what Chandler did for a living. I’m a Claims Administrator. What the hell does that mean? I’ll not bore you to tears by telling you. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/29 "2011-05-14T16:44:29Z")
No, please do tell, Biggirl. “'Statistical Analysis and Data Reconfiguration” looks nice and all, but what is it? What kind of responsibilities does Chandler actually have? If he can hang out at a coffee shop on Wednesday at 10 AM, it must be a hands-off kind of job. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/30 "2011-05-14T17:12:41Z")
The only thing we knew about Chandler Bings job 1. He hated it 2. No one knew what it exactly was or entailed. 3. It the best paying of the friends jobs 4. It came with some substantial authority. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/31 "2011-05-14T17:18:03Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > The only thing we knew about Chandler Bings job > > 1. He hated it > > 2. No one knew what it exactly was or entailed. > > 3. It the best paying of the friends jobs Ross did very well. The whole point to Chandler’s job is that he Works In A Corporate Suit Job. It’s meant to be a middle management position that’s incomprehensible to anyone not in it, as in fact many such jobs are. I have a hell of a time explaining MY job to anyone who isn’t familiar with it. Chandler is, basically, A Suit. That’s all that matters to set up everything about how his job affects his life - its mundane boringness, office politics, nobody else really giving a crap what he does, his relative income, and various plot points like being transferred to Omaha. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/32 "2011-05-14T17:29:45Z")
I didn’t realize Chandler was middle management. I thought the offer near the beginning was to entice him to stay, not a promotion. There are a few episodes that deal with him having to suck up to his boss, but I’ve never seen his underlings… ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/33 "2011-05-14T17:48:16Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > I didn’t realize Chandler was middle management. I thought the offer near the beginning was to entice him to stay, not a promotion. There are a few episodes that deal with him having to suck up to his boss, but I’ve never seen his underlings… Nope, it was a promotion. A few episodes after that Phoebe goes to work for him as an assistant, and she tells him no one likes him now because he’s their boss. And they show him talking to his underlings at the end of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/34 "2011-05-14T18:32:53Z")
Looks like someone is going to be working late…_this_ weekend! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/35 "2011-05-14T18:39:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Ms. Chanandler Bong… > [@Biggirl](#): > > Mrs. Chanandler Bong… You’re both wrong; it was _Miss_ Chanandler Bong. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/36 "2011-05-14T19:12:15Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Looks like someone is going to be working late…_this_ weekend! My scone. MY scone! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/37 "2011-05-14T19:46:20Z")
Ahh, damn. I unabashedly loved this show. One of my all time favorite [Chandler moments…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCowrXGwdjs) (Chandler as Santa Claus) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/38 "2011-05-14T20:03:09Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > No, please do tell, Biggirl. I process class action lawsuit claims. Usually securities but also discrimination and damage occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/39 "2011-05-14T20:11:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I process class action lawsuit claims. Usually securities but also discrimination and damage occasionally. Sounds like a major pain in the WENUS. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827/40 "2011-05-14T21:18:53Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > No, please do tell, Biggirl. > > “'Statistical Analysis and Data Reconfiguration” looks nice and all, but what is it? What kind of responsibilities does Chandler actually have? If he can hang out at a coffee shop on Wednesday at 10 AM, it must be a hands-off kind of job. He grinds numbers and it doesn’t really matter what numbers he’s grinding. His type of profession could produce analysis of bank loans or widget sales. In other words, He’s presented with raw data, and he groups it in ways that can be easily disseminated for decision making. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-was-chandlers-job/581827.md?page=3)