video: Slate in motion.

The Devil Is in the RetailersA new Slate video sketch.

By Andy Bowers
Posted Monday, Oct. 23, 2006, at 10:57 AM ET

Starting a new job is always hard—there are the pre-existing social cliques, the quirks of various managers, and the understandable concerns about fitting in.

Of course, some workplaces are stranger than others, as you can see in the first of an occasional series of comedy sketches about the daily grind. Click the video module to launch First Day.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid464021272http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=78144477

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