Michael Gates Gill
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- Fødselsdato
- 1940
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Uddannelse
- Yale University
- Erhverv
- advertising executive
barista - Relationer
- Gill, Brendan (father)
Gill, Charles (brother)
Gill, Elizabeth (daughter) - Organisationer
- J. Walter Thompson
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- Michael Gates Gill grew up in a wealthy family in New York City. After dropping out of Yale University, he became a successful advertising executive at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. He ultimately lost his job at the age 63 and was diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly thereafter. With no job prospects, he reluctantly took a job at the coffee chain Starbucks and wrote a book about his experiences. The result How Starbucks Saved My Life was a hit and the film rights have been optioned by Tom Hanks.
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- 1,160
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- #22,147
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This book is very heartwarming. Michael Gates Gill was a creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising when he was fired from his job, due to budget cuts. He ended up taking a Starbucks job at entry level. The only annoying thing about the book was that this older gentlemen was so "old school" and so prejudiced from the time era in which he was raised, that his first encounters with African-Americans were such huge experiences for him. But, to his credit, he learned from his mistakes (his former arrogance, rudeness on not taking African-American employees seriously, realizing that people could not be judged solely based on their apparel and music when not working at the store, etc...) The book did not center around this, or the book would have been more offensive to me. The book talked about the joy of learning how to work at Starbucks each step of the way, from cleaning toilets, to being a barista, to running a cash register. And, Michael was also overcoming a brain tumor that he did not want removed any time soon, and was much older and slower than the rest of the employees, due to physical restraints. But, what he didn't have in speed, he sure excelled in enthusiasm and trying to make his work environment a better place. He was so loyal to the first store where first hired (1 1/2 hrs away, only job opening at the time), that the supervisor had to nudge him to finally transferring back closer to home to save him money and energy that he really needed. After reading this book, I really wanted to work at Starbucks, and I am a certified teacher. It teaches humbleness, and that people are to be respected even if they don't have college degrees and aren't carrying suitcases. Plus, the perk of sampling free Starbucks items is MIGHTY enticing!… (mere)