‘God’s Favorite Idiot’ in the workplace

The Netflix series God’s Favorite Idiot puts a new spin on the workplace comedy. The show begins with a seemingly normal midlevel tech employee, Clark (played by Ben Fal-cone), getting struck by lightning while searching for his cat. He is surprisingly OK and blissfully unaware that strange things are happening around him—stop lights are turning green for him, and “Sign of the Times” keeps playing on the radio. He will soon find out that God has a very special mission for him: Prevent the apocalypse while keeping his day job.

Clark’s delightfully abrasive coworker and secret crush, Amily (played by Melissa McCarthy), is the first to notice something is amiss when she spots him literally glowing while working late. Initially, her coworkers don’t believe her. The fact she admitted to accidentally drugging herself beforehand raises some serious questions about her story. But then, a video of Clark glowing in a restaurant goes viral, and things quickly spiral for him and his coworkers.

In true The Office fashion, the show also includes its own bumbling middle manager, Frisbee (played by Steve Mallory). There may be more than meets the eye, however, when it comes to Frisbee. While Clark may have a divine mission and even a workplace angel or two, it looks like his tech company employer could also use an HR manager to provide some pointers: