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If theres a workplace that could use an employee assistance program, itd be Mad Mens Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The workers in the fictional advertising agency openly drink like fish on and off the job and work in an environment that would make todays HR pros want to cringe.

By Nathan Solheim | Updated on October 01, 2012
EAPIf there’s a workplace that could use an employee assistance program, it’d be Mad Men’s Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The workers in the fictional advertising agency openly drink like fish on and off the job and work in an environment that would make today’s HR pros want to cringe.

But while Don Draper might laugh at the idea of calling an EAP for help with his drinking, millions of American workers have taken advantage of EAPs since employers began offering them.

In fact, EAPs began life as “Occupational Alcohol Programs” and were focused on helping employees who were experiencing problems with alcohol. 

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