Talk:Michael Scott

Michael Scott began working for the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company as a salesman in 1994, eventually ascending to manager of that company's Scranton branch some time before early 2005. In early 2009, Scott temporarily assumed some of the functions of a regional manager; however, he was not chosen to fill that position permanently, and following a dispute with Dunder Mifflin's CFO, David Wallace, Scott left the company and began his own firm, the Michael Scott Paper Company. Though the company was not financially successful, Scott managed to keep it solvent long enough to cause serious losses to the Scranton branch, previously Dunder Mifflin's most profitable branch, by poaching customers from the salesmen who had previously reported to him. Under pressure from Dunder Mifflin's Board of Directors, Wallace sought to buy the Michael Scott Paper Company and had to agree to Scott's demands that he be reinstated as Scranton branch manager. Later that year, however, his title was changed to co-manager as he began dividing responsibilities with his former subordinate, Jim Halpert.