Ann Romano's job

[um]

What job did Ann Romano have so as to be able to afford such a nice apartment with modern furniture and never have to worry about not making enough money to pay rent?

[Anna Karenina]

Originally Posted by um

What job did Ann Romano have so as to be able to afford such a nice apartment with modern furniture and never have to worry about not making enough money to pay rent?

She was a successful ad exec despite having had no higher education, former work experience or any discernible talent.

She started off as an assistant and got promoted within the ranks with her own office for no apparent reason or explanation whatsoever.

If any of the many ODAAT experts here (and I mean that sincerely) can point me to an episode where the transition between her being an assistant to her being a junior exec began I would love to be wrong about this one...

It just seemed to get glossed over by the writers.

[um]

Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

She was a successful ad exec despite having had no higher education, former work experience or any discernible talent.

She started off as an assistant and got promoted within the ranks with her own office for no apparent reason or explanation whatsoever.

If any of the many ODAAT experts here (and I mean that sincerely) can point me to an episode where the transition between her being an assistant to her being a junior exec began I would love to be wrong about this one...

It just seemed to get glossed over by the writers.

I guess it is one of those TV-situation things in which there is no clear explanation as to how characters got to where they are when there hasn't been any depiction or indication of their progression to where they are.
It is like Carol Brady being a divorcee but there isn't mention throughout the Brady Bunch episodes as to what happened to her husband. Also Mr Brady was some kind of architect . There wasn't any mention as to how he got there. Also, what did Jim Anderson (Robert Young) on Father Knows Best do for a living? I think it was never mentioned. He was just known for saying "Jane, I'm home" when he opened the door to his house.

[Anna Karenina]

Originally Posted by um

I guess it is one of those TV-situation things in which there is no clear explanation as to how characters got to where they are when there hasn't been any depiction or indication of their progression to where they are.
It is like Carol Brady being a divorcee but there isn't mention throughout the Brady Bunch episodes as to what happened to her husband. Also Mr Brady was some kind of architect . There wasn't any mention as to how he got there. Also, what did Jim Anderson (Robert Young) on Father Knows Best do for a living? I think it was never mentioned. He was just known for saying "Jane, I'm home" when he opened the door to his house.

Jim Anderson was an insurance agent.

[Anna Karenina]

Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

She was a successful ad exec despite having had no higher education, former work experience or any discernible talent.

She started off as an assistant and got promoted within the ranks with her own office for no apparent reason or explanation whatsoever.

If any of the many ODAAT experts here (and I mean that sincerely) can point me to an episode where the transition between her being an assistant to her being a junior exec began I would love to be wrong about this one...

It just seemed to get glossed over by the writers.

BUMP...Good thread!

[Babalu]

I wouldn't think that having a modest apartment in an Indianapolis low rise building is all that successful just because they weren't portrayed as being destitute.

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by um

What job did Ann Romano have so as to be able to afford such a nice apartment with modern furniture and never have to worry about not making enough money to pay rent?

I get what you are saying, but this was the 1970's. At that time, experience and work ethic were very important and might be able to trump the lack of college education. Unlike today, companies did promote from within. I know of many people I worked with who never went to college and enjoyed very successful careers.

As for the furniture, it could have been taken from her residence when she was married. I note they never seemed to buy new furniture for the nine years the show was on.

I just think the implication that the family had no money issues isn't borne out by the actual episodes.

[opus]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

As for the furniture, it could have been taken from her residence when she was married. I note they never seemed to buy new furniture for the nine years the show was on.

The apartment gets burglarized around the beginning of season 6 and they acquire new furniture after that.

[Anna Karenina]

I think it is interesting that that without ANY prior work experience or training she lucks into (with the help of her divorce lawyer) a fairly cushy job as an assistant to an ad exec.

It would have been more realistic if she had a series of entry level "crap" jobs that were low paying at first because of her lack of skills and resume.

They had realistic money problems that is true and I applaud them for that. But I would have preferred seeing her actually get the training required to be in the ad world rather than just all of a sudden landing her own big office and accounts without any explanation of how she moved up.

Also later on she had her own advertising company with 2 different partners. Is it realistic that she would have all these clients and accounts with such a skeleton staff? Wouldn't she need more people to run a successful company like that? An art director, an assistant of her own? Who was in charge of all of these departments? https://www.thebalance.com/career-de...ertising-38639

Account Services
Account Planning
Creative
Finance & Accounts
Media Buying
Production

Could 2 people really handle all of these requirements for a company?

I think there should have been more employees working there, it would have created more story lines. Her daughter Barbara languished in a dead end job at a sporting goods store for years after leaving college. I think it would have been better if she worked with her mom at the agency and became successful there. Later on she showed an ability to think on her feet at a travel agency having lucked into the position as a travel agent with her bearded brother in law's help.

The other daughter Julie meandered around in various jobs most notably as a counselor but ended up in a doughnut training program I kid you not! Shortly after that she wound up on her friend's couch after leaving her husband and baby for reasons that made no sense to anybody.

Schneider would have stayed working as a maintenance worker were it not for the carnival he ended up at so he could take care of his never mentioned late brother's children. One of them being Corey Feldman.

Have I mentioned Julie's husband who was training to be a pilot but left his job at the airlines so he could be a freelance writer because his dippy wife told him to? Then she gets mad at him because he doesn't become a success right away! When he finds success finally at a travel agency she leaves him and her baby high and dry so she can find herself.

Crazy show!

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by opus

The apartment gets burglarized around the beginning of season 6 and they acquire new furniture after that.

OK...but six years is still a long time to go without furniture. And they may have had it insured so they may not have had to pay for it.

[opus]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

OK...but six years is still a long time to go without furniture. And they may have had it insured so they may not have had to pay for it.

You actually nailed the plot of the episode. It's basically about them going after the insurance money. If I remember right, they ended up with a couple of thousand.