I only have the insider information because of three things.
1) I have hearing that people seriously under-estimate. I can hear what people say if they are outside or in the other room. Good for info-gathering
2) I worked for IB and was there before anyone else was. I have the insider scoop becuase Donna and I HAD trust and we shared thoughts and ideas without them turning into some facade.
3) I am the girl who sits there, and is polite, and listens without talking. I have had people (not from work, but some who have come close to it while at work) spill out their life stories to me, and I literally only just met them. I am the kind of person that you immediately feel comfortable talking with. I don't know why, but that seems to be me.
IB is not CL although, depending on your definitions, it may be. There are the same drugged up girls (not all of them, just a few). There is the same cattiness and politics. There is the same lack of professionalism on the boss' side. I was thinking about writing a book, but seriously, there are way too many books on the subject of working life. I want to be an author, strange that you mentioned it. But I want to write horror-fiction. Gotta vent that anger somewhere, and I prefer not to do it on other people......