It satirizes Mead's own career by depicting the rise of eager young J. Pierrepont Finch ... a window-washer who joins a huge corporation by starting in the mail room, and becomes chairman of the board a week later.
The play pokes fun at Mead's own professional path by depicting the meteoric rise of eager young J. Pierrepont Finch, from a lowly window-washer who starts in the mail room to becoming the company's chairman just one week later.