Burt Peterson (Michael Gaston) is an account executive at Sterling Cooper until 1963, when he was fired by Roger Sterling in "Out of Town". In "Man With a Plan" (season 6, episode 7), he is employed by SCDP as part of their merger with CGC, but is let go when the enormous new firm is pared down (unknown to Burt, Joan sacrificed him to save Bob Benson). Roger takes great pleasure in firing him again, which does not entirely track with the way Roger outwardly reacted previously, when Burt was fired upon direct orders from the new British owners and his dismissal was seen as a travesty. Duck Phillips later tells Pete Campbell that he used his new job as a headhunter to find Burt a Senior VP position at the high-powered McCann advertising agency.
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