 In "Boys and Girls", a Pittsfield, Massachusetts branch was mentioned, until Jan shut it down when their warehouse workers unionized.The episode "Turf War" focuses on the closing of the Binghamton branch, and how reps from the Syracuse branch are competing with Scranton employees for Binghamton's old clients.Business writer Megan Barnett has pointed out parallels between Dunder Mifflin and the real-life W.B.