"We don't watch the clock here" = lots of unpaid overtime is an expectation... "We're all like family" = don't walk away, RUN !!

@annekeruben3238

3 ай бұрын

Or "we're all team players" = do the work that your coworkers don't do..

@chancepaladin

3 ай бұрын

"we're all family" "...no you aren't"

@tygattyche2545

3 ай бұрын

@@annekeruben3238 In germany the word "Team" means exactly the same as in english. But as an appreviation "TEAM" it means "Toll ein Anderer machts" literally "Great, someone else is doing the work".

@andreav2175

2 ай бұрын

@@tygattyche2545😂

@Goodpatron

Ай бұрын

"If you don't watch the clock, then you won't notice when I leave 15 minutes early"

Any kind of "Meeting over lunch" is still work. For these, I take a lunch either before or after that hour, because I don't use my mealtime for meals, I use it for all the other stuff that I need to do. If you're not paying me, I'm not working.

@cfox28

4 ай бұрын

It's tough for salaried jobs.. especially when there isn't a good outline of expectations of hours. If workloads are light then its one thing, but the problem happens when you have higher workloads. you're not wrong to take that hour for yourself, but i'm finding that the company will expect 8hrs of work, even though they took one hr of your day, and you had 7hrs left. Has anyone else encountered this? anybody have good solutions to that conundrum?

@OkieDokie294

4 ай бұрын

Well, depending on where you live, you are legally entitled to that break from lunch. So, even though I’m salaried, I’m entitled to my lunch break. Hourly employees should count that as time worked if they don’t take a break before or after or leave early. At my current job, I’ve only had it happen once ( thankfully) but it always annoys me.

@rachellejaniga9716

4 ай бұрын

​@@cfox28Do what you can do, and that is all you can do in that time. communication with your boss is key to let them know of the progress and try to finagle to see if there are corners to cut to get to the end goal on time

@fc63457

4 ай бұрын

Government regulations where I live state that if you don't get to leave the workplace for your lunch break, it counts towards your work hours even if lunch is provided, so you get to leave a bit early.

@TheLynnz10

4 ай бұрын

Course open contact about whether or not I can complete my weeks worth of tasks with send meetings on the calendar. They were definitely a few times where I flat out said I’m too busy to attend a meeting and just sent an email because I didn’t have much to add to the meeting anyways for this big massive integration project. We’re starting to have hour long meetings in the morning and afternoon but all I had to say is 30 seconds worth of information. 😂 My hardest lesson to learn is to NOT work overtime as much as possible. Management will just assume you’re very effective and won’t take anything off your plate that way.

I love that we need a doctors note if we call out sick 3 days in a row when you can't even get an appointment to see your doctor within 3 months.

@tinydancer7426

4 ай бұрын

Go to Urgent Care. Not YOUR doctor, but they do have doctors there.

@42Core

4 ай бұрын

@@tinydancer7426 the root of the issue is being treated like a delinquent or a child. As if taking time off means you're intentionally skipping work to damage the organization, or you're a bad employee if you take a sick day. If the employee is a bad employee, forcing doctors notes for sick days isn't going to fix it. If they are trying to damage the org, taking a sick day is not the best way to do it, and forcing doctors notes isn't going to stop it.

@juancarlosspico

4 ай бұрын

they want you to go to emergency room or to a clinic. Then they complain that health insurance cost are high and blame the employee. Then u explain it to them why, they don't wont to listen.

@violatralala

3 ай бұрын

I have to get a doctor's note even if I take an hour permit to have myself checked by my obgyn that obly visits on working days 😅

@elizabethrocha350

3 ай бұрын

Usually it is if it is more than 3 days.

I saw something that floored me. Riding the commuter train to a conference. The Train was late due to something on the tracks. The conductor walked up and down the aisle asking if anyone needed an excuse. From the TRAIN, to approve the fact that they were late. These were adults with their hands up. Bad Bosses, Bad Companies

@power4things

4 ай бұрын

The 3rd grade. Boss needs a note from your parents?

@TMeyer-ge5pj

4 ай бұрын

omg that is terrible

@Fractal379

4 ай бұрын

There definitely seems to be a split between workers who are full-time & part-time adults.

@echolaliac

3 ай бұрын

wow! where did that take place? 🤍

@dhandley8893

3 ай бұрын

@@echolaliac South Shore to Chicago. The person I was sitting with told me it was a typical thing.

Anytime a job says "other duties as assigned" or says "fast paced environment".... RUN.

@angelp4724

4 ай бұрын

Why? What does that mean

@bp-ob8ic

4 ай бұрын

Every job says 'other duties as assigned.' It's up to you to set that boundary when the time comes.

@AleTitan

4 ай бұрын

​@@angelp4724they can make up any tasks to be your job. Like if you're a cook but expected to do other responsibilities, you'll also be working as prep and even as a waiter some days.

@DarkRuins

4 ай бұрын

@@bp-ob8ic refusal is considered insubordination, especially if that line is in the job description. Im speaking from experience.

@Starfury0042

4 ай бұрын

"other duties as assigned" is pretty standard. A real flag is "We're like family here"

The managers wanting people back in the office are usually the managers who realize people working efficiently autonomously, make the managers redundant.

@GoOutside321

4 ай бұрын

Well, enough people are IN the office and not working, so maybe they figured if you don’t/cant work at home, you should “not work” in the office 😅

@ak5659

4 ай бұрын

Yes! when I worked in a office everybody always got more work done when managers were absent.

@RicardoSantos-oz3uj

3 ай бұрын

There is also managers that got a kickback on the renting of the office space. I know a CEO that owned the building a company was renting. Of course he would push for everyone to go back to office.

@kagitsune

3 ай бұрын

And I OOP 👀

@privatepo5876

3 ай бұрын

I'm a manager and I let the employees have their own schedule aside from the once a month or twice if needed in person group meeting. Just as an observation, the most productive person in the group is the person that works in the office. Her numbers doubles one of the workers from home. In addition I like how she created this healthy boundary with her work hours. she only works from her schedule.

Does everyone understand that this women is a modern day freedom fighter? There is not enough applause in the world for her. It has been a very long time now that the corporations are just inching their way decade enter decade into our lives and taking literally everything from us.

The best dress code I ever read indicated “no leisure suits” and “no ballgowns”. 😂 I had so many questions!

@amylyn722

4 ай бұрын

If it could be so easy!!

@emoonae

4 ай бұрын

There was more to the dress code than that, but the fact that they *specifically* called out leisure suits and ballgowns had me wondering 1) has anyone looked at this since the 70’s, and 2) how many times did someone wear a ballgown to work before someone said, “That’s it! No more ballgowns.”?

@BROUBoomer

4 ай бұрын

If you miss laundry day, a ball gown might be the only clean clothes left in your closet. Too bad if it's the husband's last choice. 🤣😂😆😁

@MaciandMicasMommy

3 ай бұрын

@@BROUBoomer Or, if you had a very loooooooong night. And didn’t have time to go home. (walk of shame).

@saallday294

3 ай бұрын

Seriously, all of these are rules at places that I have worked where we had enforcement and write ups. "You must wear pantyhose" "All visible tattoos much by covered" "No open toe shoes in the office" "No sex during work hours or at work location" "Hair must be natural color" "undershirts will be worn with all button-up shirts" "No jean material of any kind." "Never directly address the president with a concern"

i definitely tie my identity and self worth to my “job”…i’m retired, and it’s a full time position.

@gabriellawaldi

4 ай бұрын

that's what I strive for!! 😍🤣😂

@davidhamm5626

4 ай бұрын

Right on, I am going into my 4th year...

@MsDDutch

4 ай бұрын

I've been told that being a pensionado is a very busy "job".

@DerBingle1

4 ай бұрын

I hear you bro. I left the office at 50 and never looked back. YOLO!

Having to bring your own supplies or use your own cell phone for work are red flags.

@penguin12902

4 ай бұрын

Almost every company is going to require you to use your phone as an authenticator these days...but having to take calls or post your personal number for the company is a red flag.

@skb4055

4 ай бұрын

@@penguin12902, thanks for the clarification but I’m pretty sure most people got that implication.

@benjaminsorenson

4 ай бұрын

​@@penguin12902using your phone for authentication purposes is vastly different than using it as a work phone and in many cases you give the company the right to take your phone when you leave because of proprietary work stuff, etc. And when that's the case you should be provided by your job with a work phone.

@OkieDokie294

4 ай бұрын

I have an Authenticator, which is fine. But I’m not loading email or making it a published number. I do use it when working from home but I don’t need to make that many calls and they give us a stipend toward expenses like I ter et, phone, etc.

@brandonhealy7158

4 ай бұрын

Technically no if you work for the charity area like I do. But if you don’t work for charity then yeah probably that’s a red flag.

Years ago I was hired at a company that had an unlimited PTO policy. I took the job, and after a few months I decided to take one of those days off. I got my paycheck the following week and noticed I wasn't paid for the day off. I went to personnel and asked why I didn't get paid for the day. She told me, "Oh, you DO have unlimited days off. You just don't get paid for them." Make sure you are clear with your HR department on your benefits before you take a job.

@lb6253

4 ай бұрын

Oh that's terrible!!!

@bearswithglasses

4 ай бұрын

That's not unlimited PTO.

@Rickyboy707

4 ай бұрын

@@bearswithglasses No kidding.

@RanchHanded

4 ай бұрын

Whoa. I'd worked for a long time with many companies helping automate payroll policies (unfortunately, not all of them generous policies) but not a single one of them failed to understand that the P in PTO stands for "Paid". What a scam that company was running.

@Rickyboy707

4 ай бұрын

@@RanchHanded And it was a large company! That's probably why they went out of business. Luckily I was there less than a yer, got out before they closed, and found a much better job...with REAL PTO.

I'm a nurse in a hospital, as I listen to this I am writing a mental list of how so much has crossed over to hourly employees at Hospitals. This happened as hospitals were allowed to be run like corporations, despite being non profit. I love your perspective, and it really makes me reflect on so much of what I think of as stolen time.

@KarlH1980

3 ай бұрын

Non-Profit hospitals are most certainly for profit. Instead is profit going to "share holders" much of it goes into the bank accounts of senior execs and other people who don't actually work. Hospitals in much of the country are making 10-20 times the amount of money today than they did in 1990. The doctor's compensation has increased right along with it. Do you think the $$ nurses and other staff has increased like that? Think about that when some doctor talks down to you because they're getting ready to go on their 3rd intercontinental vacation of the year.

I worked at a place that had “optional” social events for team bonding. Game night (board games, sadly no video games), picnics, park gatherings; and when I was hired I was like ok, cool, I’m not a social butterfly, I spent 10hrs a day with these people, I am going home. 2 months later, I was ‘spoken to’ by management to find out why I wasn’t coming to their events. They were on weekends. Every other weekend. Like, no. I have other stuff to do on my time off. It became mandatory real quick. And I found another place to work just as quickly. Also had the lunch and learns, though we have to bring our own lunches. I now work contract in tech. I bill hourly. If they want me to come into the office, those 2 hrs commute get rolled into the bill. And after they find out that I can start work earlier in the day, and produce far more than when I’m constantly interrupted in an office, they’re all for working at home. Though I do realize I’m insanely lucky and privileged to have the opportunity to do this. Thank you for these videos, they remind me how much my time is actually worth.

@NighDarke

4 ай бұрын

Yeah a place I worked about 10 years ago tried pulling that stunt. They had these optional get togethers that when enough people weren't showing up they made mandatory. I still didn't go and when I was told I needed to show my ass up at the next one I asked is this paid, and they said no of course not, so I said then I'm not coming because I don't want to I've got other things to do. They said this is a mandatory company function so I said then it has to be paid under law you know that right? They never brought it up again.

@LeCharles07

4 ай бұрын

If something work related is mandatory they have to pay you for it. Should have started going then sued them for shorting your wages.

@Crk2784

4 ай бұрын

Tell me you worked in a mortgage office without telling me you worked in a mortgage office lol

@silver_crone

4 ай бұрын

@@Crk2784 lol gods, they do that there too? This was in a tech office. One of those 'we're innovating and expanding our minds, and hey we're all family here' kinda places. Soo many red flags.

@rolytnz

4 ай бұрын

"Madatory eh, do I get paid?", "No", "Then it's not mandatory".

Limited sick days are not conducive to chronic illness sufferers.

@jessicabaker1466

4 ай бұрын

Fmla helps with that. I know it's unpaid though. : /

@vannustube

4 ай бұрын

Limited sick days could be a way to filter out chronic illness sufferers. But also, use it to filter out employers. Find somewhere that treats employees as people, not automatons.

@Kayjayoh

4 ай бұрын

Chronic illnesses and also anyone with young kids.

@CrashSable

4 ай бұрын

If your chronic illness is so bad that you're an unreliable member of staff, then you should be considered unable to work due to disability

@tamerraeb2363

4 ай бұрын

@@Kayjayoh excellent point. Fmla helps at times but time consuming and giving alot of personal info to an employer.

I remember a few years ago I was going through a rough patch and fell back on a tried and true skill set as a restaurant server. One of my customers said "you're too smart to be a waitress, what are you doing here?" I replied "Waiting is what I DO it's not who I AM." It's very important to make the distinction between the activity and the identity.

@tommcdermott3233

4 ай бұрын

Stop lying to yourself.

@clmclachlan

4 ай бұрын

@@tommcdermott3233Putz.

A few years ago I retired from a job I had for over 30 years. I held different positions with different employers, but essentially, the same job. I was afraid to retire even while looking forward to it. After I left, I spent months in deep depression and felt tremendously lonely. I felt as if my whole self-worth had been tied to my job. I am totally better now but I so agree with you. . .don't let your life be your job, and don't let your job be your life!!

@FoxyfloofJumps

4 ай бұрын

This was probably reason #6 out of 10 for why my Mom fell apart after retiring.

@larkk7444

4 ай бұрын

I completely agree. I just left a job I had worked for six years and didn't even realize until I left how much my identity was wrapped up in that job. I'm slowly "finding myself" again, but wow--I never want to do that again!

@robhayes6121

3 ай бұрын

You work to Live, Not live to work.

BackToTheOffice is a pay cut. The transportation, the wardrobe, etc. Making people go back to the office is more about making sure employees are following the companies ESG social engineering schemes. Companies pay all sorts of lip service to environmental goals, and here they have a way to cut down on pollution, save water (as ppl don't bathe as much), and not use as much energy and they are doing everything they can to kill it. Deeds not words

@joeyspoor45

4 ай бұрын

I basic yes, I totally agree but based on multiple research we see that employees changes jobs more often, when they don't see collegues often (on work or with activities). So in my oppion there should be a balance

@FreedomIsMyReligion

4 ай бұрын

​@@joeyspoor45 who needs to see their colleagues?! I can't get to understand this neediness of some people. What is this deep need to socialize with work colleagues? If you are feeling lonely, get a hobby! Go play some sport, gym, dance classes etc. Forcing people back to the office because some people are socially depressed at their home is just selfish. I'm back 3 days a week in the office and, for pure for of protest, I don't socialize with anyone. I try my best to find a desk as far as possible from anyone, so I don't get bother.

@onawal931

4 ай бұрын

@@FreedomIsMyReligion I like the idea of being solely rated on my work. Not how much time I spend schmoozing ppl. I don't like offices politics. I like to work.

@penguin12902

4 ай бұрын

Just think how much money they save on TP, water, paper towel, and coffee with everyone working from home....

@onawal931

4 ай бұрын

@@penguin12902 A lot of this is about propping up the Central Business Districts. They have become ghost towns again.

I was already underpaid and had been working remotely for 8 years (more than half my tenure with the company). They forced us all back into the office but were not willing to increase my compensation to cover the major expenses I would have to be able to do that. i.e. a car, a wardrobe, and commuting expenses. I quit and am now working on getting a business of my own off the ground.

@Salicat99

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Good luck in your endeavors!

@barbarawarren9443

4 ай бұрын

I totally understand and agree with the super-plan.

@Doppiovetro

4 ай бұрын

Good luck mate!

@fmcg5364

4 ай бұрын

Good Luck to you

@eb9844

4 ай бұрын

Heck. You should also include your lunches in those expenses. Like really?!? (Fill in sarcasm)

The biggest work place con is smokers going out to smoke. Those that don’t smoke keep working and are forced to pick up the slack while their work colleagues are out smoking.

@MarshaLove0723

3 ай бұрын

I too thought it was unfair that the smokers got hourly breaks. MANY years ago I got 'talked to' 🙄 because I bought candy cigarettes and took smoke breaks, just like the smokers. Apparently, it wasn't allowed for me since I didn't have an actual NEED for a nicotine hit.

@bowenmadden6122

2 ай бұрын

Hmm next time my smoking coworkers go out for an hour or more to smoke & come back, I should take an equally lengthy break to un-smoke/find fresh air because I am allergic to the sidesmoke & gunky residue that they introduce into the office I'm otherwise stuck in.

@priscillamoore5736

Ай бұрын

My dad was in the Navy (Korean War) and told me that some guys actually took up smoking so they'd get their breaks.

"Voluntold" gosh, that word crawls under my skin!!!

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

Oh, and when they say it with that cringe smile, as though YOU won a prize. Gross.

Excellent video!! I worked in corporate America for a couple of decades and have a few pet peeves. I can't stand it when a company refers to employees as "family". That is such a load of crap. Translated it means that the employee should think of the company as part of their family and sacrifice for the family good, but there doesn't need to be any reciprocity. You are no longer family when they need to cut costs and do layoffs. Another pet peeve is when companies don't pay someone a sufficient salary for their job or expertise, then pay the next person they hire that same higher salary. Seems like it would be better just to pay employees what they are worth rather than going through the expense and time to replace them with someone who will get the higher salary that the original employee deserved.

@HLB512

4 ай бұрын

the family thing makes me cringe....or team building exercises, beyond cringe

@latmcb9863

4 ай бұрын

@@HLB512 Yes - team building exercises are awful!! All they ever do is make people irritated that they have to pretend to be having a great time, when everyone is really just annoyed that their work is piling up while they are putting on a show for the boss.

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

They say you are family to emotionally and psychologically manipulate. They want you to go above and beyond for the job, make sacrifices as you would for your family BUT there is no reciprocity. You give. They take. Family.

When I worked for IBM the sick time policy was " we are adults, you know when you are sick, let your manager know and get better". They found fewer sick days were taken than when they had a set number of days per employee. When I worked for SPSS the dress code set by the CEO was "if you didn't get arrested on your way to work for how you are dressed, you meet the dress code"

@pantherman8719

4 ай бұрын

That last part. Wtf? 😂

@walterstarr1588

4 ай бұрын

@@pantherman8719 I typed it on a phone and autocorrect took over.

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@walterstarr1588

3 ай бұрын

@@pantherman8719 Edited as I was on a phone when I initially entered it

@raynaysride

3 ай бұрын

The last part is REALLLLY funny 😂🤣✌️🙏

I landed a job that feels like the jackpot in terms of what you’ve described. Im off to the office today as we do 1 day in and 4 days at home. Dress code - as long as it’s not offensive. I’m in tracksuit bottoms and t-shirt. They’re super supportive as I had suspected I was on the spectrum, as few people had mentioned it. They assessed me and agreed. (Just awaiting doctors confirming) but since then I’ve had adaptations to my workspace in the office and at home. They used to offer a bonus to us but everyone was hitting it each month they decided to just make it part of the wage. Every 4 weeks they put on lunch and get food for those with allergies and no, not to get ppl to go to a meeting. My first manager used to tell me off for being at my desk too long and to go have a walk and get a drink! If I wanted to I could work 30 mins extra each day this week and then take it back 2 weeks later. If you do attend anything extra over lunch, you either take lunch after or finish early. When we had the really cold winter recently, for 6 months they gave everyone an extra £150 a month to help with bills.

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

Wow, that is awesome! Congrats on landing a job with what sounds like, a good company. Blessings.

@gelatinouscube6346

3 ай бұрын

Was it RELEX?

@kathleen88863

3 ай бұрын

Wow. Lucky for you!

My company has "Responsible PTO" that starts after 1 year of work which is like unlimited PTO but much better. They clearly define the guidelines (no more than 10 days in a row, 2 weeks of black-out for requests each year for our busiest weeks) but basically take the stance of "as long as your work is getting done take whatever time you need". I love it so much. First job I've ever had where I'm not terrified of getting sick.

My wife was forced back to the office in mid 2022. Her position does not require face-to-face work and her old office had been repurposed so there was no place to return to, and she ended up in a basement cubical farm. It would have been so much more efficient if her unit had been allowed to remain remote.

@paulheydarian1281

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully, she quit and found a better job.

Team Building exercises that happen outside of work hours - just dont do this.

@swankeepers

4 ай бұрын

I have been asked many times in my career why I never pursued middle- to upper-management positions, as I clearly had the aptitude for it. My answers were: 1. because in a RIF situation, middle mgmt is the first ones to go 2. because I saw too many decent humans have their soul eaten out of them on their way up the ladder, with "breakfast meetings", "dinner meetings" and "weekend retreats". Being 1st-line management always kept me close to the action, and I even abandoned that for "senior SME" after many years.

@abel6846

2 ай бұрын

I have no problem with hanging out with my colleagues after work every once in a while. As soon as the bosses want to add ANY activity, I’m out. Also a huge no-no for me is doing volunteer work for an ngo, so the company can count that towards their ESG score. Nope, not happening.

@dovie2blue

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah and NEVER give suggestions when asked by management. You'll be fired in a week

I worked for a large company that partnered with a large national charity. I had to attend as my boss volunteered me. The executives were trying to make all employees to participate. They weren't expecting my anger. I stood up and told them they were in lawsuit territory. My boss knew why I felt the way I did. My charitable donations were already planned. If they were to force the issue, I would be contacting the employment board. I was the only one in the room who wasn't pulling high six figures. they got bonuses for the dollar goals. They didn't have the right to take money from me to make those goals. The good part was I never needed to sit through those insufferable meetings as my boss stopped asking me to participate. I believe in the power of charitable donations, but I won't have it dictated the dollars donated.

@Entbark

4 ай бұрын

I don't understand anything you said here. Like there is no cohesion between each sentence. Is there missing context?

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

​​@@EntbarkShe was being coerced to make a charitable donation for a specific amount.

@dovie2blue

2 ай бұрын

​@@EntbarkThe execs were trying to make employees volunteer with a charity they had partnered with. You don't get to force people to volunteer their free time.

@Entbark

2 ай бұрын

Can someone explain to me (maybe step by step) what she said like I were 10 years old? It just does not make any sense to me, and I swear I am trying very hard to make sense of it.

I work in HR, and the policies regarding sick time I've worked with are that if you use it up, then any other time you need off will be charged to vacation. If you have no vacation time, then you either come in sick or rely on FMLA, start a disability claim, or request an unpaid leave of absence. It sucks. I'm also seeing more combined PTO packages that say you can use your time however you like, but the accruals are terrible and the max number of total PTO you can accrue within a year is up to 7-10 days (for vacation, sick, personal, etc.).

After I left the US Army and decided to stay in Germany, I started to work in the German economy. I will never work in the US ever again! It is so much better over here.

@Soapy-chan

3 ай бұрын

glad you like it here

@lisawallace3124

3 ай бұрын

hope you're liking that 52% income tax and 17% sales tax!

@Soapy-chan

3 ай бұрын

@@lisawallace3124 lol how can someone like these when the values are wrong?

@sphaera177

3 ай бұрын

@@lisawallace3124you mean 19% sales tax… 🫣

@lisawallace3124

3 ай бұрын

@@sphaera177 last I knew for sure was 17% VAT, you're info may be newer than mine!

Salaried companies can be worse with time off/lunch time meetings. I block out an hour a day for lunch. And if meetings intrude, I start late or end an hour earlier the following day. My salary is based on a 40 work week and that’s all they’re getting. Over the years I’ve heard ‘bonus’ thrown around as justification for extra hours, but as it’s not stipulated in any agreements, fork that.

Totally agree with your points, even the controversial bonus one. Employment laws in the US are horrendous compared to the rest of the 1st World. In my opinion as an HR professional, said laws exist solely to protect and benefit the company.

Only ONE of the companies I worked at, and this was a LONG time ago offered a "double paid" vacation. They paid you your full vacation pay when you started the time off, then when you returned you had regular paychecks waiting for the time you were off. VERY loyal and happy employees !!

@cgyang

4 ай бұрын

This is a great idea. I imagine it got rid of some of the lull after vacation ended. Also allows come cushion or spending money for those that have difficulty saving up. Obviously, it's more common for people to dread coming back to work after vacation.

In the UK after 7 days off work ill we have to present a "Fit Note" from a doctor to declare that you are now fit to work. "Healthcare professionals issue fit notes to people to provide evidence of the advice they have given about their fitness for work. They record details of the functional effects of their patient’s condition so the patient and their employer can consider ways to help them return to work." ...... complete opposite to USA and Canada from what I can tell.

@travelwell6049

4 ай бұрын

Yep and in my case I received full pay for four weeks off recently, and since I couldn't get a doctor's appointment (two hours on hold and all the appointments gone), the doctor just signed me off for two weeks without seeing or speaking to me, and I gave the receptionist pretty limited information.

@freetipuk

4 ай бұрын

@@travelwell6049 Nice - I get up to 6 months off sick on full pay and the next 6 months on 1/2 pay... then statutory after that. :-)

@IanFBNS

4 ай бұрын

to be clear, in the UK an employer *can* do this - but a decent employer won't, instead relying on the more grown up "treat your staff like adults".

@jimgardner5129

4 ай бұрын

In Canada workers are the bad guys. Covid was the exception but we're expected to provide a doctor's note if we miss more than two days of work in a row due to illness. Good luck getting a doctor's note in this country. 12 hours or more of one of those days will be spent in ER waiting for a doctor to see you. This country is so effed up. So many doctors now don't even speak English as a first language. Being comfortable with your health service provider is now a thing of the past. Our PM Turdeau is likely comfortable with his though. I keep praying for death but it doesn't come.

@turkeytrac1

4 ай бұрын

​@jimgardner5129 wow, talk about going off the rails. You're right, in our country of Canada, workers get dumped on. But your comments about Dr is off base, and quite racist. And the issues around workers rights ( mostly the province's jurisdiction) and if you bothered to step up and organize to be union represented, would have more push back. And no, it's not JT issue, the issue has been around for far longer. You need to do better.

One of the accidental benefits of covid is that lots of people have been able to see their work in a new light. This goes to your point about disentangling our identity from our work. Working is an important part of being human, so we can’t underplay it. But we live in a culture where our careers have become our gods. That is messed up. So I love the message that you are so much more than your job. Bravo!

I love how you have a number of sick days. I have to get a doctors note EVERY time i am sick. It is tedious and makes you drag yourself out even though all you need is rest. Beautiful.

@virolana

3 ай бұрын

It also means "you've used your 5 days sick leave and you have cancer? tough luck: work, don't get paid or you're fired!".

@Soapy-chan

3 ай бұрын

and you make others sick by just being outside and lengthen your healing process

I have a story about company coffee funds. The person who ordered coffee upgraded our bog-standard filter coffee machine to a pod coffee machine. Sounds great, right? Well, because it was more expensive, we now had a "coffee fund" that everyone who used the new machine was meant to use. I had always brought my own coffee from home. She harassed me with increasing anger to pay into the coffee fund, cornering me when I picked up my lunch (also from home) stored in the fridge, following me up the stairs, etc. She did this until two higher level managers finally confronted her and told her to stop bothering me or face a write up to our (very dysfunctional) HR. Grateful for my managers at that place, but it's turned me off ever taking coffee or anything consumed on an individual basis from so-called communal resources.

@demondogmom7221

4 ай бұрын

I don't drink coffee..hate the smell. My first IT job had one of the commercial drip makers you had to fill up in the sink and measure the grounds. Because I got in early, I'd fill it with water and turn it on to warm up. I had a manager demand that I make coffee in the morning...I explained I didn't drink it and had no clue how to make it. He insisted, so I did. Let's just say they quickly decided I shouldn't make coffee.

@BobBeatski71

4 ай бұрын

I work with a group of nice people, but they are work colleagues, not friends. I have my mug, my spoon, my coffee and my sugar all at my desk. I am not interested in any coffee machine co-share.

@priscillamoore5736

Ай бұрын

​@@demondogmom7221- Hehehehehehe LOL

Unlimited pto totally was a scam for me. Every time i needed off including for immediate family funeral i was told i was unreliable. Definitely worked somewhere they would always buy everyone lunch to keep them in the building. If you took your lunch break you were looked at sideways and treated bad because of it

1:54 There was a sandwich factory in my hometown (in the UK) that kept having massive covid outbreaks and it was mainly due to the fact that they had limited sick days. So if someone felt well enough to work, they would go in, despite being highly contagious. Some needed to save their sick days for if they did start to feel unwell, and others had already used their quota for the year. Any additional days would have been unpaid and it's a minimum wage job, so you can't exactly afford to go without pay.

You've been in my feed for a while now, and you're entertaining, so I'watched a number of your shorts. Guess I'm very European, Nordic even, or worse still, Norwegian. There are simply very few of your episodes that would not have ended with me suggesting some very difficult but potentially rewarding gymnastic excercises, or perhaps suggesting some, ehh, overly clement holiday destinations to my boss. I thank everyone before me for a history of labour union work, It's been a struggle, a fight, a war at times, people have died for the rights we currently have.

I love your shorts that keep invading my feed, so I've subbed. I've spent so much time trying to educate workers I know as to their contractual rights and the need to stand on them. Thank you.

In Finland we get that vacation pay. 50% more (in some fields). There is a historical reason for it. In the 1960's and 1970's there were a lot more jobs to be filled than what was the work force. So often times people went to the Summer holiday and then never went back. They had found a new job while on vacation. So the unions made a deal that when you go to a vacation you get an extra salary, but you only get that if you return from the holiday to the same workplace. Genius, I know. So now the times have changed, but that extra salary has remained. You will get 25% extra salary when you go to a vacation and 25% extra when you return. Taking vacation is almost mandatory In Finland so in here this is not really to make people to take those vacation days. This was first introduced in 1971 so I have only a little bit information on how it happened. I was not even born back then.

Bonuses are a joke, because, you hit it right on the head, employers use it as an excuse not to pay you more, or what you are worth.

@kevinarmstrong5999

4 ай бұрын

Carrot dangling

@jmr9735

4 ай бұрын

They're definitely a joke where I work because everyone gets the same %, even the employees that suck. That doesn't exactly inspire the rest of the team to go above and beyond for the company.

@rgl_motorsports

4 ай бұрын

Employers also find the smallest excuses to not give you a bonus. One manufacturing job I had, your bonus was affected by other people. Somebody in your dept got injured, your bonus was cut 25%. Somebody else in your dept was tardy, your bonus was cut 10%. And the list goes on.

@pantherman8719

4 ай бұрын

​@@jmr9735going above and beyond is good but bad because they just pile more work. And if bad employees get the same raise, then hell no. Don't do shit else.

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

The same with merit. You basically have to work far more than you are being paid, only to then hold your breath and hope they find you worthy enough for a merit increase.

Oh wow. You’re shining light on some dark, generally accepted, corp practices. Love the skits you do on YT shorts. They bring up so many icky memories. I don’t think I had a vacation where I didn’t kill a day on my laptop dealing with an “emergency”. Or, missed time with friends due to a last minute “deadline” an unorganized “leader” suddenly dropped on the team. Sadly it’s a generally accepted practice. People tend to discuss pushing through these situations in a light of “getting the job done”. It’s not that…. You’re being taken advantage of, and you’re making someone way more money than you’re being compensated for. I could go on for hours…. Keep on shining your bright light on these dark practices.

IMO, forcing people back to the office is almost a guarantee a company's best & brightest will be on the hunt for new employment. When a person has proven their ability to meet and excel at their responsibilities in a WFH setting, forcing them to spend money and _time_ commuting, especially four / five days a week, is near insanity. For most of us, WFH is such a quality of life improvement that whatever real of perceived benefit to the organization of coming in, their most capable folks are likely to seek other employment. They know a) their own worth and b) the impact on themselves and their families. We care more about ourselves than our employer. At 75, I'm familiar with the corporate setting and not a member of the so-called 'entitled younger generation(s)'. The company has a 10 year lease on thousands of square feet downtown, uptown or anywhere relatively far from my home? I've made my numbers and more? I'll commute as long as it takes to find something better, then you lose my contribution entirely. Possibly to a competitor. I promise my younger compatriots: No one, in their old age, is going to say "Damn, I should have commuted more."

@MP-ej9pw

4 ай бұрын

My workplace has decided to downsize the physical footprint of the building space needed and making as many positions remote as they can. My boss has taken advantage and moved to another state.

@ozboomer_au

4 ай бұрын

I'll mention this here... as another (2 year) retired person... A downside for an 'ordinary working person' of working from home is that it can demonstrate to the 'pointy headed bosses' that your skills and output are not that 'special' and your position can be 'offshored'... whether it's programing/system management, engineering, accounting, etc... If you show you can do the job remotely, you also show your twit boss can likely find someone else to work the same way.. but cheaper... and there goes your job.

@lisaleone2296

4 ай бұрын

For most of us, yes. I think bringing people back to the office should be based on an individual assessment of their duties and productivity. 1) Do they have everything they need at home? Someone with spotty internet at home or lacking equipment should probably come back to the office. 2) Does their job require interacting with others who are in the office? Hybrid may be better than full remote. 3) Are they responsive during work hours? If you have a hard time reaching them, maybe being on their own isn't such a good idea.

Lower level jobs: NO sick days--I worked for a place once that would even count a sick day against you if they sent you home vomiting! Went into Dollar Tree this weekend. Someone called in sick and I heard a conversation between the lone worker and a customer on my way out. Customer said "I could never do that to someone" (leave them short-staffed) and worker said "I'd come in even if I was throwing up and felt like dying." I understand the mentality, but no one wants to work with or receive customer care from someone with the plague! In-Home Training! Unpaid training for your job. Voluntary, of course, but with promises that it makes you more promotable, etc (which is a lie, btw). Mandatory Community Service Hours. Unpaid, but also you can only do the community service when and where they want you to so, if it doesn't line up for the plans you had for your days off, tough!

@fmcg5364

4 ай бұрын

If you're sick you're sick, they should be able to stay home, as a customer I don't appreciate that at all

There are _way_ too many entry level jobs that require a flippin' bachelor's degree these days. And as someone who doesn't have one of those degrees, it really corks me off. In some instances I _have_ performed those tasks in some capacity or can learn them easily. In one case, someone I as already employed by for some other position needed someone to fill-in a specific office role during a turnover that ended up lasting _months;_ and they had no problem with me "filling in," but after they had hired someone and no longer needed me in that temporary capacity, and then a few months later were looking to hire someone whose responsibilities amounted to exactly what I had been doing for them earlier that year, suddenly I wasn't as qualified as other person off the street - someone who ended up not even staying a full year. And the next time the position was filled, the position wasn't even posted, just suddenly I'm being introduced to the new person. Not only that, so often when a job posting has that requirement, it's not for a specific degree, which I think is the greatest level of BS. So many people I've talked to who have gotten a bachelor's degree have said how what they actually do has nothing to do with what they went to school for. Like, it doesn't even seem to matter anymore what you major to an overwhelming degree, pardon the pun; so long as you can say you have a bachelor's degree. Some fields are still area specific, of course, but far too many don't care what the actual background is; and it's ridiculous.

@Jojok103

4 ай бұрын

I knew BA that had a degree in mining, lol He got a job we could all do, not related to mining because he had a degree. 😂

@jimgardner5129

4 ай бұрын

Isn't it lovely being abused by the workplace?

@bngr_bngr

4 ай бұрын

What are you going to do about it. You just will be shut off from those jobs.

@stargazer1682

4 ай бұрын

@@bngr_bngr I'm trying to make a damn living; that's what I'm doing. If you're passive aggressively suggesting I should try to go back to school, you can fuck right off. I don't have time or the money, and no way in hell am I taking on that kind of debt; least all of for jobs I can already do. Especially when at this point having a degree doesn't actually guarantee you a decent job either. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. I'm not going to work into my 70s just to pay off student loans.

@stargazer1682

4 ай бұрын

@@bngr_bngr I'm trying to make a damn living; that's what I'm doing. If you're passive aggressively suggesting I should try to go back to school, you can f*ck right off. I don't have time or the money, and no way in hell am I taking on that kind of debt; least all of for jobs I can already do. Especially when at this point having a degree doesn't actually guarantee you a decent job either. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. I'm not going to work into my 70s just to pay off student loans.

Great analysis! It shows a lot of wisdom in the work environment. The discussion of those topics is so important in these times. But the best one was at the end: “You are so much more than your job; your work is what you do; it is not what you are!” My generation fell into that trap, and I sincerely hope that the next generation doesn't.

Great topic. I love your content. Whenever your manager quotes "policy" as the only reason given for some directive, that is corporate-speak for "I have no idea why I am enforcing this otherwise arbitrary rule."

@stluanne

4 ай бұрын

My dad had a poster in his little home office that said, "Reason? There's no reason! It's company policy!"

@davidkermes376

3 ай бұрын

that, or he knows it's unfair or illegal.

Pre-Covid, my company offered Lunch and Learn sessions. I was personally fine with it but I definitely understand why some aren't. Since Covid, the lunch part only applies to people who are in the office. Those of us who work remote don't get the benefit of free food. So why would I give up my personal time for nothing. Also at my current company, we have committees you can join. My first boss at the company treated them as volunteer committees, expecting us to work on them on our own personal time. His boss smacked him down hard for that, telling him that anyone who joins a committee is expected to be given accommodations to do committee work on company (paid) time.

@susanmorgan8833

4 ай бұрын

If you work remote (as I did prior to retirement), why is your lunch break still dictated by the office? Take it after the meeting.

@susanmorgan8833

4 ай бұрын

If you are not in the office, you should attend the meeting, take your lunch break after the meeting, and stop whining.

@avssmith1

3 ай бұрын

I never considered not taking my lunch time before or after. I just assumed that it's called lunch and learn to acknowledge the awkward timing and that it's OK to eat during the meeting. My husband has a lot of meetings at noon because it's a transition time for his job when you can get a lot of people from different departments. I assume he just eats before or after.

Company I work at with around 8-9M USD annual revenue (3-4% of which is reliably profit): Coffee-machine that gives us free coffee, free espresso, free 9 other variations of coffee and hot chocolate at the push of a button. I can not even imagine a modern workplace where coffee isn't completely automated. We have two dozen people at my company and we're even considering getting a SECOND coffee machine.

I appreciate your comments in each of your videos. They are spot on. I especially liked this vid on scams and red flags. I have been in the workforce for a while and have been in HR, and company leadership. You are right on. I have had to carry the message on some of these items that you talk about - knowing they were not the right way to go - knowing that the policy or behaviors were alienating employees, etc. So, yes, I was part of the problem too. No longer. I've finally left. Keep up the GREAT videos!

Yeah, the sick day thing is absolute insanity. My previous job had a policy where if you "demonstrated a pattern of abuse" with sick leave they could mark you as absent without leave and not pay you for sick time you used unless you provided documentation that you were receiving medical care (basically you had to get a note from a doctor for all the time you were out). One of the things written in the policy that they counted as a pattern of abuse? Using more than four sick days in a *six-month period.* Not four consecutive days! Any four days, period, within that time frame. I get occasional migraines that I simply have to medicate for and rest until they go away. One day I was out with one of those. Two weeks later, I took a family member that I lived with to an outpatient procedure (sick-family time), I had a regular annual checkup scheduled doctor's appointment two months after that. And three weeks later I was out on a Wednesday with a very bad cold. When I called out again that Thursday, I was sent a letter noting each of the five days and told that I would be marked AWOL for the Thursday I had just called in unless I provided documentation for each of those instances that I was out. Talk about literally punishing people just for being alive. P.S.: The migraine thing? That is a documented persistent medical condition for which I had FMLA paperwork on file and told the timekeeper to mark it as such. They didn't, and that's what got it added to the list for a doctor's note.

THIS! I have had many bosses and worked for more than 20 different companies so far, and I've worked myself up the corporate ladder many times. All of this is true. You need to remember this when you go to a job interview, and try to keep the corporate abuse away. The job interview is the only moment in which anyone will care about your job conditions. After that, your only option for negotiation is asking for favors or getting a new job. It is scary, but necessary. Remember why you are looking for a job: to have a better quality of life? to pay the bills? to support a specific future for your self? Keeping this in mind will help you negotiate based on solid ground and not just a whim. Thank you for this video, bc if we all care about this we can stop the abuse.

@hheidita11

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I really needed this. I think it's really important to focus on the hiring manager and what kind of person they are during the interview. Know that what they are showing is the way they will behave in other team meetings. If you find the language or tone cringey, dull, not logical, too loud or soft, repetitive...etc. know that this might start getting under your skin with time

@artifundio1

4 ай бұрын

@@hheidita11 Very true! It gets tricky when the one interviewing you is an HR person who has absolutely no clue of the job you've done or will do. In that case, I'll recommend short straight answers the they can write in their notes. Long answers require for this person to turn your words into smaller answers, and the chances they are going to mess it up are high.

I work for a golf club manufacturer. When I was hired, the dress code was Casual - jeans/shorts were perfectly acceptable. Several years passed, and the company was purchased by one that makes board shorts (skateboarding/surfing). As soon as the deal was done, the Dress code switched to Dress Casual. We never understood that... Now I work remotely and can wear basically whatever I want 😁

The mandatory degrees requirement for entry level positions is something that always struck me as being stupid. Growing up, my Boomer parents told me, repeatedly, that if I didn't have at least some kind of degree that I'd be "waiting tables or digging ditches the rest of my life". As a result I went into college with no idea of what I wanted to do, spent three whole years figuring that out at tremendous expense, and only in my last two years did I finally get serious and finish up. I went into the programming world thinking you had to be some kind of mathematical savant that also had an intimate knowledge of hardware engineering. In reality, I am confident I could teach any reasonably intelligent, dedicated person, even still in High School, to do entry-level work in under three months (and I wouldn't charge them as much as a mortgage on a new house for the privilege, either). Furthermore, in my nearly twenty years of experience, I can count on one hand the number of times I actually used something I learned in college during my career. So college sucks at teaching people how to do their job, too. Really, unless you are in some field that requires a tremendous amount of highly specialized, highly technical baseline knowledge (Law, Medicine, Engineering, etc) I don't see any need for a degree beyond getting one purely for one's own edification (and who, outside of trustfund babies, does that anymore?).

Hey, I always say, "When you're telling the truth, there isn't any negativity. Just about everything you said I completely agree with. Thank you for your honesty.

oh wait these are my favorite phrases from the hiring manager or recruiter - hit the ground running, the team is very busy, we need you to start ASAP

@anyichibuogwu9086

4 ай бұрын

“We need a team player” has become my least favorite new one cuz if tends to mean “we want you to pick up slack for other peoples mess but also pay you the same”

@RicardoSantos-oz3uj

3 ай бұрын

@@anyichibuogwu9086 Team player = You are getting screwed.

@ieva_kis2152

2 ай бұрын

The word ASAP always ticks me off. Mostly because 99% of the time it's used on something that is not urgent and is a waste of your productivity as you drop your super important task to evaluate if this is more urgent and have to respond to that instantly. 😢 From time to time I started ignoring those and now every time I get myself tagged on those and with a bunch of alert emoji that everyone sees... The importance of those tasks still hasn't changed.

PTO that includes sick and vacation bundled - but does not give you enough days (like 3 weeks or less) is a scam straight up.

@avalerie4467

4 ай бұрын

It is all i have ever known working in corporate America for 40+ years. Never knew other businesses offered more than 2 weeks ( 3 after 5 yrs, 4 after 10 yrs service) and 1 week sick for paid Personal Time Off. I always thought it was okay. The 11 paid federal holidays and the 104 days of weekends, in addition to 3-4 weeks PTO always seemed to give me enough time off. Ah well I work for myself now and have zero paid time off. I kinda miss it.

@4fsake2024

4 ай бұрын

Just quit a company whose PTO/annual sick time was 5 days/year. The US required employers to give 5 sick days/year. So basically they didn't give any PTO. This was just the start of their BS policies. One of the most toxic places I've ever worked.

@marisahaines3594

4 ай бұрын

I remember one company that was really bogged off I took an unpaid personal day on the day after Christmas, since Christmas was on a Thursday and they didn't give Christmas Eve off. This was a small office & the others in the office said they planned to work. I used the time to travel to another state see my ill mother but was still reprimanded for taking a day off.

@marisahaines3594

4 ай бұрын

They had one of those unlimited PTO policies.

@stluanne

4 ай бұрын

I disagree. I worked during the "X number of sick days, Y number of vacation days, Z number of personal days" era. When I first experienced PTO, the company combined all of that into Paid Time Off. No doctors notes. No excuses needed. You could take as little as 2 hours of PTO or all of it at one time if you could be spared. I loved it.

That was great. I have seen many of your shorts and have found them useful. This is the first full length video I have watched and I really enjoyed it and think it has a lot of useful content.

We have 4-6 weeks of vacation time (company sets aside 10-12% of your pay for vacation pay) and everything over the set amount of overtime has to be paid by at least 40% extra, and often you can take it out in Flexi time/avspasering which just means that you can adjust your hours or take a day of to stay within those 162hrs per month. Also by law you can demand to have 3 of those vacation weeks connecting between may-sept. We have 4x3 days of paid sick days for self notice, and employer paid 16 first days of sick leave from doctor and then social security takes over after. We do have some issues, like with back to office even if you want to be doing home office. And keeping home and work separate for some sectors/workplaces. We're not perfect, but in comparison we are pretty well off.

The McDonald's up the street from me had a requirement for a little while: in order to be hired to flip burgers, you had to provide proof of a college degree or proof that you were in college. It didn't last long as a requirement. I worked for a company that advertised great holiday bonuses in the onboarding, but based those bonuses on an annual review performed by a manager whose rating of everybody was a 3 out of 5 -- because he EXPECTED you to be amazing. So if you WERE amazing, you were "meeting expectations". There was literally no way to "exceed expectations" and attain the proffered bonuses.

@sneauxone

4 ай бұрын

Guess what? That's the same way you're treated while working in IT and business at Fortune 500 companies.

@sarahrosen4985

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I have a friend /ex-coworker very senior programmer at a new company who got “so what, we expect you to be exceptional at this point “ on his yearly review. Just meets expectations.

@stluanne

4 ай бұрын

I would be willing to bet that your manager had been told by higher-ups that s/he was only allowed to give X number of 5s and no more than Y number of 4s, etc. My husband was driven nearly insane by that when he was a director at AT&T. He would work very hard to build a really great team and when review time came around he couldn't recognize all of them as they should have been recognized. It's part of the reason he retired from a job he actually really liked.

Mandatory political donations, as in: "I made a donation in your name to my pet political cause, but while I take any tax write-off you will be taking that amount of money and add it to your income for the year and pay the required taxes on it". Yeah, I left that job.

@acebulf

4 ай бұрын

That's just tax fraud

@YouTubeUserCMXVIICDI

4 ай бұрын

@@acebulf And wage theft. And if it's political, it's also a violation of election finance laws.

@annearly3200

4 ай бұрын

That's why when grocery stores ask you to round up. They donate money in their name and get tax breaks

@KevboKev

4 ай бұрын

The Human Fund

@mpmitton8377

4 ай бұрын

Political contributions are not tax deductible, but I object to companies making any political contributions on my "behalf".

You are on point and insightful as usual! Love your hilarious shorts!

You might like this one. The policy manual at my workplace specifically said no blue jeans. I started wearing black jeans and after a few times I was warned about wearing jeans. I told them they were black and what the policy stated. They mistakenly said that no jeans were allowed. I pulled out the policy and lo and behold all was well. Many more employees started wearing jeans of different colours. Management ended up with egg on their face.

The dress code one - You never worked in the offices I did (Chicago). People love to push the limits and when they’re called out, they will claim you’re suppressing their creativity! When that doesn’t work, they claim discrimination. Not sure how it’s discriminatory, but I witnessed that several times. I wish adults could be trusted to dress appropriately, but we’re living in times where pajamas, sports bras and leggings are mainstream public wear.

@chairrider2462

3 ай бұрын

LOL. Come in dressed like a Wal Mart customer!

My last job basically told me that my vacation days were my sick days after I ended up using my 5 -.-

@elizepol1

4 ай бұрын

Same with me except we also can choose to take unpaid days off when sick

@onawal931

4 ай бұрын

Yes, we had an ice storm that lasted a week and took out the power. Afterward we were told we were going to be docked sick days for the time off. Never mind the first day of the outage they made us come in and just sit there in the dark till 1PM "in case the lights came back on."

@Pearl-_Perla

4 ай бұрын

HORRIBLE!!! ​@@onawal931

@maritzasylvia

4 ай бұрын

@fantaguyrealidiot alert ‼️

@mmps18

4 ай бұрын

Happened at my last job too.

I will say I work for a company with great benefits when it comes to sick time. I’ve got Crohn’s Disease and have had to have major surgery over the past few years. Thankfully, while my company does have “limited” sick / care days (10 per year) but after the first five consecutive days, I go onto short term disability paid by the company for up to 12 weeks. I didn’t know we had these policies when I started but they have literally been a life saver for me with a chronic condition.

You are always so on point with your perspective, insights, and suggestions for setting boundaries. So many of the things you mentioned in this video are things I have seriously looked at when I have interviewed for jobs. A company’s policies and how they handle questions about these things are always super interesting. The positive spin a company can put on “unlimited PTO” or “this role has up to a 15% bonus” is hilarious. A person should never ever plan on a bonus being part of their income/salary. A company can change/adjust or get rid of a bonus policy at any time. I worked for a company that implemented a great bonus policy for one year, decided it was too expensive, and then got rid of it. Always make decisions about accepting a job based on the base salary being offered, and other benefits offered. I always ask for the company’s history for average salary increases for the previous three years and if they provide dedicated budget for training and development. If they won’t share these things, or if they don’t want to put it in writing in an offer letter, then I definitely walk away.

We get a designated volunteer time off which I think is really cool. So we can still go volunteer for things we want to on a work day, and get it as a "volunteer day" and still get paid

Going back to the office is all about real estate. We built our country around cities and tall buildings. These buildings stood empty over Covid and now they need to get people back to them to justify having them. Most companies can not afford to get out of the lease contract they are in, so that is why they push us to go back.

@stelity

3 ай бұрын

That doesn't make sense. They have to pay for the rent whether people return to the office. Most people would understand why offices are empty and people prefer to work from home.

@MarshaLove0723

3 ай бұрын

Not just their own real estate but the surrounding business that used to benefit from the workers in those buildings visiting at lunch and before/after work. I get it, but I still don't like the 'force' back to offices - especially for the full week without much flexibility.

@stelity

3 ай бұрын

@@MarshaLove0723 That still doesn't make sense. Why would my company want me to go back to office and help the surrounding businesses? That won't benefit my company at all.

@MarshaLove0723

3 ай бұрын

@@stelity Because the companies, especially larger ones, often get tax breaks or other perks from the city to get more butts in those building office chairs. They will use buzz words like 'team collaboration' to try to justify the forced togetherness, but it is usually city/state perks.

Well said and I think your spot on with these observations. TY for the reality check and for the humorous ways you find to present some of these scenarios.

In my first job with a top 4 consulting company (30 years ago) * co-worker got sent home to change because he wore a blue shirt instead of a white shirt with his suit * I had to talk to my boss's boss's boss (partner in the firm) when I was a 24 new hire because I didn't want to contribute to the United Way office drive. Just didn't like being forced to give to a company charity.

@davidkermes376

3 ай бұрын

united way is a ripoff. our city manager tried to make it "voluntarily compulsory." when our police department found out how many anti-police groups were getting money from them we got ALL the employees to pull out!

My husband works for an entity downtown of a major city. He was 100% remote during the pandemic, and his company was one of the last to bring workers back to the office. The reason the company went to a hybrid (three days a week; my husband works half-days downtown and the rest of the time at home) was because there were many smaller companies downtown that were suffering from the lack of a workforce coming into downtown and threatened to cease to do business with my husband's employer.

@onawal931

4 ай бұрын

Yep. Pressure from the Chamber, pressure from local govts.

@GuiSmith

4 ай бұрын

They demanded that employees must consume their products and services? Yikes.

@ak5659

4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, but that's not my problem.

@Fossil_Frank

3 ай бұрын

My team had a similiar situation. We refused to come back, as did most of the key staff. The company had to cave in, cancel their lease on the high-rise office, get a smaller one further away and run it on a hot-desk basis, for those that sometimes want or need to be physically present. It's pretty neat. Has the added benefit of all the parking space you could want, since hardly anyone actually turns up on any given day. The company also pays less rent, though I hear the bosses are still grumpy about all the lost "prestige". How tragic for them.

I just had a job where the supervisor was the one who had been the one doing the job I thought I was hired for. She was not interested in me taking over that role as she would tell me "asking anything any time", but I would get go look it up, or "you just do this", or "I don't want to overwhelm you". I got fired for being "negative". Ridiculous. If anyone tells you "you JUST..." Run.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. For years, I've had to endure coffee funds, bad management, and horrible "social committees" to get where I am today. It's comforting to see it all in one video.

When we had lunch meetings, I stayed punched in. My time is valuable.✌🏿

@Bile_Spewer

3 ай бұрын

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I worked in big four consulting for almost 5 years, and they had unlimited pto. Problem was that people were so overworked, no one hardly even took vacation Smh. Been enjoying your videos btw. Great to get a good laugh during the work week ☺️

I think biggest red flag to me is the below line in the offer/contract "Need to work additional hours on demand/ need to accomidate more than 40hrs few times" Before joining they said once or twice quarterly that too only if some one is sick or so and deadline is coming up, but after joining they used this policy and kept us on OCR 24/7 unpaid

@hollygolightly8048

4 ай бұрын

*accommodate

@Amaje311

3 ай бұрын

If I see a job advert indicating "40 hrs per week and weekends as needed" I keep scrolling. No, ma'am.

Hi, I´ve been watching your videos for months now and love their content. Especially you shorts on FB, they are so funny! As an employer or manager for most of my adult life (35 years managing people now) you are spot on with the things that will piss employees off right away. At least GOOD employees anyway. The ones ones I´ve never wanted are exactly the ones that have so little self esteem that they don´t mind being abused or pushed around. Granted, sometimes you don´t have a choice. When I started as an employee, I once had to take an absolutely horrible job with an abusive boss because I had made the mistake of moving to a small town (because I liked the area) not realising that I had drastically reduced my job choices as a result. I took it for 3 months before moving out. The reason for this post I suppose is to underline the employer´s perspective. If you are succesful (and I have been) you WANT people with self esteem who won´t be pushed around. They are the smart ones that will make your company thrive.

The degree request is often set by people that have no clue what the degree brings. But it sounds fancy...

@mizquitl

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes truly the rule is: "Don't post a unicorn job if all you need is a horse."

@jeffreypierson2064

4 ай бұрын

HR only have so many man-hours to interview. It is an easy weed-out for HR. The degree says that someone can work toward a goal over multiple years. It may eliminate some that are good, but the ones who remain are on average better.

@susanmorgan8833

4 ай бұрын

Possibly, but as I worked and paid for my tuition and my transportation, I had a relatively good idea what a full time job would require. And I do not pay any attention to anyone without a degree who claims they are worthless. They would not be in a position (outside of sour grapes) to judge. You do (or should) learn quite a lot outside of classes, plus showing you can set and achieve a goal.

@RicardoSantos-oz3uj

3 ай бұрын

Usually by human resources. They do this to save their asses in case you ended up not knowing how to do your job.

@SweDaneDragon

3 ай бұрын

@@RicardoSantos-oz3uj I used to work for a big computer company. They reorganized the support, and someone decided that first line support must have a full MCSE. Second line support only needed a single MCP. Clearly the ones making those requests had no clue what those abbrevations meant.

I will definitely be leaving anot comment after I have more free time. Thank you for all you do and I wish I had found you sooner and when I was a bit younger. Boy do I have a couple tales from corporate that I can share. My last two employers destroyed me to the point where I almost took myself off of the census three times but was told to get back to work no matter what. Had a breakdown that I'm still recovering from and was fired due to it. NEVER again. I will not puy up with that ever again. Thank you again... you're such an inspiration.

I just want to say that I enjoy your videos and found many of them eye opening. I have been showing them to my wife as she works for a big international corporation that routinely exploits the good nature (and loyalty) of their employees, and think nothing of it. I have been more critical in my own worklife and held my employers to the legal, ethical, or at least safety standards. We once won a class action against a corporation who unnecessarily stirred up a hornets nest by insisting that all employees show up 15 minutes before their scheduled shift. Most of us showed up early anyway (because of commute times or just starting out relaxing, smokin' and jokin') but when the company mandated it *in writing* we took it to court and won, with substantial backpay. Had they just kept quiet, we probably would have kept coming in early for free. Keep up the good fight !

Sheesh that last one is such a beautiful reminder! Thanks for a great video, toodaloo!

Loved this! Many, many great points and I nodded along with basically all of them. But the last one about tying your identity to your job made me stop and think. I don't think I do that, but I might sound like I do. When people ask me what I do I answer, "I break things for a living." Pause for confusion and nervous laugh. "I'm a software tester." Clarity and humor occur, all is good with the world. I've been in that specific field for 20 years and in the general tech field maybe 10 years longer. While I think my skills and natural tendencies make me suited for this job (I'm detail oriented, nitpicky, and computer savvy), I frequently comment on how my job follows me around in life. "The computers all seem to know what I do... and want revenge. Go to the self-checkout? It's just waiting for me. My smart phone? Filled with landmines." Obviously, it's a case of me recognizing these problems because of my training, but it's funnier my way. I think it's critical for people to follow the advice you give to think of your skills as something you own and allow you to do well in your job, rather than making some association depriving you of your humanity. I am a nitpicky, detail oriented, pedantic, obsessive person, which makes me good at jobs where those skills are needed (editing, writing software, testing, accounting, bookkeeping, etc. Anything where you try to pick out problems or deal with lots of little stuff that makes a big difference). And if I lose my job, no matter how well it suited me, I still have those skills and can take them to another job, whether it's similar or something new.

I work for a company that is forcing us in the office 3 days a week, even though I was hired to go in 2 days. They're broke so it's 60 degrees in the office, I have to wear a heavy blanket and my hands are often so cold I can barely type. I bring my own office supplies and IT equipment because they can't even afford paper clips. There are new red flags every day.

@sanzharnaizabekov8166

4 ай бұрын

Just leave company

@notsure5342

4 ай бұрын

@@sanzharnaizabekov8166 I look at this work situation as temporary while I interview for less lankrupt places to work.

@vannustube

4 ай бұрын

are you waiting for redundancy pay? cause it doesn't sound like they will be able to pay it...

@jeffreypierson2064

4 ай бұрын

@@vannustube Severance pay is not required in the US, except in very unusual circumstances.

@RicardoSantos-oz3uj

3 ай бұрын

@@jeffreypierson2064 Like when you make sure is added to your contract. Did you know that the contract can be changed? They may retire the offer, but you have the right to amend it before signing.

You always hit the nail on the head with this stuff! I laugh at the "work/life balance" baloney. The only time my life was actually balanced was during covid. Guess I'll have to wait for the next disaster.

This is a great video - not just the scammy parts list but your advice, especially on the association of your identity to your job. Thank you! 💖 It helps people like me disassociate myself from my job... Which, tbh has negatively affected me before (when I lost the opportunity or job). This is admittedly something I am still working on right now. Hearing it from you reminds me about it. Toodaloo!! 😄

I used to work overnights, and they would've mandatory meetings in the afternoon.

@helensolleconner9698

3 ай бұрын

UGH - the WORST.

Luckily I've solely worked for large companies in locations (UK/Europe) where these issues you mention would likely never happen. Yes, the companies have cringing lip service employee 'perks', the goalposts for bonuses seem to change, the uppers receive all the credit and the money. However, I come in, do my work and leave. They trust you to do your work and that freedom is so relaxing. Finally, that last point mentioned: Work is just that and will never overshadow the more important parts of my life and consequently I can enjoy it and don't get stressed.

@pjaypender1009

4 ай бұрын

I'm the US, it's the big corporations that do this. I now work for a small company and I'll never go back to big corporations.

@SamiMarjeta

3 ай бұрын

Agree, to me these sound like unlikely to occur in Europe.

@Soapy-chan

3 ай бұрын

it really is fascinating to see these videos reach a global audience when the stuff only applies to 10% of it

A lot of people need to hear this. Thank you.

I'm not the biggest fan of your short-form content, but this is actually great! Subscribed. Looking forward to more long-form videos. :)

“Brown bags” training meetings where you had to bring your own lunch, and they were “optional” training that one needed.

@fc63457

4 ай бұрын

You're working through lunch, so you get to leave early. Done.

@amylyn722

4 ай бұрын

Bring your own lunch...learning is optional😂

I worked for a company that had unlimited PTO but the effect was, people didn't take too much more than most corporations would, because we didn't want to be the one to ruin it for everyone else.

@toomaskotkas4467

4 ай бұрын

That only works for descent people, but just wait for a person of certain color skin and a certain gender to get hired and you will find yourself working when the new hire person takes all the time off for any reasons while getting paid as much as you do, meanwhile complaining about not getting a raise or a promotion due to "racism and toxic masculinity".

@jeryth057

4 ай бұрын

Question from the UK: what is PTO? Paid Time Off?

@pjaypender1009

4 ай бұрын

​@@jeryth057yes. Paid Time Off.

@pjaypender1009

4 ай бұрын

​@@toomaskotkas4467I agree. White men generally ruin that policy for everyone. Personally, I can't understand why anyone hires them. They're generally mediocre at best.

@kingchickadee8694

4 ай бұрын

​@@jeryth057yep, that's exactly what it stands for

Thank you for helping me keep my sanity and awareness.

Best ending advice. Your job is who you are and what skills you have. Those are you and those are transferable. Don't become beholden to your job. Love your videos thank you!

Where I worked, you were considered hourly and salaried at the same time. If you were done with your work early, you could not leave because you were hourly, If you had to stay later, you did not get overtime because you were salaried. I was told that it was mandatory for me to run a program for the company because nobody else wanted to do it. Little did the boss know I was super excited to get that program, which I absolutely loved. I had to make sure she never found out how much I loved it or she would have taken it away. She was the worst boss I ever had.

@Laurelin9222

4 ай бұрын

That sounds illegal. You may be entitled to compensation.

@jess7264

4 ай бұрын

This exact situation with the hourly and salary issue happened to me! My contract said hourly but when it came to working the over time everyday that was pushed on me there was not an extra penny or in lieu time off to be had. They also tried to justify it by saying I was in management and that’s what was expected of a manager but during contract negotiation they made it very clear the role was not management, my title was defiantly not that of a manager and I didn’t have a single subordinate lol.

Getting a 17.5% bonus during vacation used to be the standard in Australia. Then that mostly disappeared in the late 80's

@tristan351

4 ай бұрын

Most trades still get leave loading

Excellent video. I’m ready for retirement due to the corporate world and entitled people. This video is spot on also the vacation when there’s no backup for you and come back to a load of work only to work overtime to dig yourself out. I can’t leave due to my age, no one will hire me I make too much money for what I do.

Love your points of view, your channel and your shorts.

Limited number of sick days is common in healthcare. My company gives 10 days/year. I work around sick pztients AND STAFF all day! Those days get quickly blown through. It's also a constant struggle between management saying "you've missed too many days" (and being disciplined for it) and them saying "don't come to work when ill". Make up your mind!