I had a job interview recently. One of their questions was "Why do you want to work here?" I hate that question because the real answer is always "because the commute isn't too bad and your pay is decent" but I have to make up some jargon BS instead

@skerbgs

9 ай бұрын

I once worked with someone who was asked that question. Her answer: "I don't really, but you called me (for an interview)." I think she'd been there for 10 years by the time I met her.

@lukek8357

9 ай бұрын

I got asked that once, my reply caught them off guard though. "I don't want to work here! You called me, but if you want me you can pay me double the amount for half the hours." It started with they approaching me trying to head hunt me away from their competitor. I'm good at what I do and they can't get anyone to try and copy our work because it's very specialised. I agreed to discuss it with the parameters being wildly excessive. I asked for $150k a year to work 20 hours a week, I'd get to choose all the equipment and a bunch of other things. I never planned to leave my employer because it's not about the money but the good working conditions, great management and stellar safety record.

@yfelwulf

9 ай бұрын

Got asked that decade ago replied I need a job 😂

@westdu5961

7 ай бұрын

Because I dont want to starve to death...I gave this answer in an interview and made them laugh, coz they knew it's a dumb question. The hiring man told me they KNOW as well it's a dumb question, but they gotta ask anyways coz the upper management set it up this way, which dates back to the very beginning of capitalism - a "good" tradition in terms of selecting the best employee on the appearance.

@hedgehog1965uk

7 ай бұрын

You should reply "I don't know if I do want to work here yet". Never forget that you are not only selling yourself to them, they need to sell the job to you. One question that is good to ask them is "What is your staff turnover like?". That is a good way to find out if staff often leave because of nightmare bosses or bad conditions.

My wife is high-up in a Victorian government department and cringes at Utopia. It so accurately portrays working for the government she feels like she's at work!

@simsey33

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@dingusfartacus9624

2 ай бұрын

Victoria govt, not Victorian. smh

@TomekBlacksMyth

2 ай бұрын

@@dingusfartacus9624 She might be a time traveler.

@thewielloyd988

2 ай бұрын

Very much the very same culture in the private sector over a certain size too. Ridiculous bureaucracy and impenetrable corporate jargon isn’t exclusively a Government thing.

@barrysmith8078

2 ай бұрын

she prob cringes at utopia 7 of her 8 hour workday like most government employees that cant do a simple task

Perfect casting. He even has the look of those yuppies

@Violaphobia

2 ай бұрын

… how old are you?

@mpmaverick4359

2 ай бұрын

Hoping I dont make it to 22

@wierdalien1

Ай бұрын

​@mpmaverick4359 oh don't be dramatic

@daaave_

Ай бұрын

@@mpmaverick4359Sadly we probably will

He ticked all the boxes. People who talk like that get the job

@Thermalions

9 ай бұрын

and then either: - leaves for somewhere else just before everything goes to total crap, or - is promoted further above their level of incompetence to be another manager's problem, or - is offered a voluntary redundancy because performance managing them out of the organisation has been made so horrendous a process not even the HR office does it.

@jena.alexia

9 ай бұрын

As a public servant I can confirm this is true. Confidence and the ability to talk word salad gobbledegook corporate buzzword jargon guarantees you'll get the job and climb the corporate ladder. Experience and knowledge are of little significance.

@jena.alexia

9 ай бұрын

​@@ThermalionsNailed it. 😉

@comealongcomealong4480

9 ай бұрын

@@Thermalions 😆 💼

@Paul-gu2lv

8 ай бұрын

No way. I would tell him to F off

"It's more of a general tendency to identify strategize and solve problems if as and or when they arise from time to time." If as and or when has me cracking up

This is why I can't watch this show. It's so accurate, so genius, that it's basically a documentary that triggers PTSD.

@CathySimi

5 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@totesdev4363

4 ай бұрын

PTSD! Because we have that guy in our workplace 🙈

@sidayu785

3 ай бұрын

so true!!

@copycat21c

3 ай бұрын

Wholeheartedly agree.

@trace8153

3 ай бұрын

So Very Very True

I love the comic where it goes: Interviewer: What's your biggest weakness? Interviewee: Honesty Interviewer: I don't think that's a weakness Interviewee: I don't give a **** what you think

@Statsy10

Ай бұрын

I've always wanted to answer this interview question with an answer once given by Alex P Keaton (the legendary Michael J Fox from Family Ties); "At the risk of sounding immodest, you see before you a man with no weaknesses... unless you find me immodest, in which case I guess I do have one weakness." 😂

This scene, for anybody curious, is exactly why the Bobs loved Peter so much in his review. Funny how that scene suddenly makes perfect sense when you join the corporate world and see this stuff.

The whole team behind this documentary and this scene have done a great job at identifying, prioritising, and strategising ways in which this show can so far as to create a framework for sustained entertainment on the end of consumers. It assists in our identifying, strategising and prioritising ways in which shortcomings in modern settings can be overcome in a way that is adaptable and sustainable, and observant of where further challenges can be overcome through proper identification and prioritisation.

@mr.gilbert2790

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, but, what do they do specifically??

@Telstar62a

18 сағат бұрын

"Absolutely."

I don't understand why this show didn't become an international hit. It is really funny, a true reflection of the modern-day workplace, and some fantastic acting! I understand it is an Australian TV series, but I live in the UK, so obviously it has international appeal!

@WMDistraction

Ай бұрын

American. I just discovered this show last week on here, and I’m obsessed. Every clip has been a banger and I can’t wait to have some time to sit down and watch a full episode.

@habeebee

Ай бұрын

I want to watch it and it doesn't seem possible at all! Just clips here, but actual episodes, nowhere. Made an account at ABC and everything, got geoblocked. Hard to become an international hit if you can't watch it!

@josie5599

Ай бұрын

I believe they changed the name of the show to "Dreamland" for international release, so it might be worth searching for that if you live outside of Australia

@habeebee

Ай бұрын

@@josie5599 thanks for the tip! I'll try and look for that..

@pibble9207

Ай бұрын

@@habeebeeit is available on Netflix

the most painful part of the clip is that its normally the other way round

Sounds so much like a LinkedIn Post

@sadhappy8860

7 күн бұрын

Good God do I hate LinkedIn

If only managers asked "If you were injured tomorrow and needed to be off work for 3 months and we couldn't place anyone on your projects, what would not get done?" It'd clear out so many middle managers and peripheral workers not genuinely adding any value.

@pyro2404

4 ай бұрын

This is not true at all as any good manager and workplace should have contingencies and strategies in place for these scenarios. Its terrible to go into a project where the critical parts fall apart because one person wasnt there.

@FarewellChorus

3 ай бұрын

@@pyro2404 Right, but that's not quite the same thing. If someone documents their work and has contingency plans so the whole thing doesn't fall apart when they're gone for a bit, that's just good work. If someone could disappear for months at a time without anyone noticing, that's just trimming the fat.

@pyro2404

3 ай бұрын

@@FarewellChorus obviously. But the original commentor said what would not get done. Even if it means others having to take on extra work loads, its terrible planning by a business to have any role where something important isnt done because someone was on leave

@alexanderbrown8921

2 ай бұрын

@@pyro2404 It's a hypothetical. Maybe one that's a bit poorly worded and opens them up to discussions about whether or not they have contingencies, but the assumption is that the burden of justification is on the employee here, not the manager. The manager isn't admitting to poor planning by the business; they're just providing a hypothetical framework to ask the rather basic question "what do you as a unique individual bring to the table?"

@pyro2404

2 ай бұрын

@@alexanderbrown8921 yea thats a stretch linking what you said to what the original commentor said. Managers do already ask that question when they interview people. The reality however is in western culture, 99% of people work for themselves and not the business, i.e. do as little as possible to get the job done. Thats why you see a lot of roles which are so easily replaceable or not needed. If you ever work in any of the major asian countries, japan, singapore, china or south korea you will see how big of difference there is in the work ethic and how people actually work to the standards your mentioning.

The worst part is his weaknesses are valid, they're just covered in a mire of jargon. He could adapt to change better, and he focuses too much on trying to find the "perfect" solution that he spins his wheels and doesn't get anywhere. A lack of commitment and being able to just make a decision, even if you don't know if it's the perfect one. Both of those are helpful things to know, because it means you wouldn't want to push him toward a leadership role until he resolves those weaknesses.

@Toto-95

6 ай бұрын

bruh, if you're not familiar with job interviews, those "weaknesses" are "the stuff you say" so it's not really a weakness and you still look good. I said the exact same thing at my job interview

@prointernetuser

2 ай бұрын

​@@Toto-95what he wrote demonstrates that he definitely knows how job interviews go. in fact, i bet he can pretty much cut through the bs and ask tough follow up questions to these script-reading yuppies i.e., "Oh so you're saying that you have difficulties making tough decisions with ambiguous factors?" and watch them squirm and backtrack.

He is answering correctly. I have done a 'plain speak' session in government, yet we still continue to use the jargon. Just read any government job vacancy and its all jargon and the expectation is you will answer the same way. So the resume can be checked to ensure that all the correct words were used. This is how it, I dont know why its like this, I cannot change it and to speak against it would be deemed not being a team player. So "Did you talk to the neighbours to see what they think?" can become "We consulted with community stake holders for their feedback."

@siddharthdash8946

Ай бұрын

And how do you go around learning these jargon sentences. Any particular resources

Back in my day (l used to work for the Australian Public Service), these were called, Personal Development Plans.

@comealongcomealong4480

9 ай бұрын

@markc65 Something about being under the spotlight always brought out the worst in me. I was not a willing participant, tried to give the answers I thought they wanted to hear and brought no authenticity to the process. It was excruciating!! and probably for my Performance Reviewer as well.

@hedonismunderstands2469

4 ай бұрын

called performance agreements these days, and at the top of your pay scale mean sfa...

Thanks - this Zoomer's responses will certainly be featuring in my next performance review & job interview - identifying my weaknesses ! This was pure GOLD.

@jena.alexia

9 ай бұрын

Seriously, take notes. They love this kind of crap! 😊

@comealongcomealong4480

9 ай бұрын

@@jena.alexia 😆 📝

I legit said " I focus too much on details and waste a lot of time" on things. Some information I know I should skip, yet I just keep trying to understand stupid data, in hopes something may come out of it. My interviewer was perturbed, but I was serious, and she knew it.

@Hereford1642

6 ай бұрын

I asked a senior female management friend what she personally used to answer the weakness question. She said 'chocolate'. Perhaps you could go with that next time.

That is by a long shot the best show I have watched recently, witty, funny, realistic, you name it you have it.

I had an interview where i asked them what does suceeding in this role mean to your bussiness?...... Three interviewers with blank looks

@thejwvariety

6 ай бұрын

love that. them drawing blanks is a red flag

@interestedobserver587

6 ай бұрын

Did they suggest spelling?

@GameOnWithFozza

6 ай бұрын

​@interestedobserver587 is hard to do for verbal communication, don't you think?

@TimGreig

Ай бұрын

@@interestedobserver587 🤣

This shows more of the useless absurdity that is HR as a substitute for proper supervision, training, and promotion by a competent supervisor.

@wellendowedplatypus9024

2 ай бұрын

Yup. This shit is what HR likes to hear and wants to hear more of, because this bullshit they understand. Sit me down with the experts and let's talk specifics but what use is telling them to HR when they do not understand them and basically evaluate how well you speak about it instead of WHAT you speak about it. Style gets 100% from HR, substance gets 0%.

@hoilst265

Ай бұрын

I remember reading someone's anecdote where they said their workplace fired HR, bumped up the responsibilities (and powers) of line managers, and used the former HR salaries to give pay rises to the managers for the extra responsibilities and keep an IR law firm on retainer for the legal stuff. Dunno if it was a true story or not, but man, it sticks in my mind. Managers got to hire and fire who they wanted, without some social bullies in HR gatekeeping it.

This show is absolute perfection. Superfan from Canada here

@dannyturkian9083

Ай бұрын

How do you watch the show without being in Australia

Inability to identify any work done😅😂

"I'm happy with 180" :D

Nat and Tony are the only sensible people in the office. Nobody else can prioritize what is important.

Celia is gorgeous and so funny.

@Paul-gu2lv

8 ай бұрын

Wow😮

He's actually doing the right thing here: Most interviewers have a lot of interviews to work through and ask questions about weaknesses just so they can weed you out and spare them some time. They're basically asking you to give them an excuse to reject you out of hand. Answering with real weaknesses is self-defeating, you keep those to yourself until you are hired and have to start working, then you let your coworkers know your true weaknesses so that they can adapt. If you don't do this, you've got a higher chance of being rejected, while less honest people get the job every time. He jsut has to stop using jargon and be more straight-to-the-point

@Pyroteq

4 ай бұрын

It's hilarious watching the corpo simps defending these questions. Do people honestly think their employees (especially potential employees) are just gonna start telling you deeply personal things 5 minutes after meeting? Absolutely delusional. Everyone knows this question is stupid and we're all just playing this stupid game because HR (that don't actually contribute anything to society - Go ahead and name a famous HR staff - Hint: You cant) can't come up with better ways to test potential candidates.

@drdiscostu

4 ай бұрын

Except this a performance review. He's already employed there

@Ramschat

4 ай бұрын

@@drdiscostu Ah, that is different. Unless the company is looking to lay off staff due to budget cuts/profitability

The telling part about this video is that you are left with no idea what this company actually does, or what this guy's job is, cos he is never specific about anything.

OH MY GAWD!!! I have GOT to watch this show.

I’ve seen these people actually rehearsing this in the office before meetings. I’ve caught writing the catchy buzz words down and ticking them off as they use them. Welcome to Vline and metro!

@TahaTaha-xi6bo

Ай бұрын

You’re delusional. The guy clearly identifies strategizes and solves problems as if and or when they come up

It appears that they have too many applicants for the job? Great to see the shoe on the other foot at the end!😂

This is something I appreciate about my job. If someone asked me "what I had accomplished, specifically" I'd laugh at how clueless the question was. "I fixed that thing, I finished the upgrade of this thing, I did that upgrade without any instructions, I got those people to tell me how to change on software on this thing..." Literally nothing in my region would work without me. On a daily basis it's crystal clear what I've accomplished.

Yeah nah mate you don't get to review back lol

Don't let the secret out! LOL. As a hiring manager, this is the #1 reason I don't hire someone. If all you can do is speak at the 10,000 ft level and never give any specifics, I know you are full of BS and I will not be offering you the job.

Reminded me of In the Loop (UK movie) and the scene where Jamie McDonald goes into the Foreign Office and references spoon playing fluffers. Hilarious.

@ChartreuseDan

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that's civil services for you

This once we had this team away day and one of the items on it was this 360 deg feedback, it never happened lol

This is so realistic it's funny. I've read resumes that look like this too. Full of nothing but jargon. I've done interviews like this too.

@Pyroteq

4 ай бұрын

That's because your hiring ads are filled with corpo jargon. Hell the idiots in HR writing the ad can't even tell you the day to day tasks of the position itself if you asked. Then they want you to have 10 years experience on a programming language that has only existed for 5 years while they spent all day forwarding Powerpoint presentations to each other. Yeah, ask stupid questions get stupid answers.

Damn, I wish could pull BS like this in interview with such confidence and class.

She's brilliant 😂

Corporations shouldn't be surprised they get the answers they trained us to give.

That ‘Independent Consultation’ scene is so indicative of the pointlessness of this sort of government engagement. As soon as they knew which direction the ‘client’ wanted to go, the outcome of the consultation was determined. And that’s government contracting in a nutshell.

Hehe great clip

They must teach kids this garbage in school these days. I'm surprised this doesn't trigger more people.

@thevikinghatgm235

8 ай бұрын

They teach employers to ask these jargon questions, so employees are learning to answer them in jargon.

@GeorgeWard14

6 ай бұрын

If you talk normally it comes across as combative/confrontational. It’s usually best to say random platitudes rather than anything that might be construed as negative. This is possibly the fault of the hiring managers, who are all basically Dolores umbridge.

@wanderer117Playlists

3 ай бұрын

Ask stupid questions, get stupid answers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well the questions are jargony

Seems the writers have really worked in Australia.

@hedonismunderstands2469

4 ай бұрын

do you have any idea who 'the writers' are for this production..? what an absurd comment...

“Happy with 180.” Yeh me too.

I'm Aussie, in my 30s and most job interviews have been a breeze. It's always been just a check that you didn't BS too much on your CV. I'd couldn't survive in this market, glad I went overseas. The BS jargon without anything to back it up is the only way forward.

When they say,"what do you think you can bring to the company "

@MolloyPolloy

2 ай бұрын

I'll bring my fat arse to a chair and do the job.

Well, if someone refused to give me specific answers in a performance review, I'd be marking them down big time. Who wouldn't?

I first saw this actor more than a decade ago in a short film called 'Signs'. It's a brilliant short film!

I want to watch these from America!

Like a QF interview

Does anyone know how to get around the system and steam this series in the US? I tried on the providers website but it's only available in Australia.

@goatfiddler8384

3 ай бұрын

VPN set to Australia?

Got asked question why want to work here. We all need income to support ourselves and family. Got job yay 🥳 Love this production and Russell C

The most dangerous thing in the universe is bureaucrat.

This scene was almost impossible to watch 😂

Wasn't expect her to be that attractive

This is painful to watch it's so accurate .

Where to watch it

My 'weaknesses' are my super powers

@Telstar62a

13 күн бұрын

"My weakness is not rising to my potential, mainly because you don't pay enough. I'm forced to constantly 'dial down' my effort so that I'm earning the appropriate wage."

I am so fucking glad I don't work in an office anymore.

Where can I watch full series. It's nerve wrecking.

@AUDIOPHILEHARDCORE

3 ай бұрын

ABC iView !

Some businesses want someone fluent in effluent

I know it's strange, but i always answer truthfully. Only way to find out what your employer expects you to improve upon for each promotion.

All job applications are in this jargon and require the same nonsense in response.

is greatest weakness the same as least strength?

Come on, Damian, don't you know that only employers can use that sort of mindless newspeak?

@Telstar62a

13 күн бұрын

I'll bet his resume is awash in it. That's how the computer put him in the "prospects" file and not the rejection bin.

My bad, I think she's cute 👍🏾🤎

@Szklana147

6 ай бұрын

no1 cares, simp.

Ask stupid questions, get generic answers.

Fantastic stuff because it's true, unfortunately.

Those Australian caucasians with slightly darker features than the average anglo-saxon (Celia), do they have Welsh blood?

@user-qy2kw9kx3o

6 ай бұрын

Her surname is Paquola and I think she may have Spanish ancestry. I think she has been featured in an episode of WDYTYA.

@peterkirby7546

5 ай бұрын

This is such a weird question to me. The global genome is an unimaginably vast human soup, the answer could literally he anything xD

@goatfiddler8384

3 ай бұрын

It's called sunshine, and then 40 years later skin cancer.....

I work for the State where I love.....shit talkers like this who couldn't work to warm themselves are always the ones who get promoted.

Good satire, but it wouldn't fly at the level when you are subject to a performance review. You will hear crap like that from the people at the top only.

If as and or when they arise, from time to time. I wonder if these people actually listen to themselves talk or just regurgitate buzzwords.

i have been on the hiring end of about 100 or more job interviews over the last 15 years. i would have ended the interview at sentence 3 and wished the guy a better luck finding his job elsewhere.

@user-wr4uz8pg7m

6 ай бұрын

Except this was a performance review and not an interview. That's why he provided feedback on the female character after she questioned him.

You’re all very talented but I hate this so much

It's so weird to think this is on the abc, the home of this crap

She only gave him cliched jargon questions, so he could only give her cliched jargon answers. And then she complained about it. And this is why I'd kill myself before working in an office.

@magic_honey

7 ай бұрын

Asking the worker something they've achieved? Like dude, I work for you, I'd hope you'd know what I've been achieving. 😂

@Raida7

6 ай бұрын

He didn't answer the questions - she asked for specifics and no jargon. He gave no specifics and only jargon. Just because the questions are common doesn't mean staff just don't answer them

@hannotn

6 ай бұрын

How does the wording of her questions restrict him in how he expresses his responses?

@Taospark

6 ай бұрын

All you have to say is what projects you did and some basic numbers or a specific suggestion you made to the team. That's really the core of the job and what you say to move up honestly.

@magic_honey

6 ай бұрын

@Taospark They can ask that question then instead of vague corporate lingo stuff. Or better yet, pay attention to what you're accomplishing and note it down themselves, it's why they get paid extra.

Nat is so pretty. She needs to be on OF.

"What's your biggest weakness?" "I would have to say my honesty" "Really? I wouldn't see that as a weakness" "I couldn't give a fiddlers fuck what you think".

You know what happens after? He involves a union rep and changes the review