When fun workplaces try too hard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- The boss wants the workplace to be as fun as possible...
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The Boss found out they were going bankrupt a week ago, and decided to stop the work and have a week long party before he told them. Brilliant leadership
Then why hire the new guy
@@waqmanime to have more people in the party ofc
@@waqmanime if they are gonna go bankrupt either way, they might as well spread the last remaining bit of cash they have.
Love this theory!
@@waqmanime more the merrier
So THAT'S where Alan hid after leaving TechTown!
why is Rowan there? :D
Hahahah
@@draco2k729 he went to look for him
Rowan stalking alan
nop, it's just an alternative reality
"My favorite part was the beanbags." 😂
His delivery killed me.
Somehow detached but still in the moment.
Definitely caused Ben to break character
Like a kid with no clue what's happening.
This is so like so many tech startups of the early 00's lol.
I interviewed at one where they showed me the ping pong table, the video games, dogs in the office, free lunches. I can't even remember what they did. But I know my friend who went to work there told me the place closed down a few months later.
@@Shauma_llama Was it Google? 🎉😂
who works in a suit at a tech company?
How to say 'this company is actually just a front for money laundering' without actually saying it.
But why would a company created for money laundering spend so much of that money on employee perks and fun stuff? That's not money they get back once laundered.
@@LHyoutubemaybe Tax?
@@LHyoutubeBeanbag chairs are cheaper than regular ones. And a pingpong paddle and balls cost significantly less than a retirement plan.
@@Stevaroonidon’t forget cheap beer in the water coolers.
They wouldn't have gone out of business then, would they?
Rowans stalking got so worse he now has an entire different identity so that he can be close to Alan 😂
Honestly, him being so canonically bad at it that he still chooses the name Rowan kind of fits
@@BaerlyHere_ I know right?
😂😂😂
What makes that both funny and scary is you could totally see Rowan pulling that off and being one and the same but totally different personalities 😂
And his new identity is ALSO Rowan.
The Fact that Ben Boss was actually commited to the Fun environment to the point of bankrupcy and that it wasn't some cheap HR hypocrit crap is funniest thing.
2:04 Loving the look
Especially that shade of blue, it works really well for Alan.
No matter where Alan finds a job, there'll always be a Rowan and a Ben there to make things more interesting 😂
"Interesting"
At this point I think he is in hell. It does not matter wjat he does where he goes his demons will make his live misserbel in all ways you can't imagine
No, just some lazy writing by ome sellouts.
@@jeffl4802 I've read other comments saying that this is lazy writing. Personally I don't think so. As I see it, they have created characters that share a core identity, but that have gone through different personal experiences. Office Alan is not Bored Alan, but would have been if he had applied to work at Playtech with Rowan back then. Bored Adam wouldn't have become "Igoradam" hadn't he met Rowan the manager and so on... Each alternative reality is kinda "what if". Also, there's no point in changing the names because they are the same core character in different universes, conversely to other series where they play completely different characters.
@@etelvina141 The biggest thing, because it's a bunch of shorter episodes, it avoids anything more than passing introductions like this had as a "this person is new to this environment", for the audience, any name said is understood, and the characters are portrayed well enough to stand on their own without giving explicit different names for every storyline.
The workplace is so fun, the monitors are all turned off for maximum fun
I probably know how Ben get all these monitors - stole from TechTown
Absolutely, one guy didn't even have a monitor at all. He just kept on typing away like mad though, you have to admire the pointless perseverance.
@@ivani3237 He's worried if you turn them on, they will go online and report their location! Maybe monitors do that! Ben has no idea!
@@richardmahn7589 Exactly, that's what happened - and they are closed
Nah, there’s two screens on. One plays VLDL videos on a loop and the other is for people to play Skycraft
And that's why Ben has to steal everything from TechTown
He doesn’t have to. He chooses to. Ever since he had his laptop refused because he took it in too early.
3:08 it is so frustrating to be on calls in this environment, especially when the person on the other end asks if you can turn the music down
I half expected Rowan to pull a serious face and whisper ''run''.
How would Rowan ever know it's the same Alan? Keep in mind he's not wearing his Techtown uniform.
So did I! As soon as the boss left “Run! Save yourself! It’s too late for us!” Or a note to the same. Oh maybe push an intern at him to save too.
"This place is hell"
@@kogmawmain8872 - Nothing to do with their Techtown characters. It meant the Rowan in this world only pretending to love the fun workplace in front of the boss, and once the boss isn't around warning Alan to run because the workplace is so horribly unproductive.
They are usually casted as best friends so I wasn’t thinking that
I’m really happy for Alan, he managed to find a more positive work environment after he quit his last job. Even got a whole new Rowan!
Wait a minute…
Rowan's twin
use your brain this time and watch the video again. or just read your comment again.
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ROWAN IS THERE!!!!!!! this isn't the same universe. that's a diffrent alan and a diffrent rowan.
@@attack125 Username checks out.
@@attack125 its also a joke.
@@attack125 Is this some sort of super high level joke that just flew over my head or did you really not understand he is making a joke? I am sorry for asking but there is just too much stupidity in the world and especially on the internet to give you the benefit of the doubt.
This is a prelude guys, that's how Rowan met Alan
Okay, I really lost it when the dubstep started up. I get the vibe that Ben was attempting a ponzi scheme and just failed epically at it, or just really, really didn't understand how to run a business (which is a whole lot of CEOs, I think). Love the break at the end with Rowan saying his favorite part was the bean bags.
Is anyone going to point out how painful it looks to sit in those "fun" positions for a 9-5 job ???
I was thinking the same
It reminds me of my last job as a kindergarten teacher: sitting on a ridiculously tiny chair while multitasking both supervising a dozen of rampaging kids and organizing the next parent-teacher-conference on a clipboard 😄
No, nobody is.
Well... Alan already did so....
That's what the beer is for, m8.
Without their Red and Black shirt they dont even recognize each other 😂😂
Who says it's the same Rowan as the one at tech town?
@@PerfectAlibi1 it's a
@@PerfectAlibi1 maybe it's the original rowan, not the janitor, but the first rowan back before the white shirt! 😯
@@Dultus
I know. My type of humour is adding bland logic to it. ^^
@@Draslia Which episode did Rowan get replaced in? I can't remember
Already drunk at 9am is impressive. Rowan deserves a promotion!
When I worked in London, one of the regulars on the tube popped open the first of a six pack at 0730 most mornings. He was immaculate, so it's not as though he worked nights and was on his way home
If only Alan had boss danger music here; he'd never have stepped into the building
So Ben went from running his business in the playtech bathroom to being a corporate giant. A FUN corporate giant.
Too bad the company had some FUNdamental issues, making the business FUNancially unsuccessFUN.
Wait did I miss an episode? When did he run a business in the bathroom?
@@TiltedWatcher "Giving the bathroom key to a customer" I think
@@Emiturbina Ah, that's it. Thanks!
That was Playtech not Techtown
ALANS NOW WORKING FOR THE ENEMY.... THE SHELF
Allen is going to start to realize that something is going on with the world when he finds the same NPC characters in every workplace.
They've gotten so weird in the past that everything is on the table lol. Fun story, reminds me of the really early arc with the Rowan doppelganger.
GOD this is such a flashback. No names but in one of the companies I worked for, most of the team was going for lunch for around 2 hours (which usually meant a burger, 5 pints and a shot - Wednesdays it would be wings instead of burger) or for football. Followed by a really slow afternoon because some would take a nap at the desk or watch a movie, while I was going mental because there was only so much I could do and we would not hit half the deadlines on the roadmap. Can you tell we didn't have a Project Manager? I aged 12 years in 4 years with those guys, and learned a lot, the company is still doing well but I do not miss that "fun" team.
that manager is OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!
Are you complaining, or is that a backward-handed compliment?
Rowan gonna sabotage each and every of alan's new workplaces untill he returns
I worked in tech for 15 years. EACH time I workplace said anything about Fun, being friend or being like a family, the place always closed down. My last 3 jobs had mass layoff.
Alan will never escape Rowan, even if he quits..
And again it’s Alan being the only one seriously working
What about Adam? ):
Alan is the Straight man to Rowan's or Ben's Funny Man
@@felixmervamee7834Not close to Alans level. Alan is much sharper
Alan is such a good straight man against the idiocy/lunacy of Ben and Rowan
Honestly, Ben has some serious "blue sky thinking" that is waaay "outside the box" here. So much better than a frickin' "pizza party"
After he complained, they took his beanbag away and gave him a ball pit! 😂
I believe, after several jumps Alan will be back in TechTown..Because at the end, if Rowans are everywhere, you probably would like to deal with that one you know the most..
And in this sketch, actually, after Alan told - Are you drunk, it is 9 am! Rowan should have answered - "I need to stay hydrated".
Red Flag: When the interviewer says "We are like a Family here".........run away
Thanks for the advice mate!
That means as a newbie you're at the “bottom of the totem pole”
Yeah, Family members are expected to work for free.
Well depends. If they say work family that’s fine. I have co workers from 2 jobs ago I still talk to and share my life with. But yea I get what you’re saying starting with that is not a good look.
Spacer's Choice is a family, so overtime is really family time.
Rowan's nickname being Rhodesia is wild
Yeah, that cost me a hot morning beverage out the snozz.
Beanbag chairs, balloons, beer, ping pong, loud music, but still suit and tie. LOL
Imagine this is actually in the same PlayTech universe where Alan left his job for this place 😂
Maybe that's the prequel and how Alan and rowan got to know each other.
So that fake Playtech technician is Alan's new boss
A boss? More like a friend.
“My favorite part was the BeAnBaGss” Ben cracking up. 😂😂👌❤️
it's a very fun office that the employees work on turned off computers.
Workplaces that try too hard to be fun are some of the worst places I've ever worked
That's cause you won't let go.
I blame Alan as to why they went out of business. They were doing fine then they decided to hire Alan. No wonder why Alan always got pay cuts.
Yeah. If he hadn't started checking the finances, everything would have been fine.
You are not wrong.
Yeah! Calling a customer during business hours!? What was he thinking!!!??? Outrageous!
Ummm it is Adam that keeps getting pay cuts.
Rowan? That you?
"Last week Ben switched all the water for beer."
So the drums have week old musty room temperature alcohol? No wonder he started blowing chunks.
I actually worked at a customer service place where the managers dressed up as clowns one day and made a whole bunch of noise while we were trying to keep our metrics and getting yelled at by customers. There were other similar such stupid actions but that was by far the worst.
A fun boss doesn't always make a good boss.
I was gonna go to get my wishing teeth pulled and was talking to the assistant. I asked her if he was a good dentist/doctor (it was in the hospital). She said, "Do you want the nice one or the best one?" He was a bit grumpy, but he did his job very well :)
I seriously thought this was the next episode of bored. I was looking forward to how the Alan quitting arc unfolds
well, its not mondays today 🤷🏻♂️
I don't think the bean bags were Bean Baggy enough.😂
Obviously we need to see Alan work at Dingo Inc, Muggers Unlimited, Baelin's Fishing Tours, Garlic United and Britt's Bombastic Backcountry Bivouacs before he returns to TechTown.
Dying that Alan was in a kiddie pool 😂
"My favorite part was the bean bags" 😂😂😂😂
All of the computer screens were blank the entire time lol. The other coworkers weren't even pretending to work
I was hoping this would be a continuation of Alan's TechTown saga, and they'd throw in a couple "hey you remind me of someone i used to work with"' 's!
Really sad to see VLDL studios shut down after all their hard work making it. Oh well! Party at Ben's house!
So that's why Rowan is always in such a bad mood when he's working at Techtown.
Nah Rowans whole life in tech town. He spends all his time there and probably sleeps there. It shows that is the social media skit
There are no beanbags in techtown
It would of been a cool spin off mini series to see Alan go through the horrible labor market. Faje job postings, pointless interview traditions, take home assignments, etc., especially in the tech industry.
As an introvert this is how all parties feel like.
Definitely, it's was the beanbags 😂
Rowan making ben break at the very end really got me
One day Alan will get to be the 'fun' one.
Today is not that day.
In truth, Ben just wanted friends, really. And hes willing to pay for them
Whoever thought of bean bags for offices should be forced to watch 10000 hours of soap operas... untranslated ones.
While their muscles spasm and cramp from the unnatural positions caused by bean bags.
@@Veelasiren ooo yeah...
And by the end you have learned a new language :)
@@TheSzeszter :D :D
Forget about TechTown, this is FunTown! 🎉
3:35 This transition was perfect 😂😂
Alan has officially entered the multiverse
Alan has a new job jow I see.
This will surely drive him back to Playtown
*had
Not anymore.
And it's gone...
Rowan even followed him to his new job!
It's funny because in this sketch Ben is surely the son of some millionaire and now that his company has closed he will simply go to his father's mansion to think about what new fantastic business to invest his allowance in. While employees like Alan and Rowan lost everything and must start looking for work as their rent payment approaches and for which they will no longer have money.
And even if you don't believe it, this happens a lot
"I'll come up with a nickname for you later", someone's been watching the office.
I grew up in 4-H where I encountered people like this, and even worse, ALL the time. These people annoy the hell out of me to the point I usually just do a 180 and walk away
I do think of myself as a fun-ish person, but as a lazy one, doesn’t help I’m heavily introverted. These people have a habbit of not only annoying me but also making me uncomfortable
I don't do "fun" without little pointy party hats. What kind of an attempt at fun is this workplace without little pointy party hats?
Our props budget was too small 😢
@@VivaLaDirtLeague If you need another Kickstarter go ahead, we'll support you guys!!! 😁
Spent it all on Alan's ball pit
@VivaLaDirtLeague I blame Alan for reviewing the finances for the prop budget.
Rowan would have made it work.
@axiezimmah I believe a pay cut is in order.
Have to save this one to notes so I can come back later and read everyone’s crazy work stories.
One of mine is from a plastic injection molding factory. We were making parts for vehicles and weapons that I’m not sure I can talk about even this many years later. But, we had mandatory, paid, scheduled parties two times a year. No excuses, no calling in. Absolutely mandatory.
They were really some sort of mental health or security evaluations thinly disguised as parties. Strange people none of us had ever seen before would mingle around the room observing how everyone interacted. They all had this super creepy way of wedging themselves into conversations and acting like they were part of the crew. Sort of insistently like they knew it was uncomfortable as hell and we couldn’t do anything about it. If two people were genuinely catching up and enjoying themselves, they couldn’t walk away from the inspector who was suddenly standing there listening with a fake corporate smile. If you tried, they would do the “I need to talk to you for a second” kind of thing. Making it obvious that they had the power and you better be careful and comply.
They were supposed to be just higher ups in the company, coming down to meet the drones, but it always felt like they were paid government employees tasked with profiling us. Looking for untrustworthy people to eliminate before the next big classified government contract came through.
Do you ever get the feeling “hey, that guy is 100% a cop”? Felt like that. Too fake and forced. Really odd couple of years. Out of the five “parties” I attended, I’m positive I met at least twenty people who worked for three letter acronym government agencies, pretending to be successful guys who started on the production floor just like me.
I have actually worked at a place like this. The bosses were lenient towards us coming whenever, drinking at work, smoking. They did it themselves. We organized some amazing parties at work. The line between work and fun started to blur. I worked with some amazing people there, but I started to despise that place and despise myself. I felt like I accomplished nothing, started to lose my self worth. By the end it felt like suffering. Needless to say that business went bankrupt. I later found out that one of the bosses was in debt to a lot of people.
the whole office must have serious shoulder and back pain
Bro got a job where they believe in him
funniest plot twist wouldve been this being his boss from the game store trying to find him
For a second, I though this is where Alan went after leaving TechTown.
All the wildcards are just alans' various odd jobs after rowan pisses him off 😂
Fun 10000%
Revenue -10000%
2:20 - Totally love that feature wallpaper in your office VLDL! 👍
Quick note: it is so sweet that Rowan's desire to be around Adam is transferring from the Bored sketch to other sketches.
Rowan finally got Alan to come back to work again, not tech town, but they're reunited
I really hope this is canonically the same guy that stole the tech town bathroom and they're all working for his web development business
I like the idea of watching Alan go through businesses ran and populated by the same type of people he worked with at Techtown, which is why he'll end up back at Techtown but maybe a little more like Ellie than Brit.
3:10 - I totally fucking lost it when it pans back to reveal he has been forced to kneel in a ball pool! 😂
2:35 I seriously doubt they were drinking beer all this time.💀
Alan went from stocking shelves position to office work 😄 Plus nice to see Rowan’s other character. I hope we get Alan in Bored series and interaction between him and manager will be fun 😀
That’s Rowan’s identical twin brother. (Said with a very heavy English accent)
My favorite part was the bean bags lol. Just the way he says it, like he's an idiot lol.
seeing the film crew in the reflections on the glass actually made this funnier.
Perhaps they had too much fun
Bro VLDL The Office works so well
I really hope this becomes a series, it's like a kiwi version of The Office but with dirt league's humour lmao
The finance/marketing/business associate/ boss always fits Ben like a glove.
Alan's looking good!
Appreciate the honesty in your videos, it's rare these days
Wow, how did a bot survive for 5 years?
@@Aidames Normally it's because TH-cam does nothing about them, probably because they view it as extra engagement. However, looking at that channel it's definitely someone else's channel that they've managed to get access to.
@@Malwontae I keep reporting these accounts regardless.
@@Malwontae Could be a compromised account as well.
Alan's workstation with the kiddie pool ball pit, blasting music and OOB sign! 🤣🤣😭
Was waiting for Rowan to be like, "thought you could escape me didn't ya?"
VLDL fun fact: Did You Know-
At first..
#1 There was Tech Town, a place where all magic start.
#2 take Ben for example.. one day, he started a business in Tech town's Bathroom cos Adam 'willy nilly' gave him the key.
#3 and Alan left Tech Town and worked here. (In that very office of business Ben built from the ground up,,i mean, bathroom up.)
#4 The Rowan we see there is THE REAL ROWAN, (cos
#5 if you're a hardcore fan like me, you'd remember Rodney learned how to be Rowan, and probably unalived Rowan(is what we thought) in the beginning of the episode.
#6 But plot twist, Rowan never wanted anything to do with Tech Town in the first place, and he let Rodney become Rowan. Perhaps helped him in many occasions behind the scenes.
Lol.
MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ for VLDL
but before TechTown was PlayTech..
@@test-zl2lw oh right, sorry, we all make mistakes eh 😃.
0# in the beginning it was PlayTech
No workplace where a supervisor will casually drop Rhodesia is... fun.
I think he is talking about the dog breed, a Rhodesian ridgeback, which is a big dog.
@@DataBeingCollectedyeah, because he called him ‘Ro-dawg’ first
My favorite part was the beanbags made Ben break character 🤣😅🤣😅
That "What happened?", was perfect.