After working myself to burnout and being signed off sick 6 years ago, I am now very strict that outside of working hours, I will not be working! I also have two children now and they will always come before work, so I am definitely a work to live, not a live to work person :-)
Currently unemployed but worked for years in offices which were "vibrant" , meaning very busy with everyone engaged in extreme multitasking and I found it difficult to switch off and not be at home thinking/ over thinking/ worrying about the next day .
I briefly worked for an advertising agency which took an enthusiastically American approach. It was too cringy. Now I work from home, where I can make my own tea 😂
@@jjinwien9054 yeah bills need to be paid but here in the uk, we have things called “workers rights” so we aren’t at the mercy of unreasonable employers
Just a comment, for what it's worth - quite dislike the mixing in of the sponsorship through the video, makes the whole thing feel like an infomercial, which isn't a good thing.
I was just going to say the same thing. If I wanted infomercials, I would watch QVC! I understand that sponsorships are necessary for content creators but most: 1. Put a little tab at the top to say "includes paid promotion" 2. Mention it in a segment be it beginning or middle, they don't smatter it throughout the content. Then they just briefly mention it at the end again. If this is how paid promotions/sponsors are going to be advertised on this channel moving forward then, sadly, that will deter me from viewing other videos posted here in the future.
Yes, definitely the longest in video promotion, why they can't be a five second segment at the start like many creators use which can be easily skipped through. That was definitely a US 'now a word from our sponsor'.
Sadly, the youtube algorithm loves videos that make people angry because they (we!) post comments about it and that's interaction. The mistake here, if that's her intention, is that if people unsubscribe and come back less often, it will have backfired. I'd advise her not to repeat this appalling video construction, something I haven't seen before. If the sponsor pushed it onto her, she should drop them like a brick.
I get that having a sponsor is really beneficial as a creator and I try to conscientiously watch ads in support of whom ever I’m watching. But I stopped watching this video partway through as the format of integrating the ad was beyond irritating. The whole video just seemed like one big ad.
What's happened? This is a full on advertorial rather than one of your normal great videos. At least other youtubers won't be reacting to it without crediting!
Fiverr is now on my list of things to avoid.. I understand sponsorship and appreciate that creators need that sponsorship to survive, but the only thing I want ramming down my throat, is Haribo and spiced rum, ideally at the same time. Too much advertising makes something unwatchable, it's bad enough having to tap tap tap tap tappity tap tap tap tap TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP, through a five minute product placement on videos, but a 17 minute advert isn't going to make me want to use a product. Still enjoy your usual stuff though.
Totally agree the title of this video should have read mass advertisements I skipped through half a dozen times only to see it was just a non stop advertisement for that I unsubscribe
Making money on TH-cam for your content, is something I understand. But to Clickbait your loyal subscribers into watching this misleading Advert / Commercial - is Appalling.
I remember watching a YT video about an American expat in Portugal who thought detailing her considerable work achievements would impress the immigration officer. Instead, the officer looked concerned and asked, "When you were doing all these things, who was looking after your baby?"
I told my kids as they started work "your are holding two globes. One is made of rubber and we call it work. The other is made of glass and called family. If you drop the rubber globe it will bounce back. If you drop the glass globe it will shatter" Cliche but they took it on board.
I once read a comment from someone in a company that had a big group presentation from their new US owners. The guy leapt on to the stage shouting "We're number 1", pumping his fist in the air. He was bit surprised by the total silence and puzzled looks (who is this lunatic!) from his non-US audience.
I worked for a company who brought in a "Mr Motivator " character...no idea why we were all motivated! Sorry but he was an American with bright red braces and a "loud" suit. Like the previous comment...he stated that we should all get up put our hands high in the air and say very loudly "we are the winning team" !!!....uuughhh at that point half of the team just got up and left and went on with the work. Not ONE employee made it to the end....the lunatic got just over half way.....he was asked to leave. The outcome was a few days of asking the Director..."what was that???" I have experience working in the US and the UK.....the difference seems to be about teamwork ...present in the UK not so much in the US.
I like your channel but this is the worst advertised video I've ever seen. The advert continues on and off throughout the video. Its a pity you agreed to do this type of video and didn't think more about the ethical side of this.
I thought that too for a moment. Then I realised. Kaylin is in the gig economy too as a TH-camr. So her worrying about people being dragged into it would be a bit weird as someone who chose it. It is a tricky combo of subject and hammering home though.
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDad I appreciate that fact. And I don't begrudge her to make money via advertising. But I've never seen such an invasive advertising strategy that attempts to take advantage of a captive audience that wants to watch a video to the end. Its a cynical way to approach advertising. I suspect this was Fiver's advice, but of course its a choice whether a youtube accepts these conditions or not. There may be a less well paid way of doing this advert for Fiver too as an option. I have no idea, but this is not the way to encourage subscriber loyalty. Quite the opposite impact can occur which a channel of this particular size will feel quite harshly.
@@IshtarNike Bad content would be a bad video. This isn't a bad video, its pervasive advertising that is ongoing and calls into question audience trust.
Ooops. Another cultural difference is our dislike of adverts dropped into the middle of a video. In the UK we expect it to be clearly flagged when you are talking as yourself and when you are being paid to praise a product. I found this video both annoying and it reduced my willingness to watch more of your content because you muddled up the adverts with the content. UK television has strict rules about how many and how long the advertisements can run for.
Agree with others: weaving the advert through the whole thing is not nice and massively detracts from the video. Taints the whole thing and makes it seem less genuine and more like a video designed purely to push the sponsored content.
I have enjoyed all of your content for many months however I feel this glorified advert was a serious mistake and you may lose many subscribers. Another like this will include me.
Another major difference I have been made aware of, is the fact that health insurance is often provided by an employer in the US. I have heard and seen many people from the US say that they felt trapped in an unsatisfactory job, where the demands on them were excessive, and felt they couldn't change employer because they were terrified of losing their access to healthcare. Obviously, here in the UK, this would not apply, as we have the NHS.
Hiya. When you're next posting a full length commercial, can you please, in future, write 'AD' in the video title, so I don't have to watch it. Thank you. Stay safe. All the best to you.
I worked more than 35 years under the "American" system and, as a result, missed so much of my childrens' lives - birthdays, plays, sports events, etc - and now wonder if it was worth it. Not to mention not being there for friends and other family events. Unfortunately under the USA system you have to toe the line in order to pay the bills and you don't want to lose your job. How can you balance work/life when your mortgage/health care has to be paid? How can you not work weekends when your boss can fire you for wearing "red shoes"? I'm sure the British (and European) way of life is much better.
Well done for lasting that long, she is my favourite content creator, due to humour and lack of BS and original content etc, but I jumped ship with the endless mention of the product she was promoting long before the 11 min mark.
Love your videos, however I prefer such heavily advertising content to have “Paid Content”, “AD” or “sponsored” in the title. I love your channel enough to still watch it, just prefer to know in advance. Especially when it felt like you were sharing observations that you had already previously shared about the differences at work.
Personally, I'm not convinced this style of presenting a sponsor works well. There's even a point in the video when the frequent Fiverr mentions was interrupted by...an advert.
On a totally different subject. You've done videos where you've mentioned the British peoples (I include the Irish) to understate things. I was talking to someone in Ireland who had been without electric for 3 days because of that recent storm. I spoke to them a day later and not only was the electric still not on, they'd lost water. They went on to say... Can't really complain, some poor souls have been flooded out. So it could be worse. ❤ from Northeast England ❤️
Sorry, this felt like one long sponsored ad, I don't like the format at all. I won't watch similar ones it's too pushy, and it seems pointless to pay for Premium if you're going to serve up stuff like this
I usually like this channel's content but this was more like an ad and I skipped out about a quarter of the way through. Too many like this and I suspect I'll be one of many who unsubscribe.
Great observations - I've experienced both US and UK work cultures and agree. Employers do not reward loyalty. You may love our job but the job usually won't love you back.
This is the first video from this usually great channel I could not watch all the way through, I would have thought that Kalyn had been in this Country long enough to know that her (I believe) mostly UK audience would hate to have a produce rammed down their throat like this. Great that she is getting sponsors, but just bung it in in one lump, and not scatter it throughout the video. I just hope she got a shed load of dosh for this sh*t show infomercial, and that we don't get a repeat of it, here's to her next video. :)
Yeah it's a shame. We do have incredibly strict advertising and product placement rules in the UK, which is a good thing, so it's really obvious when something is sponsored
As always, your article was well researched and balanced in its observations and conclusions but the continual promotion of Fiverr really made it hard work to see it through to the end. I do hope that this is not the shape of things to come.
You can't get sacked on the UK for what your employer thinks is poor performance. You are only legally required to do your job “reasonably satisfactorily” in the eyes of an independent arbiter. This is an objective test, too. Even if you are markedly worse at your job than others in that job at the firm, this does not prove that you are less than “reasonably satisfactory” at it.
I worked in Houston Texas and my First week was the week before Easter. I said good night on Thursday and went back to work on Tuesday i.e. Good Friday the weekend and Easter Monday, I am British after all. When I walked in everyone was gobsmacked, luckily for me my boss had lived in the UK for years and knew what I had done. No, I did not get fired.
I normally enjoy your videos, but this was a big advert for fiver, so I stopped halfway through. Not a fan of that style, no matter whether it is relevant to your topic. I like to skip the sponsor sections of videos.
Do you take breath when you talk? I watched your video for a couple of minutes. With the speed you spoke and the amount you advertised your sponsors I began to forget the subject of your video.
I'm a Brit who spent his entire working life based in the UK as an employee of American-based multinationals but travelling to the USA and all over Europe. I found out that, despite the language differences, in general I had much more in common with my European colleagues than those from the USA, although there were a few exceptions. This contributed to making me a committed European. I was lucky enough to reach a fairly senior position, which meant that I was not normally treated in the same disrespectful way that some of the US staff treated many, less-fortunate employees. There were many American colleagues that I got along with perfectly well and I enjoyed working with them but there were also some who treated more junior people like servants or disposable tools.
Please please please GGL - don't make another infomercial like this :( I usually love your videos, and look forward to new ones, but this was so disappointing...I couldn't make it past the 5 mins mark... On this topic, my colleague said to me once "you won't remember all the overtime you did, but your kids will". Puts it into perspective.
You once described yourself as a worse version of Adventures and Naps and I've finally twigged why. On Adventures and Naps, the content seems very off the cuff and unrehearsed whereas your material, while very well researched and informative, it's clear you just have a script in front of you and you're reading it to a camera. Just food for thought.
This is the only one that i felt that way about, I was wondering if the sponsor wrote the script, frankly it is fair enough if she does have a loose script to help her remember the salient facts she is conveying to her audience.
On the dressing side of things and although I'm retired now, I ended up as a CEO of a few organisations. I found that by encouraging staff to wear what they wished was far more conducive to achieving greater productivity and a happier workplace, subject to Health and Safety of course. This always applied to working internally, of course. Many would also feel happier cycling, scootering, running and walking to work. I and most staff kept clean clothes, shirts, ties, suits shoes etc in suit bags, ready to roll if there was an external meeting/event or anything else. It's amazing how people will go the extra mile, without being asked, and how much better your staff retention rates are when people feel appreciated and respected in ways like this.
The manager of the mental health day service I attended always wore t-shirt and denim shorts. On a hanger in his office was a smart suit that he put on over his comfy clothes when needed. He was awesome.
Sorry but if any newcomer finds your channel and this is the first video they watch, they are not going to subscribe ... far below your usual standard of entertaining observations of life in the UK from an American's POV.
I am a manual worker, in the UK. I used to work on my own, but this year I started working with others. When I started my first job, in 1993, I only had 12 days holidays a year. I was there for 6 years. The other places that I have been working, I had 20 days holidays per year . I like to have a uniform for work, as it is normally the same clothes that I would be wearing anyway. This means that I am wearing similar clothes, but the employers have to pay for them.
I once wrote a very comedic CV I mean it was hilarious, and I foolishly attached it to an application for a job I really wanted, my very good and professional CV was beside it in the folder, I never heard from them, which absolutely sucked.
Can I add companies can refuse to give a reference but they cannot give a bad reference in the Uk its illegal. My boss absolutely would not give a reference as if he got it wrong he could be sued, many British companies ignore requests for references or will just confirm you worked there.
In the EU they have many more employee rights than the UK. The UK lags a long way behind. That said, British work culture tends to be more relaxed, though this varies a lot between employers. I've worked for very relaxed employers and also the complete opposite, so it's not the same everywhere, but in general it's more relaxed than both the US and the EU. The dress code in the UK used to be very formal, but in certain fields like IT it is a more casual than fields like banking, law, etc.
Interesting that, between the US and the UK, neither could come up with an English language term for it (curriculum vitae being Latin and resumé being French).
In the UK, employers are not allowed to ask you for / contact references unless an offer of employment is made, that's why they are not included on a CV
Bear in mind, compared to other European countries, the UK is strict. The Scandis, in particular, have an even more person centred approach. PS photos on CVs (we NEVER call them "résumés") are NOT allowed.
At the age of ninety, I probably need the information provided by Kaylyn least of all of her subscribers, it reminded me that working in the UK is more amenable and less stressful than holding down a job in the US. It also pointed job seekers to provide them a way to give future employers the information in a concise form.
Have never worked in the US but some aspects of working there would put me off moving there especially the lack of paid holiday. When I was in my 20's and 30's working for a large financial services company I was a workaholic often working late and at weekends. I did benefit from generous bonuses and pay rises which enabled me to buy some lovely cars and have some nice holidays but by my 40's I was feeling burnt out and now appreciate my free time more.
I lived in a small town in the Midlands. I was once fired because I walked around, looking half asleep. I do have very small eyes, which I must admit do give that look. It was an American supermarket and American manager, I was happy to leave he fired staff on a whim. This supermarket had a turnover of staff. Needless to say, the supermarket closed very quickly.
I think the U.K response may have been slightly different 5-6 years ago but covid and the lock down really brought home how important work/life boundaries are.
In the UK, reference provided by the job applicant about themselves are called 'testimonials' and add no value to the recruitment process - the assumptions that the applicant will only include things that make them sound good made by people who like them. However the job applicant is expected to provide the contact details of 2 - 3 previous employers who the recruiting manager can contact directly for a reference. For school leavers or those who've not worked before, they will be asked to provide the contact details of 2 - 3 people who can provide a character reference, usually a teacher or college lecturer or another professional (non-related) person who can give details about the applicants character. Generally, offers of employment are contractually subject to the acquisition of satisfactory references
I'm just glad I retired long before all this on-line stuff existed - despite the fact I worked in computers and electronics for most of my life. How I managed to get all the different jobs I had over my lifetime with just my own efforts I can't imagine :) I even had a former employer asked me to go back.
I will be hitting 15 years in my job next year and will be then getting 32 days a year and to be honest irs one of the main reasons I stop there. Also 1 of the most common sayings in the factory is “ if I drop dead tomorrow they will have replaced me within a day “
@VLC8792 I remember the big boss giving a talk about how us plebs weren't just numbers. A few years later they sold the factory to a private equity firm.
The reason British CV's want to more about you outside your work ethic and skills is because the clue is in the title C.V Curriculum Vitae, it's Latin for Course of Life.
My father worked for IBM in London , and when he spent 3 yearsin the US found the dress code ridiculously strict He said it was like goung back to school.
The last company meeting I went to, one of the managers - an American - decided to show a TH-cam video of people boasting about how much they loved their company. At that point I stopped going to the presentations and said to my team that I would manage things in their absence and they could go instead. I was non popular, with my team for a while, but it saved me from offending the manager by standing up and walking out .
What about you? Are you a workaholic or do you show up and then forget about it as soon as you leave?
After working myself to burnout and being signed off sick 6 years ago, I am now very strict that outside of working hours, I will not be working! I also have two children now and they will always come before work, so I am definitely a work to live, not a live to work person :-)
Currently unemployed but worked for years in offices which were "vibrant" , meaning very busy with everyone engaged in extreme multitasking and I found it difficult to switch off and not be at home thinking/ over thinking/ worrying about the next day .
I forget about it as soon as I turn up, never mind leave.
I briefly worked for an advertising agency which took an enthusiastically American approach. It was too cringy. Now I work from home, where I can make my own tea 😂
Are you kidding me? That was just a covert ad. Unsubbed.
Nobody ever lay in their death bed and wished they’d spent more time in the office sending emails
so so true
I was going to say you are a long time dead, so enjoy life while you can!
@@johngould3724 Unfortunately, bills have to be paid, thus you are at the mercy of your employer.
@@jjinwien9054 yeah bills need to be paid but here in the uk, we have things called “workers rights” so we aren’t at the mercy of unreasonable employers
As the song has it
Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die.
Just a comment, for what it's worth - quite dislike the mixing in of the sponsorship through the video, makes the whole thing feel like an infomercial, which isn't a good thing.
I had to scroll down to see if there were any details about whether it was an advert or an actual video on the differences. I'm still not sure,
Yes, I gave up on this one. Too much advertising and I switch off.
I switched off
I came to comments to sat exactly this. Couldn't finish this one, felt like an advert the whole time.
I was just going to say the same thing. If I wanted infomercials, I would watch QVC! I understand that sponsorships are necessary for content creators but most:
1. Put a little tab at the top to say "includes paid promotion"
2. Mention it in a segment be it beginning or middle, they don't smatter it throughout the content. Then they just briefly mention it at the end again.
If this is how paid promotions/sponsors are going to be advertised on this channel moving forward then, sadly, that will deter me from viewing other videos posted here in the future.
This is just a poorly scripted and overlong advert for Fiver.
Yeah, I agree. It’s gotta be TH-camr 101 to make your sponsors easy to skip to get to the actual video
It sure is. I kept FF, it was a waste of time.
Yes, I'd like to see this repeated without the 17 minute advert.
Yes, definitely the longest in video promotion, why they can't be a five second segment at the start like many creators use which can be easily skipped through. That was definitely a US 'now a word from our sponsor'.
Fiverr's a rubbish company. I used their platform once. Never again.
Don't like this one. It's just an advert. I know you have to make a living but usually your stuff is a lot better than this
An old guy I worked with, once told me, 'the graveyards are full of indispensable people'. I've never forgotten it.
Sadly, the youtube algorithm loves videos that make people angry because they (we!) post comments about it and that's interaction. The mistake here, if that's her intention, is that if people unsubscribe and come back less often, it will have backfired. I'd advise her not to repeat this appalling video construction, something I haven't seen before. If the sponsor pushed it onto her, she should drop them like a brick.
I get that having a sponsor is really beneficial as a creator and I try to conscientiously watch ads in support of whom ever I’m watching. But I stopped watching this video partway through as the format of integrating the ad was beyond irritating. The whole video just seemed like one big ad.
@gnomealone-gu6kr. I couldn't agree more.
What's happened? This is a full on advertorial rather than one of your normal great videos. At least other youtubers won't be reacting to it without crediting!
Fiverr is now on my list of things to avoid.. I understand sponsorship and appreciate that creators need that sponsorship to survive, but the only thing I want ramming down my throat, is Haribo and spiced rum, ideally at the same time. Too much advertising makes something unwatchable, it's bad enough having to tap tap tap tap tappity tap tap tap tap TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP, through a five minute product placement on videos, but a 17 minute advert isn't going to make me want to use a product.
Still enjoy your usual stuff though.
Totally agree the title of this video should have read mass advertisements I skipped through half a dozen times only to see it was just a non stop advertisement for that I unsubscribe
This one got past my ad blocker. Stopped after 6 minutes. I don't have time for a 17 minute long ad.
Oh goodness, I always switch off ads as soon as possible - so I switched this off too.
Making money on TH-cam for your content, is something I understand. But to Clickbait your loyal subscribers into watching this misleading Advert / Commercial - is Appalling.
I never thought I would downvote one of your videos.
The whole bloody thing was an advert. Disliked.
Think mixing the sponsorship is gonna lose you viewers, its not good.
I remember watching a YT video about an American expat in Portugal who thought detailing her considerable work achievements would impress the immigration officer. Instead, the officer looked concerned and asked, "When you were doing all these things, who was looking after your baby?"
Feels like over giant infomercial. Awful video.
Sorry to say this, but you are way too heavy handed referencing your sponsor in this episode.
I told my kids as they started work "your are holding two globes. One is made of rubber and we call it work. The other is made of glass and called family. If you drop the rubber globe it will bounce back. If you drop the glass globe it will shatter" Cliche but they took it on board.
Is it? I've never heard it before. I like it.
I once read a comment from someone in a company that had a big group presentation from their new US owners.
The guy leapt on to the stage shouting "We're number 1", pumping his fist in the air.
He was bit surprised by the total silence and puzzled looks (who is this lunatic!) from his non-US audience.
HA! This is great.
I worked for a company who brought in a "Mr Motivator " character...no idea why we were all motivated! Sorry but he was an American with bright red braces and a "loud" suit. Like the previous comment...he stated that we should all get up put our hands high in the air and say very loudly "we are the winning team" !!!....uuughhh at that point half of the team just got up and left and went on with the work.
Not ONE employee made it to the end....the lunatic got just over half way.....he was asked to leave.
The outcome was a few days of asking the Director..."what was that???"
I have experience working in the US and the UK.....the difference seems to be about teamwork ...present in the UK not so much in the US.
I like your channel but this is the worst advertised video I've ever seen. The advert continues on and off throughout the video. Its a pity you agreed to do this type of video and didn't think more about the ethical side of this.
I thought that too for a moment. Then I realised. Kaylin is in the gig economy too as a TH-camr. So her worrying about people being dragged into it would be a bit weird as someone who chose it. It is a tricky combo of subject and hammering home though.
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDad I appreciate that fact. And I don't begrudge her to make money via advertising. But I've never seen such an invasive advertising strategy that attempts to take advantage of a captive audience that wants to watch a video to the end.
Its a cynical way to approach advertising. I suspect this was Fiver's advice, but of course its a choice whether a youtube accepts these conditions or not. There may be a less well paid way of doing this advert for Fiver too as an option.
I have no idea, but this is not the way to encourage subscriber loyalty. Quite the opposite impact can occur which a channel of this particular size will feel quite harshly.
Its not an ethical issue, it's just bad content.
@@IshtarNike Bad content would be a bad video. This isn't a bad video, its pervasive advertising that is ongoing and calls into question audience trust.
Good grief, 3 minutes of chat 14 minuets of sponsorship infomercials. This video really grated on me.
As someone who pays TH-cam not to see adverts this well p,d me off.😢
This felt a bit sponsor heavy to me 2
I think loyal subscribers deserve a response from GGL
Tuned out due to the repeated reference to your sponsor.
Sorry, but I switched off after five minutes. Just a commercial.
Sorry GGL this is literally your worst ever video....More like an 18 minute long advert...Really bad......☹☹☹☹☹
Ooops. Another cultural difference is our dislike of adverts dropped into the middle of a video. In the UK we expect it to be clearly flagged when you are talking as yourself and when you are being paid to praise a product. I found this video both annoying and it reduced my willingness to watch more of your content because you muddled up the adverts with the content. UK television has strict rules about how many and how long the advertisements can run for.
Same. Was disappointed there wasn't a P in the bottom corner to show that it was just one giant ad
This just a Fiverr advert
To be fair, I generally enjoy her posts and I understand monetization, but this went over the top
Agree with others: weaving the advert through the whole thing is not nice and massively detracts from the video. Taints the whole thing and makes it seem less genuine and more like a video designed purely to push the sponsored content.
Bye bye
We don’t like Infomercials.
Have you learnt nothing?
You are not 'We'.
I have enjoyed all of your content for many months however I feel this glorified advert was a serious mistake and you may lose many subscribers. Another like this will include me.
Another major difference I have been made aware of, is the fact that health insurance is often provided by an employer in the US. I have heard and seen many people from the US say that they felt trapped in an unsatisfactory job, where the demands on them were excessive, and felt they couldn't change employer because they were terrified of losing their access to healthcare. Obviously, here in the UK, this would not apply, as we have the NHS.
One of the reasons those in power in the US are in no hurry to change the system, it helps them to control workers.
You will find that public sector workers will hang on in their jobs because of job security and pension provision.
Yeah, kind of hard to quit a shitty job when access to lifesaving medication for you or your family depends on it.
Downvoted for the 17 minute ADVERT.
I love most of your videos, but the sponsored stuff here was way too much.
I hope this isn’t the new format for your videos Kaylin. This was just one long advert
Hiya. When you're next posting a full length commercial, can you please, in future, write 'AD' in the video title, so I don't have to watch it. Thank you. Stay safe. All the best to you.
I worked more than 35 years under the "American" system and, as a result, missed so much of my childrens' lives - birthdays, plays, sports events, etc - and now wonder if it was worth it. Not to mention not being there for friends and other family events. Unfortunately under the USA system you have to toe the line in order to pay the bills and you don't want to lose your job. How can you balance work/life when your mortgage/health care has to be paid? How can you not work weekends when your boss can fire you for wearing "red shoes"? I'm sure the British (and European) way of life is much better.
Sorry - the premise of the topic had merit but as essentially an infomercial for fiverr it really didn't work for me
Got fed-up of... whoever it was you were promoting, about the 11 minute mark.
I lasted 7.
@@TukikoTroy I'm amazed you lasted so long
I lasted until 5.37. I hope Kalyn gets the message because her videos are normally so entertaining. But not this one.🙁
Well done for lasting that long, she is my favourite content creator, due to humour and lack of BS and original content etc, but I jumped ship with the endless mention of the product she was promoting long before the 11 min mark.
Love your videos, however I prefer such heavily advertising content to have “Paid Content”, “AD” or “sponsored” in the title. I love your channel enough to still watch it, just prefer to know in advance. Especially when it felt like you were sharing observations that you had already previously shared about the differences at work.
Personally, I'm not convinced this style of presenting a sponsor works well. There's even a point in the video when the frequent Fiverr mentions was interrupted by...an advert.
Clickbait for an advert - very poor content.
For me a job is an inconvenience that I have to tolerate to live the end
Less of a GGL vlog more of a covert advert
@shaunfarrell3834. Exactly.
I’m not really sure that “covert” is the word that I would use… especially as our language contains the word “blatant”.
On a totally different subject.
You've done videos where you've mentioned the British peoples (I include the Irish) to understate things.
I was talking to someone in Ireland who had been without electric for 3 days because of that recent storm. I spoke to them a day later and not only was the electric still not on, they'd lost water.
They went on to say... Can't really complain, some poor souls have been flooded out. So it could be worse.
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
I liked the content, but the sponsorship was waay too long, simply skipped it.
Sorry, this felt like one long sponsored ad, I don't like the format at all. I won't watch similar ones it's too pushy, and it seems pointless to pay for Premium if you're going to serve up stuff like this
A 17 minute advert for fiverr?! 🤦
OK, too many ads. I've watched you for a long time but I'm now turning you off.
17 minute advert.😅
I usually like this channel's content but this was more like an ad and I skipped out about a quarter of the way through. Too many like this and I suspect I'll be one of many who unsubscribe.
Great observations - I've experienced both US and UK work cultures and agree. Employers do not reward loyalty. You may love our job but the job usually won't love you back.
This is the first video from this usually great channel I could not watch all the way through, I would have thought that Kalyn had been in this Country long enough to know that her (I believe) mostly UK audience would hate to have a produce rammed down their throat like this. Great that she is getting sponsors, but just bung it in in one lump, and not scatter it throughout the video.
I just hope she got a shed load of dosh for this sh*t show infomercial, and that we don't get a repeat of it, here's to her next video. :)
Have to agree here. Just an infomercial... way below the usual excellent standard!
Yeah it's a shame. We do have incredibly strict advertising and product placement rules in the UK, which is a good thing, so it's really obvious when something is sponsored
As always, your article was well researched and balanced in its observations and conclusions but the continual promotion of Fiverr really made it hard work to see it through to the end. I do hope that this is not the shape of things to come.
You can't get sacked on the UK for what your employer thinks is poor performance. You are only legally required to do your job “reasonably satisfactorily” in the eyes of an independent arbiter. This is an objective test, too. Even if you are markedly worse at your job than others in that job at the firm, this does not prove that you are less than “reasonably satisfactory” at it.
I worked in Houston Texas and my First week was the week before Easter. I said good night on Thursday and went back to work on Tuesday i.e. Good Friday the weekend and Easter Monday, I am British after all. When I walked in everyone was gobsmacked, luckily for me my boss had lived in the UK for years and knew what I had done. No, I did not get fired.
I normally enjoy your videos, but this was a big advert for fiver, so I stopped halfway through. Not a fan of that style, no matter whether it is relevant to your topic. I like to skip the sponsor sections of videos.
I understand that creators need to do sponsorships but this was beyond the pale. Clearly signposted ads no problem, ads as content is not on.
One long advert.
Do you take breath when you talk? I watched your video for a couple of minutes. With the speed you spoke and the amount you advertised your sponsors I began to forget the subject of your video.
you can do better girl, any more like this and Im gone
I saw and appreciate what you did there :)
As you are now self employed, is your new boss as generous with the amount of annual leave she grants you?
Too much Fiverr. Unwatchable.
I'm a Brit who spent his entire working life based in the UK as an employee of American-based multinationals but travelling to the USA and all over Europe. I found out that, despite the language differences, in general I had much more in common with my European colleagues than those from the USA, although there were a few exceptions. This contributed to making me a committed European. I was lucky enough to reach a fairly senior position, which meant that I was not normally treated in the same disrespectful way that some of the US staff treated many, less-fortunate employees. There were many American colleagues that I got along with perfectly well and I enjoyed working with them but there were also some who treated more junior people like servants or disposable tools.
This is just an advert. Skipping.
Please please please GGL - don't make another infomercial like this :( I usually love your videos, and look forward to new ones, but this was so disappointing...I couldn't make it past the 5 mins mark... On this topic, my colleague said to me once "you won't remember all the overtime you did, but your kids will". Puts it into perspective.
This is just a 17 minute add for fiverr.
You once described yourself as a worse version of Adventures and Naps and I've finally twigged why. On Adventures and Naps, the content seems very off the cuff and unrehearsed whereas your material, while very well researched and informative, it's clear you just have a script in front of you and you're reading it to a camera. Just food for thought.
This is the only one that i felt that way about, I was wondering if the sponsor wrote the script, frankly it is fair enough if she does have a loose script to help her remember the salient facts she is conveying to her audience.
TERRIBLE this was a infomercial...I rushed out!
On the dressing side of things and although I'm retired now, I ended up as a CEO of a few organisations. I found that by encouraging staff to wear what they wished was far more conducive to achieving greater productivity and a happier workplace, subject to Health and Safety of course. This always applied to working internally, of course. Many would also feel happier cycling, scootering, running and walking to work. I and most staff kept clean clothes, shirts, ties, suits shoes etc in suit bags, ready to roll if there was an external meeting/event or anything else. It's amazing how people will go the extra mile, without being asked, and how much better your staff retention rates are when people feel appreciated and respected in ways like this.
The manager of the mental health day service I attended always wore t-shirt and denim shorts. On a hanger in his office was a smart suit that he put on over his comfy clothes when needed. He was awesome.
Sorry but if any newcomer finds your channel and this is the first video they watch, they are not going to subscribe ... far below your usual standard of entertaining observations of life in the UK from an American's POV.
Wow one long and with no warning.... it's that American hustle I guess
I am a manual worker, in the UK. I used to work on my own, but this year I started working with others. When I started my first job, in 1993, I only had 12 days holidays a year. I was there for 6 years. The other places that I have been working, I had 20 days holidays per year .
I like to have a uniform for work, as it is normally the same clothes that I would be wearing anyway. This means that I am wearing similar clothes, but the employers have to pay for them.
I once wrote a very comedic CV I mean it was hilarious, and I foolishly attached it to an application for a job I really wanted, my very good and professional CV was beside it in the folder, I never heard from them, which absolutely sucked.
OH MY! Sorry to hear that...does make for a good story later though!
Can I add companies can refuse to give a reference but they cannot give a bad reference in the Uk its illegal.
My boss absolutely would not give a reference as if he got it wrong he could be sued, many British companies ignore requests for references or will just confirm you worked there.
In the EU they have many more employee rights than the UK. The UK lags a long way behind. That said, British work culture tends to be more relaxed, though this varies a lot between employers. I've worked for very relaxed employers and also the complete opposite, so it's not the same everywhere, but in general it's more relaxed than both the US and the EU. The dress code in the UK used to be very formal, but in certain fields like IT it is a more casual than fields like banking, law, etc.
This video is not quite what I expected.
You will understand that now Kalyn?
Interesting that, between the US and the UK, neither could come up with an English language term for it (curriculum vitae being Latin and resumé being French).
In the UK, employers are not allowed to ask you for / contact references unless an offer of employment is made, that's why they are not included on a CV
Bear in mind, compared to other European countries, the UK is strict. The Scandis, in particular, have an even more person centred approach.
PS photos on CVs (we NEVER call them "résumés") are NOT allowed.
At the age of ninety, I probably need the information provided by Kaylyn least of all of her subscribers, it reminded me that working in the UK is more amenable and less stressful than holding down a job in the US. It also pointed job seekers to provide them a way to give future employers the information in a concise form.
Have never worked in the US but some aspects of working there would put me off moving there especially the lack of paid holiday. When I was in my 20's and 30's working for a large financial services company I was a workaholic often working late and at weekends. I did benefit from generous bonuses and pay rises which enabled me to buy some lovely cars and have some nice holidays but by my 40's I was feeling burnt out and now appreciate my free time more.
I lived in a small town in the Midlands. I was once fired because I walked around, looking half asleep. I do have very small eyes, which I must admit do give that look. It was an American supermarket and American manager, I was happy to leave he fired staff on a whim. This supermarket had a turnover of staff. Needless to say, the supermarket closed very quickly.
I think the U.K response may have been slightly different 5-6 years ago but covid and the lock down really brought home how important work/life boundaries are.
The Whole vid is a Advert and a good communication tool for the differences, well done, BUT
Why do all the Clips have office workers???
Wow, you went low here.
In the UK, reference provided by the job applicant about themselves are called 'testimonials' and add no value to the recruitment process - the assumptions that the applicant will only include things that make them sound good made by people who like them. However the job applicant is expected to provide the contact details of 2 - 3 previous employers who the recruiting manager can contact directly for a reference. For school leavers or those who've not worked before, they will be asked to provide the contact details of 2 - 3 people who can provide a character reference, usually a teacher or college lecturer or another professional (non-related) person who can give details about the applicants character. Generally, offers of employment are contractually subject to the acquisition of satisfactory references
Don’t forget that eight of those days are public holidays though, so it’s 20 days that you can choose to take.
I used to work to live,not live to work.
I worked to fund my hobbies/interests. The 2 never interfered with each other.
Confused is this an advert all the way through
I'm just glad I retired long before all this on-line stuff existed - despite the fact I worked in computers and electronics for most of my life. How I managed to get all the different jobs I had over my lifetime with just my own efforts I can't imagine :) I even had a former employer asked me to go back.
I will be hitting 15 years in my job next year and will be then getting 32 days a year and to be honest irs one of the main reasons I stop there. Also 1 of the most common sayings in the factory is “ if I drop dead tomorrow they will have replaced me within a day “
What you should never forget, in the world of work, YOU are just a number. Easy to hire, relatively easy to fire in the UK, easy to fire in the USA.
@VLC8792 I remember the big boss giving a talk about how us plebs weren't just numbers. A few years later they sold the factory to a private equity firm.
Hello,
I have been enjoying your content, having discovered you recently, but wow! - this one did feel really mercenary with the advertising!
The reason British CV's want to more about you outside your work ethic and skills is because the clue is in the title C.V Curriculum Vitae, it's Latin for Course of Life.
My father worked for IBM in London , and when he spent 3 yearsin the US found the dress code ridiculously strict He said it was like goung back to school.
The last company meeting I went to, one of the managers - an American - decided to show a TH-cam video of people boasting about how much they loved their company. At that point I stopped going to the presentations and said to my team that I would manage things in their absence and they could go instead. I was non popular, with my team for a while, but it saved me from offending the manager by standing up and walking out .