I was fired after two weeks without notice because I just recovered from Covid, and still have some long lasting covid syndrome that affects my performance. As soon as I was fired, I quickly recovered and upgraded my resume, improving my skills and taking a part time job with low pay to add my portfolios for around two months. Two weeks ago, a big company noticed me, and they invited me for few interviews on different times, because of my experiences from the part time job and my portfolios, a few hours after the last interview, The HR contacted me and said I was accepted, I will finally work again next week. Good luck for you guys who are laid off during these trying times, stay strong and keep improving your skills.
Congrats to you on getting a new job. Good thing that you're feeling healthy- so precious. (Sounds like you had long Covid. And maybe you might to talk to a lawyer if your up for it.) May the rest of '22 be very kind.
Been there, 3 times. All good advice, especially the emergency fund. Because I had that, I was able to turn down two bad fits and hold out another couple months for a perfect fit.
Yes, please talk about multiple streams of income. That’s I something that I just didn’t realize the value of until my mid-late twenties and I am eager to start immediately
Don't fall into the Multi Level Marketing ( pyramid scheme ) trap while you are desperate for a job, this is no time to start a risky / sure to fail venture. Also don't get caught in the " Vending machine franchise, we guarantee exclusive territory rights. " The goal of these companies is to sell machines and " franchises " that mean nothing. They don't have the ability to prevent others from operating vending machines in your territory.
When I got fired back in 2015, Uber, Lyft, Postmates and Doordash helped me pay rent while living in LA. Those were some sources of quick alternative income. I tried TH-cam but didn't get anywhere since there is too much saturation, and the algorithm won't favor you if you lean right, even just watching videos without commenting. They track and record everything. I'm progressive btw.
Thank you! I was fired Oct 13 for something that was resolved months ago, but well, what’s done is done. 😕 I’ve been delivering for UberEats for the last two years to help pay off debt, but the shock from the loss of the main 9-5 job is still difficult to grieve. Yet I’ve been so happy to no longer go in that office anymore! I struggle with depressive thoughts that I allow to keep me from finally just updating my resume to start looking as I’m also anxious to avoid a job gap-because I hear a lot of employers look at that like a red flag, but I also don’t want to be desperate to take a lowball offer.
I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I was fired Sept 23 due to being framed by my toxic employer. It’s the worst feeling, it sucks and is a major blow to your self esteem. I hope you find something soon!
Grief from termination is very real, especially if it was a long term jib and or high paying because you were there long. We make our jobs and wages our identity, I know I did and this was a HUGE mistake. Four years and I still grieve and now have anxiety. No words help. It’s tough but one needs to get better and keep growing. God will force patience on you and it WILL humble one.
My grandmother used to say that everyone needs a "rainy day" fund because eventually it _will_ rain. Most well known personal finance gurus also echo this advice. It is probably the most important thing to keep in mind. You cannot sleep well at night until you have a safety net in place - unemployment is complete rubbish in most states - so you need several months of living expenses (at least the essentials) saved up.
I was recently terminated from my full time job. Luckily, I had a part-time PRN job in my field and I was able to get a full time job with them in less than 7 days. The cool thing is that I’ve been with my current company longer than the people who fired me. So, I don’t have a resume gap. I’m considering removing the bad employer from my resume because I was only there 7 months. They are a well respected non-profit but it was a very toxic work environment. I think it will hurt me to keep them on my resume because people who haven’t worked there don’t realize how badly they treat employees. I learned a lot there though!
Thank you for the actual steps! My spouse lost her job and it came out of nowhere, so we're using a day of PTO to gather everything and go through our expenses. This has been so helpful!
Would defintely love more videos on multiple streams of income. It seems like what used to be the go-tos are now all saturated since this topic seemed to really take off during the pademic.
In my career life I have been fired 4 times. The only one I feel I was fired for not doing the job right was the first time (tardiness and absenteeism), the job was too far and I didn't have a car (was a 2-hour bus ride, and the buses were very erratic). The other three times, one was because the mother of the boss didn't like me (she wasn't an employee, she was there making sure that no one messed with her baby), the other was by a racist drunk that said that I was "taking a job from her people" (I think that by "her people" she meant her invisible friends; people in the office who were of her same ethnicity hated her and apologized to me on behalf of her culture), the other one let me go because "I was intimidating my staff", an excuse, she just didn't like that I had better skills than her. That last one, after a few months there were protests in my city asking her to step down for racism and unethical practices. To me, being fired has always been (a) a good reason to find something better, some kind of lesson learned on settling for less, (b) except for the first one, the root of the firing has always been about personal dislikes for me, not because of anything unprofessional, unethical or performance-based. And every time my next job has been better.
Yes, yes! Please do talk about multiple streams of income. 🙏🏻 I’m just now coming to a phase of life where opportunities are opening up, but they are slow growth opportunities that would require me to have multiple streams of income with a flexible schedule.
I appreciate you. You're compassionate, funny and pragmatic. No emergency fund right now, but practiced in the gig economy. I will take any job too, despite your sage advice. I'll change that one day.
Most lay offs occur during the November to December time frame when major companies announce lay offs so their stock price goes up; because Wall Street loves companies that lay off large amount of hourly employees near the end of the end of the year. I have seen this first hand with General Electric.
I would really like to learn about multiple streams of income! I just can't see myself working in an office ever again but I'm stuck as to what to do next.
Well laid out and spot on. Do not wait especially if you are an older worker and not yet able to retire. For younger folk, it is a race against time. Are you going to work for someone or entity or are you going to go it your own way? Perhaps a hybrid model: work, gain knowledge, save then make the transition to self employ. There are so many resources now than when I was younger but there were resources and signs there too; older people alone barely able to rent a room and dying alone. The tired, defeated shuffle of your mother as she comes back early in the morning after a second job so you can be fed, housed and clothed. Its like in the end of of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" when Marlow lied to Kurtz's "intended." Just surrounded by that darkness and lying to her that his last words were for her but it was really just "the horror, the......" Ok pretty bleak but I know that's how it can feel like getting outed and drowning in all the propaganda and distractions that help keep our eyes closed. I was lucky in my blindness. Older worker, really forced out due to sudden bad evaluations whereas before I did great. A supervisor mumbling a quick apology saying she had to do it then proceeded to find everything I did with fault. I tell people how it reminded me of those experiments such as Zimbardo's Stanford experiment where students were randomly assigned to be a guard or prisoner and how the experiment went out of control and had to be stopped because of the abuse and PTSD of the prisoners. At most jobs the experiment hasn't been stopped. Or the Milgram experiment where people are told to "punish" someone for wrong answers and how they complied unto agony of the victim just because an "authority" kept prodding them to do so. We people can be so wretched. "Human Resources" - the name alone tells you all you need to know. Just resources, a means to an end. Usually to help other people get rich and justify their inflated positions. "Either you are the butcher or you are the meat." - Game of Thrones I think. I left - F*** them. Whatever you might think of unions, they helped with the damage control and I am grateful. Workers do have more power than they think and the pendulum has shifted towards workers right now but rest assured it is temporary. Got my lifetime health benefits for me and for my younger children until they are 23 if they go to college. A small pension (not enough) but living in California, LA - looks worse than the movie "Soylent Green" around here. I am not exaggerating. Started taking classes toward a Masters in Statistics. I have posted stuff like this before on other channel comments cuz its like therapy. The pandemic is awful but going to classes on Zoom and studying with other students on Discord has been great. I don't lie or pretend to be younger than I am (that would be so creepy) but I need not advertise it either. The grey hair will effect things in person so next semester is going to be rough when you walk in the room and everyone thinks you are the teacher. But trying not to be a buttercup. Information - we are just information - refer to Central Dogma - meat machines created by the info encoded in our genes to help make copies of themselves (genes). Read - "The Selfish Gene." I want to use data and programming to improve the things. I have Alexa and she gets me but she could do so much more for me and other's getting on in years. A Boston Dynamics robot with articulating arm to pick up my keys should I be less agile - it will happen to us all. Applying machine learning algorithms and robotics to the avalanche of older retirees to improve out lives and ferret out the truth in the data otherwise "Soylent Green IS people." Have a blessed day, stay healthy, keep the mind busy and don't give into the fear - "fear is the little death."
I would say prank them on Linked In, but it would be unprofessional just forget about them and never go back to that company. It´s is also good to set boundaries at work whenever you feel mistreated.
Must be nice for large corporations to influence politicians to pass laws that heavily favor the employer… the “At-Will” law is one such example. Companies don’t have to show any loyalty to the employee, but we the employees don’t get any such loyalty in return. Yes I can leave a job whenever I want but it costs me way more (financially, mentally and physically). Employers don’t need to give an employee 2 weeks notice lol.
OMG!! It´s so awful, that happened to me but it was my Manager who set up a meeting with no subject in it, the meeting was scheduled at 5.30 pm it was over at 5:33...it was so awful!! they cut me off when I was thanking them for the opportunity to have worked there.
@@se2664 because I missed a very tight deadline for a project that I was already quite close to completing. There was no prior discussion or query, just a straight exit.
@@pamelabarrera4192 that's just terrible. I had no idea some workplaces could be so abrupt and toxic in the way they let staff go. I made sure I said the least words in the meeting. I didn't bother contesting or appealing their decision seeing that I had walked into what was essentially an ambush. I had no idea that other people would have similar experiences. Thought mine was just exceptionally bad.
My contract with my current employer will end by NYE. I have already asked for references and am now looking around on the job market, and I'm feeling a ray of hope about the search process. Sadly I can't have multiple streams of income because it says in my contract that I am only to work for that employer because of security/secrecy reasons.
Mine was just an ambush! The manager just set up a meeting with HR. And i felt like I was in a kangroo court. The manager was the judge, jury and the executioner .. The sentence was passed and i was told I had poor performance and i was asked to leave by next week. I was going to confront but i know it was going to be meaningless and waste my time. On a positive note i am leaving an extremely toxic workplace and trying to get back my mental health
Could you please do a video on Mechanical trade jobs? Our industry seems to have gone down the drain in the last 10 years, especially apprenticeships. My previous employer expected me to buy $30k in tools, while paying me less than $2 above McDonald's wage. I was also forced to wear full sleeve, black, polyester coveralls when I went out on service calls in july. For an industry that's supposed to be on the verge of a skilled worker crisis, agricultural equipment technicians get treated pretty badly. I've been on disability since September 2020 from injuries sustained from the work, and I don't know if I can even afford to go back to it when (if) I'm healed up.
I've got a couple of questions regarding things you haven't covered. :3 1. Some people don't have the option for an emergency fund due to living paycheck to paycheck and on a tight budget. What advice would you have for people in that situation who have time to plan for the future? 2. If you have sufficient reason to believe that the upcoming or recent termination of your position is due to an illegal act (whistleblower retaliation, discrimination due to injury/disability, etc.), what advice would you give on both options and priorities?
People living from paycheck to paycheck usually live over their real means and insist on buying “stuff” they think is necessary or to show off to someone else. The sole reason I do NOT buy premium purses.
This may be different. At 62 .. i had my dream career job of 25yrs... ! My life was totally connected. All my closest friends. .... i made a foolish mistake(s) and lost my job. I stressed so badly. It was my purpose. Identity, social interactions, structure.. etc. Im devastated. Stressed, anxiety, chronic insomnia and depression. Its like i died. I have no interest in life..... i don't go outside anymore. Im just so upset with myself, and how my life was completely altered... 😫😭☠️
I lost my job due to Background verification got negative. MNC hired me as a SAP Consultant and they took 2 months from interview to Background verification. They saw some fault in my employment and they revoked my offer. Anyway, this career break of 4 months hunting me every day. I've decided to learn SAP more and refresh my memory again. So I can start my job soon.
Just had this happened to me today. They expected me to work this week. Luckily have a two months fund. Anyway it's fate I am being re-directed to my perfect role.
Make enough connections that if that happens you can go somewhere else. I've been in that situation a few times. Lost a job big mess corporate reorganizing BS tried another gig . Wasn't working a company I hauled for was starting a new division. I went and interviewed the broker we used heard my voice I called her by name. She looked at the hiring manager said "Hire him" it was a great job till it wasn't. My best jobs I've gotten in similar ways. Word of mouth. Etc. Went to an interview for a gig once. I knew 2 employees there. The hiring manager came out I interviewed. He looked at my resume. Said I never hire anyone from this company. My friends stepped in and said why not. They're out of business now. Psssuh.
Because of jobs where there were managers that were mean, I find it difficult to speak with higher up managers in general. It spills into interviews also. How to overcome?
I was fired for “drinking on the job” I have never picked up an alcohol drink in my life The truth was it was a pay issue Crazy bosses should tell the truth when firing people
Can you do a video about Temporary agencies ? I have been with 2 different temp agencies and how other potential long term employers look at temp work. I resigned from my career years ago and I thought temp work was a "win-win" situation, potential companies would try me out and I would learn more about company's culture. If it didn't work out, I moved onto the next assignment. But lately in the last year or so, everything within the assignment works UNTIL the Temp agency gets involved and then I lose out be cause the "Assignment is done" Is that code for something ? 2 different coworkers at 2 different companies told me that the temp agencies want me back because I make the temp agency money. Do you know what that means? Does that me I am a great employee and the temp agency jeopardizes my chance to be a long term permanent full time employee ? Temp agencies also do not have health benefits, holiday pay, 401k, sick days etc, no benefits whatsoever, I do not want to be a temp employee at all, I want to be a full time permanent employee with a company that offers full benefits Can you do a video about this type of employment: Temp agencies, please?
So many employers now want references from really bad, abusive former employers. How to handle this situation? I have had nepotistic employers. I had an employer concoct a bogus Criminal Event. Trying to deny me unemployment compensation. There are really crappy employers out there. I have had another employer deny my right to use my paid vacation time. How can i get references from these crappy employers? Professional employees need solid work references!
What advice would you give someone who dedicated two decades to working long hours for the UN in toxic situations and conflict zones and then finally fell too sick to work? How to motivate yourself after this when you are full of regrets and had not planned properly or made contingency plans for such a situation?
Do you think that I should be transparent on my next interview and simply say “I left my former job cause it was an extreme toxic environment that doesn’t fit to me”? Or something like “I strongly disagree with my company culture”?That’s the truth but i don’t know if it’s ok to bring it to the table in a potential new job hiring process. Maybe i can sound like a problematic candidate
Go watch Joshua Fluke’s “corporate cringe” videos to learn how to “speak” to a recruiter/hiring manager and play the game. As much as i too would like to keep it real, saying something like, “after learning valuable skills and serving the company for X time, we mutually agreed that a new opportunity to grow and serve in a new company that’s more in line with my own values is best.”
Wording is everything! I left a former employer abruptly in July over an unjust suspension. Rather than continue work a week later I simply left and found a better paying employer 3 days later. Not wanting to bring the matter up in detail with future prospective employers I simply found other things to say on resumés when they asked why I left my former employer like- ●Seeking Better Opportunity ●Relocation ●Trying to Work Closer to Home The point is to find another reason worth mention that is also true but that doesn't stir any negative emotions into the mix. Another one that I've cited is ●Scheduling Conflicts which is a fancy way of saying they weren't flexible with your scheduling needs. Along those lines depending on the kind of work you could also possibly say that you weren't being scheduled enough hours and that you're seeking something more reliable and consistent.
@@charleess21 , if you are still currently employed, simply tell the new recruiter that you found their job offering was exactly fits your career path and will miss your old place. Period.
Bryan, There is one aspect of interviewing I'm finding extremely interesting and that's hiring managers body language / subtle facial expressions. Their eyes dart down and to the left or right, squinting, 2-3 second pauses etc.. I've caught it maybe 5 out the of last 8 interviews when it's apparent the interviewer has doubts regarding something on the resume (job history timeline etc.). I want to call it out sooo bad! and say "what do you need to see as proof?". How would you tactfully address this doubt/ hesitation during an interview? Any videos on this?
The first multiple stream of income is to have roommates or a partner who works. That means in order for your household income to drop to zero, both would have to lose their jobs instead of just one. It greatly decreases your fragility. This is the reality we live in.
Agreed…. Unless your partner dies and your job is eliminated 3 weeks later. Re relocating, that’s nearly impossible if you are single, no partner with zero income. I appreciate this video but these are all best case scenarios.
@@msbondfire007 Sorry if that happened to you. Don’t get too down on yourself. Just keep this in mind: There are macro economic forces beyond your control. It isn’t your fault. Not everybody can work at facebook or google and make $500K a year. It’s not realistic…but that is what is asked of people now to be middle class. Everybody except the highest earners has taken a cut in their standard of living, if you were born upper middle class-now you are middle class, etc. it’s called “downward social mobility” it’s a side effect of societal decay, and the slow collapse of our system. No system lasts forever. I try explaining that to my parents and they just don’t get it. They don’t understand why my brother who has a masters degree in accounting can’t afford to buy a house. They just assume we have some sort of moral failing or are wasting money. Total cognitive dissonance. It’s how we got ourselves in this mess to begin with.
To start with, millions of people in this country live week to week and month to month, there goes your 6 month nest egg. A side hustle, not everyone can do something like that, other than working part time for minimum wage at Walmart on the weekends. All of this video sounds nice, but when your job disappears you need money now.
how you gonna build an emergency fund with no income bro lol you said if you just found out you lost your job start saving? there are no checks to save my guy didnt make it 3 minutes in
Welders, Millwrights and Pipe fitters always blame the helper when something messes up. Usually get about 3 helpers fired before the foreman and inspectors snap..... Good reason to not hire family or friends for your helper.
Hey Brian, question: Would you as a recruiter find it helpful if an applicant took the skills and requirements sections from your job post, and addressed each point in a separate document to be included with the resume?
Got fired from a firm family friends run ect. Tight deadlines low motivation work colleagues any task presented rabbit in headlights. Manager ledgend in his own mind. Did tasks back in the day in half the time with four times the work force. Good riddance 🤡🌍🤣🤣🤣
I think the term ‘tribal knowledge’ needs to be reworded. I hadn’t heard it before, so I googled it and yeah, there are lots better ways to describe what this means without it being potentially offensive to BIPOC people.
I think tribal knowledge is a perfect way to put it. People can infer what it means when they hear it for the first time in context and it puts what it describes in a short hand, easy to understand phrase. It is literally a positive phrase. More tribal knowledge == more knowledge about how things actually operate, not just what’s on paper. Also, anyone can be a member of a tribe, including white people. Tribe dependent, of course. I think your suggestion is silly.
Document everything and make sure they fire you in writing, instead of you quitting. Then, lawyer up, find others in your same situation for support. In the meantime, find other sources of income.
I remember in elementary school, many decades ago, our whole grade walked over to the middle school where everyone received a vaccination an no one complained. And we never knew anyone who had Polio because society pretty much all got vaccinated in the prior decades. I had to get a few vaccinations to go to college. And I had to get set a series of vaccinations 15 years ago when I worked for a medical device company or I would have lost my job. It is nothing new and not worth losing a job for. And my late sister was severely disabled for most of her life because of a disease for which there is a vaccine now. Society needs a swift kick in the ass.
@@JasonEDragon Those vaccination have long term history and the side effects and long term effects are known. With this new stuff, they are unable to answer the long term effect, because they don't know. The new stuff is so well tested that they are surprised , when side effects are reported ( insert sarcasm). Check out the history of the Polio vax and how many people died after taking it. When it was first distributed, they was a lot of problems with it and had to be refined. Now, after many years, we know what the long term effects are.
@@churchofpos2279 While we won't know perfectly what will happen in the future until the future happens, we do know what has happened up until today and we can use our knowledge to extrapolate what is likely to happen in the future. We are weighing the rights of individuals to be hesitant to inject something not perfectly proven into their body against the rights of the people at a workplace to expect the lowest reasonable probability of breathing in a virus that has proven to be very deadly to too many. If vaccines were 100% effective then I wouldn't care if others received a vaccine. But, vaccines aren't 100% effective, so you need most people to get vaccinated so that the viruses don't have enough hosts that are effective to reproduce in. We've seen that too many people don't properly follow other measures to avoid virus spread. As I'm writing this I just heard another ambulance call being made to a residence where someone is COVID positive in my community. So, the best way forward is to say if you want to work next to me then get vaccinated.
I was fired after two weeks without notice because I just recovered from Covid, and still have some long lasting covid syndrome that affects my performance. As soon as I was fired, I quickly recovered and upgraded my resume, improving my skills and taking a part time job with low pay to add my portfolios for around two months. Two weeks ago, a big company noticed me, and they invited me for few interviews on different times, because of my experiences from the part time job and my portfolios, a few hours after the last interview, The HR contacted me and said I was accepted, I will finally work again next week. Good luck for you guys who are laid off during these trying times, stay strong and keep improving your skills.
Congrats to you on getting a new job. Good thing that you're feeling healthy- so precious. (Sounds like you had long Covid. And maybe you might to talk to a lawyer if your up for it.) May the rest of '22 be very kind.
How have things been? Looking back, do you feel it worked out?
Been there, 3 times. All good advice, especially the emergency fund. Because I had that, I was able to turn down two bad fits and hold out another couple months for a perfect fit.
Yes, please talk about multiple streams of income. That’s I something that I just didn’t realize the value of until my mid-late twenties and I am eager to start immediately
Will do!
Don't fall into the Multi Level Marketing ( pyramid scheme ) trap while you are desperate for a job, this is no time to start a risky / sure to fail venture.
Also don't get caught in the " Vending machine franchise, we guarantee exclusive territory rights. " The goal of these companies is to sell machines and " franchises " that mean nothing. They don't have the ability to prevent others from operating vending machines in your territory.
When I got fired back in 2015, Uber, Lyft, Postmates and Doordash helped me pay rent while living in LA. Those were some sources of quick alternative income. I tried TH-cam but didn't get anywhere since there is too much saturation, and the algorithm won't favor you if you lean right, even just watching videos without commenting. They track and record everything. I'm progressive btw.
@@claudioklaus2642 you have to be passionate about making TH-cam videos. TH-cam is not meant for quick money
what she said.
Thank you!
I was fired Oct 13 for something that was resolved months ago, but well, what’s done is done. 😕
I’ve been delivering for UberEats for the last two years to help pay off debt, but the shock from the loss of the main 9-5 job is still difficult to grieve. Yet I’ve been so happy to no longer go in that office anymore!
I struggle with depressive thoughts that I allow to keep me from finally just updating my resume to start looking as I’m also anxious to avoid a job gap-because I hear a lot of employers look at that like a red flag, but I also don’t want to be desperate to take a lowball offer.
I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I was fired Sept 23 due to being framed by my toxic employer. It’s the worst feeling, it sucks and is a major blow to your self esteem. I hope you find something soon!
@@nima_33 Oh my. 😔 Thank you, same to you! 🤗💕
Why’d you get fired?
Grief from termination is very real, especially if it was a long term jib and or high paying because you were there long. We make our jobs and wages our identity, I know I did and this was a HUGE mistake. Four years and I still grieve and now have anxiety. No words help. It’s tough but one needs to get better and keep growing. God will force patience on you and it WILL humble one.
@@nima_33 colleagues are so toxic because of their jealousy and shortcomings. They hate what your doing and getting right.
My grandmother used to say that everyone needs a "rainy day" fund because eventually it _will_ rain. Most well known personal finance gurus also echo this advice. It is probably the most important thing to keep in mind. You cannot sleep well at night until you have a safety net in place - unemployment is complete rubbish in most states - so you need several months of living expenses (at least the essentials) saved up.
I was recently terminated from my full time job. Luckily, I had a part-time PRN job in my field and I was able to get a full time job with them in less than 7 days. The cool thing is that I’ve been with my current company longer than the people who fired me. So, I don’t have a resume gap. I’m considering removing the bad employer from my resume because I was only there 7 months. They are a well respected non-profit but it was a very toxic work environment. I think it will hurt me to keep them on my resume because people who haven’t worked there don’t realize how badly they treat employees. I learned a lot there though!
Thank you for the actual steps! My spouse lost her job and it came out of nowhere, so we're using a day of PTO to gather everything and go through our expenses. This has been so helpful!
Would defintely love more videos on multiple streams of income. It seems like what used to be the go-tos are now all saturated since this topic seemed to really take off during the pademic.
Thank you for your content. In my opinion you are one of the most valuable channels on TH-cam for self development. Cheers
appreciate it! thanks for watching.
Make more videos about multiple streams that can be fully remote. Not side gigs like door dash delivery or Uber eats
In my career life I have been fired 4 times. The only one I feel I was fired for not doing the job right was the first time (tardiness and absenteeism), the job was too far and I didn't have a car (was a 2-hour bus ride, and the buses were very erratic). The other three times, one was because the mother of the boss didn't like me (she wasn't an employee, she was there making sure that no one messed with her baby), the other was by a racist drunk that said that I was "taking a job from her people" (I think that by "her people" she meant her invisible friends; people in the office who were of her same ethnicity hated her and apologized to me on behalf of her culture), the other one let me go because "I was intimidating my staff", an excuse, she just didn't like that I had better skills than her. That last one, after a few months there were protests in my city asking her to step down for racism and unethical practices.
To me, being fired has always been (a) a good reason to find something better, some kind of lesson learned on settling for less, (b) except for the first one, the root of the firing has always been about personal dislikes for me, not because of anything unprofessional, unethical or performance-based. And every time my next job has been better.
Another reason to be a union worker, the company has to document poor performance over a period of time vs just firing outright.
Yes, yes! Please do talk about multiple streams of income. 🙏🏻
I’m just now coming to a phase of life where opportunities are opening up, but they are slow growth opportunities that would require me to have multiple streams of income with a flexible schedule.
I appreciate you. You're compassionate, funny and pragmatic. No emergency fund right now, but practiced in the gig economy. I will take any job too, despite your sage advice. I'll change that one day.
Thank you so much. I lost my job and I am going in a lot of stress of looking for a new job. This video motivated me
Treat your job as a contract. Then it will not be "sudden" anymore.
Most lay offs occur during the November to December time frame when major companies announce lay offs so their stock price goes up; because Wall Street loves companies that lay off large amount of hourly employees near the end of the end of the year. I have seen this first hand with General Electric.
I would really like to learn about multiple streams of income! I just can't see myself working in an office ever again but I'm stuck as to what to do next.
You say, Fuck it! And move on to better things.
Well laid out and spot on. Do not wait especially if you are an older worker and not yet able to retire. For younger folk, it is a race against time. Are you going to work for someone or entity or are you going to go it your own way? Perhaps a hybrid model: work, gain knowledge, save then make the transition to self employ. There are so many resources now than when I was younger but there were resources and signs there too; older people alone barely able to rent a room and dying alone. The tired, defeated shuffle of your mother as she comes back early in the morning after a second job so you can be fed, housed and clothed. Its like in the end of of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" when Marlow lied to Kurtz's "intended." Just surrounded by that darkness and lying to her that his last words were for her but it was really just "the horror, the......" Ok pretty bleak but I know that's how it can feel like getting outed and drowning in all the propaganda and distractions that help keep our eyes closed.
I was lucky in my blindness. Older worker, really forced out due to sudden bad evaluations whereas before I did great. A supervisor mumbling a quick apology saying she had to do it then proceeded to find everything I did with fault. I tell people how it reminded me of those experiments such as Zimbardo's Stanford experiment where students were randomly assigned to be a guard or prisoner and how the experiment went out of control and had to be stopped because of the abuse and PTSD of the prisoners. At most jobs the experiment hasn't been stopped. Or the Milgram experiment where people are told to "punish" someone for wrong answers and how they complied unto agony of the victim just because an "authority" kept prodding them to do so. We people can be so wretched. "Human Resources" - the name alone tells you all you need to know. Just resources, a means to an end. Usually to help other people get rich and justify their inflated positions. "Either you are the butcher or you are the meat." - Game of Thrones I think.
I left - F*** them. Whatever you might think of unions, they helped with the damage control and I am grateful. Workers do have more power than they think and the pendulum has shifted towards workers right now but rest assured it is temporary. Got my lifetime health benefits for me and for my younger children until they are 23 if they go to college. A small pension (not enough) but living in California, LA - looks worse than the movie "Soylent Green" around here. I am not exaggerating.
Started taking classes toward a Masters in Statistics. I have posted stuff like this before on other channel comments cuz its like therapy. The pandemic is awful but going to classes on Zoom and studying with other students on Discord has been great. I don't lie or pretend to be younger than I am (that would be so creepy) but I need not advertise it either. The grey hair will effect things in person so next semester is going to be rough when you walk in the room and everyone thinks you are the teacher. But trying not to be a buttercup.
Information - we are just information - refer to Central Dogma - meat machines created by the info encoded in our genes to help make copies of themselves (genes). Read - "The Selfish Gene." I want to use data and programming to improve the things. I have Alexa and she gets me but she could do so much more for me and other's getting on in years. A Boston Dynamics robot with articulating arm to pick up my keys should I be less agile - it will happen to us all. Applying machine learning algorithms and robotics to the avalanche of older retirees to improve out lives and ferret out the truth in the data otherwise "Soylent Green IS people."
Have a blessed day, stay healthy, keep the mind busy and don't give into the fear - "fear is the little death."
How to deal with a former employer that treated employees like crap?
I would say prank them on Linked In, but it would be unprofessional just forget about them and never go back to that company. It´s is also good to set boundaries at work whenever you feel mistreated.
Must be nice for large corporations to influence politicians to pass laws that heavily favor the employer… the “At-Will” law is one such example. Companies don’t have to show any loyalty to the employee, but we the employees don’t get any such loyalty in return. Yes I can leave a job whenever I want but it costs me way more (financially, mentally and physically). Employers don’t need to give an employee 2 weeks notice lol.
I lost my job exactly one week ago today. HR called me in for a "meeting" that turned out to be an exit interview.
Yes those unexpected “meetings” are red flags. Why did HR give you an exit in?
OMG!! It´s so awful, that happened to me but it was my Manager who set up a meeting with no subject in it, the meeting was scheduled at 5.30 pm it was over at 5:33...it was so awful!! they cut me off when I was thanking them for the opportunity to have worked there.
@@se2664 because I missed a very tight deadline for a project that I was already quite close to completing. There was no prior discussion or query, just a straight exit.
@@pamelabarrera4192 that's just terrible. I had no idea some workplaces could be so abrupt and toxic in the way they let staff go. I made sure I said the least words in the meeting. I didn't bother contesting or appealing their decision seeing that I had walked into what was essentially an ambush. I had no idea that other people would have similar experiences. Thought mine was just exceptionally bad.
Mine was an ambush too. Felt like I was walking into a kangroo court and asked to leave by next week.
My contract with my current employer will end by NYE. I have already asked for references and am now looking around on the job market, and I'm feeling a ray of hope about the search process. Sadly I can't have multiple streams of income because it says in my contract that I am only to work for that employer because of security/secrecy reasons.
@@Danny-jl2sd Right? I understand an NDA or working with a competitor but to flat out ban side-income of any kind sounds extremely illegal.
It is not illegal if it is for a foreign government
Great advice. My emergency funds are almost gone.
Nice advice, just save more money. Thanks for that I’ll try that one day.
I'm aware of the imminent loss of my job 2 days later after watching this video. Pray for me
Mine was just an ambush! The manager just set up a meeting with HR. And i felt like I was in a kangroo court. The manager was the judge, jury and the executioner .. The sentence was passed and i was told I had poor performance and i was asked to leave by next week. I was going to confront but i know it was going to be meaningless and waste my time. On a positive note i am leaving an extremely toxic workplace and trying to get back my mental health
Sorry
Thanks god I am european and It's really hard to get fired when you have a permanent contract.
This is great common sense down to earth advice that anyone can follow. Thank you for your post.
How to deal with a hostile former employer?
Could you please do a video on Mechanical trade jobs? Our industry seems to have gone down the drain in the last 10 years, especially apprenticeships. My previous employer expected me to buy $30k in tools, while paying me less than $2 above McDonald's wage. I was also forced to wear full sleeve, black, polyester coveralls when I went out on service calls in july.
For an industry that's supposed to be on the verge of a skilled worker crisis, agricultural equipment technicians get treated pretty badly.
I've been on disability since September 2020 from injuries sustained from the work, and I don't know if I can even afford to go back to it when (if) I'm healed up.
I've got a couple of questions regarding things you haven't covered. :3
1. Some people don't have the option for an emergency fund due to living paycheck to paycheck and on a tight budget. What advice would you have for people in that situation who have time to plan for the future?
2. If you have sufficient reason to believe that the upcoming or recent termination of your position is due to an illegal act (whistleblower retaliation, discrimination due to injury/disability, etc.), what advice would you give on both options and priorities?
1. Multiple streams of income
2. Contact a labor attorney.
People living from paycheck to paycheck usually live over their real means and insist on buying “stuff” they think is necessary or to show off to someone else. The sole reason I do NOT buy premium purses.
@@rosamoreno4794 If you have a lot of health problems, it can limit your ability to save money.
This may be different.
At 62 .. i had my dream career job of 25yrs... ! My life was totally connected. All my closest friends. .... i made a foolish mistake(s) and lost my job. I stressed so badly. It was my purpose. Identity, social interactions, structure.. etc. Im devastated. Stressed, anxiety, chronic insomnia and depression. Its like i died. I have no interest in life..... i don't go outside anymore. Im just so upset with myself, and how my life was completely altered... 😫😭☠️
Love this, thank you for sharing.
Have you done a video on people with criminal histories ?
I lost my job due to Background verification got negative. MNC hired me as a SAP Consultant and they took 2 months from interview to Background verification. They saw some fault in my employment and they revoked my offer. Anyway, this career break of 4 months hunting me every day. I've decided to learn SAP more and refresh my memory again. So I can start my job soon.
How to deal with a former employer that abused you?
I have seen one video here on multiple income streams, but more would be nice.
YES, MORE ABOUT STREAMS OF INCOME!
Just had this happened to me today. They expected me to work this week. Luckily have a two months fund. Anyway it's fate I am being re-directed to my perfect role.
Make enough connections that if that happens you can go somewhere else.
I've been in that situation a few times.
Lost a job big mess corporate reorganizing BS tried another gig .
Wasn't working a company I hauled for was starting a new division. I went and interviewed the broker we used heard my voice I called her by name. She looked at the hiring manager said "Hire him" it was a great job till it wasn't.
My best jobs I've gotten in similar ways.
Word of mouth. Etc. Went to an interview for a gig once. I knew 2 employees there. The hiring manager came out I interviewed. He looked at my resume.
Said I never hire anyone from this company. My friends stepped in and said why not. They're out of business now. Psssuh.
You can’t make connections if you’re being shunned in society.
You’re like my dad. But more current. Thank you.
Because of jobs where there were managers that were mean, I find it difficult to speak with higher up managers in general.
It spills into interviews also. How to overcome?
I was fired for “drinking on the job” I have never picked up an alcohol drink in my life
The truth was it was a pay issue
Crazy bosses should tell the truth when firing people
Can you do a video about Temporary agencies ?
I have been with 2 different temp agencies and how other potential long term employers look at temp work.
I resigned from my career years ago and I thought temp work was a "win-win" situation, potential companies would try me out and I would learn more about company's culture. If it didn't work out, I moved onto the next assignment.
But lately in the last year or so, everything within the assignment works UNTIL the Temp agency gets involved and then I lose out be cause the "Assignment is done"
Is that code for something ? 2 different coworkers at 2 different companies told me that the temp agencies want me back because I make the temp agency money. Do you know what that means? Does that me I am a great employee and the temp agency jeopardizes my chance to be a long term permanent full time employee ?
Temp agencies also do not have health benefits, holiday pay, 401k, sick days etc, no benefits whatsoever, I do not want to be a temp employee at all, I want to be a full time permanent employee with a company that offers full benefits
Can you do a video about this type of employment: Temp agencies, please?
Omg!! this video is 1:11 long and when it ended i looke at the time on my phone and it was 1:11 am Confirmation!
Yes, I want to see alternative sid gigs. I would like your opinion on remote sites that are credible if you have the time. Thank you.
So many employers now want references from really bad, abusive former employers. How to handle this situation? I have had nepotistic employers. I had an employer concoct a bogus Criminal Event. Trying to deny me unemployment compensation. There are really crappy employers out there. I have had another employer deny my right to use my paid vacation time. How can i get references from these crappy employers? Professional employees need solid work references!
Who is thumbs downing these videos?! What a charmed life you must have. 🙄
What advice would you give someone who dedicated two decades to working long hours for the UN in toxic situations and conflict zones and then finally fell too sick to work? How to motivate yourself after this when you are full of regrets and had not planned properly or made contingency plans for such a situation?
Do you think that I should be transparent on my next interview and simply say “I left my former job cause it was an extreme toxic environment that doesn’t fit to me”? Or something like “I strongly disagree with my company culture”?That’s the truth but i don’t know if it’s ok to bring it to the table in a potential new job hiring process. Maybe i can sound like a problematic candidate
@busysony that was super helpful, thanks for your input! I’ll for sure take your advice
Go watch Joshua Fluke’s “corporate cringe” videos to learn how to “speak” to a recruiter/hiring manager and play the game.
As much as i too would like to keep it real, saying something like, “after learning valuable skills and serving the company for X time, we mutually agreed that a new opportunity to grow and serve in a new company that’s more in line with my own values is best.”
Wording is everything!
I left a former employer abruptly
in July over an unjust suspension.
Rather than continue work
a week later I simply left
and found a better paying employer
3 days later.
Not wanting to bring the matter up
in detail with future prospective employers I simply found other things to say on resumés when they asked why I left my former employer like-
●Seeking Better Opportunity
●Relocation
●Trying to Work Closer to Home
The point is to find another reason worth mention that is also true but that doesn't stir any negative emotions into the mix.
Another one that I've cited is
●Scheduling Conflicts
which is a fancy way of saying
they weren't flexible
with your scheduling needs.
Along those lines depending on the kind of work you could also possibly say
that you weren't being scheduled enough hours and that you're seeking something more reliable and consistent.
@@charleess21 , if you are still currently employed, simply tell the new recruiter that you found their job offering was exactly fits your career path and will miss your old place. Period.
@@jessitabonita thanks for the tip, gonna have to check out this Mr Fluke
Bryan,
There is one aspect of interviewing I'm finding extremely interesting and that's hiring managers body language / subtle facial expressions. Their eyes dart down and to the left or right, squinting, 2-3 second pauses etc.. I've caught it maybe 5 out the of last 8 interviews when it's apparent the interviewer has doubts regarding something on the resume (job history timeline etc.). I want to call it out sooo bad! and say "what do you need to see as proof?". How would you tactfully address this doubt/ hesitation during an interview? Any videos on this?
I have autism I just got let go from a hellish retail job. Its hard keeping one
I once was asked on an application if I was layed off or fired, I stopped with the application and didn’t pursue that company any further
The first multiple stream of income is to have roommates or a partner who works. That means in order for your household income to drop to zero, both would have to lose their jobs instead of just one. It greatly decreases your fragility. This is the reality we live in.
Agreed…. Unless your partner dies and your job is eliminated 3 weeks later. Re relocating, that’s nearly impossible if you are single, no partner with zero income. I appreciate this video but these are all best case scenarios.
@@msbondfire007 Sorry if that happened to you. Don’t get too down on yourself. Just keep this in mind: There are macro economic forces beyond your control. It isn’t your fault. Not everybody can work at facebook or google and make $500K a year. It’s not realistic…but that is what is asked of people now to be middle class. Everybody except the highest earners has taken a cut in their standard of living, if you were born upper middle class-now you are middle class, etc. it’s called “downward social mobility” it’s a side effect of societal decay, and the slow collapse of our system. No system lasts forever. I try explaining that to my parents and they just don’t get it. They don’t understand why my brother who has a masters degree in accounting can’t afford to buy a house. They just assume we have some sort of moral failing or are wasting money. Total cognitive dissonance. It’s how we got ourselves in this mess to begin with.
I’m going crazy I don’t no what to do car note due rent is payed but dam I’m hurting my life is in shambles god please help me just sad.
I was fired on 21 October 2023 am still looking out for a Job 😢please pray for me
To start with, millions of people in this country live week to week and month to month, there goes your 6 month nest egg. A side hustle, not everyone can do something like that, other than working part time for minimum wage at Walmart on the weekends. All of this video sounds nice, but when your job disappears you need money now.
Make more videos on multiple streams of income.
how you gonna build an emergency fund with no income bro lol you said if you just found out you lost your job start saving? there are no checks to save my guy didnt make it 3 minutes in
Got fired after two weeks on the job as a welder the excuse/reason I was told why was I work to slow...how is that when only being there for two weeks
I hear you! I got fired for making a bed wrong, yup you read that correctly. Week ago today.
@@Homegrown_Values
Practice makes perfect!
Welders, Millwrights and Pipe fitters always blame the helper when something messes up. Usually get about 3 helpers fired before the foreman and inspectors snap..... Good reason to not hire family or friends for your helper.
Hey Brian, question:
Would you as a recruiter find it helpful if an applicant took the skills and requirements sections from your job post, and addressed each point in a separate document to be included with the resume?
Honestly we probably won’t read it. Maybe a hiring manager will. The resume is what matters most.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff great thank you!
I lost my job this week and have a large cc debt and upcoming emi so hwfu
How to deal with a sudden job loss? Travel around US with the new abundance of free time.
On what income ?
Guessing Here - Welcome to Florida???
Got fired from a firm family friends run ect. Tight deadlines low motivation work colleagues any task presented rabbit in headlights. Manager ledgend in his own mind. Did tasks back in the day in half the time with four times the work force. Good riddance 🤡🌍🤣🤣🤣
I think the term ‘tribal knowledge’ needs to be reworded. I hadn’t heard it before, so I googled it and yeah, there are lots better ways to describe what this means without it being potentially offensive to BIPOC people.
I think tribal knowledge is a perfect way to put it. People can infer what it means when they hear it for the first time in context and it puts what it describes in a short hand, easy to understand phrase.
It is literally a positive phrase. More tribal knowledge == more knowledge about how things actually operate, not just what’s on paper. Also, anyone can be a member of a tribe, including white people. Tribe dependent, of course.
I think your suggestion is silly.
Thanks for your input obvious white guy.
What if you're fired for not getting the jab???
Then pay attention to the video :)
Document everything and make sure they fire you in writing, instead of you quitting. Then, lawyer up, find others in your same situation for support. In the meantime, find other sources of income.
I remember in elementary school, many decades ago, our whole grade walked over to the middle school where everyone received a vaccination an no one complained. And we never knew anyone who had Polio because society pretty much all got vaccinated in the prior decades. I had to get a few vaccinations to go to college. And I had to get set a series of vaccinations 15 years ago when I worked for a medical device company or I would have lost my job. It is nothing new and not worth losing a job for. And my late sister was severely disabled for most of her life because of a disease for which there is a vaccine now. Society needs a swift kick in the ass.
@@JasonEDragon Those vaccination have long term history and the side effects and long term effects are known. With this new stuff, they are unable to answer the long term effect, because they don't know. The new stuff is so well tested that they are surprised , when side effects are reported ( insert sarcasm). Check out the history of the Polio vax and how many people died after taking it. When it was first distributed, they was a lot of problems with it and had to be refined. Now, after many years, we know what the long term effects are.
@@churchofpos2279 While we won't know perfectly what will happen in the future until the future happens, we do know what has happened up until today and we can use our knowledge to extrapolate what is likely to happen in the future. We are weighing the rights of individuals to be hesitant to inject something not perfectly proven into their body against the rights of the people at a workplace to expect the lowest reasonable probability of breathing in a virus that has proven to be very deadly to too many. If vaccines were 100% effective then I wouldn't care if others received a vaccine. But, vaccines aren't 100% effective, so you need most people to get vaccinated so that the viruses don't have enough hosts that are effective to reproduce in. We've seen that too many people don't properly follow other measures to avoid virus spread. As I'm writing this I just heard another ambulance call being made to a residence where someone is COVID positive in my community. So, the best way forward is to say if you want to work next to me then get vaccinated.