I work at home with 5 external monitors QHD display. No way am I trading home for in person office. Especially not with the office equipment they often give. Even my gaming chair is comfy.
Josh, I want to thank you and HR Lady for these video and your honest take on the corporate ladder/struture/lifestyle/bullshit. Based on your honesty I was able to overcome some personal anxieties about working for a company. I established my boundaries, and I applied to jobs in my preferred career field even if I might not have met their exact qualifications. My line of work requires going into the lab and using very expensive and precise equipment. It took months, hundreds of apps, a few interviews, but I finally found someone willing to respect my boundaries. I have been there for about a week and it is going great. I enjoy what I'm doing, the people I'm working with and I don't feel trapped or obligated to do more than my share. I"m being paid better than I ever have in this field and generally things are looking up. Thank you for your candor and please keep fighting the good fight.
Comments on the video are something else. Lots of reasonable people are pushing back. Also, there's 4,901 dislikes against 2,047 likes at the time of this writing.
I've been working from home for the last two years. It is great. Saves me about 2-4 hours A DAY for non existent commute now, but I don't think I ever worked in pijama. I don't even sleep in one, ever.. P.S. Also, when I feel like socializing with my colleagues, we just go out for drinks or a dinner every 2 months or so.. Have some super interesting new female colleagues. It's awesome.
It's the biggest scam in the business world. CEO of the company convincing his employees "we're all in this together". And then even giving them fake hope on pay increase if they do their job well and then don't deliver.
CEO: "[But don't you want to be a] part of something important?" Sane Individual: "It's a job. Not a lifestyle." Saner Individual: "It's a job. Not a cult."
If that's what the employee wants they would/will start their own company and then hire people so that they can think others want's to be part of it too.
"don't you want to feel apart of something?" Yes, I want to feel like a father to my kids, instead of wasting two plus hours driving to and from the office a day to do the same job.
Exactly. How do these idiots not understand this? Unequivocally YES I want to feel part of something, and that something is called my family! My company is not my family.
@@johnd9357 they don't (or at least pretend not to) because they've literally made their fortunes on exploitation of other people's work. Scumbags like these in the video target naive, young, ill, and those with no choice. A 20 years old they target wouldn't connect with "I want to be a father to my kids". It doesn't even matter if they figure it out when they're in the thirties, because another crop of 20 years old will appear.
Message to Corporate America: YOU DID THIS. You made working in an office way more awful than it has to be. You consolidated locations so that people have to commute for hours a day to and from that cold, bright, loud, smelly, uncomfortable, distraction-filled panopticon of an office. You pushed us all into cars and destroyed public transit so that the commute is as long, stressful, and inefficient as possible. You flushed the relationship between employer and employee down the drain in the pursuit of double-digit growth. Don't fucking sit in your home studio and tell us that we are missing out on some amazing community experience because "it takes a village" when you carpet-bombed that village and then salted the earth decades ago.
Some of us work from home because it opens up WHERE WE CAN LIVE. CEOs should see this as a plus because they can cast a wider net for applicants - not just people who live near the "office" but basically people who are anywhere.
@@ratcoolbud People have been saying that trope for decades at this point. And some jobs do get outsourced. But many don't and for good reason. Why don't we outsource all the executive jobs to other countries? Surely they can do the same job for cheaper, right? Oh, you think they wouldn't be able to do it as well. Huh, surely that only applies to executive jobs, right?
It boggles my mind how clingy corporate types are to their power over the employees lives. Even here in brazil where employers have an obligation to pay for the employees' transport tolls there was so much resistance to avoid paying transport and office just so they can have that juicy control high. I think it makes them realize how useless some of them are to the company.
@@ratcoolbud "This is how jobs get outsourced to other countries." Jobs got outsourced 50 years ago en masse to cheap labor countries such as south America and East Asia. Who TF are you trying to fool? Makes one think if your brain is just the same as the CEOs in the video: Stuck in the deep 80s.
I'm not tryna say your wrong but you kinda are. And saying that work and your home life should be separate is the best thing for a person. They don't feel their job is intruding in on their life as much. When I'm at home I have to manage children etc whilst I'm working. every bit of work just intrudes on your private life making me feel worse. It's not in my best interest to continue that type of lifestyle..mixing my work and home life is stupidest d. There's a reason people have done work at offices for so long. It just works. It helps people be more productive etc. It also keeps them from the hassle of managing two things at once..you can have a workplace and take care of your kids. Either way those kids will be gone 8 hours a day 5 days a week once they start going to school..so whats wrong with you as an adult doing the same thing. You go to work for 8 hours come home and enjoy time with your kids. That's the perfect work life balance that one should strive for. Not you sit at home 8 hours a day "working" for your kids to come home that's just not great.
@@likeablecloud2454 You are all over the place. First you assuming that other people can't manage a balance between working at home and taking care of kids. Then you assume everyone has kids and a family. How desperate are you to be right? Want to dress? commute for 1 hour going and 1 hour back? want to chat and have coffee break and whatever other utterly worthless activities you want to have in the office? Go right ahead! it's cool do your thing, power to you! But don't assume your problems are other people's problems. There are people who work from home and manage the kids just fine. There are people who don't have kids and have no problems being at home. Accept that there are people who work from home and they thrive in that. They are the most productive and love the control over their life and office. Live and let live and stop assuming problems that don't exist for the vast majority of us working from home. Cheers
@@likeablecloud2454 Its a case to case basis, there are people who work better in offices and there are people who don't. It's counterproductive to have to wake up at 4:30am in the morning to go to an 8am job because of commute hours and spend another 2~3 hours stuck in traffic going home. Similarly if work is only a walk or a quick bike away its probably better to go there. Ask people if they would choose a job with lower pay but has wfh benefits or a job with higher pay but is 5 days a week in office and most of them would choose the former. Not everyone has cars, not everyone has kids, and not everyone wants half of their take home salary going to rent or gas money. The reason why 'it works' working in offices is because 'it works for the company'. Its easier to manipulate people in person than it is online, its easier to squeeze out every bit of productivity out of them without any pay by gaslighting them about culture ethics and family, its easier to hold them in the offices longer because they'd rather stay until midnight for traffic to die down or setup a pantry so they don't have to go out the offices to eat.
It's unbelievable that this CEO only considers the possibility that employees quit en masse because they weren't getting community. Could it also be that they got a taste of freedom? Enjoyed the extra time with their family? Realized the commute wasn't worth it?
they neglect to mention you have to put in your eight hours before you get to enjoy community. they have foosball tables around but if you get caught playing foosball during work hours one too many times you will be dismissed.
It's astonishing how incredibly obtuse these employers can be. I actually think there's room to argue it's a form of cognitive dissonance; they claim they care for the well-being of their workers, but demand you resign your lifestyle to their control. It's all well and good to argue that staying at home in your pyjamas can have adverse mental effects, but where's the relevance? Staying at home =/= poor workplace results, and the only reason they attack it as such is so they can rationalise their desire for control over their employees. It's perverse.
I'm a boomer. The old rule of standard in the 80s was if you haven't moved up in 3yrs you jump to a new firm. Today it's, "if my quality of life goes down while I work for you, I'm gone." With remote work, you just send and email. No office bullshit politics. Clock you time and punch out. Take you lunch. As long as you are doing the work, that you agreed to do, why do you Need to come into the office? The CEO, HR mangers, top supervisory managers don't have an answer. It all comes down to them controlling you. Power. A great example, and these execs are trying to avoid it, is the travel nurse industry. Travel nurses, in their contracts, set the hours they will work at the facility. And the permanent staff have to work around those schedules. Remember, you are trading dollars for hours. Your hours for their dollars. Doesn't matter if it's hourly or salary. Ultimately these CEOS and HR managers do not want to pay the wages to hire the best performers. They want to hire the best "team members ". If your company's morale is low, you see them all fist bumping, etc... There is NO TEAM when it comes to paying mortgage/rent, utilities, car payments etc....ask anyone that's a commission sales professional. Joshua, you need to continue showing those HR management videos. HR is put in place to control you. You folks have a great day making the decisions that benefit you the best.
I used to COMPLETELY work at home. I got MORE work done because I didn’t have distractions. Companies can tell if you’re doing the work. Many of us have life circumstances where we NEED to work from home. I loved it and it worked for me at the time.
I've rarely formed emotional connections to people I'm forced to work with. The competitive environment makes this difficult. It colors the whole experience. I make my friends outside of work
Drove 3 hours a day(round trip) to work Worked everyday 80 hours a week I had no time for friends, meeting girls, hobbies. Last year I got to work remote at another company. Life quality has been much better
As a person getting my credentials up so I can WFH again soon, I can't stand these guys putting down WFH. Even when I hear people tell me about "moving up", nothing has been better for my wallet than switching jobs every year and a half or so. I also can meet people outside of work to a degree. There is zero personal benefit to being in the office for me and I know many others feel the same.
I'm a little older, prefer to work from home but don't mind socializing with coworkers occasionally as I'm an extrovert. But most of the time, coworkers work through lunch, go straight home after work because they have family stuff to do.
You're harder to micromanage when working from home. And harder to indoctrinate. Companies want your whole life to revolve around them. 8 hour plus days combined with commute time means you spend more time seeing your coworkers than your family. That messes with something in your brain that makes you start unconsciously thinking of work as your "real life" and home as a distraction.
How are you able to switch? I have 5 years of experience and have been remote for 3, I get interviewed but can never land a FT remote gig that pays better. I'm in marketing btw making 68k out of the Midwest. I know I should be making more but I can't seem to get an offer.
@@i9incher If you are asking me, I am in IT, and unfortunately to beat the pay I am at now and go remote, cloud is the move. There are certain positions that make absolutely zero sense to have onsite and I am making sure to go straight into that direction ASAP. If your job can be customer/staff facing, these companies will make it happen. How do I know? My last and current position will have me "supporting" a near empty building from the office on the off chance someone is physically in need.
Why do hiring managers and CEOs get the pikachu meme face when we that is the LITERAL reason people work? You pay the highest or well enough for me to work for you, once I get the skills needed, I’m going to leave to get another high paying job.
Yep, I was part of something for 18 years until they decided to eliminate my position, and few hundred other's positions. Hey, at least they gave a week (5 business days) notice! 😁
I'm so happy you're EXPOSING these people for what they are! These narcissistic CEOs just want to lean on employee's desks and feel important. Let employees be happy! Corporate culture can be so soul-crushing. The best jobs I've ever had are those that treated me like an adult. I knew what was expected of me and I outdid myself all the time. Being allowed to breathe also gave me the space to be innovative.
"If you're just sitting in your bedroom wearing pajamas, is that really the work life you want to live?" Yes actually. I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on new work clothes, commute 1.5 hours each day, waste gas doing said commute or interact with toxic people all day. I can finish my work much faster & use the remaining time to work on a side hustle or solve real life problems I couldn't otherwise be working on if I was confined to my cubicle prison.
I mean, you're right. Why go through all that mess if you can be just as productive at home and get the job done in a timely fashion? Problem generally speaking: is that most people aren't that responsible or productive. And corporations don't like having to spend the time and money revising their hiring strategies and their outdated methods to filter out and find good 'at home' workers.
Here's what gets me. Working on cars was my passion until I became a professional mechanic. Now it just feels like work to me. That's something people don't often tell you. Finding a job in a field you love can destroy your love of that field. Edit: Also, these CEOs talk like damn cult leaders. Chastising you for DARING to consider changing jobs. The whole reason I work is for pay. That's it. You can do all the culture BS you want, but at the end of the day I would rather spend my time doing what I want than what you want me to be doing. But I'm willing to overlook that fact because you pay me.
That's why I always post in places that you should have never listened to your mom. "Do what you love" blah blah NO. Then your love becomes work. Do something you know you can do The only one that's true is not working at restaurants so you don't know the dirty secrets.
Exactly what happened to me when I got my dream job as a graphic designer for Starbucks! Switching to the financial industry turned out so much better for me.
Same here. I loved going to the gym and training parkour. Then I got certified as a personal trainer and started running a parkour coaching business and when what I enjoyed for me and my growth became about everyone else and there's I started to hate it because I "had to" and staying in the gym longer for myself after clients was a battle. Not every passion is ment to monetized.
Nothing is more depressing than going to a place for work were for 8 hours everyone is trying to distract and interrupt you, while you smile and pretend to give a shit.
I have a wide network of friends outside of work and a wife and child. My previous job and current one I have to be in my work location five days a week (I am the stock controller for a pharma compnay). While everyone else is hybrid. They don't understand that i do not want to hangout on a thursday (none of them come in on Friday) and get pissed when I still have orders to ship on Friday. I dont need to feel "family and community" I have that in my real life. They only two things I care about when it comes to work are the money and the miles.
I have been at my job for almost 3 years and I have no buddies that meet outside of work. When we walk out the door our conversations stop. People get through their day hiding their true feelings just to play the game to get their check.
I've worked at home remotely for over 10 years and I love it. Yes I wanna sit in my pj's at home. Im introverted so its perfect lol. It also saves time and money to work at home. I talk and work with my supervisor over my headset and it makes the day engaging and fun. I can go for walks whenever I want. I can exercise whenever I want, I can play video games on a break whenever I want, I can do laundry, prep dinner, I can meet up with my coworkers anytime for lunch or a drink/dinner at night for worklife balance. And I got a raise and praise for being an excellent worker in the company. If anything, its more than I could wish for! Our motto is, as long as the work is being done, and done right, everything is peachy.
You're a slob for being productive and balancing your needs. Now I'm going to shame you because I don't want to explain to my investors that the building I just leased is always empty on Fridays
My wife and I both work from home and every day I’m extremely grateful that I have “reduced” my life to spending a lot of time with the people I love most.
It is laughable how these guys still believe we want to return to the office, like making friends with workers is crucial for the business. In reality, most people are not interested in team building and making "friends" with coworkers who potentially can act against them. Office no more.
I think it's fine to make acquaintances in the office. Just know what you're in for. But don't force people into the office, it makes no sense. Let them be productive.
I think office politics will happen regardless as long as humans are involved. But I think this ceo is delusional to confuse cult like culture and job tasks as the same thing. It’s a job at the end of the day and professionalism is necessary to get things done
Work from home here. I’ve been the most productive working from home versus working in the office. The only downside is that it’s hard to turn off the work and it doesn’t help that leadership doesn’t understand how much work we have piled on. They think we’re sitting around in our pajamas doing laundry or something. It’s very patronizing.
I have worked from home since my company (of 14 years) laid me off during the summer of 2020, I will never work in an office again. I don't have to spend around 3 hours commuting (about an hour and a half each way with traffic), I don't have to spend time on meaningless office conversation, spending money eating out, etc. At my current job I couldn't go into the office if I wanted to, my company is based over 2,000 miles from where I live, I have to go in once per year, I actually work more hours, but I am able to make all of my kids events, get things like laundry done around the house, and I have no stress in the mornings. The only traffic I have to deal with is the three cat pile up on the stairs. I couldn't care less about corporate culture, or making my whole life about work and making my social circle only about my coworkers. I am there to work, that's it, I work to put money in my bank account, I can't exactly spend corporate culture on my bills.
@@chpsilva Right??? All these lazy workers should be just as driven to make the -CEO- company money and shouldn't complain about the pay or coming to an office! Time to leave Pity City and grow up! /s
@@adamestrada7610 I think you misunderstood me. I work FOR THE PAYCHECK, not to "pursuit my dreams" or "learn from new challenges". And that's all what I have said. I am not arguing about remote work or anything else.
Yeah I’m salary but only at 40 hours. Anything over that is overtime for me. My supervisor couldn’t understand why I didn’t answer the work phone on the day after Thanksgiving. Well, I’m sorry, you can’t get OT when there is holiday pay already put in, so yeah I left my phone off until Sunday evening. If I don’t get paid, I don’t work.
My son (17yo) and his best friend's (19yo) friendship is 100% online whether Xbox, Snapchat and phone calls. We pray to be able to have the two families meet in person eventually, but don't tell my son his friendship isn't real. They truly care about each other and have had to deal with serious situations and be there to support each other.
I've seen so many people make amazing relationships that they would've never gotten the chance to through the internet. They are so valid and I hope your son and his best friend get to meet in person soon if they can. You also seem like a good parent for validating your friend's online friendships. My online friendships got me through a lot at his age.
And especially don't tell this to people who made a friend and/or hang out in VRchat, as VRchat can be a great way to maintain a long-term relationship from people far away from you.
Lol I get the sentiment but CEO’s do much more than office work. I’m talking about startup CEO’s, people actually striving to make their business succeed.
I worked for 3 CEOs who were always on the pnone but kept out of the office - one was a tax exile, one had itchy feet and could not stay anywhere for more than a couple of days and one just hated the office and only came in for Board meetings.
I will speak in the third person... A large financial institution saw a 20% productivity improvement when people worked from home in earnest The main reason for this is because the company invest heavily in proper infrastructure that enabled people to collaborate easily It was interesting to note that they had to put a blanket ban on meetings being conducted during a typical work lunch period - the reason was people saw the flexibility of being able to easily book people CEO's and the likes who want people in the office are typically old schoolers who lament the days of walking around the office and loved to see worker bees all lined up acting busy Work has migrated from observing people working to measuring their work through real productivity and deadlines Give people the freedom and they will organise themselves to best suit their lifestyles, Give them the tools that enables their collaboration and they will arrange themselves to optimise their workflow
Working remotely allows me to work out, quality time with my spouse, family (near and far) and given me the opportunity to be a great dog mom. I’ve worked in Mexico, LA and Miami this year without using a PTO. The only reason why those CEO’s want people in the office is because these companies spent a fortune on real estate so they want their moneys worth.
The greatest trick the elite ever pulled was convincing the common person that they should love work. We should love our passions. Whether that’s playing an instrument, being outdoors, spending time with family. Work should be an ends to a means. You’re a sucker if you think there’s honor in working 50/60/70 hours a week. We’ve been trained to feel lazy and guilt ridden if we don’t love the company and put as many hours into it as we do our friends/family/self. To hell with grind mentality.
@ch-yq5yn you’re a fool. You’ve been convinced by the powers that be so you keep your mouth shut and keep working. Not wanting to waste your life working is not equivalent to laziness.
4:33 not even 5 mins in and I am compelled to comment… dude I LOVE how unapologetically you call out this BS! The unfiltered pragmatism! Oh man you’re a fresh breeze of air! God bless you man.
I've worked at home for 7 years. And I have loved every single minute of it, get plenty of family time and my employer is getting every ounce of work out of me they're paying for... myth is busted. Working from home is absolutely the future...
I've had no HR drama since I've worked from home it's almost like people just make up drama to fill their void. With that said my recently company that's located in another state did a 'back to work plan" and my boss quit since his wife got a new job overseas and I asked him "so is back to office a way to get people to quit" and he's like "probably" and sure enough about a month later after they had people resign because of it we had layoffs, something I was also expecting because of the company finances. I got lucky though usually my positions get cut, but in this case the new head of the dept saved most of the team. Impressive really and I like it because absolutely everyone I work with this time knows how to do their job.
@@kgal1298 I'm glad it's working out and good on your boss for keeping your position. This work from home thing could be a new wave for future employment culture. Let's just ride it out and see what happens.
That's the real reason behind pushing people back into the office... They can No longer justify massive hr departments that do retarded shit like monitor people's lunches and breaks... All those useless women with social science degrees.
As someone with a wife and kids, one of them who was born 3 days after I started my newest Job, WFH has been the best thing for me and my family. I've gotten to spend more time with the baby than I have with the other two when I worked 45 minutes from home. I'm happier, I'm more productive and because my team is already spread all over the state, it's going to stay WFH (or at least a 50/50 hybrid for the positions require on-site work). WFH saves the company money in real estate costs, saves the worker in gas and time. If you are really worried about face time, have periodic team meetings in-person. I do that with my team. Once a month we come in at the end of the month to have a monthly review and some food. Get a chance to see each other in person, but it's not something that is necessary. In fact, as needed we've skipped it due to gas prices or other external factors. The team is still productive either way because I and the team leads under me treat them like adults.
This has been a huge benefit for families and I 100% support it. I really hope kids that got to experience more time with their families growing up end up being one of the better generations because I didn't have that really and I had to learn a lot on my own as a latch key kid.
“If you don’t want to be a part of something then what’s the point-“ literally I only work to trade my time in for money that I need to survive. I don’t have a desire to form an “emotional connection” to my coworkers or my higher ups and my identity is not tied in ANY way to my place of work. If I didn’t work where I do now I’d just work somewhere else. Work means nothing to me and it’s only ever been a massive inconvenience that I just gotta deal with.
Amazing how he figured out people were leaving because they were getting a better pay somewhere else but didn’t even think about raising the pay so people wouldn’t leave lol
I think the reason some CEOs and upper-level managers want people back in the office is because it made them feel good, that they could physically see and experience themselves as being powerful and above others. They miss that. Even if it means trying to force employees to waste their time, money, health and lose their freedom to take care of family, all in order to feel in-charge again. People need to fight back and never accept any jobs that want you to come to an office when you can simply do the same tasks at home. As for others that actually do require physical presence in order to accomplish them, let the market adjust to what those positions should be worth.
He's correct that isolating yourself at home for 8 hours, then walking around the block and then making dinner to transition into an evening of TV by yourself probably isn't the best thing to happen for most people. Where he's wrong is thinking going to some shitty office job you tolerate because they pay you is the solution of mental well-being is asinine.
Yeah. When I was younger and single, and commuting to the office that was largely my routine, with the addition of a train ride. I talked to people at work, but that wasn't real social friendships, that was just talking to people because they were there. Eventually found a girlfriend who became a wife, but that had nothing to do with going in to the office.
I can tell you my mental well being is a lot better being isolated working from home, than being forced to come in somewhere I hate, driving through rush hour traffic and sitting 8 hours in an uncomfortable office.
@@Zero-9909 Yes! And add to that: forced to be productive in an open office with people I hate because they're loud and annoying. I can't wait to change jobs! 😩
Take a good hard look at the guy saying that. The guy that's saying that from his "home studio" (an empty corner in his house) that looks like he just rolled out of bed. Yeah.
Yeah, just like TV propaganda/church preaching, you can't allow anyone to disagree or bring opposite arguments otherwise they're not gonna follow and start thinking for themselves.
I want to wake up 1 hour later, not be stressed by the public transportation (I live in Paris) going and returning from my workplace, being able to cook my lunch instead of having a sandwich, cuddle with my cat if I'm stressed... A LOT of things are better from home...
Company culture can be felt remotely. Don't need to go to the office to experience it. When I hear people stating that people need to go back to the office full time, I just hear "I don't trust employees". I just believe if employees don't believe in my commitment to do my job on my own, then why I should trust them.
I work remotely and have been for more than 10 years. It keeps me focused and stay away from office politics, gossip, and far away from crazy human drama. I get shit done.
@@kevinmach730 I'm still not bold enough to try this. But being completely honest. We developers constantly jump from one project to another. So, what would be the difference here?
@@GuardianOfAbyss I am in IT also and could say the same, and I personally don't have a problem with it. But it leads us back down the road of employers thinking we must not have enough to do if and when they find out, OR citing it as one of the reasons not to allow remote work. I would rather have the employers trust me to be dedicated to one remote job, than try to do the work of two.
I work from home. Two times a year company flies everybody out to London for a week of team bonding. We do fun activities the entire week and get to know each other. I think that 3ish weeks a year is enough to establish that connection.
We travel for a couple days every other month. 2 days I can manage, but I still can’t WAIT to get home every single time. Rest of the time I’m 100% remote
That honestly sounds really cool. Going to London to do fun stuff and then still being able to work from home sounds fantastic. Sounds like a great balance of freedom and community.
The funny things is Most CEO don’t even interact with any of the staff unless it’s for show. To show they care and “everyone is equal “ They will likely spending time with other CEO at golf or somewhere fun not working
Last time I checked, I wasn't able to pay my bills with company culture and pizza parties. Going full remove was one of the best decisions I ever made. Above all, do whatever makes you happiest and is best for your circumstances.
Imagine being so lonely in life that you find the feeling of "Community" and "Harmony" in the most toxic environment ever created. No wonder half the workforce quit after the pandemic hit.🏃♂️💨
I for one "reduced" my life to working a 40hr/wk contract, and because I have no commute a part-time contract with an old employer who desperately needed my services. I'm going to make almost twice this year what I did last year. I care way more about the side contract because they make the world better while the "full time" one is just a paycheck. Between the two I'd take the paycheck, but WFH gives me the ability to have both. Also, I absolutely love not having forced social interactions with my coworkers. I'm friendly at work but I don't like pretending they're my friends.
I think of the old saying, "If you love something, let it go. If it's meant to be, it will return." CEOs were forced to let their employees be free, and those employees ran for the hills immediately and never looked back. Did the CEOs conclude that maybe they were wrong about the relationship all along? Nope! It's those dumb employees who don't know what's good for them.
Agreed it's like a bad breakup. You have to face the reality whether you were good or bad partner that your significant other just didn't want to be with you and move on.
I saw this podcast a while ago with Malcolm Galdwell when I started my first ever WFH job, and I thought oh no am I going to be unhappy because of all these things they’re saying? 6 months into this job - all I’m focused on during work is working on my quarterly/weekly goals that my manager and I have set for myself. I don’t work a full 8 hours most days. I’m able to make healthy lunch at home. I don’t have to risk my life every day driving to work everyday. I’m able to get clear on what I need to work on each day, make my schedule how I want, and produce results! The only thing that is missing is incentives for getting work done and going above and beyond. I’m about to ask for a raise, or at least tell them I expect one in the next 6 months. It’s so much easier to read, learn, focus, take structured breaks, etc at home. If you prefer working at the office, go ahead! I like my WFH and never want to go back.
Since doing the WFH, I have gained 3 hours of my time back that would have been used commuting to and from the office. My job is purely office based and the company I work for says I have the freedom to go to the office or stay working from home. I actually do half and half simce given the choice because we have an awesome on site gym and canteen plus, I do love my work colleagues. Our working environment is lovely compared to most people's office environment. WFH has been a god send! No more stressful commutes in traffic, being environmentally friendly AND I finally got to put mote time into my personal development and investment banking! WFH has allowed me to build myself up better and faster since gaining an extra 3 hours a day!? Times have changed. The pandemic proved the 9-5 is now dead! Office work does not need to be done in an office in a traffic filled city with shitty working environments.
there are slackers at the office too! Is it worse to wear pajamas at home than to slack off and just talk to co workers for fun all day at the office acceptable??
WFH is the best thing that happened to me. I was able to lose a lot of weight because my quality of life is much higher and that convinced me that I was worth taking care of. Next thing you know, I went from a 205 lb fatty to breaking below 180 ever since I started WFH. You heard that right. Plenty of people can vouch the same. I used to be an Associate at a UPS Store where it is literally 100x more physically demanding but I didn't lose weight because it was such a poop job that I wasn't happy with myself and didn't bother doing anything more to lose weight and actually gained some because I ate junk food to relieve stress.
Congrats! I lost some weight too working from home because there wasn’t a kitchen full of snacks in walking distance, like there was in my previous office. I rarely buy snacks at home, but I was eating them in the office because they were there!
Its actually a problem now having distractions in the office. I have a desk but no office. I feel like I get 2 hours of work done per day because people constantly interrupt me. I would get 4x done if I could work at home.
There's definitely something about meeting face-to-face to develop a connection but once you do it, you don't need to keep meeting in person unnecessarily if you can accomplish your work from home. Ironically, Malcolm Gladwell is a writer who probably works from home a lot! And entrepreneurs start working from home before they have an office and they often work very hard and accomplish a lot!
Ive been working from home for 2 years, best thing that has ever happened to me. I am able to live where I want, buy my own place and live a quiet lifestyle. Im sure its not for everyone, but for people like me (autistic) I can concentrate more, feel more comfortable and get more work done. A certain lifestyle doesn't work for every person and I don't understand why we make these statements as if they do.
I'm not autistic but I need to concentrate for long hours as I develop big data applications. When I was in the office people would generally annoy me or bother me. At home, I just get shit done
@@WhimsicalShark I'm the same, and wonder if I might be on the spectrum or just _that_ introverted since my open office is nothing but loud obnoxious extroverts who DAILY ask me why I'm so quiet (when I'm just focusing on the damn work!) 😖
I've save so much money working from home and have been able to increase my income when I changed jobs. I have more time to workout and walk my dog and I still feel good about all my teams, if anything, it's great for me to work from home because I definitely don't present in well in person as I do in an office and that's just my personality. I'm also very introverted so I'm not interested in the bro culture these guys tout.
What have I reduced my life to if I work at home? Erm, spend more time with my wife and son. See him take his first steps, his first words, hearing him ask "where's dada?" outside my office door and get a hug from him whenever I want. Is that a "reduction" in life? "don't you want to be part of something?" I am, something far bigger than me and any job I've ever or will ever have.
Working at home is a game changer for so many people. Better for the environment, spending more time with family, less time spent on commute. It's a dream for someone like me. I'm really only interested in my paycheck. My job doesn't need to give me meaning. For meaning comes from me following my religion.
It really does tell you how out of touch he is that he thinks corporate "community" can override the misery and stress of financial struggles. I bet his pockets aren't taking a pay cut. This guy clearly lacks both empathy and actual real human interactions/relations with his average employee.
Joshua just wanted to let you know I started my work from home job two weeks ago! I finished my two weeks of training Friday and I’m doing my thing as of today. Thanks for the inspiration. I love my new job , I love working from home!!!
The relationship is simple. You exchange your time (aka life), doing things the company needs in exchange for money. As long as you what is expected of you. and you where contracted for. Is none of the company business.
Let me just say this…because of you and your channel, I got my first tech role working from home. Initially, I was looking for an in-person role because I wanted my first tech role to be around co-workers, “collaborating,” etc. I got no where. Then I started looking for WFH roles and what do you know? Landed a job WFH and now I see why WFH is so appealing and I don’t want to go back lol. Thanks bro!
One of the biggest fallacies of work is "collaboration," it is rare. I work in IT both as a developer and a project manager and its really just here is tasks go do them. Discuss with someone else if you need to.
Working from home for the past 2.5 years and managed to get my company to confirm in writing I am now fully remote permanently. The one big thing for me is not having to take the train/subway to work in the downtown office. Seriously the trains and cities are getting scary with the amount of crime. I'll just stay at home, sleep for an extra hour each morning, and be safe thanks.
Ohh don't even.i am a woman, literally i sprint if it's after 9 and the platform is empty. It's stressful in London tbh. I need to be happy not feel like stressed that I'll miss the train time and run from office to catch it. Then there's rain and snow and bs. I don't want that. It's extra stress that I'll miss some train or bus.
The biggest misnomer among people with money and power is that they think they know what's best for people under them. When in fact, each individual always knows what is best for themselves.
With remote jobs you can spend more time with your family. That outweighs every "benefit" these ceos mentioned. My dad spends 2 hours travelling to his office and then 2 hours to return.
this. And half the time they are late to work anyway. In the 30min from 9am I get my schedule going and send out my emails plan my day. But the time the juniors are in the office, I have alot of stuff for them to work on. Flipside the higher ups in the office derail my juniors and tell me after they are taken when I find out my tasks arent done. Hate that the most.
part of something important? yeah, i'm part of my own family, and have a group of friends around my hobby. we all are part of something very important to us. Don't take pride in being part of a corporation, they can take that away anytime they want
This pretty much boils down to CEOs now not only want to exploit you, but they want you to praise them and make them feel good about exploiting you. You can't just do your job and get the tasks done that they're asking of you so that they can rake in profits off of your hard work, you now need to pretend you love it and are passionate about it 🤢
As soon as a business is interested in sharing their profit to the degree it's shared with the CEO, I'll be as enthusiastic about the company as the CEO.
That will never happen. But stock options is an alternative I can get behind. I know a few people who became millionaires out of this strategy. All while truly enjoying contributing for the company (scale-ups)
Great job Joshua. I enjoyed working from home as I was able to save 2.5 hours a day on travelling and money. I was happier spending the time with my family instead of being there in transport.
I have work from home being self employed for the last 4 years and while I do get a bit lonely at times, the thought of getting a job and work for someone else who constantly watching over my shoulder and take advantage of my labor to point of exploitive is still not attractive
Higher ups say “pay doesn’t matter, passion and commitment do!” Then they pay themselves millions and literally do nothing. Also, this guy wants the bottom of the barrel workers. Have to at least pay better if you want people to commute for no reason.
Or how about they now pay you less? If you were commuting before, with the same salary. Then let's recude your salary. Seems fair to me. When will pawn employees realise they have no real power?
@@lavellelee5734 I'm being serious. I'm tired of employees acting as if they have power, when you don't. In the UK we're already seeing a significant reduction in salaries for new hires that WFH.
@@FormerCityFinancier so you're a CEO then? Happy for you. But the working class has more power than you claim. Look at gme for example. Funds that have been in existence for decades, some centuries, most if not all were multi billion entities, and every single one of them got their ass handed to them when a group of people on Reddit and later just people in the working class in general, saw how greedy these entities had become. Hell they didn't even want to make profit to began with, it was just about sending a message of how annoyed they had become with the nonsense from wealthy investors. And if we're speaking on physical occupations, let's focus on McDonald's or Walmart since you strike me as the type of guy who'd insult those workers as unimportant. Aside from being both the most successful restaurant chain and real estate holder, what does McDonald's do? What effect would the sudden crippling or disappearence of McDonald's have on the rest of the world? Can you honestly say( no working class hate bias, just pure numbers or even better use the gme situation) that if I was a multi billionaire or a bunch of millionaires came together to give enough to around 30-40 percent of the McDonald's workforce ( I'm talking paying past debts and medical bills, student loans, giving out cans of food the works) to where they could at least quit working for McDonald's for 6-12 months, that such a large percentage of it's "unimportant" workforce wouldn't have dire consequences for McDonald's at least? If not whomever they themselves have invested into or those whom thought McDonald's was a a safe long investment? To be clear, while I love to enjoy my free time, I am trying to learn new skillsets so that I can 1. Demand high premium and 2. Run my businesses how I see fit like a king . So this ain't some "content with middle class" speech
I work from home and it's amazing. My bestfriends and I took the same course in college and now we work together at the same company. When the pandemic lockdowns made us work from home, we came to love it. Now, we work from home and don't plan to go back to the studio when we don't have to. No one stands on my shoulder when I work, no lunchroom drama, no fear of being called out for taking too long in the bathroom... actually, no one watches you as you go back to your cubicle after a bathroom break. I visit my friends when we want to socialize and work at their houses or they visit me and work on mine. Where is the downside?
I 100% agree with you on the "this person has never built online relationships". My two mentors are people who I met on Discord. Those 2 people combined have had a greater impact on my life than anyone else ever has, and I cannot thank them enough. I've never met them in person, we live in different countries, yet I owe everything I have today to them.
Its a joke that most people can imagine only the extremes: either you are sitting at home all the time or you go to some workplace every day. Real work is about doing what's needed at any given time, if you need to do some work which needs deep thinking and focus you better stay at home, if you need to have meetings with people then get into the office and book a nice meeting room. That's how people connected even thousands of years ago: when they wanted to discuss something they organized a meeting for it, they didn't just mindlessly gather in the same place and then sit in one room the entire day not talking to each other and being annoyed when someone was too noisy. The reality is that its not about work efficiency its about control and maximizing corporate brainwashing on employees.
The lazy people in exec management these days organizing something? You're lucky if these guys have any time in their schedule after the yacht rides and 30k$ wine tastings to actually talk to an employee let alone schedule a meeting.
@@scwirpeo Maybe, but not everywhere is the same. At my previous company, the CEO was always there, either at his open-plan desk or in various meetings.
I love hearing the desperation in the CEO's voice. The part about literally being the meme was golden! The reason companies like this guy's are having trouble recruiting is they want talented people who see the big glass of Kool-Aid and can't wait to start guzzling it. No wonder they find it hard to attract talent. They have to be some kind of cult leader on one hand, and a somewhat competent business person on the other. They seem to know what works for the company, but they also know that the logic behind it they use to exploit workers is worn so thin that more and more workers can see through it and they're a little terrified.
And pointed out, there was a nervous quality to that CEO while he was talking. He knows how transparent his bullshit is to experienced professionals, even though this was nothing but an ass-kissing session with people who agree with everything he says.
Young people please don't start a family or get pregnant at this time. Companies/Government/organizations have no loyalty to employees they will turn on you in a second when its convenient and fire/replace you. Governments are also increasing authoritarianism while helping the Globalist elites to consolidate all wealth/power. To ensure no slavery like life, girls should remember to take the birth control pill daily and both guy/girl should use protection and consider Tubal Ligation which is a quick procedure. You will just condemn your new child to increasing poverty and freedomless slavery and these control/money/job trends worsen. The system in all countries ks getting worse now and children born now will suffer. Imagine your child living in a technically advanced meaning more brutal total surveillance Communist or dictatorship style society as that is the planned future if you choose to have kids. So by having children you are purposely causing them to be born to a life of suffering for your own selfishness in a way.
I live in NYC and just finished a temporary hybrid research position. On the in office days, it took me over an hour getting to/from work on the subway with dangerous gross conditions and it was FREEZING on the office. My mental health was significantly better, plus saved time, cost of travel, and could set working conditions to do my best at home. Much prefer.
Don't forget most CEOs own the building that you work out of indirectly through a property management company so it behooves them financially for you to return to the office
Never let them herd YOU into one mindset. You are an individual for a reason. Plus, we know why we gave up on these shady employers false policies. When they are forced to change the toxic environments and policies, we will think about it.😁
What I've noticed from working in an office environment is that I'm often unable to do my job as effectively due to constant irrelevant interruptions. I'll be working on mastering a Linux image for security validation testing and I get interrupted for 3 hours to stack and jack pallets, and deliver them across a large facility. Customer tickets don't get completed when they need to be, and I'm the only one who knows how to make the images. If I weren't in the office, the images would get done ahead of time.
Our company proved the work from home model works during the pandemic. We broke revenue records when everyone was working from home. Now our company has expanded 30% and keep breaking revenue records every year with about 30% of the employees choosing to work remote. Because so many employees choose to work remote it saves the company millions in overhead. We would have to actually build another office facility to hold everyone. We are also able to attract professionals from all over the country that would never move to our area. It allows our company to also pay less for those professionals because they will take less pay for the work remote flexibility.
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I work at home with 5 external monitors QHD display. No way am I trading home for in person office. Especially not with the office equipment they often give. Even my gaming chair is comfy.
Preach on brother! I turned down a $110k/year offer for them to have me in the office. Literally told them, "Thanks but not worth it."
Josh, I want to thank you and HR Lady for these video and your honest take on the corporate ladder/struture/lifestyle/bullshit. Based on your honesty I was able to overcome some personal anxieties about working for a company. I established my boundaries, and I applied to jobs in my preferred career field even if I might not have met their exact qualifications. My line of work requires going into the lab and using very expensive and precise equipment. It took months, hundreds of apps, a few interviews, but I finally found someone willing to respect my boundaries.
I have been there for about a week and it is going great. I enjoy what I'm doing, the people I'm working with and I don't feel trapped or obligated to do more than my share. I"m being paid better than I ever have in this field and generally things are looking up.
Thank you for your candor and please keep fighting the good fight.
Looks like most of comments on Gladwell's interview agree with us!
Comments on the video are something else. Lots of reasonable people are pushing back.
Also, there's 4,901 dislikes against 2,047 likes at the time of this writing.
Working at home in my pajamas is EXACTLY what I want my life to be.
As long as the same results can be given. Teachers seems to dislike work at home for some reason though.
@@1mol831 tryng to retain the attention of little kids in person is hard enough, adults should not be affected as much
@@1mol831 teaching from home is terrible for the students.
I've been working from home for the last two years. It is great. Saves me about 2-4 hours A DAY for non existent commute now, but I don't think I ever worked in pijama. I don't even sleep in one, ever..
P.S. Also, when I feel like socializing with my colleagues, we just go out for drinks or a dinner every 2 months or so.. Have some super interesting new female colleagues. It's awesome.
so u guys arent naked?😅
I don't want to feel part of shit. I just want my money. These people act like we're out here marrying these companies.
It's the biggest scam in the business world. CEO of the company convincing his employees "we're all in this together". And then even giving them fake hope on pay increase if they do their job well and then don't deliver.
They wish we could marry the company and spend all our lifes there working as slaves :))
Lololololo!!!! Yes.
Shit. People used to be married to their jobs.
@@Legenda20SLO “We’re all in this together, so I’m trusting you to hold down the fort while go to Belize in my luxury sailboat”
As someone who worked from home for 7yrs; I’m loving it. No, I don’t want to be apart of something. I’m here for a check and that’s all.🤷🏾♀️
bUt WhAt AbOuT ThE TeAm?
@@captainzoltan7737 😂😂😂
@@captainzoltan7737 Then they love to use the word “Family”. No, my family is at home with me.
Dude...we/I don't give a shit about your team. I work for $$$. If you get w2 and your job is your passion...get a life
Gimme the monies!
CEO: "[But don't you want to be a] part of something important?"
Sane Individual: "It's a job. Not a lifestyle."
Saner Individual: "It's a job. Not a cult."
I AM part of something important. It's called MY Life
Then go find a different job and love your life.
@@dannygay1985
Okay, CEO.
If that's what the employee wants they would/will start their own company and then hire people so that they can think others want's to be part of it too.
@@dannygay1985 I did. Very long time ago
This guy is pretty popular here in the UK. It’s beautiful to watch you reveal who he truly is and how he views his workforce.
He like to exploit the blood of people using this crap
You learn alot about how Corporate America is REALLY like too.
Hilarious that Malcolm Gladwell, who works from home writing books, is telling others that working from home is “not in your best interest”. 🤣🤣🤣
My thought exactly😀
lol
I'm guessing he is talking out of both sides of his face because he invested in corporate real estate and is losing $.
Malcolm is one of the dumbest people I've ever heard speak.
@@teethnclaws🎯
"don't you want to feel apart of something?"
Yes, I want to feel like a father to my kids, instead of wasting two plus hours driving to and from the office a day to do the same job.
Exactly. How do these idiots not understand this? Unequivocally YES I want to feel part of something, and that something is called my family! My company is not my family.
This. I am a part of something way more important, my family!
Nailed it 👍
@@johnd9357 they don't (or at least pretend not to) because they've literally made their fortunes on exploitation of other people's work. Scumbags like these in the video target naive, young, ill, and those with no choice. A 20 years old they target wouldn't connect with "I want to be a father to my kids". It doesn't even matter if they figure it out when they're in the thirties, because another crop of 20 years old will appear.
I would genuinely suck-start a shotgun if I woke up one day and realized my fucking job was my source of community.
Message to Corporate America: YOU DID THIS. You made working in an office way more awful than it has to be. You consolidated locations so that people have to commute for hours a day to and from that cold, bright, loud, smelly, uncomfortable, distraction-filled panopticon of an office. You pushed us all into cars and destroyed public transit so that the commute is as long, stressful, and inefficient as possible. You flushed the relationship between employer and employee down the drain in the pursuit of double-digit growth.
Don't fucking sit in your home studio and tell us that we are missing out on some amazing community experience because "it takes a village" when you carpet-bombed that village and then salted the earth decades ago.
Don't get me started on the noise. I literally got sewn to my headphones in my last job.
Brent I hope you have a Great Day Tommorow !!!!!! You made my day today because that comment was spectacular..
Great comment 😁
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Some of us work from home because it opens up WHERE WE CAN LIVE. CEOs should see this as a plus because they can cast a wider net for applicants - not just people who live near the "office" but basically people who are anywhere.
This is how jobs get outsourced to other countries.
But it's harder to control you
@@ratcoolbud People have been saying that trope for decades at this point. And some jobs do get outsourced. But many don't and for good reason. Why don't we outsource all the executive jobs to other countries? Surely they can do the same job for cheaper, right? Oh, you think they wouldn't be able to do it as well. Huh, surely that only applies to executive jobs, right?
It boggles my mind how clingy corporate types are to their power over the employees lives. Even here in brazil where employers have an obligation to pay for the employees' transport tolls there was so much resistance to avoid paying transport and office just so they can have that juicy control high. I think it makes them realize how useless some of them are to the company.
@@ratcoolbud "This is how jobs get outsourced to other countries."
Jobs got outsourced 50 years ago en masse to cheap labor countries such as south America and East Asia.
Who TF are you trying to fool?
Makes one think if your brain is just the same as the CEOs in the video: Stuck in the deep 80s.
These CEOs are prime examples of "tell me you're out of touch without telling me you're out of touch"
I'm not tryna say your wrong but you kinda are. And saying that work and your home life should be separate is the best thing for a person. They don't feel their job is intruding in on their life as much. When I'm at home I have to manage children etc whilst I'm working. every bit of work just intrudes on your private life making me feel worse. It's not in my best interest to continue that type of lifestyle..mixing my work and home life is stupidest d. There's a reason people have done work at offices for so long. It just works. It helps people be more productive etc. It also keeps them from the hassle of managing two things at once..you can have a workplace and take care of your kids. Either way those kids will be gone 8 hours a day 5 days a week once they start going to school..so whats wrong with you as an adult doing the same thing. You go to work for 8 hours come home and enjoy time with your kids. That's the perfect work life balance that one should strive for. Not you sit at home 8 hours a day "working" for your kids to come home that's just not great.
@@likeablecloud2454 So you are saying they're wrong and you're using a dumb excuse to explain your own dumb statements.
@@likeablecloud2454 You are all over the place. First you assuming that other people can't manage a balance between working at home and taking care of kids. Then you assume everyone has kids and a family. How desperate are you to be right? Want to dress? commute for 1 hour going and 1 hour back? want to chat and have coffee break and whatever other utterly worthless activities you want to have in the office? Go right ahead! it's cool do your thing, power to you!
But don't assume your problems are other people's problems. There are people who work from home and manage the kids just fine. There are people who don't have kids and have no problems being at home. Accept that there are people who work from home and they thrive in that. They are the most productive and love the control over their life and office.
Live and let live and stop assuming problems that don't exist for the vast majority of us working from home. Cheers
Perfectly stated!
@@likeablecloud2454 Its a case to case basis, there are people who work better in offices and there are people who don't. It's counterproductive to have to wake up at 4:30am in the morning to go to an 8am job because of commute hours and spend another 2~3 hours stuck in traffic going home. Similarly if work is only a walk or a quick bike away its probably better to go there. Ask people if they would choose a job with lower pay but has wfh benefits or a job with higher pay but is 5 days a week in office and most of them would choose the former.
Not everyone has cars, not everyone has kids, and not everyone wants half of their take home salary going to rent or gas money. The reason why 'it works' working in offices is because 'it works for the company'. Its easier to manipulate people in person than it is online, its easier to squeeze out every bit of productivity out of them without any pay by gaslighting them about culture ethics and family, its easier to hold them in the offices longer because they'd rather stay until midnight for traffic to die down or setup a pantry so they don't have to go out the offices to eat.
It's unbelievable that this CEO only considers the possibility that employees quit en masse because they weren't getting community. Could it also be that they got a taste of freedom? Enjoyed the extra time with their family? Realized the commute wasn't worth it?
they neglect to mention you have to put in your eight hours before you get to enjoy community.
they have foosball tables around but if you get caught playing foosball during work hours one too many times you will be dismissed.
Affluenza. It's real.
@@NeganLucilleForever Those games and bean bag chairs are traps! ,😄
It's astonishing how incredibly obtuse these employers can be. I actually think there's room to argue it's a form of cognitive dissonance; they claim they care for the well-being of their workers, but demand you resign your lifestyle to their control.
It's all well and good to argue that staying at home in your pyjamas can have adverse mental effects, but where's the relevance? Staying at home =/= poor workplace results, and the only reason they attack it as such is so they can rationalise their desire for control over their employees. It's perverse.
What community?
I'm a boomer. The old rule of standard in the 80s was if you haven't moved up in 3yrs you jump to a new firm.
Today it's, "if my quality of life goes down while I work for you, I'm gone."
With remote work, you just send and email. No office bullshit politics. Clock you time and punch out. Take you lunch. As long as you are doing the work, that you agreed to do, why do you Need to come into the office? The CEO, HR mangers, top supervisory managers don't have an answer. It all comes down to them controlling you. Power.
A great example, and these execs are trying to avoid it, is the travel nurse industry. Travel nurses, in their contracts, set the hours they will work at the facility. And the permanent staff have to work around those schedules.
Remember, you are trading dollars for hours. Your hours for their dollars. Doesn't matter if it's hourly or salary.
Ultimately these CEOS and HR managers do not want to pay the wages to hire the best performers. They want to hire the best "team members ".
If your company's morale is low, you see them all fist bumping, etc...
There is NO TEAM when it comes to paying mortgage/rent, utilities, car payments etc....ask anyone that's a commission sales professional.
Joshua, you need to continue showing those HR management videos. HR is put in place to control you.
You folks have a great day making the decisions that benefit you the best.
HR has it's purpose right in the name. Human resources. Not resources for humans to use, they view *you* as a resource and nothing more.
I used to COMPLETELY work at home. I got MORE work done because I didn’t have distractions. Companies can tell if you’re doing the work. Many of us have life circumstances where we NEED to work from home. I loved it and it worked for me at the time.
I've rarely formed emotional connections to people I'm forced to work with. The competitive environment makes this difficult. It colors the whole experience. I make my friends outside of work
Drove 3 hours a day(round trip) to work
Worked everyday 80 hours a week
I had no time for friends, meeting girls, hobbies.
Last year I got to work remote at another company.
Life quality has been much better
As a person getting my credentials up so I can WFH again soon, I can't stand these guys putting down WFH. Even when I hear people tell me about "moving up", nothing has been better for my wallet than switching jobs every year and a half or so. I also can meet people outside of work to a degree. There is zero personal benefit to being in the office for me and I know many others feel the same.
I'm a little older, prefer to work from home but don't mind socializing with coworkers occasionally as I'm an extrovert. But most of the time, coworkers work through lunch, go straight home after work because they have family stuff to do.
You're harder to micromanage when working from home. And harder to indoctrinate. Companies want your whole life to revolve around them. 8 hour plus days combined with commute time means you spend more time seeing your coworkers than your family. That messes with something in your brain that makes you start unconsciously thinking of work as your "real life" and home as a distraction.
@@1337penguinman agreed. The guy on d of a ceo who eats only rice doesn't address that im sure.
How are you able to switch? I have 5 years of experience and have been remote for 3, I get interviewed but can never land a FT remote gig that pays better. I'm in marketing btw making 68k out of the Midwest. I know I should be making more but I can't seem to get an offer.
@@i9incher If you are asking me, I am in IT, and unfortunately to beat the pay I am at now and go remote, cloud is the move. There are certain positions that make absolutely zero sense to have onsite and I am making sure to go straight into that direction ASAP. If your job can be customer/staff facing, these companies will make it happen. How do I know? My last and current position will have me "supporting" a near empty building from the office on the off chance someone is physically in need.
"It's just a paycheck thing." - That's the whole point. I go to work so I can get money to live.
exactly
For real, they're delusional. Try telling all your employees that from now on, they will not get paid for working here. None of them will stay.
Why do hiring managers and CEOs get the pikachu meme face when we that is the LITERAL reason people work? You pay the highest or well enough for me to work for you, once I get the skills needed, I’m going to leave to get another high paying job.
Don't you want to feel like you're part of something?? Until we decide that you're too expensive to be part of something.
Yep, I was part of something for 18 years until they decided to eliminate my position, and few hundred other's positions. Hey, at least they gave a week (5 business days) notice!
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I'm so happy you're EXPOSING these people for what they are! These narcissistic CEOs just want to lean on employee's desks and feel important.
Let employees be happy! Corporate culture can be so soul-crushing. The best jobs I've ever had are those that treated me like an adult. I knew what was expected of me and I outdid myself all the time. Being allowed to breathe also gave me the space to be innovative.
"If you're just sitting in your bedroom wearing pajamas, is that really the work life you want to live?"
Yes actually. I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on new work clothes, commute 1.5 hours each day, waste gas doing said commute or interact with toxic people all day. I can finish my work much faster & use the remaining time to work on a side hustle or solve real life problems I couldn't otherwise be working on if I was confined to my cubicle prison.
I always used to say that I would love work if I didn't have to wear a tie and a dress shirt. I don't have to now. Why would I want to go back?
I mean, you're right. Why go through all that mess if you can be just as productive at home and get the job done in a timely fashion? Problem generally speaking: is that most people aren't that responsible or productive. And corporations don't like having to spend the time and money revising their hiring strategies and their outdated methods to filter out and find good 'at home' workers.
@@Usersunited that just isn't true
@@Usersunited i will summarize whole thing in one sentence
"wagie come back to your cagie" where i can have total control over you.
I don't wear pajamas. Are you absolutely certain you want that video call?
Here's what gets me. Working on cars was my passion until I became a professional mechanic. Now it just feels like work to me. That's something people don't often tell you. Finding a job in a field you love can destroy your love of that field.
Edit: Also, these CEOs talk like damn cult leaders. Chastising you for DARING to consider changing jobs. The whole reason I work is for pay. That's it. You can do all the culture BS you want, but at the end of the day I would rather spend my time doing what I want than what you want me to be doing. But I'm willing to overlook that fact because you pay me.
That's why I always post in places that you should have never listened to your mom. "Do what you love" blah blah NO. Then your love becomes work. Do something you know you can do
The only one that's true is not working at restaurants so you don't know the dirty secrets.
@@fettel1988 DUDE EXACTLY, find something you can get good at, spend your paycheck pursuing what you love. FFS.
Are you a mechanic by chance?
Exactly what happened to me when I got my dream job as a graphic designer for Starbucks! Switching to the financial industry turned out so much better for me.
Same here. I loved going to the gym and training parkour. Then I got certified as a personal trainer and started running a parkour coaching business and when what I enjoyed for me and my growth became about everyone else and there's I started to hate it because I "had to" and staying in the gym longer for myself after clients was a battle. Not every passion is ment to monetized.
Nothing is more depressing than going to a place for work were for 8 hours everyone is trying to distract and interrupt you, while you smile and pretend to give a shit.
I recently went back to the office for 3 months. I hated everyone at the office. I much rather work from home without having to fake smile all day.
Amen
I have a wide network of friends outside of work and a wife and child. My previous job and current one I have to be in my work location five days a week (I am the stock controller for a pharma compnay). While everyone else is hybrid. They don't understand that i do not want to hangout on a thursday (none of them come in on Friday) and get pissed when I still have orders to ship on Friday. I dont need to feel "family and community" I have that in my real life. They only two things I care about when it comes to work are the money and the miles.
I have been at my job for almost 3 years and I have no buddies that meet outside of work. When we walk out the door our conversations stop. People get through their day hiding their true feelings just to play the game to get their check.
I've worked at home remotely for over 10 years and I love it. Yes I wanna sit in my pj's at home. Im introverted so its perfect lol. It also saves time and money to work at home. I talk and work with my supervisor over my headset and it makes the day engaging and fun. I can go for walks whenever I want. I can exercise whenever I want, I can play video games on a break whenever I want, I can do laundry, prep dinner, I can meet up with my coworkers anytime for lunch or a drink/dinner at night for worklife balance. And I got a raise and praise for being an excellent worker in the company. If anything, its more than I could wish for!
Our motto is, as long as the work is being done, and done right, everything is peachy.
What field of work are you in?
What field of work is that?
Is this on your terms or the employer?
You're a slob for being productive and balancing your needs.
Now I'm going to shame you because I don't want to explain to my investors that the building I just leased is always empty on Fridays
You're living my dream bro!
My wife and I both work from home and every day I’m extremely grateful that I have “reduced” my life to spending a lot of time with the people I love most.
It is laughable how these guys still believe we want to return to the office, like making friends with workers is crucial for the business. In reality, most people are not interested in team building and making "friends" with coworkers who potentially can act against them. Office no more.
People used to get written up in the office if we associated with one another.
How Machiavellian of you.
I think it's fine to make acquaintances in the office. Just know what you're in for.
But don't force people into the office, it makes no sense. Let them be productive.
I think office politics will happen regardless as long as humans are involved. But I think this ceo is delusional to confuse cult like culture and job tasks as the same thing.
It’s a job at the end of the day and professionalism is necessary to get things done
Work from home here. I’ve been the most productive working from home versus working in the office. The only downside is that it’s hard to turn off the work and it doesn’t help that leadership doesn’t understand how much work we have piled on. They think we’re sitting around in our pajamas doing laundry or something. It’s very patronizing.
I have worked from home since my company (of 14 years) laid me off during the summer of 2020, I will never work in an office again. I don't have to spend around 3 hours commuting (about an hour and a half each way with traffic), I don't have to spend time on meaningless office conversation, spending money eating out, etc.
At my current job I couldn't go into the office if I wanted to, my company is based over 2,000 miles from where I live, I have to go in once per year, I actually work more hours, but I am able to make all of my kids events, get things like laundry done around the house, and I have no stress in the mornings. The only traffic I have to deal with is the three cat pile up on the stairs.
I couldn't care less about corporate culture, or making my whole life about work and making my social circle only about my coworkers. I am there to work, that's it, I work to put money in my bank account, I can't exactly spend corporate culture on my bills.
I love when these CEO's think all of us operate the same way. No thanks. I enjoy full remote WFH, its a great life.
My purpose isn’t in my job. I proudly do my job SOLELY for the paycheck lol.
Heh, imagine people working ONLY TO GET MONEY!
@@chpsilva Right??? All these lazy workers should be just as driven to make the -CEO- company money and shouldn't complain about the pay or coming to an office! Time to leave Pity City and grow up! /s
@@adamestrada7610 I think you misunderstood me. I work FOR THE PAYCHECK, not to "pursuit my dreams" or "learn from new challenges". And that's all what I have said. I am not arguing about remote work or anything else.
@@chpsilva the "/s" at the end indicates sarcasm. I'm 100% with you on this one 👍.
Yeah I’m salary but only at 40 hours. Anything over that is overtime for me. My supervisor couldn’t understand why I didn’t answer the work phone on the day after Thanksgiving. Well, I’m sorry, you can’t get OT when there is holiday pay already put in, so yeah I left my phone off until Sunday evening. If I don’t get paid, I don’t work.
"If your just sitting in your bedroom working in your pajamas, is that the work life you wanna live?".......yes....yes it is....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Comfort motivates me so wearing pjs is my go to
Right n_n lol. . like, most definitely. I see no problems with that.
Who the hell wears Pajamas?
I code the node in the NOOD
Lol, he actually thought we were going to hear him say that and go "NO! OMG, HE'S RIGHT! I'M JUST WORKING FOR A PAYCHECK, WHAT HAVE I DONE!?"
It wouldn't take me 10,000 hours to master that. Gladwell is a hack.
My son (17yo) and his best friend's (19yo) friendship is 100% online whether Xbox, Snapchat and phone calls. We pray to be able to have the two families meet in person eventually, but don't tell my son his friendship isn't real. They truly care about each other and have had to deal with serious situations and be there to support each other.
I've seen so many people make amazing relationships that they would've never gotten the chance to through the internet. They are so valid and I hope your son and his best friend get to meet in person soon if they can. You also seem like a good parent for validating your friend's online friendships. My online friendships got me through a lot at his age.
And especially don't tell this to people who made a friend and/or hang out in VRchat, as VRchat can be a great way to maintain a long-term relationship from people far away from you.
I’m binge watching your videos! I just quit my 9 to 5. I hate this company culture thing. It’s all done to keep you working more.
The “CEO” better be in the office everyday, 8 hours a day. Not at the gym, playing golf, on his boat, at his 5th house, or whatever shit he does.
True if I called in I'd ask him if he stays in the office 8 hours a day 5 days a week and neer leaves the office.
Even that's not good enough IMHO. I'd like to see him working ALL of the inevitable overtime hours as well, without complaint.
Lol I get the sentiment but CEO’s do much more than office work. I’m talking about startup CEO’s, people actually striving to make their business succeed.
I worked for 3 CEOs who were always on the pnone but kept out of the office - one was a tax exile, one had itchy feet and could not stay anywhere for more than a couple of days and one just hated the office and only came in for Board meetings.
Flying overseas to conferences which are all work...yeah, sure.
I will speak in the third person...
A large financial institution saw a 20% productivity improvement when people worked from home in earnest
The main reason for this is because the company invest heavily in proper infrastructure that enabled people to collaborate easily
It was interesting to note that they had to put a blanket ban on meetings being conducted during a typical work lunch period - the reason was people saw the flexibility of being able to easily book people
CEO's and the likes who want people in the office are typically old schoolers who lament the days of walking around the office and loved to see worker bees all lined up acting busy
Work has migrated from observing people working to measuring their work through real productivity and deadlines
Give people the freedom and they will organise themselves to best suit their lifestyles, Give them the tools that enables their collaboration and they will arrange themselves to optimise their workflow
Working remotely allows me to work out, quality time with my spouse, family (near and far) and given me the opportunity to be a great dog mom. I’ve worked in Mexico, LA and Miami this year without using a PTO. The only reason why those CEO’s want people in the office is because these companies spent a fortune on real estate so they want their moneys worth.
"Dog mom" what the fuck? it's a dog, not your child.
@@OriginalUsername9000 relax bro
@@adammorra3813 he is absolutely right to talk like that, calling yourself a dog mum is kind of a problem.
@@cedricbrs481 take a chill pill, its the internet.
@@adammorra3813I’d rather take a reality pill, you need one too.
The greatest trick the elite ever pulled was convincing the common person that they should love work. We should love our passions. Whether that’s playing an instrument, being outdoors, spending time with family. Work should be an ends to a means. You’re a sucker if you think there’s honor in working 50/60/70 hours a week. We’ve been trained to feel lazy and guilt ridden if we don’t love the company and put as many hours into it as we do our friends/family/self. To hell with grind mentality.
@ch-yq5yn you’re a fool. You’ve been convinced by the powers that be so you keep your mouth shut and keep working. Not wanting to waste your life working is not equivalent to laziness.
the things i prefer doing dont pay and never will, ive worked for decades, it doesnt pay and its pretty meaningles
4:33 not even 5 mins in and I am compelled to comment… dude I LOVE how unapologetically you call out this BS! The unfiltered pragmatism! Oh man you’re a fresh breeze of air! God bless you man.
Yeah i recall comparing this guy to lifeafterlayoff. But i avoid watching his stuff because its all about being a good dog
I've worked at home for 7 years. And I have loved every single minute of it, get plenty of family time and my employer is getting every ounce of work out of me they're paying for... myth is busted. Working from home is absolutely the future...
Love working from home...less drama no HR bullshit
No doubt!
Except for the interview.
There is always that.
I've had no HR drama since I've worked from home it's almost like people just make up drama to fill their void. With that said my recently company that's located in another state did a 'back to work plan" and my boss quit since his wife got a new job overseas and I asked him "so is back to office a way to get people to quit" and he's like "probably" and sure enough about a month later after they had people resign because of it we had layoffs, something I was also expecting because of the company finances. I got lucky though usually my positions get cut, but in this case the new head of the dept saved most of the team. Impressive really and I like it because absolutely everyone I work with this time knows how to do their job.
@@kgal1298 I'm glad it's working out and good on your boss for keeping your position. This work from home thing could be a new wave for future employment culture. Let's just ride it out and see what happens.
That's the real reason behind pushing people back into the office... They can No longer justify massive hr departments that do retarded shit like monitor people's lunches and breaks... All those useless women with social science degrees.
As someone with a wife and kids, one of them who was born 3 days after I started my newest Job, WFH has been the best thing for me and my family. I've gotten to spend more time with the baby than I have with the other two when I worked 45 minutes from home. I'm happier, I'm more productive and because my team is already spread all over the state, it's going to stay WFH (or at least a 50/50 hybrid for the positions require on-site work).
WFH saves the company money in real estate costs, saves the worker in gas and time.
If you are really worried about face time, have periodic team meetings in-person. I do that with my team. Once a month we come in at the end of the month to have a monthly review and some food. Get a chance to see each other in person, but it's not something that is necessary. In fact, as needed we've skipped it due to gas prices or other external factors. The team is still productive either way because I and the team leads under me treat them like adults.
@kiel hawkins This person gets it! 👍🏽
This has been a huge benefit for families and I 100% support it. I really hope kids that got to experience more time with their families growing up end up being one of the better generations because I didn't have that really and I had to learn a lot on my own as a latch key kid.
Y’all hiring? Lol
Same here. My relationship with my family is much better and my stress level is way lower.
That last paragraph sounds like a dream to me.
“If you don’t want to be a part of something then what’s the point-“ literally I only work to trade my time in for money that I need to survive. I don’t have a desire to form an “emotional connection” to my coworkers or my higher ups and my identity is not tied in ANY way to my place of work. If I didn’t work where I do now I’d just work somewhere else. Work means nothing to me and it’s only ever been a massive inconvenience that I just gotta deal with.
Amazing how he figured out people were leaving because they were getting a better pay somewhere else but didn’t even think about raising the pay so people wouldn’t leave lol
I think the reason some CEOs and upper-level managers want people back in the office is because it made them feel good, that they could physically see and experience themselves as being powerful and above others. They miss that. Even if it means trying to force employees to waste their time, money, health and lose their freedom to take care of family, all in order to feel in-charge again. People need to fight back and never accept any jobs that want you to come to an office when you can simply do the same tasks at home. As for others that actually do require physical presence in order to accomplish them, let the market adjust to what those positions should be worth.
He's correct that isolating yourself at home for 8 hours, then walking around the block and then making dinner to transition into an evening of TV by yourself probably isn't the best thing to happen for most people. Where he's wrong is thinking going to some shitty office job you tolerate because they pay you is the solution of mental well-being is asinine.
Yeah. When I was younger and single, and commuting to the office that was largely my routine, with the addition of a train ride. I talked to people at work, but that wasn't real social friendships, that was just talking to people because they were there.
Eventually found a girlfriend who became a wife, but that had nothing to do with going in to the office.
I can tell you my mental well being is a lot better being isolated working from home, than being forced to come in somewhere I hate, driving through rush hour traffic and sitting 8 hours in an uncomfortable office.
@@Zero-9909 Yes! And add to that: forced to be productive in an open office with people I hate because they're loud and annoying. I can't wait to change jobs! 😩
Take a good hard look at the guy saying that. The guy that's saying that from his "home studio" (an empty corner in his house) that looks like he just rolled out of bed. Yeah.
I’m a hardcore introvert and I’m just fine. Plus, I save tons of money by not owning a car.
I love how the only people making this argument are CEO’s
Yeah, just like TV propaganda/church preaching, you can't allow anyone to disagree or bring opposite arguments otherwise they're not gonna follow and start thinking for themselves.
100% facts.
and managers
Exactly. Majority rules. You force people, then you can expect your retention to wane. Especially among us Gen Z folk.
I want to wake up 1 hour later, not be stressed by the public transportation (I live in Paris) going and returning from my workplace, being able to cook my lunch instead of having a sandwich, cuddle with my cat if I'm stressed... A LOT of things are better from home...
Company culture can be felt remotely. Don't need to go to the office to experience it. When I hear people stating that people need to go back to the office full time, I just hear "I don't trust employees". I just believe if employees don't believe in my commitment to do my job on my own, then why I should trust them.
"Don't you want to feel part of something?"
Yes, just not with my co-workers or with the company. I am not my job.
I work remotely and have been for more than 10 years. It keeps me focused and stay away from office politics, gossip, and far away from crazy human drama. I get shit done.
Which is what strikes me the most! You pay me to get things accomplished not make friends. It’s all very dystopian.
@@trevorgibbsnc 🎯 They need to control, micromanage and get validation.
Working from home and I just had a interview for a 2nd remote job, wish me luck guys
Unfortunately that's one of the things that's giving remote work a bad name. One step at a time, my man.
I hope you get the job
@@kevinmach730 I'm still not bold enough to try this. But being completely honest. We developers constantly jump from one project to another. So, what would be the difference here?
@@GuardianOfAbyss I am in IT also and could say the same, and I personally don't have a problem with it. But it leads us back down the road of employers thinking we must not have enough to do if and when they find out, OR citing it as one of the reasons not to allow remote work. I would rather have the employers trust me to be dedicated to one remote job, than try to do the work of two.
Good luck bro
May u get paid a ton and wfh forever
I work from home. Two times a year company flies everybody out to London for a week of team bonding. We do fun activities the entire week and get to know each other. I think that 3ish weeks a year is enough to establish that connection.
We travel for a couple days every other month. 2 days I can manage, but I still can’t WAIT to get home every single time. Rest of the time I’m 100% remote
That honestly sounds really cool. Going to London to do fun stuff and then still being able to work from home sounds fantastic. Sounds like a great balance of freedom and community.
The funny things is Most CEO don’t even interact with any of the staff unless it’s for show. To show they care and “everyone is equal “
They will likely spending time with other CEO at golf or somewhere fun not working
Last time I checked, I wasn't able to pay my bills with company culture and pizza parties. Going full remove was one of the best decisions I ever made. Above all, do whatever makes you happiest and is best for your circumstances.
Imagine being so lonely in life that you find the feeling of "Community" and "Harmony" in the most toxic environment ever created.
No wonder half the workforce quit after the pandemic hit.🏃♂️💨
They also quit because they were getting unemployment
Dude working in your pijamas is literally a goal to work toward!!
Deffo
This is the way
😂
i agree most days wfh for me is working in my boxers or underwear and maybe a tshirt.
@@asadb1990 I literally just put on a onesie and logged into work
I for one "reduced" my life to working a 40hr/wk contract, and because I have no commute a part-time contract with an old employer who desperately needed my services. I'm going to make almost twice this year what I did last year. I care way more about the side contract because they make the world better while the "full time" one is just a paycheck. Between the two I'd take the paycheck, but WFH gives me the ability to have both.
Also, I absolutely love not having forced social interactions with my coworkers. I'm friendly at work but I don't like pretending they're my friends.
I dont work from home, but work for myself now.
But looking back at previous jobs, some co workers could stab u in the back faster than u can blink
I think of the old saying, "If you love something, let it go. If it's meant to be, it will return." CEOs were forced to let their employees be free, and those employees ran for the hills immediately and never looked back. Did the CEOs conclude that maybe they were wrong about the relationship all along? Nope! It's those dumb employees who don't know what's good for them.
Agreed it's like a bad breakup. You have to face the reality whether you were good or bad partner that your significant other just didn't want to be with you and move on.
If only they had Diogenes' attitude when his slave ran away...
I saw this podcast a while ago with Malcolm Galdwell when I started my first ever WFH job, and I thought oh no am I going to be unhappy because of all these things they’re saying? 6 months into this job - all I’m focused on during work is working on my quarterly/weekly goals that my manager and I have set for myself. I don’t work a full 8 hours most days. I’m able to make healthy lunch at home. I don’t have to risk my life every day driving to work everyday. I’m able to get clear on what I need to work on each day, make my schedule how I want, and produce results! The only thing that is missing is incentives for getting work done and going above and beyond. I’m about to ask for a raise, or at least tell them I expect one in the next 6 months. It’s so much easier to read, learn, focus, take structured breaks, etc at home. If you prefer working at the office, go ahead! I like my WFH and never want to go back.
Since doing the WFH, I have gained 3 hours of my time back that would have been used commuting to and from the office. My job is purely office based and the company I work for says I have the freedom to go to the office or stay working from home. I actually do half and half simce given the choice because we have an awesome on site gym and canteen plus, I do love my work colleagues. Our working environment is lovely compared to most people's office environment.
WFH has been a god send! No more stressful commutes in traffic, being environmentally friendly AND I finally got to put mote time into my personal development and investment banking!
WFH has allowed me to build myself up better and faster since gaining an extra 3 hours a day!?
Times have changed. The pandemic proved the 9-5 is now dead! Office work does not need to be done in an office in a traffic filled city with shitty working environments.
there are slackers at the office too! Is it worse to wear pajamas at home than to slack off and just talk to co workers for fun all day at the office acceptable??
WFH is the best thing that happened to me. I was able to lose a lot of weight because my quality of life is much higher and that convinced me that I was worth taking care of. Next thing you know, I went from a 205 lb fatty to breaking below 180 ever since I started WFH. You heard that right. Plenty of people can vouch the same. I used to be an Associate at a UPS Store where it is literally 100x more physically demanding but I didn't lose weight because it was such a poop job that I wasn't happy with myself and didn't bother doing anything more to lose weight and actually gained some because I ate junk food to relieve stress.
Holy crap, congrats!
I'm very happy for you, congrats!
Congrats! I lost some weight too working from home because there wasn’t a kitchen full of snacks in walking distance, like there was in my previous office. I rarely buy snacks at home, but I was eating them in the office because they were there!
Same here. The time that I used to commute, I now spend working out.
Its actually a problem now having distractions in the office. I have a desk but no office. I feel like I get 2 hours of work done per day because people constantly interrupt me. I would get 4x done if I could work at home.
Love your content Joshua. Amazing work. Keep doing that!
There's definitely something about meeting face-to-face to develop a connection but once you do it, you don't need to keep meeting in person unnecessarily if you can accomplish your work from home.
Ironically, Malcolm Gladwell is a writer who probably works from home a lot! And entrepreneurs start working from home before they have an office and they often work very hard and accomplish a lot!
I can agree with this
Xbox Live during the Great Recession shows that you don’t need to be face to face or even see a face to establish a connection with someone.
Agreed. I’ll meet folks once in a while in person, especially networking events. But not often 😂
Gladwell is an industry unto himself now and likely has employees that come into the office. Thus he toes the CEO line. So dumb.
Calling him a writer is a stretch too. He writes, just not anything good.
Hey Josh. I appreciate that you’re angry enough to voice my arguments in working from home. You are indispensable sir!
Ive been working from home for 2 years, best thing that has ever happened to me. I am able to live where I want, buy my own place and live a quiet lifestyle. Im sure its not for everyone, but for people like me (autistic) I can concentrate more, feel more comfortable and get more work done. A certain lifestyle doesn't work for every person and I don't understand why we make these statements as if they do.
I'm not autistic but I need to concentrate for long hours as I develop big data applications. When I was in the office people would generally annoy me or bother me. At home, I just get shit done
@@WhimsicalShark I'm the same, and wonder if I might be on the spectrum or just _that_ introverted since my open office is nothing but loud obnoxious extroverts who DAILY ask me why I'm so quiet (when I'm just focusing on the damn work!) 😖
I've save so much money working from home and have been able to increase my income when I changed jobs. I have more time to workout and walk my dog and I still feel good about all my teams, if anything, it's great for me to work from home because I definitely don't present in well in person as I do in an office and that's just my personality. I'm also very introverted so I'm not interested in the bro culture these guys tout.
Was wondering what type of job do you do? i sure like to get a job that would make me money from home
A friend of mine has really bad ADHD, and he is so much more productive WFH because of so many less distractions and pop up convos with coworkers.
What have I reduced my life to if I work at home?
Erm, spend more time with my wife and son.
See him take his first steps, his first words, hearing him ask "where's dada?" outside my office door and get a hug from him whenever I want.
Is that a "reduction" in life?
"don't you want to be part of something?"
I am, something far bigger than me and any job I've ever or will ever have.
Working at home is a game changer for so many people. Better for the environment, spending more time with family, less time spent on commute. It's a dream for someone like me. I'm really only interested in my paycheck. My job doesn't need to give me meaning. For meaning comes from me following my religion.
Second generation worker from home here. And, just like my dad, I am self employed. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
Same! I *love* it 👍
The moment the ceo used a political stance to defend him being a “pay less, work more” shitlord, he lost his footing on any sort of argument lol
It really does tell you how out of touch he is that he thinks corporate "community" can override the misery and stress of financial struggles. I bet his pockets aren't taking a pay cut. This guy clearly lacks both empathy and actual real human interactions/relations with his average employee.
Yep why did he say liberal. Like WTF. Why tag all them libs.
So tired of these CEOs. Just let ppl decide. Those that want to come in let them come in. Christ.
Joshua just wanted to let you know I started my work from home job two weeks ago! I finished my two weeks of training Friday and I’m doing my thing as of today. Thanks for the inspiration. I love my new job , I love working from home!!!
What do you work as if it’s okay to ask?
The relationship is simple.
You exchange your time (aka life), doing things the company needs in exchange for money. As long as you what is expected of you. and you where contracted for. Is none of the company business.
Let me just say this…because of you and your channel, I got my first tech role working from home. Initially, I was looking for an in-person role because I wanted my first tech role to be around co-workers, “collaborating,” etc. I got no where.
Then I started looking for WFH roles and what do you know? Landed a job WFH and now I see why WFH is so appealing and I don’t want to go back lol.
Thanks bro!
One of the biggest fallacies of work is "collaboration," it is rare. I work in IT both as a developer and a project manager and its really just here is tasks go do them. Discuss with someone else if you need to.
Working from home for the past 2.5 years and managed to get my company to confirm in writing I am now fully remote permanently. The one big thing for me is not having to take the train/subway to work in the downtown office. Seriously the trains and cities are getting scary with the amount of crime. I'll just stay at home, sleep for an extra hour each morning, and be safe thanks.
Ohh don't even.i am a woman, literally i sprint if it's after 9 and the platform is empty. It's stressful in London tbh. I need to be happy not feel like stressed that I'll miss the train time and run from office to catch it. Then there's rain and snow and bs.
I don't want that. It's extra stress that I'll miss some train or bus.
The biggest misnomer among people with money and power is that they think they know what's best for people under them. When in fact, each individual always knows what is best for themselves.
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It’s weird how workplaces have a slice of communism in them
The Kings and Queens want to see their peons to validate their superiority of position.
With remote jobs you can spend more time with your family. That outweighs every "benefit" these ceos mentioned. My dad spends 2 hours travelling to his office and then 2 hours to return.
this. And half the time they are late to work anyway. In the 30min from 9am I get my schedule going and send out my emails plan my day. But the time the juniors are in the office, I have alot of stuff for them to work on. Flipside the higher ups in the office derail my juniors and tell me after they are taken when I find out my tasks arent done.
Hate that the most.
This channel is such a breath of fresh air. I love how it calls out the bs of these CEOs, which stinks of hypocrisy.
part of something important? yeah, i'm part of my own family, and have a group of friends around my hobby. we all are part of something very important to us. Don't take pride in being part of a corporation, they can take that away anytime they want
This pretty much boils down to CEOs now not only want to exploit you, but they want you to praise them and make them feel good about exploiting you. You can't just do your job and get the tasks done that they're asking of you so that they can rake in profits off of your hard work, you now need to pretend you love it and are passionate about it 🤢
This! And if you disagree, you're ungrateful. Just be happy you have a job. They are so f*ckin sickening
As soon as a business is interested in sharing their profit to the degree it's shared with the CEO, I'll be as enthusiastic about the company as the CEO.
Exactly
You talking about employees getting paid as much a CEOs or...?
@@user-xf8we6tf4e getting paid as more as the company makes
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See you on the 12th… of never ☺️
That will never happen. But stock options is an alternative I can get behind. I know a few people who became millionaires out of this strategy. All while truly enjoying contributing for the company (scale-ups)
Great job Joshua. I enjoyed working from home as I was able to save 2.5 hours a day on travelling and money.
I was happier spending the time with my family instead of being there in transport.
I have work from home being self employed for the last 4 years and while I do get a bit lonely at times, the thought of getting a job and work for someone else who constantly watching over my shoulder and take advantage of my labor to point of exploitive is still not attractive
oh man! the 30 minutes I got to play catch with my dog this morning instead of commuting was so depressing. I'm quitting this second
“Please let us exploit you and abuse you for pennies on the dollar. And thank us for it” - CEO’s everywhere
Higher ups say “pay doesn’t matter, passion and commitment do!” Then they pay themselves millions and literally do nothing.
Also, this guy wants the bottom of the barrel workers. Have to at least pay better if you want people to commute for no reason.
Or how about they now pay you less? If you were commuting before, with the same salary. Then let's recude your salary.
Seems fair to me. When will pawn employees realise they have no real power?
@@FormerCityFinancier are you trolling or serious?
@@lavellelee5734 I'm being serious. I'm tired of employees acting as if they have power, when you don't.
In the UK we're already seeing a significant reduction in salaries for new hires that WFH.
@@FormerCityFinancier there were bonuses for commuting before or we all missed something?
@@FormerCityFinancier so you're a CEO then? Happy for you. But the working class has more power than you claim. Look at gme for example. Funds that have been in existence for decades, some centuries, most if not all were multi billion entities, and every single one of them got their ass handed to them when a group of people on Reddit and later just people in the working class in general, saw how greedy these entities had become. Hell they didn't even want to make profit to began with, it was just about sending a message of how annoyed they had become with the nonsense from wealthy investors. And if we're speaking on physical occupations, let's focus on McDonald's or Walmart since you strike me as the type of guy who'd insult those workers as unimportant. Aside from being both the most successful restaurant chain and real estate holder, what does McDonald's do? What effect would the sudden crippling or disappearence of McDonald's have on the rest of the world? Can you honestly say( no working class hate bias, just pure numbers or even better use the gme situation) that if I was a multi billionaire or a bunch of millionaires came together to give enough to around 30-40 percent of the McDonald's workforce ( I'm talking paying past debts and medical bills, student loans, giving out cans of food the works) to where they could at least quit working for McDonald's for 6-12 months, that such a large percentage of it's "unimportant" workforce wouldn't have dire consequences for McDonald's at least? If not whomever they themselves have invested into or those whom thought McDonald's was a a safe long investment? To be clear, while I love to enjoy my free time, I am trying to learn new skillsets so that I can 1. Demand high premium and 2. Run my businesses how I see fit like a king . So this ain't some "content with middle class" speech
I work from home and it's amazing. My bestfriends and I took the same course in college and now we work together at the same company. When the pandemic lockdowns made us work from home, we came to love it. Now, we work from home and don't plan to go back to the studio when we don't have to. No one stands on my shoulder when I work, no lunchroom drama, no fear of being called out for taking too long in the bathroom... actually, no one watches you as you go back to your cubicle after a bathroom break. I visit my friends when we want to socialize and work at their houses or they visit me and work on mine. Where is the downside?
dude, i'd spend all day in your ted talk. i don't ever get tired of truth. these videos make my day! i feel so represented.
I 100% agree with you on the "this person has never built online relationships". My two mentors are people who I met on Discord. Those 2 people combined have had a greater impact on my life than anyone else ever has, and I cannot thank them enough. I've never met them in person, we live in different countries, yet I owe everything I have today to them.
Its a joke that most people can imagine only the extremes: either you are sitting at home all the time or you go to some workplace every day. Real work is about doing what's needed at any given time, if you need to do some work which needs deep thinking and focus you better stay at home, if you need to have meetings with people then get into the office and book a nice meeting room. That's how people connected even thousands of years ago: when they wanted to discuss something they organized a meeting for it, they didn't just mindlessly gather in the same place and then sit in one room the entire day not talking to each other and being annoyed when someone was too noisy. The reality is that its not about work efficiency its about control and maximizing corporate brainwashing on employees.
The lazy people in exec management these days organizing something? You're lucky if these guys have any time in their schedule after the yacht rides and 30k$ wine tastings to actually talk to an employee let alone schedule a meeting.
@@scwirpeo Maybe, but not everywhere is the same. At my previous company, the CEO was always there, either at his open-plan desk or in various meetings.
I love hearing the desperation in the CEO's voice. The part about literally being the meme was golden! The reason companies like this guy's are having trouble recruiting is they want talented people who see the big glass of Kool-Aid and can't wait to start guzzling it. No wonder they find it hard to attract talent. They have to be some kind of cult leader on one hand, and a somewhat competent business person on the other. They seem to know what works for the company, but they also know that the logic behind it they use to exploit workers is worn so thin that more and more workers can see through it and they're a little terrified.
And pointed out, there was a nervous quality to that CEO while he was talking. He knows how transparent his bullshit is to experienced professionals, even though this was nothing but an ass-kissing session with people who agree with everything he says.
Young people please don't start a family or get pregnant at this time. Companies/Government/organizations have no loyalty to employees they will turn on you in a second when its convenient and fire/replace you. Governments are also increasing authoritarianism while helping the Globalist elites to consolidate all wealth/power. To ensure no slavery like life, girls should remember to take the birth control pill daily and both guy/girl should use protection and consider Tubal Ligation which is a quick procedure. You will just condemn your new child to increasing poverty and freedomless slavery and these control/money/job trends worsen. The system in all countries ks getting worse now and children born now will suffer. Imagine your child living in a technically advanced meaning more brutal total surveillance Communist or dictatorship style society as that is the planned future if you choose to have kids. So by having children you are purposely causing them to be born to a life of suffering for your own selfishness in a way.
He's not even a CEO, he Is a poor miserable ass. I get your point, tho.
You rock, love watching these.
I live in NYC and just finished a temporary hybrid research position. On the in office days, it took me over an hour getting to/from work on the subway with dangerous gross conditions and it was FREEZING on the office. My mental health was significantly better, plus saved time, cost of travel, and could set working conditions to do my best at home. Much prefer.
Don't forget most CEOs own the building that you work out of indirectly through a property management company so it behooves them financially for you to return to the office
Never let them herd YOU into one mindset. You are an individual for a reason. Plus, we know why we gave up on these shady employers false policies. When they are forced to change the toxic environments and policies, we will think about it.😁
What I've noticed from working in an office environment is that I'm often unable to do my job as effectively due to constant irrelevant interruptions. I'll be working on mastering a Linux image for security validation testing and I get interrupted for 3 hours to stack and jack pallets, and deliver them across a large facility. Customer tickets don't get completed when they need to be, and I'm the only one who knows how to make the images. If I weren't in the office, the images would get done ahead of time.
Our company proved the work from home model works during the pandemic. We broke revenue records when everyone was working from home.
Now our company has expanded 30% and keep breaking revenue records every year with about 30% of the employees choosing to work remote.
Because so many employees choose to work remote it saves the company millions in overhead. We would have to actually build another office facility to hold everyone.
We are also able to attract professionals from all over the country that would never move to our area.
It allows our company to also pay less for those professionals because they will take less pay for the work remote flexibility.