Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Also, if you are training or dieting, and decide to hire a personal trainer to help you, it doesn't mean you now have less work to do. It's probably gonna more work really, but also better and more focused work. Same with Linus, having a CEO tell him what to do means he can now work more and better, without needlessly caring about stuff other people can do.
Maybe marriage counselor I feel like Yvonne was probably for them bringing in a CEO to control her husbands worse impulses and he probably realized she had a point
@@bavakian42.0 Linus specifically wanted this guy for years - he was Linus' immediate line manager (they quit 6 months apart) at NCIX and is used to Linus' branch of chaos. I think he's also a bit of a mentor/father figure.
Linus fell into the trap of "but I have to be invovled" that many creators and managers get into. Linus, you've created great systems in the company. You have people responsible for them. You can take a step back and relax. Work on more long-term plans. Being a Chief Vision Officer is for larger, more long-term things. The skilled people in the company can work on executing your vision and making decision that street the company where you want it to go in your _vision_ for it. If he doesn't do that he really might quit this time.
Exactly. Nobody created a vision by running through the thick of it every day. They do that by getting a point where they can step back and let the dominoes fall.
Delegate. The biggest thing my current mentor tries to push in me is "You don't have to do it yourself". Just delegate it. He agrees it's hard because we both have high standards, but you can still delegate and review. Since taking this approach my work/life balance has greatly improved. I suggest Linus consider this (seriously consider it)
Since my promotion is still hard to me to adjust to delegating as I used to be the one doing everything before, my Skill Training Manager keeps remaining me to delegate stuff and stop doing everything myself as now my job is x3 times more challenging but when I do remember to delegate and it's done correctly it does feel good.
@@ArtyShat if you're in a leadership role remember this. Great leaders know they aren't the smartest people in the room. Basically surround yourself with people who know what they are doing and it makes delegating a lot easier. For me if I lack confidence in the person doing the worst I delegated, I have stress out the whole time. Sometimes though that is necessary because that person may just need to learn more and I need to let go a bit more.
Factorio taught me that top-level managerial mindset. Either you automate it or you work towards it being automated. Not in the replace-people-with-machines sense but put the right people in the right place doing the right things so that you don't have to. If you've met the goal of having a complete system of people in place it will continue to chug along without you ever having to show up for work. If you try to do everything so that the company can do everything you want it to you will end up killing yourself, not even mentioning that there are specialized people who can do that one thing much better than you can anyways. Linus doesn't have anyone of a higher rank so there's no one who can let him go anyways.
Oof also at that point in my career. Gosh it’s hard to get rid of the habit of “well if I don’t do it no one else will” from growing a small company with, well, no other employees.
I think the problem with Linus trying this approach is he doesn't know the most about any one thing of anyone in that building (except for maybe how to play the youtube algorithm) but he knows a lot about a lot of different things. So there are tasks like video review, for example where no one can do it better than Linus because there's certain kinds of mistakes that could be in a video that only he would be able to identify
That's actually bad. The problems came from everybody being overworked which started at the top. Now they supposedly made changes for the better but the (actual) top still overworks himself. He hasn't learned his lession. He has to be a role model for the rest of the company and manage a healthy work-life balance.
I don't necessarily agree. I have the firm believe that work-life balance is a very personal thing. I enjoy working, love my job and have no issues working 10-12 hours a day (been doing that for 6+ years). Yes I have quiet days with less hours in between, but I do work more then most of my colleagues. But that is a decision you have to come to for yourself. And I couldn't give less fucks what my supervisor/ top does, then I would need to decrease my workhours by a lot.
Hey, can you not be an idiot for five seconds? The changes that he made was to improve his workflow because him being CEO burnt him out. I'm sure his decision wasn't easy for him, but you would still be harassing him even if he didn't. He's happier where he is now, and nothing you can say will change what he does.
I agree, but this is an excellent step in showing that he is TRYING to learn and change here. He's reviewing footage and trying to set up new procedures for an entire branch of a company. Theoretically, once those SOP's are set and in place, his workload will decrease since he won't have to make those SOP's anymore
@@XxTheEvilGingerxx What can I say, I'm sweet until I turn sour. 😂 I try not to be too harsh with the truth, but when you're dealing with people who don't listen, sometimes you just gotta say f it and throw it at their face. It's kind of a bad habit for me and I'm hoping I can eventually learn not to do that. I do want people to listen to reason before they respond, especially since his career is under harsh judgement from those on the outside. I personally think that a new CEO is a good idea since it takes some of the weight off of his shoulders and allows him for more freedom to do other things. That freedom means better videos in the long run and more satisfied viewers, and that is a plan that I can agree with.
It’s pretty common but realistically speaking if I owned a company i would never give up my control over it if at all possible. Unless I went to sell it for a ton of money but I can’t imagine selling my Baby
@@nateo200 Linus and Yvvone still own LMG 50/50, his role at the company has just changed. Ultimatley the big deicisions will still be up to the insane dynamic duo they are
@@nateo200 That's not a good mentality, we all want to have control of everything but ultimately it comes down to what is best or for the company or for the owner's ego
Well, it's not an "unintended consequence" of stepping down. It's not a "consequence" of stepping down at all. It's a consequence of being called out by the community and Steve. Edit: If you actually watch the video, it should be clear as day that all of the extra work (like reviewing all the videos) is related to the new processes. It has nothing to do with him stepping down lmao.
I think Linus knew what he was getting into when he was stepping down from CEO, I just also think that he hated having to make some of the decisions that a CEO has to make and he would much rather someone else do that going forward so long as that is someone that he trusts
I'm amazed by Linus' ability to look at his schedule and find somewhere to fit in extra badminton. Also score for Linus creating best practices and knowledgebase documentation even though he hates doing it - it will free up time for everyone in the long run.
IDK if you'll read this, but Linus, you're awesome man. You've built an incredible team of talent and personality. I fell in love with your channel years ago because of YOU! Your quirky scripts and display of trial/error with cool PC tech made me feel excited to watch most of the videos you put out. In the last couple years, I noticed your stress levels rising and I saw less of you on camera. I'm glad you decided to put the management work into other hands and take the reigns back for quality content creation. I hope you feel encouraged by this message and continue to do your thing happily and healthily. Bless you, your family, and your team.
Nice job. AS you said you might not be the CEO but you're the reason alot of use are here. From what it sounds like, youre now enabled to focus on alot of the nitty gritty important stuff. Good luck!
It’s like hiring a personal trainer. You pay them to specifically tell you what to do, and the best way to mentally think about that is to try to forget that you paying him.
We can only hope as processes get set up and ironed out, the day to day management of things will get to be less work. Figuring out and setting up how things should be, so one person doesn't have to review everything is a big undertaking.
Linus sounds like he needs to take it easier for a while at least. When i've been this desorientated i've also been stressed out of my mind. Take care of yourself good sir ❤
I hope (if it's what you're wanting) that you are able to step back and have a more normal work schedule. That doesn't sound very sustainable and that's going to burn you out so fast I think :(
The videos have been a lot better and the pace does feel like its slowed down quite a bit which I'm enjoying, I'm sorry to hear that Linus has as much or more work than before, I do hope that things can continue to be re-organized to help reduce his work load to a healthy level.
Love how everyone is commenting that Linus stepped down to do less work only to intentionally take on more work like the things he's doing are a conscious choice to be always busy. The point of processes is that you allocate a chunk of extra time now to lay them out properly in order to save a lot of time later on. The community screamed for better proceedures, how do they think they get created? This is all part of that process, and once those proceedures are written down, Linus's workload will lessen again. But they have to put that work in before the processes can exist. And I'm pretty sure the step back from CEO was more about not enjoying the executive portion of his role. Linus likes doing the creative stuff, but wasn't liking the admin side. Now he pays someone to do the admin side so he can focus on the creative bits. Like advising how to best work on or edit their videos. Any work transition requires more work initially as people figure out their new tasks, occasionally go back to advise the person in their old role on how to do something, or why they did it that way so that change can be decided on or things can continue as they were. It's not like Taran takes the role and Linus never ever thinks of it ever again. Any who, my two cents on the matter. If he continues to be flat out busy all day and night after the processes are in place and the transition period is over, then we can go off about him overworking himself.
I know that trying to fix process is important. But you need to find joy in what you do. Or burn out just gets worse. Delegate the stuff that you can oversee as everyone has stated already. But try and find what makes you happy and integrate this in what you do. As a priority, not a side note.
Linus, respectfully, you should add to your doc "Make editors filter low-frequency drone from audio". Later, some videos - especially TechLinked and GameLinked - sometimes contain this annoying low-frequency drone in them which is either AC or picked up EM interference. Obviously, it can't be heard on mobile, or when using low-quality earphones, like 99% of TWS ones.
After all that drama I stopped watching any of LTT content...why does TH-cam still suggest me after I told them not interested in all video in my feed.
Linus: our company doesn’t have an issue with work/life balance. Also Linus: Moves into a more employee-type role and immediately has work/life balance issues. Surprised pikachu face.
Linus can become the Chairman. Delegate tasks to the CEO and other Executives. He should just concentrate being the personality behind some of the major video projects, etc. Doesn't have to do all the work.
Regardless of anybody feels about Linus personally (even though I love the guy personally, I look forward to him daily) we have to remember this is this mans legacy! We should all handle our legacy's with care, but things should still be fun when making a way, lets hope he finds a comfortable rhythm so we can enjoy his legacy a bit further
This is complete micromanagement at a macro level. The amount of standardization and documentation and policies and guidelines is insane. You're walling yourself into a very small room and trying to tetris-fill your company into it
It's like Star Wars during the prequels, where the producer could fire the director, who could then be fired by the executive producer, who was also the director, George Lucas.
Its better for Linus to just focus on other things than LTT Umbrella. Get a new face in or already established faces to manage out the work. Linus has earned his rest for working all these years. Like he should take a perspective shift and only work when really necessary. Just enjoy life outside of LTT. Go out take a vaction or something. Just my opinion. ❤ for LTT and all the audiences.
I actually find the videos better now it's not higher quality like in editing and stuff. But I find like every video interesting now. Before one in every couple videos where interesting now every video is.
I like the mindset of I'm paying you, I chose to hire you (as CEO), so it's probably in my best interest to listen to you. Rather than the I'm paying you, so I don't have to listen to you. Or I'm paying you, so tell me what I want to hear.
Linus you need to find someone that thinks as you do, and with the attention you do, and split your workload 60:40 with them, you also probably need a holiday. We don’t want to see you burn out. Burnout does nobody any good.
Ruining your life because of your job is dumb. Even if you're self-employed, it's dumb. Sacrificing biological necessities like sleep for *anything* is dumb.
@@the_undead I've seen some of the BTS stuff and it was way beyond Linus sitting in a room reading - it was basically an in-depth meeting with the writer and analysing pretty much everything.
Dude, build a process around building post video review processes and SOPs and farm that job out too. Where's the joy in owning your dream business if you're constantly "shovelling mud"?
Honestly, even though I know it’s meant in jest, that thumbnail text is very poorly chosen considering the harassment investigation into LMG. Not the best look and message.
With them sitting in dark again, I have to ask, why dont they just get a big UPS ? They have the funds, could make a video out if it, and with their contacts and talents even get one at a huge discount?
Once you've gotten those plans and review a lots of times surely you can step back a bit, and have other people host more maybe. ...unless your face is so tied to the brand videos so worse without you.
Here is an idea, set a yearly reset/review, a week or two without LTT content is manageable, besides personal holidays are good, but You always return to same rhythm as before.
It's kinda crazy to me that Linus never reviewed the videos before. I get he's busy blah blah blah, but you'd think having your name/face all over the channel you'd want to take the 45 minutes to watch whatever's supposed to drop the next day.
I don't necessarily agree with that. You have to have faith in the people you hire to do it right. Random reviews sure, but not every. Single. Video. He has too many channels to do that.
The problem is that what follows to a "simple" review is often way more than 45 minutes. Because you don't only watch them, you will also automatically give feedback, rewatch if something changed, start a feedback loop for future videos, look who is responsible if something didn't go well... reviewing and quality control is an immensely time intensive process, especially if you have so many productions per week as LMG has.
Linus has the "Personal Trainer" relationship with his new CEO.
Perfect analogy!
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Also, if you are training or dieting, and decide to hire a personal trainer to help you, it doesn't mean you now have less work to do. It's probably gonna more work really, but also better and more focused work.
Same with Linus, having a CEO tell him what to do means he can now work more and better, without needlessly caring about stuff other people can do.
My thoughts went a little more PG-13 (if not R), but yeah, this works.
Maybe marriage counselor I feel like Yvonne was probably for them bringing in a CEO to control her husbands worse impulses and he probably realized she had a point
@@bavakian42.0 Linus specifically wanted this guy for years - he was Linus' immediate line manager (they quit 6 months apart) at NCIX and is used to Linus' branch of chaos. I think he's also a bit of a mentor/father figure.
Linus fell into the trap of "but I have to be invovled" that many creators and managers get into. Linus, you've created great systems in the company. You have people responsible for them. You can take a step back and relax. Work on more long-term plans. Being a Chief Vision Officer is for larger, more long-term things. The skilled people in the company can work on executing your vision and making decision that street the company where you want it to go in your _vision_ for it. If he doesn't do that he really might quit this time.
Well said!
maybe take like a 3 months off, come in as a new employee. I am sure the rest of the staff could take over just fine.
Exactly. Nobody created a vision by running through the thick of it every day.
They do that by getting a point where they can step back and let the dominoes fall.
NUH UH
That's exactly why he stepped back, to have more time to make videos again.
Delegate. The biggest thing my current mentor tries to push in me is "You don't have to do it yourself". Just delegate it. He agrees it's hard because we both have high standards, but you can still delegate and review.
Since taking this approach my work/life balance has greatly improved. I suggest Linus consider this (seriously consider it)
Since my promotion is still hard to me to adjust to delegating as I used to be the one doing everything before, my Skill Training Manager keeps remaining me to delegate stuff and stop doing everything myself as now my job is x3 times more challenging but when I do remember to delegate and it's done correctly it does feel good.
@@ArtyShat if you're in a leadership role remember this. Great leaders know they aren't the smartest people in the room. Basically surround yourself with people who know what they are doing and it makes delegating a lot easier.
For me if I lack confidence in the person doing the worst I delegated, I have stress out the whole time. Sometimes though that is necessary because that person may just need to learn more and I need to let go a bit more.
Factorio taught me that top-level managerial mindset. Either you automate it or you work towards it being automated. Not in the replace-people-with-machines sense but put the right people in the right place doing the right things so that you don't have to. If you've met the goal of having a complete system of people in place it will continue to chug along without you ever having to show up for work. If you try to do everything so that the company can do everything you want it to you will end up killing yourself, not even mentioning that there are specialized people who can do that one thing much better than you can anyways. Linus doesn't have anyone of a higher rank so there's no one who can let him go anyways.
Oof also at that point in my career. Gosh it’s hard to get rid of the habit of “well if I don’t do it no one else will” from growing a small company with, well, no other employees.
I think the problem with Linus trying this approach is he doesn't know the most about any one thing of anyone in that building (except for maybe how to play the youtube algorithm) but he knows a lot about a lot of different things. So there are tasks like video review, for example where no one can do it better than Linus because there's certain kinds of mistakes that could be in a video that only he would be able to identify
That's actually bad. The problems came from everybody being overworked which started at the top. Now they supposedly made changes for the better but the (actual) top still overworks himself. He hasn't learned his lession. He has to be a role model for the rest of the company and manage a healthy work-life balance.
I don't necessarily agree. I have the firm believe that work-life balance is a very personal thing.
I enjoy working, love my job and have no issues working 10-12 hours a day (been doing that for 6+ years). Yes I have quiet days with less hours in between, but I do work more then most of my colleagues. But that is a decision you have to come to for yourself. And I couldn't give less fucks what my supervisor/ top does, then I would need to decrease my workhours by a lot.
Hey, can you not be an idiot for five seconds? The changes that he made was to improve his workflow because him being CEO burnt him out. I'm sure his decision wasn't easy for him, but you would still be harassing him even if he didn't. He's happier where he is now, and nothing you can say will change what he does.
I agree, but this is an excellent step in showing that he is TRYING to learn and change here. He's reviewing footage and trying to set up new procedures for an entire branch of a company. Theoretically, once those SOP's are set and in place, his workload will decrease since he won't have to make those SOP's anymore
@@deejrdee1 dang you spicy
@@XxTheEvilGingerxx What can I say, I'm sweet until I turn sour. 😂 I try not to be too harsh with the truth, but when you're dealing with people who don't listen, sometimes you just gotta say f it and throw it at their face. It's kind of a bad habit for me and I'm hoping I can eventually learn not to do that. I do want people to listen to reason before they respond, especially since his career is under harsh judgement from those on the outside. I personally think that a new CEO is a good idea since it takes some of the weight off of his shoulders and allows him for more freedom to do other things. That freedom means better videos in the long run and more satisfied viewers, and that is a plan that I can agree with.
Thinking about the dynamics of having the owner being an employee of the Boss who is an employee of the owner, makes my head hurt.
It’s pretty common but realistically speaking if I owned a company i would never give up my control over it if at all possible. Unless I went to sell it for a ton of money but I can’t imagine selling my
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@@nateo200 Linus and Yvvone still own LMG 50/50, his role at the company has just changed. Ultimatley the big deicisions will still be up to the insane dynamic duo they are
@@marcccc834 Oh I know I’m just thinking out loud
@@nateo200 That's not a good mentality, we all want to have control of everything but ultimately it comes down to what is best or for the company or for the owner's ego
If Linus being busier was an _unintended_ consequence of stepping down he's not gonna last very long. That makes me sad.
Well, it's not an "unintended consequence" of stepping down. It's not a "consequence" of stepping down at all. It's a consequence of being called out by the community and Steve.
Edit: If you actually watch the video, it should be clear as day that all of the extra work (like reviewing all the videos) is related to the new processes. It has nothing to do with him stepping down lmao.
@@Tatoruzu CEO was before all that.. it's crazy how stupid people are smh
I think Linus knew what he was getting into when he was stepping down from CEO, I just also think that he hated having to make some of the decisions that a CEO has to make and he would much rather someone else do that going forward so long as that is someone that he trusts
@@Tatoruzu yea, but I think in the long term Steve will regret that, he poked the bear essentially.
@@Tatoruzuremind me when linus stepped down again?
Linus, I'm worried about your well being. Something needs to be figured out to make things easier on you before it becomes way too much to handle
I'm amazed by Linus' ability to look at his schedule and find somewhere to fit in extra badminton. Also score for Linus creating best practices and knowledgebase documentation even though he hates doing it - it will free up time for everyone in the long run.
IDK if you'll read this, but Linus, you're awesome man. You've built an incredible team of talent and personality. I fell in love with your channel years ago because of YOU! Your quirky scripts and display of trial/error with cool PC tech made me feel excited to watch most of the videos you put out. In the last couple years, I noticed your stress levels rising and I saw less of you on camera. I'm glad you decided to put the management work into other hands and take the reigns back for quality content creation. I hope you feel encouraged by this message and continue to do your thing happily and healthily. Bless you, your family, and your team.
Nice job. AS you said you might not be the CEO but you're the reason alot of use are here. From what it sounds like, youre now enabled to focus on alot of the nitty gritty important stuff. Good luck!
It’s like hiring a personal trainer. You pay them to specifically tell you what to do, and the best way to mentally think about that is to try to forget that you paying him.
We can only hope as processes get set up and ironed out, the day to day management of things will get to be less work. Figuring out and setting up how things should be, so one person doesn't have to review everything is a big undertaking.
He is his bosses boss
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Linus sounds like he needs to take it easier for a while at least. When i've been this desorientated i've also been stressed out of my mind. Take care of yourself good sir ❤
And I just picture yearly performance reviews. First Linus gets reviewed and then the tables turn LOL
i love that dan knows that that meme is from Shen, every time i learn more about dan he gets cooler
I hope (if it's what you're wanting) that you are able to step back and have a more normal work schedule. That doesn't sound very sustainable and that's going to burn you out so fast I think :(
The videos have been a lot better and the pace does feel like its slowed down quite a bit which I'm enjoying, I'm sorry to hear that Linus has as much or more work than before, I do hope that things can continue to be re-organized to help reduce his work load to a healthy level.
Love how everyone is commenting that Linus stepped down to do less work only to intentionally take on more work like the things he's doing are a conscious choice to be always busy.
The point of processes is that you allocate a chunk of extra time now to lay them out properly in order to save a lot of time later on. The community screamed for better proceedures, how do they think they get created? This is all part of that process, and once those proceedures are written down, Linus's workload will lessen again. But they have to put that work in before the processes can exist.
And I'm pretty sure the step back from CEO was more about not enjoying the executive portion of his role. Linus likes doing the creative stuff, but wasn't liking the admin side. Now he pays someone to do the admin side so he can focus on the creative bits. Like advising how to best work on or edit their videos.
Any work transition requires more work initially as people figure out their new tasks, occasionally go back to advise the person in their old role on how to do something, or why they did it that way so that change can be decided on or things can continue as they were. It's not like Taran takes the role and Linus never ever thinks of it ever again.
Any who, my two cents on the matter. If he continues to be flat out busy all day and night after the processes are in place and the transition period is over, then we can go off about him overworking himself.
I agree with you completely. You can even see how excited he was about the actual video he teased.
"I pay you to be my boss" is indeed a strange work dynamic.
Thank you Linus for all this awesome content and I appreciate you doing all this!!! Of course I'm thankful to the whole crew!
Assistant to the assistant to the regional manager.
I know that trying to fix process is important. But you need to find joy in what you do. Or burn out just gets worse. Delegate the stuff that you can oversee as everyone has stated already. But try and find what makes you happy and integrate this in what you do. As a priority, not a side note.
I love Plouffe btw, would love for him to co-host more LTTs and ShortCircuits. He's one of my favourite sort of newer hires.
Linus, respectfully, you should add to your doc "Make editors filter low-frequency drone from audio". Later, some videos - especially TechLinked and GameLinked - sometimes contain this annoying low-frequency drone in them which is either AC or picked up EM interference.
Obviously, it can't be heard on mobile, or when using low-quality earphones, like 99% of TWS ones.
Bruh did they literally just reduce the lighting slightly for after dark? Lol
Can't wait for that video. love the pick a thing frist in the group.
Linus: I have a boss now.
Welcome among us Linus!
I feel bad for Linus. He's too overworked. I really wanted to reach through the screen and give him a hug :(
Sounds like Linus still works like they are working from the original house studio. Grinding non-stop.
After all that drama I stopped watching any of LTT content...why does TH-cam still suggest me after I told them not interested in all video in my feed.
Linus: our company doesn’t have an issue with work/life balance.
Also Linus: Moves into a more employee-type role and immediately has work/life balance issues.
Surprised pikachu face.
You aren't paying attention. That's always Linus's work-life balance. The move to step away as CEO was intended to rectify that.
Yeah no. Linus is still a c level employees.
The videos have been amazing from a 10 year viewer
I wonder if having a continuous improvement coordinator/Lean Six Sigma specialist would help for these sort of issues.
Damn hearing “I’m really tired” is a big red flag at work. Please Linus don’t burn yourself out.
Linus can become the Chairman. Delegate tasks to the CEO and other Executives. He should just concentrate being the personality behind some of the major video projects, etc. Doesn't have to do all the work.
Aint gonna lie. This new ceo idea sounds like a hail mary before something explodes.
Regardless of anybody feels about Linus personally (even though I love the guy personally, I look forward to him daily) we have to remember this is this mans legacy! We should all handle our legacy's with care, but things should still be fun when making a way, lets hope he finds a comfortable rhythm so we can enjoy his legacy a bit further
Stepping down has CEO has given to do more of the stuff he likes, i think.
Oh, so it’s not my headphones cutting out on the older videos
Linus and Terren sound like the Pope and King in Medieval Europe. Each one has power over the other and there’s no real person in charge.
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This is complete micromanagement at a macro level. The amount of standardization and documentation and policies and guidelines is insane. You're walling yourself into a very small room and trying to tetris-fill your company into it
It's like Star Wars during the prequels, where the producer could fire the director, who could then be fired by the executive producer, who was also the director, George Lucas.
Linus... I feel it man. I know the exhaustion. Been there. Ya.
Its better for Linus to just focus on other things than LTT Umbrella. Get a new face in or already established faces to manage out the work. Linus has earned his rest for working all these years. Like he should take a perspective shift and only work when really necessary. Just enjoy life outside of LTT. Go out take a vaction or something. Just my opinion. ❤ for LTT and all the audiences.
I find it insane that Linus did not review the videos before publishing them
Linus, the person who hires his ex-boss to be his boss again.
I actually find the videos better now it's not higher quality like in editing and stuff.
But I find like every video interesting now. Before one in every couple videos where interesting now every video is.
I like the mindset of I'm paying you, I chose to hire you (as CEO), so it's probably in my best interest to listen to you.
Rather than the I'm paying you, so I don't have to listen to you.
Or I'm paying you, so tell me what I want to hear.
Luke and Linus have the same nose
Linus you need to find someone that thinks as you do, and with the attention you do, and split your workload 60:40 with them, you also probably need a holiday. We don’t want to see you burn out. Burnout does nobody any good.
"im so busy"
5 min later
"Then I went to my badminton class"
Ruining your life because of your job is dumb. Even if you're self-employed, it's dumb. Sacrificing biological necessities like sleep for *anything* is dumb.
So, Linus hired himself a work wife, because 1 wasn't enough?
This guy really likes going out of his way to explain how much hasnt changed since they updated their policy.
it's wild how consistent LTT stayed even without video reviews, which I always thought Linus did, but maybe that was only scripts.
depends on what you're looking at. the vibes may have stayed high, but that's not the only metric of a video.
Linus did script review and that was really it, I don't know exactly what the process was, but Linus did review every script at least once
@@blarghblargh that's basically the only metric you want to be consistent, whether stuff gets better or worse it should still feel like an LTT video.
@@the_undead I've seen some of the BTS stuff and it was way beyond Linus sitting in a room reading - it was basically an in-depth meeting with the writer and analysing pretty much everything.
you can turn you watching the videos and critiquing them as a video.
dude. you need to turn that doc into a book.
it is sad, linus is going to die of exhaustion. STOP THAT. Keep Linus healthy please.
Linus knows bluechair, my respect for this man only grows
Jesus Christ Linus, working yourself this way is the exact opposite of what I thought you were aiming for my dude...
" my job is a job" yeah
The performance reviews at the end of the year should be interesting. Does Terran be very hard on Linus?
Dude, build a process around building post video review processes and SOPs and farm that job out too.
Where's the joy in owning your dream business if you're constantly "shovelling mud"?
you rock 👍
Honestly.. This is kind of concerning. Not for LTT, but for Linus himself. He needs a real brake / reduce his workload drastically.
Did someone forget to pay the power bill?
also, it's probably weird for him too, since you are also kinda his boss too...
Why don't you also create a series or channel that is about running the youtube company
Honestly, even though I know it’s meant in jest, that thumbnail text is very poorly chosen considering the harassment investigation into LMG. Not the best look and message.
The idea of hiring your own boss is just so wild.
Challenge: Pu dancing clowns over a graph in next video.
With them sitting in dark again, I have to ask, why dont they just get a big UPS ? They have the funds, could make a video out if it, and with their contacts and talents even get one at a huge discount?
You don't want full advice but what about just the tech tip? a tech quicky?
Linus is the boss of his boss LOL
lingers needlessly not unecessarily, when do I start?
Surely this doesn’t sound healthy nor sustainable. Something needs to change in his schedule.
if he can not remember what he did when, then he does too much and needs to scale back
Once you've gotten those plans and review a lots of times surely you can step back a bit, and have other people host more maybe.
...unless your face is so tied to the brand videos so worse without you.
His has a boss but is also the boss of his boss 😂
And at yearly appraisal time they decide who sits at what side of the table by playing music that randomly stops and when it does they then sit down
"What happened yesterday? ... Yesterday..."
My exact thought process after smoking a bowl. 😂😂
Linus just found out what is a TH-camr vs what is an actual business 😂
more like he's just now explaining it to us who aren't in the know. LMG has been an "actually business" for years.
Here is an idea, set a yearly reset/review, a week or two without LTT content is manageable, besides personal holidays are good, but You always return to same rhythm as before.
Haven't watched a single lmg video since he left. And thats because i never got a recommend
but is it gonna be a SUPER fun video?
He got Steve jobbed out of his company
Dude watch out, when you couldn't remember what day it was, that's what burnout looks like
Next step, Ex Host!
poor luke
Light?
He's got to see this isn't sustainable. He's going to burn himself out and end up regretting missing time with his kids.
Poor Linus...
If you can't remember yesterday, you're working too much bud! lol
It's kinda crazy to me that Linus never reviewed the videos before. I get he's busy blah blah blah, but you'd think having your name/face all over the channel you'd want to take the 45 minutes to watch whatever's supposed to drop the next day.
I don't necessarily agree with that. You have to have faith in the people you hire to do it right. Random reviews sure, but not every. Single. Video. He has too many channels to do that.
The problem is that what follows to a "simple" review is often way more than 45 minutes. Because you don't only watch them, you will also automatically give feedback, rewatch if something changed, start a feedback loop for future videos, look who is responsible if something didn't go well... reviewing and quality control is an immensely time intensive process, especially if you have so many productions per week as LMG has.
The credits had a QC checker for years for edit quality (often Edzel as editing team manager)
Of course Linus always had a boss, that boss is called Google.
true
Dennis is the real CEO. Let's be real here.
Me, me, look at me
Well that's not good.
You have a self imposed boss