Why you should stop working so hard.

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  • @JoshuaFluke1
    @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2600

    You can grind. But do it FOR YOU. If you are going to put in 12 hours, be damn sure it benefits your mission.

    • @hellstormangel
      @hellstormangel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Exactly, the workplace is a marathon NOT a sprint.

    • @josepholague925
      @josepholague925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      I grew being taught by my father that I have to work fast and work hard. then I will get a better raise and praise. Later in life I learned my co workers got paid more than me plus they slack off expecting me to take care of their work when I got there. Lesson learned.

    • @mr.giraffe7076
      @mr.giraffe7076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@josepholague925 Same here. I was like that. I've worked my ass off for every job. This does nothing. Like he said, it shows that you have little self respect. Back off, take it easy. Go 20% about 80% of the time.

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      So just work enough to not get fired like Office Space.

    • @rpamungkas13
      @rpamungkas13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      More specific: use your workplace to upgrade yourself. if they ask you to do something that has no benefit for your skill improvement you better leave them.

  • @johndough8699
    @johndough8699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3574

    The reward for good work...
    is more work.

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +541

      And more profits for them and not you

    • @sharpshooter188
      @sharpshooter188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      This is why I like jobs that just kind of require you to be there "just in case." Like a help desk operator or security guard. I've been at those jobs that require certain sales etc. Then when you hit the quota, you aren't really rewarded. You are just given more to do.

    • @AlexVasiluta
      @AlexVasiluta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      My boss makes a dollar
      I make a dime
      That's why I poop
      On company time

    • @an3mus
      @an3mus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL

    • @DJOverlast
      @DJOverlast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AlexVasiluta Kek

  • @alinemariagomes3232
    @alinemariagomes3232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2313

    ''Givers have to set limits because takers never do.'''

    • @MrBigtime1986
      @MrBigtime1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I like that. It makes sense.

    • @NickMart1985
      @NickMart1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Now consider how democracy works.

    • @EJJones-yr1jr
      @EJJones-yr1jr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aline is my wife from another life.😍

    • @markwhittaker6866
      @markwhittaker6866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      PREACH!
      That should be on a T-shirt.

    • @heatherstacy2976
      @heatherstacy2976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is so damn true!

  • @HumansOfVR
    @HumansOfVR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2486

    Work hard, but never sacrifice your health. *_Health_* is the one thing that will be with you FOREVER

    • @soldierz18
      @soldierz18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      True! I know lots of people who work crazy long hours and their health is shot. They are either overweight or stressed out which can lead to health issues.

    • @ElissaPancoe
      @ElissaPancoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Made that mistake, recovering from it now. Don't do it folks, nothing is worth it can you can't put something important on a backburner and think you can come back to it later without it being worse off.

    • @toddboothbee1361
      @toddboothbee1361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If you mean health generally, good or bad, sure, it's with you, but probably only as long as you are alive. Maybe someday we'll live forever. In which case, you definitely shouldn't sacrifice health.

    • @ChipsMcClive
      @ChipsMcClive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Until dead, of course.

    • @quarantinelife.
      @quarantinelife. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very good point!

  • @nelson5292
    @nelson5292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +977

    I have a saying. "The reward for work is more work." That is literally how the corporate world works. They don't necessarily pay you more, but they'll definitely give you more work.

    • @zibtihaj3213
      @zibtihaj3213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yp - get as much as they can from you ….

    • @rgbok5453
      @rgbok5453 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's why I always time my task to finish roughly at the same time as everyone else. Before I'd get things done efficiently and just be given more work or told to help other people out for no more compensation

    • @theultimatereductionist7592
      @theultimatereductionist7592 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then force CEOs to work for minimum wage and force feed that ideology down their throats.

    • @gabelincoln3608
      @gabelincoln3608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Work on commission

    • @cipher1167
      @cipher1167 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep,

  • @GuestOfGregoryHouse
    @GuestOfGregoryHouse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    "Minimum wage, minimum effort."

    • @3v068
      @3v068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      This is always my response (dropped out and went back to high school) to every manager that hires me. "You don't pay me shit. Don't expect me to work for shit."

    • @flamehiro
      @flamehiro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Min wage usually jobs that require no training. Learn a trade or leave if underpaid is all you can really do.

    • @danielruszin2223
      @danielruszin2223 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mister Guy HAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

    • @danielruszin2223
      @danielruszin2223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @Mister Guy You are very naive. You can work as a software developer for minimum wage. It's not about the type of work. It's about the company. I worked at an insurance company as a fullstack developer for 6680$/year. Of course, it was in Europe. So the statement, "Minimum wage, minimum effort" is true. If you want people to value you more, value yourself more. Make people belive you are valuable more than they think. You gotta be greedy about building your reputation. That's it.

    • @maxnovakovics2568
      @maxnovakovics2568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work

  • @johndough8699
    @johndough8699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2452

    Josh is wise beyond his years.
    After > 20 years in the industry, I can tell you he’s 100% correct.

    • @mr.giraffe7076
      @mr.giraffe7076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      Im not even in programming, but this shit hit me hard. This guy literally described me. I'm that asshole who works like mad, gets paid dirt money, and makes everyone else look bad.

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      @@mr.giraffe7076 atleast you are self aware enough to realize thatm and for that. Respect. 👌

    • @thomasgf22
      @thomasgf22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Been there, done that. Now I value my time.

    • @Bm23CC
      @Bm23CC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      yup this is what real life is like. The world is full of not so nice people. Read the 48 laws of power.

    • @namesareforfriends4552
      @namesareforfriends4552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@mr.giraffe7076 I would never programm for a living but this channel has so much good advice in general so... Stay compassionate you damn nihilist! :D

  • @el5880
    @el5880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    This isn’t just for devs, this is advice for all working people. Don’t make it easy for them to exploit you. Labor without wages has a name and it’s called slavery.

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Don't be dramatic. It's called volunteering.

    • @tonyg9921
      @tonyg9921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@drewmandan lol good joke

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@tonyg9921 you missed the point. People who work late for no money are CHOOSING to do so, and their selfishness and cowardice is making work worse for everyone

    • @Alpharexx
      @Alpharexx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@drewmandan At my previous job, the company experienced a month of heavy work load so they asked all the employees to volunteer to do overtime... and then managers went around and warned everyone they'd have to pick volunteers if too few employees volunteered... which kinda destroys the definition of the word. I now like to refer to it as "mandatory volunteering unless you want your coworkers to resent you".

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Alpharexx I call that "being a coward". If my boss ever talked down to me like a child, I'd have a chat with him about my future employment

  • @sarahh2072
    @sarahh2072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3675

    Worked at a data entry job where a guy wrote a script that would read in forms and autofill everything electronically. He'd do a week's worth of work in minutes then spend the rest of his time researching and learning other stuff for himself, and every now and then click submit to submit something so management thought he was still working. He knew he couldn't move too fast or they'd catch on he was scripting or too slow so they'd notice he wasn't working on work. It was great.
    Work smarter not harder.

    • @lychenus
      @lychenus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +571

      and remember to keep the script private. do not leave it in the company's computer or have any good documentation
      sometimes shit codes exist for a good reason.

    • @humanyoda
      @humanyoda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Did he share his script with you?

    • @AndrewBrownK
      @AndrewBrownK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      The first time I heard a story like this is when I realized this is my dream job

    • @Michael-vf2mw
      @Michael-vf2mw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      If he had been really smart, he could have sold the script to the company for millions and not come in at all.

    • @nou4605
      @nou4605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +384

      @@Michael-vf2mw And put a lot of people out of a job. Not to mention there's no guarantee they'd pay him millions

  • @patdoty788
    @patdoty788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    hustle culture is out of control, we need "live life and be happy" culture

    • @Me-eb3wv
      @Me-eb3wv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Live, love, laugh

    • @uca7681
      @uca7681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      People who worship "hustle culture" are the CEOs (makes sense since it's their business), upper/middle management, and "wannabe management"/corporate simp who needs validation for their narcissism. I don't usually mind if they are doing to themselves, but the problem is that because they are in leadership positions, they try to put it on people who have boundaries and then cast their employees like lepers if they don't follow through.

    • @ray495903314
      @ray495903314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Europe has a culture of work is work and life is life.

    • @Slaaneshy_Concubine
      @Slaaneshy_Concubine ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ray495903314 Yes, though it still depends on the company your working for. Still we have less exploitative companies than in the US

    • @brandonstaples7300
      @brandonstaples7300 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excalty

  • @Betonoszlop
    @Betonoszlop ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Overproducing is dangerous. Not only because you wont be compensated, but because you will raise the standards for yourself and others

    • @Joshdifferent
      @Joshdifferent ปีที่แล้ว +7

      💯💯

    • @geminix365
      @geminix365 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mostly for you

    • @helena20000
      @helena20000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes

    • @dr3armer
      @dr3armer หลายเดือนก่อน

      You may also run into the issue where they run out of work to give you and they start laying off people

  • @scottc.5142
    @scottc.5142 5 ปีที่แล้ว +949

    I remember my first software engineering job in 1992. I worked until i passed out. I was so proud of myself of that job and what i was doing. I got laid off one year later.

    • @MythicalDrP
      @MythicalDrP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I was born in 92. Hope you’re doing well I life.

    • @progamermoves3957
      @progamermoves3957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I was born in 01 and I honestly don’t know how to land my first Tech or IT job

    • @sanansa4567
      @sanansa4567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I went through that in the late 1990s. I worked by myself to burnout, and then we got bought out and I was laid off eventually. I wasn't aware about the frequency of acquistions and then they just layoff.

    • @wlpark001
      @wlpark001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      IBM or EDS by chance? I started work for EDS about that time, did the SED program came back and they started their RIFs. I lived in fear, it was going to be me for years.

    • @Neo2012100
      @Neo2012100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

  • @bradchellingworth5973
    @bradchellingworth5973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1201

    I think the worst thing is those people who jump up and volunteer to work extra hours for free, and make you look bad for not doing the same. If you want my time, you have to pay for it. I'm not a charity for your business!

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Exactly. We need to stop getting mad at management and instead get mad at the coworkers who are making things worse for everyone.

    • @RevenantEverest
      @RevenantEverest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@drewmandan Do both, management is also a problem

    • @anthonyjackson9194
      @anthonyjackson9194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      yep. A while ago, I was an IT field-instllation-Microsoft-Type-Guy. We were fitting out a new School with servers, desktops,laptops etc.... the project was quite quickly behind, so whilst being away from home mon-fri, I was asked if I could stay a couple of weekends to catch the project up......yeah sure, but I'll warn you my weekends are worth ALOT to me, especially when I spent 4-5evenings a week in a 'holiday Inn'......so the project manager, was like, yeah, cool, how much......I already knew my answer was £350 per day, (I was salaried) the pm was genuinely insulted....and laughed.....as If I was kidding!!!! .... Yeah, ok, the project cant afford that.... unlucky, then I go home this afternoon to see my wife and my dog, see you monday.......The project was around £1million in kit, and considering Microsoft provide all School licenses sdirt cheap/free, alot of it was maybe 300-400k for kit, the rest on labour...I was not wrong.

    • @jeffshackleford3152
      @jeffshackleford3152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@ywarlock charge them a rate where you don't care... if they say yes then you get a lot of money, if they say no then you get your weekend... make it a win-win for you and not the company

    • @markusoreos.233
      @markusoreos.233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Are you sure they're not just japanese

  • @musichealseveryone
    @musichealseveryone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    My job has a zero tolerance policy for working after hours, which I’m so thankful for. If we don’t finish work in the day, it’s ok, and we can do it the next day.

    • @mouten1889
      @mouten1889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      just curious what industry do you work in ?

    • @TiffanyGrey
      @TiffanyGrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I need this 🥲

    • @gabelincoln3608
      @gabelincoln3608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @Staymadcompa
      @Staymadcompa ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mouten1889 probably Amazon 😂

    • @YankeeTM
      @YankeeTM ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@Staymadcompapretty sure it's not Amazon

  • @Mazxlol
    @Mazxlol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    I was that guy. Got my first good job and wanted to work hard. Quickly I realized for working hard my reward was only extra work with zero compensation. Society always tell you “work hard and you will go places” but it’s not true at all.

    • @psprinny5348
      @psprinny5348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Only applies to self-improvement and running your own business, not working for others

    • @Mazxlol
      @Mazxlol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@psprinny5348 yup, I had to learn that the hard way I guess. Or maybe I just needed to see it for myself

    • @Ltise1980
      @Ltise1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Exactly! I just quit my job for another job that pays less money. I was being taken for granted because I wore many hats and didn’t get compensated. My company was a startup! And he’s spot on about startups

    • @jamesringler987
      @jamesringler987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unless you work for your self and more work equals more money and time off

    • @Mazxlol
      @Mazxlol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jase haha yeah! I notice the same people in multiple channels sometimes too!

  • @BlackOreoCookie
    @BlackOreoCookie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    I can testify. My job wasn't coding, but administration at a big insurance company. All I did all day was approve invoices. In the beginning I did about 300 a day (average employee did 50-100), and after a couple months it went down to 100 or even 80 or 50 a day. Boss noticed, *_talked_* to me about it, got fired a month later. *Never* doing that again. Just take it easy and be relaxed in the beginning. It's better to surprise them with your skills than to disappoint them with your empty tank.

    • @nia6849
      @nia6849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      All employees should support each other instead of against each other of the competitions in the companies.

    • @gamar1226
      @gamar1226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I should`ve known this before... Just finished about 600-700 QA tests in one month and now I have to receive other shit

    • @SKBottom
      @SKBottom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I had a similar situation. I was literally performing three times the amount of the others, yet got reprimanded because I was also taking and making personal calls. I quit taking and making the personal calls, but I also reduced my output to be in line with everyone else. I was the one who got fired.

    • @okeoke4697
      @okeoke4697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yep. It's quite usual. People do their best and put their health in their job. Then they got tired, bored, depressive. You're very right. Just like you should never stay in a job that isn't what was planned. Best way to end up bad or in conflict.

    • @beldiman5870
      @beldiman5870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@SKBottom This story shows again that they don't really care how hard you work

  • @DividedStates
    @DividedStates 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    We have a saying here in Germany. "Stell dich dumm, brachste nicht arbeiten." Pretend to be dumb, save yourself work.

  • @ref1c
    @ref1c 5 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    I learned this the hard way. For 4 years I worked my ass off on my first job. They sweet-talked me and said I was an idol to the company and offered me several raises. However, the moment I wanted to work regular 40 hours like everyone else, I'd get constantly called into review meetings asking "If I was okay, I seem unmotivated". I left that shitty place, got a new job earning double the salary, and working less. So yes, do minimal work necessary to keep everyone happy. Best advice ever man. Great content and TH-cam channel. You've got a new subscriber. P.S. You don't have an annoying voice lol.

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      People need to learn some self-respect. If your boss complains that you seem unmotivated, you tell them that it's THEIR PROBLEM to motivate you.

    • @BillClinton228
      @BillClinton228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The only time you should work "your ass off" is when you are working for yourself because let's face it when you are working for a boss you are probably being underpaid and overworked. Even if you are getting $200 000 a year, that means the boss is making $2 000 000 a year from your work.

    • @LoveAndSnapple
      @LoveAndSnapple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      At least they were offering you raises with the sweet talk.

    • @WesWesThePupja
      @WesWesThePupja ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don’t understand this logic. You can work hard and learn a bunch of stuff that will translate to another job if something happens, or you can do the bare minimum and have nothing to show for it. The developers that worked in big companies and are crying on LinkedIn for a job because they can’t find a job probably didn’t work very hard.

    • @Tomas-ce8go
      @Tomas-ce8go ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@WesWesThePupja you're diluted

  • @YEDxFILMS
    @YEDxFILMS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    I can’t help but work hard at every place I do.
    He’s right guys, you’re quite literally rewarded with more work.
    Don’t DO IT!

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Correct, I do security 🚔 & burned this way in 2018. Worked hard, did over night, 🌃 , worked OT. Switched to a cushy, easy post at a new 🏭. After about 2.5mo the company cried & pled with me to go back to the other site. I asked for a few points: Fri-Sat off, higher pay, choice of going back if I wanted. Over time all these job factors fell apart. New staff took my old factory job. 🤨

    • @ElationProductions
      @ElationProductions ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You're right about that. If you do you're job well enough, you get to do other's jobs too. The manager language for that is "We wear many hats around here."

  • @wtfzalgo
    @wtfzalgo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    His advice is true not only for the workplace, but for every human relationship! Set your boundaries / respect level early into the relationship and don't let anyone cross them!

  • @StewartStewart
    @StewartStewart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    Holy shit, this is so real. Years later, I would go around the office and tell younger devs to go home and live life.
    When I burned out after four years, my supervisor had no sympathy.

    • @Lucretia9000
      @Lucretia9000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      They forced me out after burning out, they went bust the next month, fuck em, unfortunately they kept going, because they had money, because we were being paid a shittance.

    • @Lucretia9000
      @Lucretia9000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @pokepoke guy They didn't I left.

    • @carlranger8060
      @carlranger8060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Wish i learnt this at a younger age. I had a severe burnout at 57 after 25 years in a high pressure job. Nearly took my life. Took 2 years off and now work part time (3 days pw) driving Cars on and off Ships. Love it. Btw this young Man is on point.

    • @BillClinton228
      @BillClinton228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I burn out constantly, about every 4 to 6 months because the deadlines are unrealistic and I'm expected to do whatever it takes to meet them. I love programming but I find the IT industry to be extremely toxic with suffocating deadlines and clients who are always unhappy with the product. You can work 16 hour days but its still not good enough... I advise most young people who want to be programmers to go into another field unless they are really passionate about programming.

    • @IllusionistsBane
      @IllusionistsBane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BillClinton228 I'm passionate about programming, yes. But... I do feel a bit burnt out right now. I keep feeling pressured to get Jira cards done in 2 weeks even when some bugs come up.

  • @TheChodex
    @TheChodex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    So essentially think of yourself as CPU, work around 15-20%, but when something important is happening then turn it up to 70-80% and then back off. Never go 100% or you gonna overheat :P :D

    • @MrGrenade121
      @MrGrenade121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      good analogy

    • @TavaresTheGuru
      @TavaresTheGuru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Or if you're an AMD CPU top out at about 60% LMFAO

    • @kevgm
      @kevgm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@TavaresTheGuru you are still living in 2010 lmao

    • @TavaresTheGuru
      @TavaresTheGuru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kevgm No I have a Ryzen 3700x and when I play resource intensive games I can put my hand on the glass door of my pc and feel heat.

    • @SweatySockGaming
      @SweatySockGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TavaresTheGuru Thats every gaming pc, and chances are its from your GPU

  • @lolitsBilly
    @lolitsBilly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    I've seen this happen to others at my internship and one of my coworkers always told me "Never over work yourself since they'll expect it all the time and you'll work yourself to death". Josh is right guys.

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It always ends like this

  • @FirmartheTrilby
    @FirmartheTrilby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    Everyone, please take Josh's advice to heart. I wish I saw this video earlier, although maybe I wouldn't have listened.
    I grinded myself to bone in a course of almost 4 years. Afterwards, I fell apart both mentally and physically. I went through really bad and dark times and it almost cost me my life. Thankfully, I made it. Next month, I will be ready to return to work, once I find one. This time, I am not gonna take any crap and I am gonna put myself at first place, which is what I should have done from the beginning. Please, do the same!

  • @nateofthesouth
    @nateofthesouth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    "Never be good at something you don't want to do" - one of my best supervisors ever

  • @ixiahj
    @ixiahj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    Don't work hard, work smart. Nobody teaches this. You just learn it.

    • @robertodiaz5153
      @robertodiaz5153 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What if you work smart and hard?

    • @bigstevedzn2353
      @bigstevedzn2353 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Roberto Diaz lol work hard when it’s smart to do so

    • @robertodiaz5153
      @robertodiaz5153 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bigstevedzn2353 duh, lol

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      my bosses tried to push extra hours. they even refused to give me a laptop for over 2 years so i wouldn't be able to remote work. i saw all the new hires in the department get laptops at start. i would only work the 40h. if i had an appointment in between, i would work a little extra hard but still within the hours. and then we had summer hours where we would leave the office at noon on fridays. the boomers were so irritated by it, they would try and pile work so people have to stay late. but i wouldn't play ball. i would tell my boss bye see you on monday. eventually they gave up trying to change.

    • @sheonnaharris2317
      @sheonnaharris2317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Phantom Warrior I don’t understand. If there was already a rule in place to close down at noon, why were boomers trying to pile work? Did they not respect the company’s decision?

  • @ironicrunner9301
    @ironicrunner9301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    Them: what do you do?
    Me: just enough to not get fired.

  • @altaccount8749
    @altaccount8749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    I've done this advice for the entirety of my life and people still think I have amazing work ethic lol! 😂

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Then youve mastered the tactic lol

    • @mizukagematt1186
      @mizukagematt1186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maxibilianbus same 😂

    • @jeka13443
      @jeka13443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mizukagematt1186 probably you're naturally smart

    • @sandro5535
      @sandro5535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most people are retarded.

    • @sandro5535
      @sandro5535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ianwest1624 To be fair. A boss would not want to hire someone too smart. It would only make him feel insecure about his own position and co-workers would not like a genius around either. So yeah it is likely to become a dumbass paradise. Lay low, let yourself shine somewhere else.

  • @yannip2083
    @yannip2083 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    TOTALLY AGREED. The minute you start helping for free, you end up being a free helper lifer!

  • @gdwnet
    @gdwnet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    There is a joke doing the rounds - it goes like this:
    Always give 100% a work, 10% on Monday, 19% on Tuesday, 38% on Wednesday, 28% on thursday and 5% on friday.
    I used to think it was funny. After 28 years working in IT I actually think it's good advice and provides a nice home/work life balance.

    • @ackrite8139
      @ackrite8139 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you give 120% 24/7 7 days a week 365 days you’ll be more successful

  • @BLOPS2ps3
    @BLOPS2ps3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    My personal philosophy is that if you work too hard you will grow to hate what you are working on. Take the gym for example, most newbies go in and completely shred only to stop going after a week. Its better to take it easy at the beginning and build up as you go. If you dont feel it then workout easy and the next day you will feel better about it. This works well for personal projects but for a job its more complicated and I think you have summed that up nicely.

    • @citizendc9
      @citizendc9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Steady pace...wins the race.

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen for that

  • @leedavies6779
    @leedavies6779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    "Ask not what you can do for your company, ask what your company can do for you"

  • @sudeep.g
    @sudeep.g 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Thank you for showing us inexperienced devs the reality of corporate world! You're awesome

  • @AngelStarHealer
    @AngelStarHealer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    "come at 9 and leave at 5"
    The Japanese office staff: *sweat furiously*

    • @BichaelStevens
      @BichaelStevens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@DavidSharpMSc such is life in a country of fax machines and 100 layers of bureaucracy. Germany is the second worst with 10 layers

    • @michaelh5055
      @michaelh5055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Japanese are like Work Hard! No Pay!!!

    • @carval51
      @carval51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DavidSharpMSc I think that just bad hires not specific to japanese. or prob wanted to take advantage paid to leave late kinda things.

    • @carval51
      @carval51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DavidSharpMSc dude I was saying how unproductive the japanese not the company not paying the overtime.

    • @carval51
      @carval51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DavidSharpMSc start my letter of "no" for the every japanese staff is like that the overtime kinda things.

  • @shaunpearce6846
    @shaunpearce6846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    What I learned is you need an exit strategy planned asap. If you’ve got 3 months emergency funds in the bank and can quit any time, you have much more negotiating power. Some people in the comments seem to think you can just give your boss the finger and do simply what’s on the job description. That works only if you have backup. If you’re not sitting on a pile of money and you’re living paycheck to paycheck, you won’t have that negotiating power. They’ll just fire you or make your life so miserable you’ll be desperate to quit or you do whatever they want you to. So rule number one, always have a stockpile of money so you can take care of yourself should things hit the fan and keep your resume updated. Then you’ll have the negotiating power do do what you want. Seen both sides of this myself. Those with money in the bank and an updated resume just change to a better job. People without those get ground into the dirt by their employers.

  • @linklink5955
    @linklink5955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    This is so true. I learned This when i was a assistant manager at a fast food restaurant, when I was 19. Did the whole grinding, cover everyone's shift, work crazy hard etc. Got fucked over of course. When I worked 2 jobs at once I changed my mindset. Boss at job A: "hey can you cover someones shift" Me: "oh well you know I am working a long shift at my other job that pays me more, sorry i really can't". Of course I'm actually off but they don't know that. On a super rare occasion ill come in and "save the day" just for fun. The Bosses think I'm super amazing for coming in despite me having 2 jobs. What I'm really doing is giving them the illusion that I actually give a fuck. Both of my Bosses don't realize they just gave me 4 days off right now. and they will NEVER KNOW lol

    • @fahey6797
      @fahey6797 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I straight say no, that I am not on-call or coverage relief. They would have to pay me extra, and it would have to be astronomical for me to accept that deal. Let the salaried, married to the company folk come in and cover the shifts.

    • @johnpreston230
      @johnpreston230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now I know

    • @o0Avalon0o
      @o0Avalon0o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can vouch for that. Similar story but a little older.

    • @kingcapone2146
      @kingcapone2146 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got three jobs I do the same thing

    • @爱健身的蜻蜓
      @爱健身的蜻蜓 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Capitalists must obey the rules, or exploitation will become more and more serious.

  • @iwsutw
    @iwsutw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    As a professional software engineer, I expect to be paid for the amount of work not done 🙂

    • @Haloking1212
      @Haloking1212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eric Mugerwa interesting thinking

    • @TropicChristmas
      @TropicChristmas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I get you

    • @an3mus
      @an3mus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      next level stuff

    • @anthonyjackson9194
      @anthonyjackson9194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @thomas samson my own little side project, I have literally 'snookered' myself because of my shit, ill-thought out code, because I rushed the way I laid out my classes/models.

    • @shaunk6822
      @shaunk6822 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn, so that's what the matrix looks like...

  • @deusexmachina558
    @deusexmachina558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    It's not like Joshua is ahead of it's time. He lived, like many of us, many life changing experiences and learnt about the reality of the corporate world. He makes a difference by being open AND public about it. He's risking a lot. Much respect my friend, lots have seen it and lived it, few are public about it.

  • @rkbelmont1138
    @rkbelmont1138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I work 4 hours per day, monday to friday. During those 4 hours my phone is in plane mode so my focus goes entirely to my job.
    I stand up every 25 minutes to rest my eyes for 1 minute, and every hour I stretch.
    Only when some client issues arise I work more.
    It has been a great balance and always finish my work in time without burnout.

  • @innocentiuslacrim2290
    @innocentiuslacrim2290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Sometimes you get "lucky" and get a manager/project lead that knows all this and you can be open about expectations and workload with him/her. There are huge skill differences in managers too.

    • @LoveAndSnapple
      @LoveAndSnapple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a manager like this and I’m celebrating 5 years at my job in 2 weeks. 😅

  • @TylerHansenVideo
    @TylerHansenVideo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Big facts here. The standard you set when you first get a job will be extremely hard to change later.

  • @bytefu
    @bytefu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Story of my life. One thing to keep in mind: working hard does not mean working well. You just become tired and depressed if you push it to the limit, and then you try harder and do less. It's like running a marathon, you need to keep a steady pace.

  • @dedodiy3887
    @dedodiy3887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    When I worked as a line cook, I'd hustle hard every day.
    Slow season came around, and one day I ran out of work to do.
    So I told my chef.....
    His response:
    "Never say that again! You only know how to work fast, but now you need to work slow."

    • @sirberhus6604
      @sirberhus6604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Sounds like me at work. Coworkers(not management) are like “man you’re so slow I can do that way faster” and I’m like no I work just as fast as I need to for the task

    • @sirberhus6604
      @sirberhus6604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      thomas samson I work at a pizza delivery place so I’m not worried about them having my best interest I’m trying to leave anyways lol

  • @innocentrage1
    @innocentrage1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This is so real. I was laid off for a year and a half and got a job and was so excited I got a job and they had tons of ot. I was working 80-100 hours a week because I wanted to work hard and get ot and also learned every thing and became the best at their job. Never got promoted for five years applying to many manager jobs while dumb people who don't do their job got promoted. If you make to much money for the company they will try to keep you at your position forever. Great advice Josh

    • @mercedeswilkins5566
      @mercedeswilkins5566 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes and you make yourself irreplaceable

    • @ajani_26715
      @ajani_26715 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not only that, but you proved to be a very dependable person at the position you were at. They realized hiring someone else for that promotion is better than giving it to you and having to hire someone to cover your roles since you provided so much. Very common amongst the work force and how promotions go.

  • @enmodelife
    @enmodelife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    What Josh has described is exactly how I have naturally worked all my professional life. You should see the looks on people's faces whenever I tell them that I value family and personal wellness more than a job (not the "wellness programs" companies force you to partake in THEIR way). It's almost as if they KNOW on a primal, instinctual level those things are way more important than bleeding yourself dry at work, but the wage slave inside of them is too afraid to say anything in response.

    • @vt4316
      @vt4316 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When a manager says I am so well and your not. Goodbye good employee.

    • @trevarawlins8188
      @trevarawlins8188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've always worked like that too

  • @forster82gaming
    @forster82gaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    *Puts hard work on hold to watch a Joshua Fluke video about "Why you should stop working so hard. "

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Perfect

    • @strongholds12
      @strongholds12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      forster82 no fuck that. Work like a savage, son.. but for yourself

  • @Nour-le8jn
    @Nour-le8jn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Why this channel is so underrated: comparing to other dev YT channels where they talk about unrealistic things and Josh come in here and gives actual practical advices no BS straight to the point.

  • @jorgefranciscocorteslopez4381
    @jorgefranciscocorteslopez4381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This month must have been the greatest plot twist in my life/career. I began with the mindset of getting the best job and just make money for a living to having the mindset of getting a job where I can learn more things and then actually progress in my career as an individual, not just with a company. Thank you Josh! much love.

  • @Sforza1987
    @Sforza1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Having a solid work ethic just means you will get exploited nowadays.

  • @nasserhossam1
    @nasserhossam1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This guy is very honest. That exactly what I was doing in my first job, and I remember that I was really drained at the end of every day. Now, in my second job, I not giving 100% because they aren't paying the appropriate amount, and when I press to 40-50% the upper management feels like Wow you're doing great !

  • @mathgasm8484
    @mathgasm8484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I worked in the federal government if you complete your work you can pretty much do whatever you want because the boss does not want to find extra work because that will give him extra work on finding extra work. I want to go back to federal service since I finished university and do my 15 years and retire.

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Sounds cushy af

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@JoshuaFluke1 yea it was. Currently I manage a hotel overnight to do online courses. I pretty much get paid to do nothing and I have trained no one to do my job except my shitty part timer that does not really do it well but shes good to cover days off.

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@JoshuaFluke1 I will get a Federal job again so I can do my thing. After a few years its near impossible to fire you so the easiest way is to promote you due to rules and must transfer depts.

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Being civil servant is my dream job. 😍

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kanal7Indonesia yea I think I'll return to military service as an officer should be good gig if picked right. I just need to work off a few pounds.

  • @abdulwariis
    @abdulwariis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I just started my job and I'm exactly doing these same things you are mentioning here e.g giving extra time, almost 12hours a day but i agreed upon 8h/day, burning my self out to the point I'm Unable to do any other thing when I'm home, trying so hard to prove myself... but now i know that I'm not gonna be that guy anymore , Damn u just opened my eyes! Thank you man 👍🙏

    • @TDub0807
      @TDub0807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Don't do it bro. They really don't give a shit about you, if you lose your job for pulling your 8hrs then you don't want to be working there.

    • @Chronomatrix
      @Chronomatrix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey man, I wonder how you doing 6 months later? I'm on a very similar spot.

  • @elenabob4953
    @elenabob4953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Good advice. It's very mature for your age.
    It took me 7 years to realize all of that just because I loved what I did I put many years from 8:00 to 20:00 or if I've left at 17:00 I've took my laptop and worked from home until midnight. It didn't matter because as soon as the things started rolling out in a better way they would have thrown another thing to "make it challenging" but I was to young and naive to see it and I really loved what I was doing.
    In the end, when I have started feeling not very well I have finally realized that I've pushed myself much too hard.

    • @dmitrypatriarkh9757
      @dmitrypatriarkh9757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But now, thanks for all this experience, you're an employee with highly marketable skills. It means that you can dictate your rules to company.
      I'm 20 y.o without commerce experience, for me ( as for every no experience devs) the main goal is to up my skills.
      I think it's just matter of time to change priorities

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just trying to help :)

    • @elenabob4953
      @elenabob4953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dmitrypatriarkh9757 Agreed but the thing is that I could have had similar results widhout going overboard with the work.
      When you are at the beginning it's easy to get lost because you are very passionate and motivated by what you are creating but you must not forget that life is not only work. I did that and I don't recommend it.

    • @MrKrusten
      @MrKrusten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dmitrypatriarkh9757 I dont think working overtime is going to "up your skills"

    • @humanyoda
      @humanyoda 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      elenabob, "I've taken", not "I've took".

  • @DIHTR
    @DIHTR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Man this hits home. I always thought early on that working hard and doing extra work would seperate you from the crowd and lead to a promotion / raise. In fact it does the opposite. Why should they give a raise if you already do the work they require for free. I also saw others who did little work but got promotions simply because they asked for it. It is strange logic but a hard lesson learned. I have now even lost hours due to the pandemic while others who are lazy keep theirs. Time for a job change with my new approach. Wish me luck.

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      in my experience, you get a promotion by changing jobs. most employers want a lot of work for min pay. and that bar is reset when you change jobs. you can ask for a raise as same employer but i guarantee you will work way harder for that money.

  • @therealjoshtodd
    @therealjoshtodd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "I've always subscribed to the idea that if you really want to impress your boss, you go in there and you do mediocre work, half-heartedly." -Jim Halpert

  • @coolman123icool
    @coolman123icool 5 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    I usually only work at a 50-75% capacity depending on how interesting the task is. Backend work where I actually have to think about logic? 75%. Tedious front end shit like making form elements? 40-50%. That other 25% is spent reading unrelated shit and in the form of micro breaks. People who work 100% with no breaks are going to burn themselves out.

    • @rkbelmont1138
      @rkbelmont1138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Fuck front end, really. "I want this color and floating component with round corners". Screw that shit.

    • @BlakeTedKord
      @BlakeTedKord 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      John Stewart try working a call venter job for 10 hours and they tell you to keep talking cuz “we’re struggling and have too many calls backed up of morons calling in”

    • @salvationprayerfellowship8899
      @salvationprayerfellowship8899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rkbelmont1138 yeah it can be boring you don't even need to pay much attention just mindlessly creating a UI 😂😂

    • @Alpharexx
      @Alpharexx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@BlakeTedKord People think working in a call center is an easy job because you get "paid to sit all day and just talk on the phone". What they don't know is that you can't ever relax because there's always dozens of calls in queue, you're micro-managed both on the quality and the quantity and if your employer is crazy enough to have some sort of open space call center you have to concentrate extra hard to block out all your coworkers voices and keep apologizing to the client when they say "Hey, your coworker is so loud I can hear him from your microphone".

    • @kazykamakaze131
      @kazykamakaze131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Alpharexx I worked in a call center as a Network/security/wireless engineer. Not only did I have to do complex networking work, I had to then also do stupid call center administration and have had to go through 1000-1500 emails a day talking with clients while being on the phone while doing engineering work. I left that job as soon as possible, would never in my life put myself in such an environment ever again. Worst of it all the pay wasn't even good even though I had to do 5 engineers jobs at once. Telecoms can go get fooked.

  • @Skaxarrat
    @Skaxarrat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I started in my job right off after I finished my studies. One year later I'm (let's say) 3 times better/faster. Do I work 3 times faster? Hell, no. I work 2 times faster.
    My performance is better now working 6 hours than when I started working 8 hours, but I can "chill out" 2 hours a day doing tutorials, reading about code, etc and keep improving, but without pushing it to the limit every single day. And also, it benefits them that I keep growing.

  • @marianoc3668
    @marianoc3668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I'm starting an IT career next year and this kind of videos helps me a lot to be ready for what is coming. Thank you joshua

    • @mr.giraffe7076
      @mr.giraffe7076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Be careful what you study. The uber downround is coming.

  • @TracyEllennn
    @TracyEllennn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is so needed! I was straight out of college and landed a job in consulting. Gave it my all then I ended up burnt out. Thank you for speaking the truth!

  • @mimichen123
    @mimichen123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Really really needed to hear this. Thank you Joshua. I experienced burnout from putting 100% for my first job (I felt extremely guilty because they hired me knowing that it’s my first job like you said and I didn’t even have the 2 years of experience that they put on the job posting and yet they gave me a chance). Right now I realized I am doing so much more than my fellow coworkers who have the same position as me, yet I’m getting paid the same or even less than some people. My company also has the tendency to guilt trip the employees into over time and without pay and I didn’t notice it as a wild red flag because I was just so happy to get a job after graduation. Really wish I had watched this video a little sooner! For all of you new employees out there, Joshua is so right. Do not put in 100%!! A lot of employers will just take advantage of you that way!!

  • @WebGoonie
    @WebGoonie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    My motto: I work hard, to not work hard.

  • @xponen
    @xponen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Life; 8 hour work, 8 hour sleep, 8 hour frivolous thing. Work; 2 hour helping, 2 hour studying, 2 hour making things, and 2 hour idle. Based on my experience.

    • @wilkes5062
      @wilkes5062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hmmm. You might be on to something here.

    • @jeremyrodriguez5923
      @jeremyrodriguez5923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wish I could get 8 hours of sleep

    • @xponen
      @xponen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jeremyrodriguez5923 you can take an hour or half nap... opportunistically throughout the day. Done that several times.

    • @xponen
      @xponen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      worse case is multiple nap throughout the day, as I didn't sleep the previous night but have to travel the next day.

    • @AB-pr4uc
      @AB-pr4uc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeremyrodriguez5923 try doxylamine succinate. Melatonin didn't even work for me... had sleep issues my whole life until I found it.

  • @AnonGolden
    @AnonGolden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Josh, my man, ithink you are my lucky charm. The day i found your channel i got a call from a company for an interview, it went well and i had my first "technical interview" and yesterday, right after you motivational video, they called me to say they were hiring me. After FOUR FUCKING YEARS i finally get my first dev job. It can't be a councidence
    I'm finally gonna leave my mum's basement xD

    • @Superalexandru2
      @Superalexandru2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How didi it work out for you?

    • @AnonGolden
      @AnonGolden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ralex i rented my own place and all that jazz. One month into the job and they told me to fuck off. They had lost a project and they didn't need me anymore.
      Now I've been losing about 500 bucks each month paying rent and that for the past 7 months and still have to do it until august.
      Tried finding anything else but nothing and now with covid it's not gonna happen.
      Just when i thought my luck had changed, it was all a mirage

    • @TheAlexm710
      @TheAlexm710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AnonGolden :( your luck will change again my friend, keep hope!

    • @AnonGolden
      @AnonGolden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheAlexm710 it's not looking too hot. With all the "situation" goong on I'm probably gonna have to go back to my parents and start saving again. Oh well, i guess it could be way worse

    • @pablotapia8237
      @pablotapia8237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AnonGolden how are you doing now?

  • @sethkang4410
    @sethkang4410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    this is why companies like people who dont have experience. because they know those people work hard.

  • @timothythompson4036
    @timothythompson4036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I totally agree with this. I remember several years ago, I negotiated two weeks vacation in August, it was October at the time. I got the salary and the two weeks vacation in writing. I worked hard, then 9 months rolled by. In July, I reminded my manager that I was taking two weeks vacation in August.They started to try to stop me from going on vacation and threatened to fire me. I went on vacation anyway. The day I came back from vacation our manager resigned and three members of my sales team resigned. I left a month later. I now run my own business. I will never rely on a corporate job again.

    • @quarlmephystodot2201
      @quarlmephystodot2201 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅 hahahahahahaha
      i had this happen b4

  • @KennyBalsTv
    @KennyBalsTv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wish I watched this video when I was younger... Started this job giving it my all and doing as much as I could, pulling in 10 hours of unpaid overtime a week easy. Three years down the line and I'm still in the process of unraveling what I've done to myself. Keep up the awesome work Josh!

  • @MakuDraw
    @MakuDraw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Man you've for sure magic powers. First, you had talked about your dev history in corporations (pretty similar to mine) until started to talk about failure and i was about to drop a tear remembering failures everytime trying so hard, and to put the cherry in the cake, this video.
    Love your channel, thanks for all your content, it's very valuable and i appreciate this kind of videos, this gives me no motivation, moreover something to think and that's cool 'cause motivation is like having a ball (it works but only once a time) but thoughts stay a long time with us.
    Keep the good work! and ty again

  • @MaddySamun
    @MaddySamun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    those impressions looks like our man has been through a lot of bs

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      You are correct

    • @JesseWellmanPro
      @JesseWellmanPro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JoshuaFluke1 I applied for lambda school, I am pretty sure I used your link...got accepted working through the preparation materials. I've been using TH-cam and freecodecamp the past couple months and paid for a month of teamtreehouse a couple weeks ago. Thanks for your videos!

    • @FA-ul4pr
      @FA-ul4pr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tutorial hell

    • @an3mus
      @an3mus 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was gonna say:
      those impressions looks like our man has been attending drama school

  • @obnoxiouscommenter6194
    @obnoxiouscommenter6194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The first time I learnt this the hard way was in my local university where I took CS. This was during the start of the pandemic where institutions started to transition towards online learning. During that semester there were a lot of group work and final projects. Unluckily most of my assigned group mates on the classes I took flaked, leaving me to do all the projects alone. I had to work and study on average 19 hours a day for almost 4 months straight. At the end of it all I had to be hospitalized for overexerting myself. I had reported to the teaching assistants about this matter. Despite sparing no effort, they gave me a failing grade on one of my classes. There should be no way I failed after calculating my scores according to the syllabi. So, still in bed I protested to the teaching staff by phone. Gave proof that I did all my assignments. They told me to contact the administration. But the admins said there was nothing they could do about it because it was already past the deadline for scoring. Bullshit! How can the admins in charge of the database themselves not fix errors just because of a stupid rule! Yet they dare have the audacity to call themselves a "wOrlD cLaSS UniVeRsITy" that preaches honesty, truth and fairness! Their ranking isn't even above the 30th percentile of universities worldwide! Because I was marked as failing that class, I became ineligible to graduate with honors, all thanks to their incompetence. I swore never again to sacrifice my health for anything. It's not worth it. Just like companies, universities care about profit, and the more despicable ones like mine will do all they can to keep students in for longer.

  • @casualleviathan5926
    @casualleviathan5926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My first job was an hourly safety job 13 hr night shift. I worked 80 hrs a week overseeing 2000 people, scarified my health, and constantly work nonstop. After 2.5 years no raise, no promotion (got passed over twice), and increase job task. I quit and got another job with a 28 percent raise, and only work 45 hr with salary.
    Always work less and be prepared to job hop.

  • @Elbobo19472008
    @Elbobo19472008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is gold. Leaving at the end of your work day, and having time to do your own thing outside of work are so important in any industry. It's good to see videos that don't suck up to the corporate bosses. I'd add, as I often do, that an historically effective way to improve things at work, as well as standing up for yourself, is to recognise your shared position of being exploited with your colleagues by the company; from there, you organise together to improve terms and conditions, pay etc, in other words you unionise your work place. It's self defence at work, collectively, against the corporate bureaucracy.

    • @mbbx5va2
      @mbbx5va2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Employers always win as employmernt law is corrupt.

  • @JudgeGideon823
    @JudgeGideon823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Your content has been hitting very close to home lately. In my department, the work never slowed down the past year, and I've arguably done more than many groups of people from my department and others, with absolutely nothing to show for it. That's why I'm teaching myself an entirely new field to shift into as I see fit.

  • @Yugiohplayer5
    @Yugiohplayer5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Bottom line every job you ever get is about expectations. A buddy at my first job ever taught me that when I asked him how he was able to come in late almost everyday and not get fired.

  • @esabaliauskas
    @esabaliauskas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Very very good advise! My experience from enterprise IT job: every year in order to get a raise you have to exceed expectations and often even if you do, you still don't get a raise, they say you performed average... Aaand once you raised your own bar, next year you have to work even harder and still you won't get promoted. So basiclly you're setting a trap for yourself xD Don't do that! I learned it the hard way. Be average, change job every 2 years to get 20-30% raise.

  • @AlexG-wk3nh
    @AlexG-wk3nh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was a pretty crucial concept that i missed. I was one of the top performers at my last job, got run down and burnt out, still out performed most people but got told i have dropped in performance and need to go back to how i was before.. because they expected that as a baseline

  • @xavdest5481
    @xavdest5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    It's really funny about the give you extra work bit, that's all my old works did. When I eventually told them to give me a raise they attempted to denegrade the work I did and didn't give me a raise. I immediately matched my co-workers output. Got asked what was wrong soon after. The nerve of management

    • @xavdest5481
      @xavdest5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @diongwi it might be from 2008 where people were desperate. But we're not even close to in that market anymore.

    • @xavdest5481
      @xavdest5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @diongwi I was discussing the origin with you, not the prevalence. However keep this in mind: you're far more likely to hear bad things than good. It's pretty hard to get people positively raving, but not hard to get people complaining.

    • @ordinaryhuman5645
      @ordinaryhuman5645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tbh, I don't mind getting extra work. I'd rather have something to do instead of nothing to do. I want my 40 hours to fly by because I stuff to do; I don't want to be struggling to stay awake while watching the clock because my queue is empty.

    • @xavdest5481
      @xavdest5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ordinaryhuman5645 agreed, but if my co-workers make the same and I do more, I match my coworkers

    • @markferguson3745
      @markferguson3745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More sage advice.Whatever is said, however it may appear, they ain't gonna buy the cow when they're getting the milk for free.Corporate or private,- all the same.

  • @RaFiStudiozOfficial
    @RaFiStudiozOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You are my window to the industry, I’m new and this helps so much

  • @fireraisr
    @fireraisr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    gotta say, these videos are a breath of fresh air. I've worked for so many companies that just take as much as they can from you. I wish I'd had this at the beginning of my working life.

  • @DrSeethe
    @DrSeethe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like how you realize life is actually a game, even socially. I need to recognize this and play accordingly. Thank you for your content.

  • @hazy76
    @hazy76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I can so relate to this. I worked so hard in the beginning that I had lot of back problems and sleepless nights. I just snapped and from one day started drawing my boundaries. Initially I was called me lot of time to office so that manager can get angry with me. i just told them to fire me if they think I am not doing the job. They didn't because I was doing a lot more in 8 hours than my peers who were working sleepless nights and going for office team building nonsense. I hope young people should value themselves more.

  • @Sid91
    @Sid91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    In the startup I work at, I'm literally the only one who works their full 8 hours and thats it. They've been so used to working more than 8-9-10 hours a day that IM the one who feels bad for leaving at 5 or 510 and being the only one getting ready to leave =/

    • @pn6537
      @pn6537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well you've done your job already, there's nothing wrong with it

    • @adudechillinwithhishorse6878
      @adudechillinwithhishorse6878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah don’t feel bad. you’re working the amount of hours the job requires you to be there, and being paid for it. If other people want to waste their time do somthing that isnt even job and not getting paid then thats on them. if any manger brings up shit with you say that you work 10 hours a day if your salary is updated to 10 hour schedule. Nothing in life is free so start applying that to yourself because your time is extremely valuable.

    • @pn6537
      @pn6537 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @johan 11 that doesn't make your decision a wrong one though, stay strong

  • @kpatena
    @kpatena 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I am a nurse by trade and this advice applies so succinctly to my line of work as well. If you want to go all out in your efforts, do so in your development of industry skills that you can barter in the future, side hustles, hobbies or family life that enhance your own life. At the very least, your investment in yourself won't go to waste. You can't fire yourself, hah. Sold advice Josh, loving your content.

    • @Dee-oq5ms
      @Dee-oq5ms 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This!!!!!!!!!

  • @crashendodt
    @crashendodt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This is the reason why I couldn't last more than 4 months in any job... Trying to please everyone, do everything now and today.
    After few months I start looking for a way out and by the time I leave I'm burnt to the ground... Feel like I don't know better, it's either 0 or a 100.
    Happy birthday man :)

    • @an3mus
      @an3mus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Has it gotten any better?

  • @depressedessendonfan5702
    @depressedessendonfan5702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I need to follow this advice. I tortured this for years while working in places, i threw everything. I was afraid getting of in trouble and not meeting expectations, i was afraid i wouldnt be loved at some level. I almost cant work hard anymore because the anxiety it causes me is like someones holding a knife to my eye.

  • @Rogue-Sentinel
    @Rogue-Sentinel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm gonna say this. Josh's videos are 100% ON POINT! Sadly, I learned this the hard way. I learning now is better than never learning at all!

  • @TimErwin
    @TimErwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I had a job where a person would do 3 hours overtime everyday and then complain about having to work so hard. After working there long enough I saw it was because management gave him harder projects because they knew he would sacrifice his livelihood to finish what was ever put in front of him.
    Meanwhile, people like me, who did the bare minimum, wouldn't do more when the boss gave us more. The boss would actually help us because he knew the extra workload wasn't going to get done otherwise. The guy I just described understood this but, after working himself to the bone for years, he was convinced if he started doing less he'd be fired. It was tragic to watch him running around frustrated, tired, and angry everyday. His reward? Earning about 25 cents more per hour.

    • @junc2191
      @junc2191 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya he is worried that he will be fired for poor performance. Curious though, aren’t you worrried that you will be fired for doing the bare minimum or get less performance bonus?

    • @TimErwin
      @TimErwin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@junc2191 I wasn't worried about getting fired because it was a bad, manual labor job with high turnover. Management could find new people easily, but most wouldn't stay very long like all us regulars. They knew it and we knew it. Also, remember an extra 25 cents per hour isn't much of a performance "bonus," which is why most of us weren't motivated to go above and beyond for such a company.

    • @junc2191
      @junc2191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TimErwin thank you for your reply!

    • @gokublack8342
      @gokublack8342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At least at Walmart(Night Shift) Managers would have to stay and do whatever we didn't finish so as long as you didn't let them trick you into staying over they would be the ones to get screwed if they didn't give you enough man power to finish (Sometimes the task would show 18 hours which means it should be like 2-3 ppl doing it and they'd expect 1 person to do 18 hours worth of work in 8)

    • @gokublack8342
      @gokublack8342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @junc2191 Performance bonus isn't enough to matter if they even give one and minimum wage jobs are a dime a dozen so if they fire you just easily get another one Walmart is a very good example (I used to stock Frozen/Dairy overnight and you would have to sign on/off for "tasks" basically the system would calculate roughly how long your stuff would take to be fully complete and I kid not you not there would be nights where the workload would be rated to take 20+ hours and the manager is essentially expecting you to do 20+ hours worth of work in 8 (They used to write ppl up for it too until ppl started pointing out the task times and complaining and corporate made the rule that you couldn't be wrote up for performance if the task time was more than 8 hours(16 for 2 ppl)(24 for 3 etc)

  • @chickengod3541
    @chickengod3541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I started watching your videos like a month ago and I am starting to fall in love with these vids man. So real, just genuine and raw, no bs'ing and straight to the point. Keep em coming!

  • @advertslaxxor
    @advertslaxxor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Ideal work day: 7 hours self improvement, 1 hour lunch.
    "Pretty sure he's working hard" - mgmt
    Average work day: 5 hours self improvement, 2 hours laid back work, 1 hour lunch.
    "Wow what a productive lad" - mgmt
    Oh no we need this project done in 2 days!11: 3 hours relaxing, 4 hours working, 1 hour lunch.
    "This guy is really coming through for us" - mgmt

    • @JoshuaFluke1
      @JoshuaFluke1  5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      This is great.

    • @anthonyjackson9194
      @anthonyjackson9194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JoshuaFluke1 maybe I don't suck after all. I get this!

    • @AirKiter
      @AirKiter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm starting to think that i work way too much

    • @Realme-bz6ur
      @Realme-bz6ur 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am curious! Do you self improve by searching and reading on the Internet on what ever is of your interest at that moment?
      For me best form is thought audio and video, but probably you dont watch something at the workplace.

    • @nordfyr1
      @nordfyr1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Self improvement. Buddha didnt do some and had a ball anyway

  • @AnthonyMcqueen1987
    @AnthonyMcqueen1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolute gold advise never bend over for any company always respect yourself and time and if they don't then look for another job that will respect your time.

  • @juliaitbaeva8530
    @juliaitbaeva8530 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's been 4 years but it's still relevant, thank you Joshua

  • @jesinu
    @jesinu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Seems like a lot of people view setting good boundaries (which is often difficult and uncomfortable to do) as being "unethical".

  • @annasofhiafejmailcomdoroni4725
    @annasofhiafejmailcomdoroni4725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Motto in life: be lazy and find which option is the most effective to do.

  • @jessicasulaiman8295
    @jessicasulaiman8295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this was uploaded in 2019 but spoke so much to me in 2021, thanks Josh!

  • @SaiyantNick
    @SaiyantNick ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It is 100% true. The last job I did this for I was working maintenance and I came in thinking I was hot shit. I would basically run the halls fast walking everywhere. I needed to go knock and stuff out left and right all day sweating And you know they would give me tons of compliments, but after about two months, it just felt like they were piling the work on trying to get the most out of me which makes a lot of sense. But they cross the line when they started pulling me in the office and telling me that things needed to get done faster and that there was no excuse as to why things weren’t getting done. And I eventually started to slow down because I couldn’t keep up the pace, and then they just were treating me even worse all the time, and always having morning meetings with me about how I could be more productive. And I eventually had to quit after about four months of pedal to the metal. These companies no matter where you work, big or small you come in that hard that’s what they’re going to expect they’re always looking for you to to squeeze as much work out of you as possible. It’s our job to work as the least amount as possible while making the most money.

  • @coolman000099
    @coolman000099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m 19, these videos are actually great. Thank you for this. I’m learning a lot

  • @ShazySoft
    @ShazySoft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Amen, mister; give a company an inch and it'll take a mile

  • @mihuuuu
    @mihuuuu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    fresh out of college engineer here. currently in a production engineering "fast paced, go getter, self motivated" environment and im quickly realizing that a lot of this video is true.

    • @erik9817
      @erik9817 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny environment!

    • @nordfyr1
      @nordfyr1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They need to slow da fuk down..

  • @dustingraham5205
    @dustingraham5205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I've been trying to inform coworkers of this, but it's hard when they are willing to do the work to make themselves look better, so being the black sheep just makes you replaceable.

  • @8cyber.muse8
    @8cyber.muse8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I completely agree with that 'baseline expectation' thing being crucial in the beginning. It's something I wish I had been taught earlier - but I'm glad I did learn it at the first job and not at a later time in life. Very relevant content. Pacing yourself is important, to avoid burnouts & self-care... Life is not just about work as you frequently state & I completely agree. Some people completely build their lives around their careers & if that makes them happy then go for it, but I agree that a balanced & a more varied life is much more fulfilling...

  • @CaraMarie13
    @CaraMarie13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this. So true and even more so for when you are starting out. Like don't burn yourselves out right off the gate. Do your job and your job only.