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Let’s apply these people’s logic to something else that’s a soulless entity. A “Car” just gets you to and from places useful in the sense of a soulless “company” paying you money so you can pay bills. Now your car perfectly fine malfunctions and crashes, but it wasn’t your fault because it was a manufacturer defect. Similar in a sense your company fires you not your fault and out of your control. Now let me take the time to thank the car manufacturer for creating such a magnificent engineering machine despite it almost killing me, just like in the sense of thanking a company for firing me and taking my livelihood away. Oh thank you so so much! They really don’t realize how stupid they actually sound and inviting mistreatment when they work elsewhere. Oh this guy won’t say anything and work with a smile on his face if we cut his pay by 75%. He showed us he’s a guy we can mistreat and will smile and love us for it definitely what we need here! Great culture fit!
nice one
That guy seems to think of all employees as battered wives. It's really sickening and your analogy is perfect. This guy obviously doesn't live in the real world with the rest of us. I guess we should all be thankful he decided to grace us all with his precious time at his yacht club to even type out all that nonsense.
*holds up bowl*
"Thank you sir. May I have another?"
@@businesscat4435 good point. But to be honest I don't think he is one of the yacht club and f**k you money types, though. I mean, I'm sure he's not a peon in the company, but I think more a couple of houses, with relative mortgages and car debts to match, kids at Ivy league colleges and general keep up with the Joneses syndrome.
His outrage sounds too personal, as if he could picture himself being fired and being the one writing the thank you note and convincing himself it's all good. He definitely drank the cool aid too.
You know, recently, i keep hearing *** like "Investors took the risk, so they get the benefits" from Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder's videos.
Imagine if those two guys see this video of Josh, what would they say?
It's like people said "Who needs a communist state when we already have companies and bosses like these?"
Thats the type of person who will do anything for corporate profits like history shows th-cam.com/video/N5M31vRnmfw/w-d-xo.html , keep up with the great videos content!!
“This company was founded on love!”
*He said as he fired a pregnant woman who worked there for 20 years to replace her with a person half her age who is cheaper to pay.*
I want the entire world to seriously get together and plan out how companies should run. Or get together and build proper companies. Then all the other workers in other companies will leave in a heartbeat to work for this new better company.
@@hackmedia7755 The problem is: to make a good company you need money, but not two bucks, lots of money and most of the people dont have those quantities or contacts and the ones that have well, they dont are the better apples in the basket
Love of self.
All companies are founded on love, for money that is.
@@Soldadodelasombra No, money doesn't create anything, you can beat a tree with money all you want, it doesn't become a chair. You need people. People to extract the materials, to build the tools for extraction and refining, people to use the tools and even to automate the process and benefit from it, you still need people. But ya, create a better company to compete with established capital owners makes no sense.
The Horse from Animal Farm worked himself to death, only to be sent to a slaughter house for his efforts. Look out for yourself.
You couldn’t be more wrong! The wagon was purchased by the hospital from the slaughterhouse and unfortunately they had no time to paint it. God!!! /S
@@michaelwood7021 go back to reddit
“I thank everyone in the farm for the wonderful years I have worked with. I’s like to thank the pigs for giving me the opportunity to work for them until my retirement.” - Horse
This deserves to be on some form of top comments of the year list. So on point!
This pity party just keeps growing.
Anytime I hear a manager talk about "love" or "family" I know what they mean is that they view themselves as the parent and are going to treat me like a child.
bingo
That is so true.
Well said.
Spot on.
what is true is hidden in plain sight!
Bruh..the fact you got a whole article written about you means you were living Rent Free in their head for that long. Haha good shit my guy. Always enjoy these videos keep them up.
There are 3rd party companies that perk up an employee to be hired by a company, then employee sabotage them on the behest of a rival company.
Just an example of getting paid more for doing a bad job 😁
in other words Josh got under their skin and is likely continuing to do so.
Excellent work. 😎
@@Kay0Bot exactly cos most of those companies receive $60-80 per hour while only paying the person $18 per hour for literally linking them up with a job that pays less than what normal casual jobs get but the workforce is built towards making people go through agencies if they don't want to struggle to find employment especially in entry level positions and the construction industry -.-
@@gholamdapantaloonsniffer8218 construction industry is ridiculous, you can knoc on the door of an employer and looking for a job amd he will send you to temp agency instead and hire you through them.
Let's crush this crap system and replace it with proper companies that pay properly with profit share or percentage profit.
Companies play the game. They just get mad when we play the game too.
Which is dumb. It’s all just business. A smart employee knows that and does what’s best for themselves. Companies can’t always hold all the cards.
They especially get mad when we play it better than they do ;)
Beyond true. And they intentionally try to brainwash employees with this culture since a happy employee doesn't ruffle feathers or demand more pay.
@@charliedallachie3539 The middle managers are the primary ones who promote this junk and buy into it since they were the lucky few who got a decent promotion. Like a lotto winner telling people to play because "if I won, you can win too."
@@umeng2002 it is a pyramid sceme. the middle managment are the idiots who get a little bit and exploid the employe.
I don't want a "love-based" anything in a company. I want a company that uses up-to-date technology that will challenge and enhance my skills, with reasonable work-life balance, and pays well.
I want to work for a company that treats me like a capable adult human being provides me with challenging yet satisfying work, and which pays me for doing so, and encourages advancement from within.
They are NOT my 'home away from home.' NO employer is 'my second family.' No, I do NOT want to decorate my office to make it more 'like home.' I want my home to look like my home, and my office to look like a productive workspace. And NO, as a wage employee, I will NOT come in early or stay late when you refuse to pay me until 7 minutes before, or beyond 7 minutes after, my scheduled time in/ out.
You summed Capitalism. We are living in Metacapitalism ;)
:)
And I don’t want crappy snacks and a foosball table either
@@mattbross6517 Yeah but I'll take 'em.
Saw a post on LinkedIn where someone was using his deceased wife to suck up to his bosses, "thanking" them for "letting" him take time off to be with her in her last days. Most disturbing thing I've seen on LI.
these employees are the reason it gets worse..... why be so low to suck up ....like don't be an ass, but at same time don't be an ass kisser
I sincerely hope he was wearing his regulation company provided kneepads.
Grouse lol
@@Darrylizer1 What a horrible comment……... You know he had to purchase his own. 🤣
Meanwhile, my previous boss told me I couldn’t continue to be remote to help my mom care for my dying father because it was considered “work time.”
Any time a company touts themselves as a loving workplace with a love-based culture, you know that company is really a pit of backbiting, hateful, nasty snakes.
Boy I experienced that one firsthand
I worked at a health food store that touted itself as a family.
The owners werent lying. They were just like abusive parents.
18 months after we started, nobody had gotten the 90 day review, 1 year review, or cost of living increase that was written into our hiring offers.
When a bunch of us brought our hiring offer in at the same time, they told us they were far too busy to do that many reviews all at once. Then closed the store for a day to do an 8 hour mandatory workshop talking about how asking for raises wasnt peaceful, loving, caring about THEIR position, or good for the soul. Then had us meditate and told us that if the meditation didnt have us feeling better, maybe we werent part of their spirit family after all.
You couldnt get me to walk into that store again... even if they made theft legal for a day.
It is all about control and putting people in there place
If management is mad at you, that means you struck a nerve and exposed something that was true. Ever seen that R Kelly interview where he throws a fit after being called out? 😂 It's the exact same. They're pretty much saying: "hey don't speak the truth, and expose us, it makes us look bad, how dare you, we need our corporate simps loyal to us!!"
lol exactly
Exactly!!
although I agree with Josh and that corporate simping seems to be at an all time high. With that, I disagree that if someone is mad at you for what you said, what you said is true. For example, if someone is telling you that you did something wrong and you didn't, you would get angry if they keep blaming you.
In conclusion: anger can be because you're innocent and you keep getting accused. (but these companies aren't innocent)
Mad vs tired reaction is the realest shit
Yeah exactly
The way people talk on LinkedIn is fucking hilarious
Its like a corporate Twitter
It’s cringe fest!
they are hoping their coworkers and bosses are tuned in to their virtue signaling
I unfollow people left and right because of the bullshit. Just show me articles related to my field.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels that way.
he fired a close friend with a pregnant wife and still feels like the good guy. Amazing!
😂😂😂these dudes are corporate nazis
The moment I hear the word "family" from an employer is the moment they're on my radar. One if the biggest red flags in my experience.
I was in IT during the 2008 crash. I had to process account terminations and equipment returns for literally half of the employees - about 600 people (out of 1200). In some cases these were workplace acquaintances and even friends, and I knew they were going to lose their jobs up to 2 weeks before they did. None of the upper managers lost their jobs. None of their pets did. Hardworking men and women did.
Companies do not love you. Employers do not love you. Managers do not love you. When they say they do, this is a red flag. The relationship is asymmetrical. The power dynamic is not balanced. They are attempting to use emotional words to exploit you. They talk about how valuable you are, how you're "part of the family," but you are expendable and always have been. None of their words matter. if they want to retain you, they will pay you accordingly. When they want to retain you without paying you what you're worth, they'll use mealymouthed BS like this. If the financial situation changes even a little, they'll let you go without a second thought. They'll fire experienced people to bring on newer, cheaper, more easily-exploited hires, just to save a buck. They dont even care about the quality of the products they make - if they can save money by firing the knowledgeable veteran worker and hiring a new grad they can jerk around more easily, they absolutely will.
You dont *thank people* for laying you off. That's grotesque. Especially in countries without any functional social safety net, where you lose your ability to pay the rent, pay for food, get healthcare, etc. "Thanks former-boss for pitting my family in possibly-mortal danger." Absurd.
This virtue-signaling asshat is just trying to make themselves feel better. They know that what you're saying is true, but they dont want to confront the fact that the company doesnt care about *them* either. That their livelihood can be lost just as suddenly. That all that talk of "love" was just emotional manipulation, and that their CEO, like most CEOs, is probably just another narcissistic pile of sapient greed.
Corporations have a fiduciary duty to provide value to the shareholders. Which is not you. Even if you own a small amount of stock, it's still not you. They literally have a legal obligation to not care about you, when they can make a decision that hurts you but adds value to the shareholders.
Well said, no, perfectly stated @Tim K !!!
I mean, to think some people only realize this AFTER being told they were "family" and such. The first ever interview I had like that, I was around 20, I almost burst out in laughter! Those kinds of companies have some kind of toxic office environment usually.
"They literally have a legal obligation to not care about you, when they can make a decision that hurts you but adds value to the shareholders."
This sums it all. Well put!
I'm glad I kept reading comments before writing this myself (with different words potentially...)
Thanks for saving me the time! Good luck in life.
@@Pajune yup, they'll do it everytime... as someone else mentioned, it IS incredibly sad when you only realize this AFTER they tell u they have your back and your like family...
That was my problem. I entered every job at 125%. I was told that I'm the righthand man more than I can count. I felt (and in some cases know) that I cared more about the company and customers, than the owner or boss. I'll never do it again. I'm 37 and just realizing it's a weak point. If I was really that great or important to them I'd still be there. They'd fix THEIR problems to keep me there. To better their lives as well!!!
It's sad.
My brother goes in for a $16 an hour factory jobs and when he gets there he is offered $15 an hour. My brother turned around and walked out. This is how they treating people these days!
Literally hiring clickbait
Oh my goodness years ago I went for a secretary job interview and they posted that the shifts were Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and when I got there they played dumb like they don’t know why the job ad said that and it was Friday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday
Interviewed for an "up to 18$" job. I understood mileage would vary going in, I thought probably 16 or 17 starting. Dude asks what im expecting so I confidently say 18. He goes, "starting is 14.50, is that a problem?" I told him "yes, lowest ill go is 16.50" and we ended the interview. As I gathered my stuff and finished the water they brought me, I mentioned that its disingenuous to have a 14.50 position be listed as only "up to 18". Dude explained he didnt write the ad but they way/tone he explained himself told me he was second hand embarrassed.
@@PokeMultiverse that sucks. If you had the skills to do the job, they should have hired you at or at least within a dollar of the rate.
@@PokeMultiverse When i had my, very small, construction company i used to ask people how much they reckon they should be payed. I would pay them exactly that (if withing reason ofc) for their probation week and we would talk again at the end of the week and adjust acording to their performance. Most of the time no, or very small, change would be needed.
All this to say: people usually know the value of their work and shouldnt settle for a cent less than what they deserve.
Feel you 100%, I want to do my job and be LEFT DAFUQ ALONE!
Feels great to hear a person UNDER 40, speak this.
Because everything you're saying is how most of us over 40 feel.
I despise, work places that are trying to be 'like home', tons of lounge spots, shubbery everywhere, vending machine everywhere (looking like a college dorm) , all this 'extra' bullsh*t to entertain workers, VS...just spend the money on salaries, and let ppl work from home.
My *new* house is my WORLD, I love it... its calm/quiet. My friends, I speak to when I want. IDGAF, about this selfless love bs these jobs talk.
There is a place for companies who want to be "home" for their workers. But that requires a lot of profit-sacrificing which these companies will never do because of how hypercompetitive the market is.
I'm in management, but it makes me sick to my stomach when I hear other managers refer to themselves as "leaders".
LEADERS motivate people into taking action.
A manager, doesn't really do this. The MONEY is the leader, not the manager.
Managers that believe they're "leading" people are so arrogant and full of themselves.
I get so pissed off at books labelled "leadership" when they are actually about management.
@@anonygent every company I've worked for has you go through some kind of "leadership" training course they slapped together. They'll give you some reading material or a printable certificate or something like that.
It always goes in the trash. Not because it wasn't interesting or I hate the company or anything. But because it's embarrassing.
Everyone has this impression of what a "leader" is. Generally managers don't fit that description. Owners do. Those courses are mostly designed by out of touch HR and corporate people where they say "we care about the employee" but clearly the goal is to just manipulate employees into doing more for no compensation.
It's hard to not see through the BS.
@@laverdadbuscador Yet so many people don't see through it, or else it would stop. Or if they do see through, few ever call out the bullshit as bullshit. This guy calls out the bullshit, which of course makes him a problem for corporate types.
@@anonygent I have been a thorn myself to those people. I don't wanna be a problem, not my goal at all. But I'm interested in real solutions not manipulating people. Manipulation is a temporary bandaid that goes against my core values.
They don't like the word "manipulation" but once it's pointed out even they can't unsee it.
Some companies I worked for chose to live in denial and still struggle to stay in businesses. But most have changed their thinking on things and have managed to keep good employees and hire new ones.
I know my type is rare in management. It's every increasingly obvious to me. Very stressful having to constantly go to bat for people, but I believe in it full heartedly.
If your boss ALWAYS says things like "that's beyond my pay grade" or "it is what it is" or "corporate is forcing us" or "talk to the higher ups"......You're being managed by spineless yes men too afraid to stand up for what's right and decent.
Some of those phrases will be said from time to time, sure, but if that's all you ever hear just know the guy managing you was hired to dead with problems....not fix them.
@@laverdadbuscador I think it's a self-reinforcing problem, the higher-ups don't know how to handle anyone who isn't a suck-up, so they only promote people who also don't know how to handle anyone who isn't a suck-up. Occasionally a superstar like Lee Iococca will break through the ranks without being a suck-up, but how many of those are there?
That article reminder is giving some serious "live, laugh, love" vibes. The writer also sounds and writes like a corporate executive after ingesting a tub of acid.
Even live, laugh, love doesn't sound as sickeningly sweet and nauseating. Joshua's commentary really verbalized how nauseating it feels to read/listen to those words. Reminding myself that this is someone that is most likely secure in income or possessing complete job security, or both, somehow makes it worse...
I got a real Love Drug feeling form that guys and his writing! like Molly or Ecstasy or maybe acid but I find it hard to believe anyone on acid could be defending anything corporate
@@munkiking4511 bro this is the one
Sounds like twitter CEO, that was so cringe >.
Kumbaya, my lord, kumbaya.
Imagine telling a family member “You are loaned to me for a season of life”
I am *absolutely* using this sentence if I ever ask someone to marry me.
"I'm sorry to let you know your position is now redundant, Dad. Just know that you were loaned to me for a season of your life."
That sounds like buying a child slave
Technically, binding one with a lifetime contract IS a definition of slavery 🤔
@@233lynx No, that's not a definition of slavery. Slaves don't get the option of entering into contracts or agreements.
All the talk of "deep love, eternal friendship" etc. etc. makes me think of that time in Yu-Gi-Oh when Yugi won a match against Kaiba because of a smiley face "friendship sign", which somehow made him draw Exodia... Such a copout.
Joshua, what you do is important and very representative for the whole corporate IT world. I could fill books with all the BS I experienced just in the last few months ;) I love you for what you do and that you go public with it, awesome work!
Joshua made me realized that I am a human being, not a "resource" for the company to abuse and exploit as the CEO makes millions and fly around in his private jet.
No your are a resource, you are paid to make a product or fulfill a service, the world does not revolve around each of us.
@@AFuller2020 no, dipsht. they are a himan being first, resource second. Nowhere in their comment did they even suggest that they think The world revolves around them. Go water some grass or something. Go be a resource
@@bustamovehaha Do your job, do your best, or skill up and leave, grow up already.
@@AFuller2020 you a good slave👍
You really triggered a corporate shill. So triggered he had to leave 2 comments, lol....
It's disguisting how that dude makes it sound like company gave them a job out of kindness. Nah dude, company makes more money out of your work. I want that brand of copium the guy is on.
I’m thankful that you exist and have the balls to make these videos and be honest. Please keep fighting the good fight. I saw many people over time get chewed up and spit out over time.
Josh, You are absolutely right. If you were wrong they wouldn't be attacking you!
The guy who wrote this has exemplified his effort to convince his own self that the company cares very deeply for him
His time will come.
this dude reminds me of the Ferengi.
"The goal is not to stop exploitation, it's to become the exploiter"
Except the Ferengi embrace this mindset as a society, as opposed to Americans. Many of them seem to delude themselves into thinking they're not being exploited, while simultaneously wanting to become the exploiter.
Truly a messed up society.
(Not that USA is the only place this happens, but it seems to be more extreme than in other areas)
I remember when I was fired from my first job after falling for the "HR is there for you, tell your problems and they'll help" and being told "you have so much potential, but wasn't a fit" 🤡
You never tell anything to HR, they’re literally the ones you’re supposed to keep any secrets from. They’re not there to help you, they’re there to help the management
This is actually one of the great takeaways I had from Josh's channel. I've never talked to HR but definitely had the mindset that they are some sort of impartial arbiters, which could have led me into the same situation you had at some point.
That’s not helpful when HR is literally in charge of everything- your pay, your time off, your interview. My boss would pass everything off to them. One of the most miserable people I’ve ever met.
I took it as a compliment that I didn't "fit in" at a previous employer. It was like working in an asylum where the doctors were all the crazies, and the crazies were the doctors.
You learned HR really stands for Company Resources.
Your point about promotions hit me hard. I too once believed in the equality love and rainbows bullshit at the workplace until the HR lady quite explicitly told us that my team and I would have to "fight each other" to see which one would get the promotion. It reminded me of that Joker scene where he tells 3 henchmen that there's only place for 1 in his team and told them to make it quick.
Nothing builds teamwork like a friendly death match that could reshape your life forever. This management style is insanely lazy. It's not hard to decide who gets a promotion. Look at the responsibilities, pick the person who is most willing and able based on the mountains of information you already have access to as an employer.
The Nazis tried this philosophy in their weapons development programs. They'd intentionally dangle a limited amount of resources and funds in front of various project teams, and make them all compete with each other, thinking that the struggle would mean only the best workers made it to the top. In reality, it just led to people sabotaging each other's work and not cooperating out of fear of betrayal, and caused massive delays and inefficiencies when compared to the Allies, particularly the Americans, who used a more sane system.
Now, for some reason, modern companies seem to be taking the same approach as the Nazis, instead of the approach used by the people who actually won.
Later in my life I’d actually get immediately offended when my bosses or employers would pretend to ‘thank’ me for working hard or extra hours. After my 4th employer I finally learned the game and would respond like every adult working in the world should, “Don’t ever ‘thank me’ for doing my job, just fucking ‘PAY ME’ enough for doing it because your thanks doesn’t pay my fucking bills, or keep a roof over my head or food on my table.” A little ignorant sounding granted, but the truth can be so simple sometimes when you cut out all the bullshit and empty platitudes. Why would you thank me if you’re already paying me sufficiently?! You wouldn’t, you’re only thanking me because you’re acknowledging my labor is worth MORE than what you’re paying me, and that’s why being verbally thanked by an employer SHOULD be seen as an insult and NOT a compliment. It means we’re going to spend 5 extra seconds talking at you, but not even 5 extra cents an hour paying you if you find our verbal ‘thanks’ sufficient enough.
So... They are shaming him for supposedly being insensitive... with someone who's struggling with unemployment ... because THEY fired him. Which I guess was... Very sensitive and charitable of them?
Unreal.
narcissism runs rampant within the typical corporate world.
Yep, true.
@@Gizziiusa Yep…
In the second half of the video, you said you are trying to remind people about their self worth, that they had it before the company and they will have it after. I remember when I was unemployed a few years ago, I really felt emasculated and struggled with those feelings. I stumbled upon a video called "how to feel worthy while unemployed " and that gave me something to think about. I think what you're doing is great in reminding people how to respect themselves and break free of this mindset.
I wholeheartedly agree! Being unemployed isn't a fault in itself. I struggled with this mindset and I broke free of it months after leaving my job
It's a job, when people bring in their needy mindset or mommy issue things get all Darwin. Do your best or skill up and move on.
@Steve L nah bro that's just toxic BS poured into your mind a society that wants compliant worker drones.
Why would you let some asshole in a suit determine your value as a human being? That just doesn't make any sense. Lots of men find happiness just making enough money to get by and focusing on other things in their lives. The real strength comes from realizing that the only person you need validation from is yourself, and nobody else can tell you how to get it.
@Steve L then you should have said that.
What you said is that it's natural for all men to be good way.
@Steve L "I see your struggling with English."
wow, what a stunning lack of self-awareness
Is this a new thing? Thanking a company after being let go? Geez, I didn't realize it was getting that bad.
You're not crazy, and far from alone in your frustration. This is the same mindset that makes it tough for workers to organize.
If companies think you should be thankful for all the time spent together when they fire you, then why aren't they thankful when you leave the company? Why companies never have posts about some guys who leaved for some reason, why they never say thank you for your work? Instead, they usually even hide the fact that someone has left from coworkers.
They could "Thank me" by paying me for all the extra unpaid time I put in to keep them in the black, to manage and heal customer relationships, and for working off-shift to make all the last-minute changes the sales executives demanded to get the invoice to the customer in compliance with the contracts.
As one at-will employer told me "we thank you for your work when we pay you".
It's that kind of mentality you have to work within. It's infuriating.
Yea don't want to loose any more workers, since there not paying very much and are vulnerable.
Because they want to keep that “you need us we don’t need you” look.
Youve been a good influence to me. I used to really want companies validation and to climb the ladder to get to eventually do the thing i want. Now i just simply program and do the things i want because i taught myself how to code and make games. Now i feel like these companies cant even offer me a ladder to climb because i reached the top of my own much more stable ladder.
Keep on Josh, talk to em, because the lack of humanity and empathy is astounding.
"You had worth before the company." Nice reminder man. Currently looking for work, and that's easy to forget.
When they are mad, meaning we are in the right direction and fight for our rights as employees...
There are some people that have no sense of self worth. Their job is literally what defines their existence and it's sad because they don't even work in a field they are personally passionate about.
some people literally hate themselves cuz they just stand around and drag their feet 40 hours a week.
Nothing specific in this article. They are mad at something but cannot express what.
That's basically when you can't respect different opinions on the same topic. "Your opinion is garbage and I believe you're wrong even though I can't really debunk it because it's just an opinion"
People that still work at that company need to tell themselves that they are working at a decent company and maintain that delusion so that they don't feel like shit. Therefore reality check is treated as an attack on their little bubble
The question to ask of these type of people to cut through the b.s is " Where is the lie? Point out the lie. Or piss off"
I mean they can't exactly say we're mad you exposed us for modern day slave drivers can they. Kinda shoots their foot off wouldn't it?
Just discovered this guys videos after coming to the conclusion that I need a new job. The last 4 years I have slowly realized I do nearly double the work and far outside my pay rate of everyone making the same amount as me at this company. I shouldn't have to ask for a raise I feel. They should just respect how well i do my job and how far beyond my pay rate I go and offer me a raise. So, I'm leaving the company, after 11 years. I'd rather go make less money and regain my life and happiness than to stay and hate my life for more money. I'll take the pay cut of this new job, gladly.
You’re not the only one, Josh. This is nonsense what these companies spin. Keep going.
Agreed this corporate family BS is absurd. They try to guilt people into leaving, and it works for some of these poor folks
Once you've had your 5th job, you realize that it's not feasible to be friends with co-workers. By no means should you be an asshole, but cut the family nonsense out - it hurts people far more than it helps
It's good to be cordial, but they will turn on you to save their arse.
@@AFuller2020 preach friend 🙌
Some coworkers are worth being friends with but they always know to keep work out of the friendship so that it can be maintained outside of work. Then again that's usually 1/100 at best.
edit: Unless it's to vent about how shitty the company is over some beers.
I think that when people thank companies in linkedin, they normally dont really mean it. Its more as a way to signal in your social media that you left in good terms and so no to raise any red flags for the new job company interviewer.
This is the reason most corporations are moving towards robots (no emotions involved). See how much they love you... temporarily. Thanks for this video.💯👍
I am getting second-hand embarrassment for the guy who posted this article. He just sounded sooo brainwashed by corporate. It’s as if he’s gaslighting people to think it’s all about love and culture BS.
He thinks he Is a leader.
Yeah it sounds like a cult
That CEO is basically blaming you for profiting off of misery he might cause.
If anyone is going to profit off their misery, it's going to be the boss damn it.
Some people have such low self-esteem that they feel that they need to do this. If the company that just did them dirty was so 'wonderful' to work for, then all the years of abuse and mistreatment can be justified. They can't accept that they were just another replaceable cog in the machine. They do this because it reinforces their delusion that the company sees them as 'special.'
The paragraph you go over around 13:40 really cements just how narcissistic these bosses are. He's trying to make you look like the oppressor and he's playing the victim. What a scumbag. This whole system needs to come crashing down. It's a pathetic joke and its slavery at this point anyways. Some people are still falling for the whole bit, but more and more people are catching on. Appreciate the great content and am glad you are trying to educate others.
A famous quote:
"If you died tonight, your employer would advertise to fill your job role by the end of the month. But your loved ones, chosen family and friends, would miss you forever. Don't get too busy making a living that you forget to work on making a life."
Can't by food with friendship.
This is some true wisdom. You commend my respect.
@@AFuller2020 can't live with nobody and no purpose or goal
9:49 the person who wrote the article has no understanding of what "to deeply and dearly love each other" means. Just because we laugh at each others jokes and chat with each other at the office doesn't mean we "deeply and dearly love each other"
Wonder if this is a mechanical turk three-dollar-gig
Shared state of misery if we didnt laugh we would be dead.
Well... Except for Nancy in accounting...
I needed to hear this video. Thank you SO MUCH!!
you definitely helped me and were Key in helping me build my confidence enough to go for a beginner job when I was too anxious and felt unworthy! thanks Josh!
The manager / CEO doesn't realize that everyone knows his job is to keep the employees compliant and active. He answers to the investors obviously and takes his equity bonus to the bank happily while those he's laid off can have some gratitude.
One of the most dreading experiences I’ve ever had was when I got fired for no reason, on the spot, one of the owners for unnecessarily mean and then, the other one insisted I go have a farewell beer with him. I should’ve said no, I felt miserable while this guy rambled for an hour about his life history. Yeah, no, if you fire me, that’s it, that’s where our relationship end, I don’t want anything else to do with you, why would I thank you? I was making money for you.
Sorry that happened i hope you were able to recover from that ok, that is awful. That’s the reason I don’t usually give a 2 week notice, they fire anyone at anytime with no notice so I treat them the same
Lesson learned, you must forgive your former self because you thought you were doing the right thing at the time. I, myself, struggle with how I let myself be taken advantage of and drink that kool aid.
Joshua mate, it is enlightening to see that there's other people who are so realistic and see the things the way they are. Keep going mate! Best life advise!
I worked in upper management for 25 years, my wife was a stay-at-home mom for 15 of those years. She then started a career. As she moving up to middle management, had to explain, your employees are not people you will have at your weekend barbecue 😁 she was 7 years in before she understood. As a woman in a predominantly female environment.. she had no idea how low other women would stoop to try to ruin her career 💀 now it's hard for her to find a f*** to give 😂 and yes management sees you as worker bees 😁 and yes we can find one to replace you ✌️
"a company is a living, breathing, organism made up of people": ah so like a human centipede 👌 Good thing we have management with their infinite wisdom
@Steve L lol
That's Cult talk
@Steve L Feel good only if your last name is Moser 💩
I worked at dealersocket and was affected by the layoffs. The story about the original owners ended with them both being removed from the company they built. They reached an undisclosed settlement with Vista Equity in which they had their ownership removed and were both removed from the board of directors. I really liked the owners. That were very nice people, and I felt like they respected their employees
From what I've heard it was great when they ran it, and then went downhill after the settlement.
So maybe it was founded with 'love', but it sure isn't about it now. You almost have to wonder, was that article written by an AI? I'm not sure any human could be that mind warped into talking so much cringe.
@@JoshuaFluke1 Yeah, that's correct. It went from being more of a community to becoming very corporate. It was a difficult change for all of us that were there.
@@JoshuaFluke1 why that kind of histories are common in corporate world? That kind of things should be speak
@@diegocamilopenaramirez6101 acquisitions are notoriously bad for the workers.
Wow... this happen to my company I used to worked for. We were let go (about 150 ppl) do to low funding and some of the people who were let go thank the CEO in LinkedIn... I was like WTF???? The executive failed to get funding "their job" and the little people got cut and they thanked him???? This remind me one of the episode in the simpsons Homer sent to hell feed him doughnut and ask for more.
Dude! You're absolute killing it. Glad I found your channel.
If my familly (because corporations are our families) decides that they don’t want to keep in touch anymore… why should i make a post that:
„I just been disowned by my own familly, thank you for all the years of abuse and underpay”
Self-respect is one think, but this level of public humiliation cannot be good for one’s psyche.
I get it you don't want to publicly roast them, that's bad optics.
Really the best thing to do is to thank "Chris, Bob and Mary" for a wonderful few years.
That way, you're being kind to the people you enjoyed working with, and underhandedly telling off all the people you didn't like ^.^
You know, you can just say … nothing, just say you are looking for new opportunities on linkedin and move on.
Easiest way to keep self-respect and not risk being seen as sour (which might impact your chances of getting new job, as perception is everything) - is just to keep quiet. When i left job where i was abused and ostracized, i just informed my new feed about my new job. I didnt comment anything about my departure, how it was great to be hired by them or how awful it was. i voiced my opinions about my ex company and ex coworkers to my closest ones.
Employees need to be equally Machiavellian in dealing with Corporations.
They mostly are. It's a cycle, devious employees turn into devious bosses.
Exactly, I was told to keep quiet for how I was treated during my time at shoppers drug mart so that I would burn bridges.... Even though the manager wrote me up twice (based on lies!) so that she could bring in girls that she already knew to hire, and so that she wouldn't have to listen to my concerns on a possible pay raise. Super unethical. She also ruined another possibility of getting hired at another location because the managers knew each other. It's too coincidental to have played it that way & unprofessional.
You’re The Man, Josh! Love your work and keep up the excellent videos.
You’re pissing them off by exposing their bullshit. They do not like to be questioned. Mainly because deep down, they know you are right.
I love it!
My parents gave me money instead of love. If a company loves me I expect money! 😁
A couple weeks ago I was fired from what I thought would be the best job I'd ever have after being told they were looking forward to a long-lasting relationship with me and saying they considered me 'Family". This was my first real experience in a corporate environment and now I truly understand why some people just don't want to be in a situation like that. I've been watching your videos for awhile and I've taken a lot of mental notes on some of the things you've said about the corporate ladder and such and that probably saved me a ton of disappointment after being fired. The way I see it there are bigger and better opportunities for me out there and I won't be looking back.
Thanks Josh! Love the videos! I appreciate all you do for us. Opening our eyes to the real world and not the fluff that most companies shove down our throats.
I agree with you 100%. It's just a job. You don't need my loyalty and my love and I sure as hell don't need yours. You need some work done, I need to get paid. To me, that sounds like a perfect foundation for us to work together. The fact that terms like "buy-in" exist just goes to show that there are people out there with way too much time on their hands.
Have a like you magnificent SOB, Your doing a glorious job! The fact these people are directly responding to you shows your effectiveness! Keep up the good work!
Awwwww, lying management got their fee-fees hurt. Those poor things.
These malignant narcissists can take a long walk off a short pier.
I worked at MySpace for 3 years, and was part of their first 5% downsize cut in the late summer of 2008.
Do you know who else was included in this downsize? She was a fellow QA Engineer, 8 months pregnant, and had JUST earned "QA Engineer of the Month," with a certificate and a few hundred dollars worth of gift cards.
Then, the very next day, she got canned for "poor performance."
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we need more people like you, Joshua, standing up to corporate bs and saying no to corporate simping.
we need more of these!
"While my friends are trying to get their sea legs, someone is getting a check for exploiting their misfortune." Yes, that is you, the author.
My thoughts exactly
Their response:
"Apparently, this created an opportunity for the creator to monetize this video at the expense of our brilliant, grateful, helpful and selfless article."
Thank you. My husband got royally screwed after 27 years.He never did something like that. It must be some kind of social currency.
A job is a contract between an employee and employer, nothing more, nothing less!! It is definitely not all the BS companies try to push on their employees.
I love how you address logical fallacies and haters before they even have a chance to comment perspectives. Killin it
this has an "im not like other guys" vibe. "we're not like those others". yes. yes you are (you being they the corporations).
I actually just quit my job in which the parent company was Vista Equity! their whole game plan was to lowball new college grads with salaries and "make up" for it by offering good benefits, even though people fresh out of college typically use significantly less of those benefits. Then they would burn out the new hires causing the turnover to be really high and the culture to be horrible. We were also forced to work directly with offshore companies who would lie about their employees credentials as "senior developers". Some had never coded before.
honestly refreshing to see this type of channel.
21:16 I’ll be your circle who lifts you up relentless. Don’t you worry!
Why when I start hearing terms like. "Don't worry", "We're here to help", "This won't hurt a bit"... I start panicking?
I can see where the guy is coming from, I go into construction when I was 25, was with the company for nearly 5 years, good friends with everyone (7 other workers and the boss) then covid happen and layoff. It wasn't personal and the boss/owner had to sell his business. Im grateful for the people i met, and it help me grow. But maybe because I was with a small company it was different. Large companies I can see how they could not care. But again the experiences you get with the people you meet, make a difference in our lives
@@ch-yq5yn if you get laid-off to meet a bottom line, that keeps the business in business then you also can complain. Businesses fire and hire, if they fore you because they can't afford you then what are you gonna do? You gonna take a pay cut? You gonna work for them for free? No so get laid-off, file unemployment, and do side(this was the edit, side was spelt sode) cash jobs
Our department got an email today asking for PTO donations for one employee’s sick leave. It took every single part of my self-control to not reply with “give him more PTO altogether.”
That said, good for you for getting management's to see it. Maybe one day, one of them will hear you.
I will never look at office bean bags the same way again thanks to this article
Its funny I'm currently leaving my job for another one
congratulations 🎊🎉
Congratulations!!
@Steve L I did that once.. gave them a 2 week notice and they told me where gonna have to let you go.. 😂
@Steve L yeah it’s bull shit.. but I started trading and I like it.. I’ll probably get a part time job for good measure depending on how I feel
@Steve L just swing trading.. plus I’m working on finishing my MBA.. I’m working on getting my securities license.. brokers make more
I listen to this, and I’m thankful I’m in a trade where I don’t deal with this corporate buffoonery. It’s not worth it to have to buy into all that bullshit just so you don’t get your hands dirty. I have unlimited work, unlimited OT, and I make close to 200k and I don’t have to hear some lazy suit tell me anything.There are a lot more people trying to pursue a life of corporate creativity, lol than there are people like me, yet we live in a world surrounded by a need for trades and nobody wants to do them anymore so it’s a good life.
You a beast Josh! Keep doing what you doing bruh.
I haven’t had LinkedIn for 15 years now. And that’s freedom.
I’m so close to ditching it. I had a recruiter that I was having a conversation say…there you are… I pulled up your LinkedIn. Had another recruiter ask me for my resume and then question why my resume was missing somethings. I’m like…my resume needs to be under 2 pages while my LinkedIn can be as long as I want. Ugh.
I never reaped any benefits from LinkedIn. The jobs I got were always through other websites, sevices, headhunters or friends. It was a waste of time. I now have a job I'll keep until I retire.
As someone who worked from DS from 2015-2018, I can confirm that the original founders sold most of their equity to an investment firm and ever since then the company turned to shit due to terrible upper management. Massive layoffs, lies to keep the employees content then they reverse what they said, massive underpaying their engineers, etc. As of today, all the original founders are all gone and the company got sold to another investment firm because of how badly Vista ran it to the ground.
Yuck. I've seen Vista's handiwork up close. They epitomise the absolute worst of what we despise about corporate America. Every comple ecosystems has its parasites and bottom-feeders, and Vista are about as bad as they come
I'm with you on this Josh. I don't want love, family and friends at work. It's my job, nothing more. I also resent that kind of intimacy being forced on me. One of my current employer's "values" is to have a best friend at work. Why? I have a best friend from high school already. I don't come to work for friendship. I come to work to exchange a skill for a paycheck. Companies go way overboard trying to inflict their world views onto employees. If the job is "loaned to me for a season of life," then stop expecting me to act like a family member. And in response to that big management rant - all words without actions, the stock in trade of corporate managers.
the things josh mentions ring true to me ever since the beginning but now they really ring through. i come in at 8a and leave at 5p (3p on friday during the summer). because i know that layoff come out of nowhere and i will never be rewarded for putting more time in.
It's funny, it's always the employee that got fired that simps and "thanks" the company publicly for *being fired* -- I've never seen any company post thanking the employee for their time, experience, the "loyalty" that they always talk about etc. etc. It's always the dumbass being grateful for having no job, but never the bossess at least saying "hey you were great, sorry about this, thanks 4 everything". So *why* do they still thank the company???
No I've heard this plenty of times from employers also, especially for high-up positions (you don't hear about individual lower-rank firings). The company will say some BS like "It was a pleasure working with Mr. X over the last 3 years and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors." ... even though Mr. X was embezzling millions from the company, fired for sexual harassment or something, and is being sued by the company.
You must forgive those in the matrix for they do not yet know better.
"season of life" thats some RPG talk like from a NPC
Josh, I love your videos!
I also love that your dog sleeps under blankets like a human!! 🤣
The fact you're ruffling so many feathers is a good thing! Maybe there's a wave of change incoming, along with workers not letting themselves be pushed around with working from home/back to office BS I think things are looking up.
You’re making a dent, they’re all ears. Keep up the good work Josh
If anything this article shows how close Josh's skits are to how these people actually think and how spot on the tone and text are. This person got paid for writing this article. People chose to watch Josh and liked what they saw/heard. A difference the author doesn't seem to comprehend. Also the gal of this author to spin it around that Josh has anything to do with these lay-offs when they are the ones who fired them in the first place. I could rant about this article for hours but I think I'll just rather get a drink and forget about this. To you Josh: This clearly shows how you are getting to them. Keep doing what you're doing.
The beanbag chair thing and your response to it made me almost choke on the water I had just taken a sip of. 😂😂😂
Finally I get to listen to someone who understands how I feel about the job miasmic gaslighting culture that goes on on some places, thanks for your videos man!