The worst part of my job is that the expectation & work load doesn’t match the pay. A lot of employers take advantage of the employees with little work experience.
This actually happened to me: I was hired as a Senior Administrative Assistant at a Big 10 university while I was trying to become a successful free-lance writer. During my performance review, my manager asked me what more I wanted from my position. I replied that I wanted more challenging responsibilities. M manager wrote me back, "It's not the department's responsibility to give you more challenging work." I was floored. In any case, this manager went on some sort of pilgrimage to Turkey, and in her absence the program's director gave me what I asked for. Upon her return, my manager was furious and tried to make my life a living Hell. I quit. She was fired.
This is a tricky one. Just because a coworker got promoted doesn't mean an opportunity for you isn't an option but if it's one of the boss's friends or someone who has been there less time than you or worse, someone who everyone had complaints about for a full year then, yeah, it's time to move on.
@@princebautista Look for another job while employed. No one needs to know at your current workplace that you are looking elsewhere. If an interview comes along, just book the day off for yourself, go do the interview and enjoy yourself for the rest of the day. Also, feel free to take it easy at work and avoid taking anymore workload, the "promotee" should be able to handle themselves. This is what I did and guess what, everything worked out for me. Got a better job while I took it easy at the previous one. I enjoyed more time off without I care in the world and got more money and better benefits. Just the promoted person crash and burn. Put yourself first.
Actually happening to me right now. Company claimed to have job growth. Yet they can't pay fair wages, and claiming to cut back on the overtime to cut costs due to so called covid, and inflation. Funny thing is they been violating alot of labor laws. I been documenting everything daily to give to the labor board, and my attorney when ready. Its bad to the fact I honestly wonder if the supervisors want the company to be sabotaged. No one can be that arrogant.
I am definitely working for a dead end company or at least have a dead end job, but I have stayed this long because I had a lot of debt plus had a disabled wife to support. The debt is under control now and I have started looking for other jobs. I have an interview or test almost every week. By the way, your channel is FANTASTIC! I was thinking of signing up for your courses however I live in Canada so it might be a different job market here. I bought some books from Canadian job coaches and have started working on looking for a job. To anyone not sure about getting help with their job search, there is the expression, “If you could do it alone, you would have done it already”
I worked for one of the top SaaS companies in the industry for 3 years. Things had gotten stagnant. No one was getting promoted. The wages were really low. The raises were stingy at best. The work kept getting harder. Some of our benefits were getting taken away. Management didn't seem to care and didn't offer much in the way of being excited to work for them. People on my team kept leaving which I eventually did too. It was disappointing to have to leave but I thought it was the right move. But then 18 months later, I was let go and went back to my old company as a contractor. To my surprise and jealousy, they had made a lot of changes while I was gone for that 18 months such as giving annual bonuses which they hadn't done previously and a new building was in the works which the CEO had said wasn't going to happen. If I'd only waited things out another year or so instead of leaving. The irony.
If you'd wait another year you'd be probably so burnt out and mentally exhausted that none of that would matter. Your mental well being, as well as being appreciated by the company you work for is worth more than one benefit or another, just my 2 cents.
Hindsight is always 20/20. It might as well have continued to suck for another 5 years. Is your pay as a contractor better than your old salary though?
Ironically the only time some companies are willing to change is only after good talent walks out the door. Very likely that if you and your colleagues never left things would have stayed the same.
My employer has a reputation of treating injured or disabled employees poorly. Many their former customers are boycotting them and business has dropped considerably. The owners are disengaged from the business. They publicly deny that there is any issues with employer/employee relations. I believe they will either be out of business in our community or they will have to sell to successful corporation. It is one hot mess.
My Job: *Laughs at raises like a joke *Never has a real plant manager for more than a few months *Constantly behind *Using horribly old tech we have to band aid daily *Mandates overtime and weekends just to operate at a normal level.
I worked for a company that thought they were so great to work for they purposely paid in the lower 1/3 percentile for skilled labor. Their truth was we are so great. Reality was there was astronomically high turnover and it was hard to find anyone who had any industry experience. Then they were wondering why turnover was so high. Go figure.
On my placement I did years ago there were no progress and it was a dead end job, even though it working in a funeral directors I did not have the tact, my speech was not clear because of my disability, so was not allowed to answer the telephones, deal with the clients etc. was not interested in seeing a dead body, all the jobs I have been temporary via employment agencies so been short term.
@@maxalberts2003 It was not my first choice of placement, the training provider picked our placement for us, base on whether we were doing IT or admin, nobody from the training provider wanted to do their placement at the funeral directors including myself, and should have had more common sense to ask for another placement
While I do appreciate and love all the advice and expertise given with your videos, I wish the information was accessible for those who are not working in tech, HR, administrative work, computers and/or programming. Many of us work in fields that are more blue collar or dealing with the general health of public. I feel some of your information and terminology doesn’t register as well to those who work in those positions.
Okay this is a good one and excellent advice. I was at a dead end employer and saw most of the stuff on this list. I saw the signs right when I started but was so focused on my individual work I didn't see the bigger picture but one day my co-workers pointed out that our customer was insisting we install some of our competitors equipment for them.
Not competitive with salary, high turnover and limited career opportunities where I work. The social psychology is very particular and if you don't play the role, you aren't going anywhere and you'll be paid submarket. Shift left management is a big thing and rewarding a few to squeeze hard.
I worked for a recruiting company. The channel was so dependent on Facebook. I could see that the model was not sustainable long term. I got out before Meta crashed. Last I heard most of the people I worked with also left. And this wasn't that too long ago - just 2 years. Most of their team has less than 2 years experience and I heard they've had people quit on them in a year. Glad I got out.
I'm curious about how the company was dependent on FB? Did the recruiters simply send out cold call messages to random people? Every time I think I've heard of the lowest, stupidest employment practices, I find myself shocked by something even stupider. Americans scratch their heads wondering why our economy is in turmoil. All these companies have some morbidly obese GED recipient named Cath as their "HR Rep" who speaks really, really slowly and dresses up to work in a factory.
@@maxalberts2003 it was a participant recruitment firm. I can't be specific because it was a niche industry but they looked for people to participate in studies and stuff. So Facebook was much more ideal vs. LinkedIn. But when I was there, the advertising costs were rapidly rising up. Most people in operations, and I worked with some, not all, wonderful people while I was there, were scratching their heads how to make the outfit work. That was compounded by a new CEO that really pushed for more clients. We left and last I heard the CEO was demoted but is still there.
@@AA-db9cb When an attorney or an accountant becomes a partner/shareholder/CEO in a firm, he or she usually pays for the privilege by significant financial investment in the organization, thus rendering him or her immune to 99% of the criticism he or she would otherwise have to occasionally face. I expect it's similar for physicians, but in Minnesota they're hogtied and can even be sued for quitting their HMOs. (My own doctor is going through Hell right now for having done so.)
@@hag12100 the way down is a wild ride. You see all the stages of grief. Angry people and lots of blaming going around. The workers usually keep quiet until they find another position or just can't take it and then you hear goodbyes, see you again in another gig.
I spent more than a decade working at a company that used antiquated equipment. When I started working there in 2004 the equipment they used was already on its way out as most printing companies were switching to direct-to-plate & digital while they were still using imagesetters and film processing. Eventually the manufacturer of the imagesetter no longer supported it, replacement parts were no longer available, and we had to order film from 3rd world countries. I assumed at some point they would upgrade, but once I realized they wouldn’t I began looking elsewhere only to also realize my experience & skills had become as antiquated as their equipment. Printing companies that had switched to DTP & digital 5-10 years prior were using automated workflow systems & processes I had no knowledge or experience in so even though I had over a decade of experience it was practically worthless. This is high end, multi million dollar software & systems I could only learn through on the job training. The company I worked for was stable in their small niche and stuck in that mindset. As long as I stayed working there I had stable employment, but I was stuck there. My resume grew more & more antiquated & worthless as the years went on. I did eventually land another job gaining experience in updated technology, but continued to be behind the curve playing catch up for the remainder of that career. I’m retired now, but I think of my time at that company as the worst career decision of my life.
@@Hislittlelamb The State of Minnesota is FULL of places like that--particularly in government offices. I know a secretary who wouldn't let go of her DOS and they let her keep it until the whole computer crashed and burned. I don't understand the reasoning. Or, I do understand it, and it's pathetic: they use what they can afford. Their budgets are limited, are cut every year, and they're told by politicians to improvise. With private businesses the motives are less clear. Incompetence seems to be chief among the qualities of any failed business, and I would imagine this extends to all kinds of decisions--what hardware and software to purchase, who to hire, how to create a solid, functional infrastructure, etc. And it's as he says in the video, they start off badly, have no idea what they're doing because somebody once told them they should create a start-up, but what they actually end up creating is disaster. My question is: with so many businesses failing to respond positively to new technologies, what's the condition of the people and places who actually INVENT this stuff? I mean, why create something fresh, dynamic and intuitive if no one is going to buy it? Apparently they're finding out in northern Cali right now. And what will happen when other countries (oh, say, maybe, China) take up the challenge and boot the USA into the Third World? It's on its way. Finally, American parents who can't foresee this stuff happening are encouraging their offspring to "get in the trades" rather than go to college. Well, what the hell do they think the trades ARE? No one makes a living in a niche career. ("Oh I'm a carpenter. I don't use technology.") Yoiks.
@@maxalberts2003 The company I worked at was started by the father, whose wife & kids helped out. The company grew quite large and they relocated, building a huge facility specific to their purpose. After he passed away the family continued to run the shop with the mom, siblings, their spouses and grandkids holding all the management & upper management positions. Pure nepotism, given jobs because of their relationships rather than their talent or skill. You’d think the grandkids at least would be more innovative & forward leaning, but apparently not since “grandma” was still in charge. They had a small niche in the printing market and focused their efforts on maintaining that niche rather than expanding & competing for a larger share of the market. The equipment they had and the processes they used, although antiquated, worked for them even though they required more time & were more labor intensive. Most of the labor hired were low-wage immigrants on work Visas, making them beholden to that job to retain their status until they could apply for Permanent Resident. The company, having cheap labor wasn’t interested in investing $$ into less labor intensive technology. They worked them in 12 hour shifts, 6 days/week, which enabled workers to earn more $$ from all the overtime, but destroyed marriages & families. It was hard, repetitive work too leaving most with repetitive strain injuries like Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and since these workers were on a work Visa they didn’t seek Worker’s Compensation. That was a big No-No. Even taking more days off than allowed could get you fired.
@@Hislittlelamb "Hiding" from the IRS is never a good idea. When an individual or a group want to start a business in the USA, they should have AT LEAST a basic awareness of the way the American economy functions. The company you've described sounds grim and stupidly managed. Multiply that by the thousands across this country. It's too bad--that company you worked for could have actually made something of itself if its owners hadn't gone the cut-rate, dead end route. Wasn't it their INTENTION to have a long term family business? Yet it was destroyed from within in less than two generations. I just can't get my head around it. But people continue to behave that way, all the time. Not a trace of family pride, or pride in their community.
Let us not forget that most people don't actually give a squat about their "career". I worked on the weekends for a summer at this local company that assembles commercial furniture and does office renovations (in our large city). They pretty much have no competition because this company is pretty large for what they do, and they've been around for ~30 years. Pretty much all of them don't have a college degree, but they're totally content with their $23/hour wage, secure job, that the company is totally not innovative, etc. If this company is "innovative", like exactly how would that benefit a person whose job is simply to renovate offices and assemble furniture? In the time I spent there, the ONLY innovative thing I can think of is perhaps the "moving process". When they move clients to a different building for instance, they keep tab of everything on a notepad. Would be super nice if everything was digitized so you know exactly where all the new furniture goes, etc.
When you work for a company that has a lot of people with the same last name as the owner chances aren't good of getting the most desirable jobs there.
Keep résumé updated, be open to other opportunities, interview with other companies to keep practiced and see what else is out there. By all means, use your growth and other offers to advance in your current company if you like your workplace. Work smart, and if you are valued, they’ll keep you and you’ll grow your career.
High turnover rate, dying industry(letter mail presorting), lot of penny-pinching(resulting in a massive layoff for positions above site level), no career opportunities due to regular changes in organizational structure(I got into the highest possible position in 1 year that doesn't risk layoffs), and overall treatment of the maintenance tech department.
I stupidly spent 7 mo. at a local company because it was a short, easy commute.HUGE mistake. Very low pay for most. They constantly piled on more and more work. They were not happy with my speed or desire to think for myself. Tons of ticky little rules that were carved in stone. Phone had to be answered in less than 3 rings. No leaving early, ever. Minimal amount of paid holidays. Was not ever clear on exactly who my supervisor was, because about fifty people were ordering me around and wanted everything done instantly. Adios, jerks.
I would add lack of communication within the company. For example, I work at a State-managed community college. I was not told we hired a counterpart to me at one of out other campuses until 3 months after the individual began. The only hiring seems to be "executives" in jobs such as DEI.
For me it was an entire industry… I did real estate and it was becoming a rat race. I switched to tech but still have my brokers license. I couldn’t imagine still doing that full time!
This reminded me about the time, when my boss said that my comp is very competitive and I had already secured two job offers with ¼ more salary and much better benefits. One of those companies called 30 minutes before that very meeting. Oh yes, those were the times. This was two weeks ago. Without me seeking a job and companies setting the salary offer, not me. PS: I can not say, I was not using strategies teached and explained in this channel. ;-)
The problem I have at my current job is that there is definitely a need for more reach truck operators. Newer people are getting other positions in the warehouse while the people that want to do other things can't even grow their skills. I understand that some people may not want to drive the reach or Cherry picker, but dammit, offer these positions instead of placing family there. This will make it difficult for other companies to hire.
Brian/Bryan, you may or may not have noticed that businesses fail (non-public companies) in the third generation of family ownership. The reasons are fairly simple and self-explanatory.
I haven't watch your video or know if it pertains to what I'm about to say. At my work when employees put in their 2 weeks our managers would not submit their resignation papers till like the last day on the job just to be mean. It was kinda a retaliation thing. They didn't like employees leaving (it was always due to the hostile work environment) and the new job would keep trying to get in touch w them about paperwork. They didn't want to release our employee to the new job so they would make it difficult. They would even lie about employee performances to the new job just cause they didn't want to lose more people. It was terrible.
My current company was a big name amongst the industry (and the industry is still thriving, so the market is still there), but now it has only two *overcrowded* offices, horrendously outdated PCs and the majority of the people there have been employed over 5 years. The environment seems to be very stagnant. While the owner wants to expand the company and hold big events to attract customers, his outdated way of thinking really shows, because the obvious lack of efficiency in terms of marketing. And since it's a small company now, there is basically no place for promotion, because about a 1/3 or 1/4 of the people there are managers of some sorts. The benefits are good, but I really cannot stand the environment.
The problems its when you live in a country like Portugal that 98% of companies are bad ones. What I you do? Create my own company, where I get the money?!
I will start. Oudated technology and bad glassdoor company reputation. The non profit i used to work for had no computers available to staff within the program and had to share a oudated software laptop with other job coaches. Talk about a dead end job.
You keep mentioning technology. We should all be software engineers. The median total compensation is 200k. If you are in the top 25th percentile, you can make 500k to 700k. Wow you can easily be a millionaire. Speaking of a dying company, Google is a dying company. They are a dinosaur with no innovation. They are freaking out because of ChatGPT.
If everyone is a software engineer, nobody is getting those salaries. Also Google has to pivot somewhat but they're not dying. Most of their innovation is in unreleased products or services.
Nice advices but even the most well known tech-companies had serious lay-offs after pandemic. Excluding Elon case which is ridiculous, most of their CEO's admitted that they made incorrect projections with the hype of internet during pandemic and did not act fast enough to execute individual based layoffs whenever necessary which turn into massive layoffs as result. And of course, this patterns repetitions is the thing that matters. Hight employee circulation is generally a red flag for a company but it must be normalized by the sector, as software tech-companies has naturally higher employee circulation then a medicine research company.
7:00 Layoffs. Hmmm. Delta, American, United, Continental, USAir, TWA, .....................what name is missing? The airline that has never had a layoff. Oh yeah, those tech laggards.
Probably not. If they survived thing long then they are bullet proof. With all the focus on energy disruption, clean energy; parts of the world experience lengthy power cuts. Morse code (according to Hollywood) always seems to be the fall back option when all else fails.
I worked for an innovative company but was denied the opportunity to work on IMPACTFUL projects to prove myself for a promotion. Money isn't the only motivator, but growth and making an impact do too. My story: • Designer with 11 years experience • Stayed with a large broadcast company for nearly 5yrs and hoped to make it. Projects got canceled or outsourced to contractors. I was stuck with BAU work 95% of the time. When an opportunity came for a promotion, they said I havent delivered significant impact and they aren't obligated to promote me. I chose to leave because they wasted my time, stunted my growth + new head was power trippy. • After a month of applications, it turned out my skills were stagnant and couldn't land senior roles. I signed up to a ux/ui bootcamp to upskill. • Eventually landed a job at another big company. After proving myself and being reliable (1.5 yrs), I asked to take responsibility for a part of our new project. I was turned down and told "we appreciate you skilling up, but you dont have experience in that skill. It'll be risky". • I was burned out, felt lost and felt i was trapped in a cycle. I lost all desire of progressing and lossy interest in design. • Picked up coding and felt happy making things work. A year of self study after work, i gave my notice, left that company and my design career forever. I've recently finished a coding bootcamp and looking for work at the moment. I believe I'll land something eventually.
The worst part of my job is that the expectation & work load doesn’t match the pay. A lot of employers take advantage of the employees with little work experience.
What line of work are you in?
Just get on with it and stop whinging like a crybaby!!
This actually happened to me: I was hired as a Senior Administrative Assistant at a Big 10 university while I was trying to become a successful free-lance writer. During my performance review, my manager asked me what more I wanted from my position. I replied that I wanted more challenging responsibilities. M manager wrote me back, "It's not the department's responsibility to give you more challenging work." I was floored. In any case, this manager went on some sort of pilgrimage to Turkey, and in her absence the program's director gave me what I asked for. Upon her return, my manager was furious and tried to make my life a living Hell. I quit. She was fired.
Wth did she even ask to begin with? That was a rude and toxic manager.
This is so right. Also, if you see other co-workers getting promoted when you should be then it's another sign to be moving on.
This is a tricky one. Just because a coworker got promoted doesn't mean an opportunity for you isn't an option but if it's one of the boss's friends or someone who has been there less time than you or worse, someone who everyone had complaints about for a full year then, yeah, it's time to move on.
Any tips when this is happening and leaving isn't the best option?
@@princebautista Look for another job while employed. No one needs to know at your current workplace that you are looking elsewhere. If an interview comes along, just book the day off for yourself, go do the interview and enjoy yourself for the rest of the day. Also, feel free to take it easy at work and avoid taking anymore workload, the "promotee" should be able to handle themselves. This is what I did and guess what, everything worked out for me. Got a better job while I took it easy at the previous one. I enjoyed more time off without I care in the world and got more money and better benefits. Just the promoted person crash and burn. Put yourself first.
Actually happening to me right now. Company claimed to have job growth. Yet they can't pay fair wages, and claiming to cut back on the overtime to cut costs due to so called covid, and inflation. Funny thing is they been violating alot of labor laws. I been documenting everything daily to give to the labor board, and my attorney when ready. Its bad to the fact I honestly wonder if the supervisors want the company to be sabotaged. No one can be that arrogant.
I am definitely working for a dead end company or at least have a dead end job, but I have stayed this long because I had a lot of debt plus had a disabled wife to support. The debt is under control now and I have started looking for other jobs. I have an interview or test almost every week.
By the way, your channel is FANTASTIC! I was thinking of signing up for your courses however I live in Canada so it might be a different job market here. I bought some books from Canadian job coaches and have started working on looking for a job.
To anyone not sure about getting help with their job search, there is the expression, “If you could do it alone, you would have done it already”
Excellent video. I agree, always, always keep your options open!! The days of working at one company for 20+ years is a thing of the past!
I worked for one of the top SaaS companies in the industry for 3 years. Things had gotten stagnant. No one was getting promoted. The wages were really low. The raises were stingy at best. The work kept getting harder. Some of our benefits were getting taken away. Management didn't seem to care and didn't offer much in the way of being excited to work for them. People on my team kept leaving which I eventually did too. It was disappointing to have to leave but I thought it was the right move. But then 18 months later, I was let go and went back to my old company as a contractor. To my surprise and jealousy, they had made a lot of changes while I was gone for that 18 months such as giving annual bonuses which they hadn't done previously and a new building was in the works which the CEO had said wasn't going to happen. If I'd only waited things out another year or so instead of leaving. The irony.
If you'd wait another year you'd be probably so burnt out and mentally exhausted that none of that would matter.
Your mental well being, as well as being appreciated by the company you work for is worth more than one benefit or another, just my 2 cents.
Hindsight is always 20/20. It might as well have continued to suck for another 5 years.
Is your pay as a contractor better than your old salary though?
@@kristianjensen5877 It was the same pay and no benefits. I tried to get another position there but too competitive at that point.
@@ahlsrobe Waw. You can search job in cloud company like AWS, Azure (Amazon and Microsoft)
Ironically the only time some companies are willing to change is only after good talent walks out the door. Very likely that if you and your colleagues never left things would have stayed the same.
Today I learned: 95% of the places people work are dead end companies
Majority of companies likely are dead end. It’s hard to have a successful, large corporation.
@@LindseyObrooke this is for a lot of mid size private companies
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Not 95% but certainly most companies will not have the growth that successful startups have at the threshold of explosion.
My employer has a reputation of treating injured or disabled employees poorly. Many their former customers are boycotting them and business has dropped considerably.
The owners are disengaged from the business. They publicly deny that there is any issues with employer/employee relations. I believe they will either be out of business in our community or they will have to sell to successful corporation.
It is one hot mess.
Either it's a deliberate ploy or they're simply incompetent.
A lot of the big name companies are great to gain experience, but they tend to farm juniors, have few skilled seniors.
My Job:
*Laughs at raises like a joke
*Never has a real plant manager for more than a few months
*Constantly behind
*Using horribly old tech we have to band aid daily
*Mandates overtime and weekends just to operate at a normal level.
I worked for a company that thought they were so great to work for they purposely paid in the lower 1/3 percentile for skilled labor. Their truth was we are so great.
Reality was there was astronomically high turnover and it was hard to find anyone who had any industry experience. Then they were wondering why turnover was so high. Go figure.
I know I've left critical comments on your videos before but THIS is a genuinely good and insightful video.
Found myself nodding to everything you were saying. I'm glad I've been throwing out my resume the last 2 weeks because the place I'm at now is a ditch
Same here! Good luck its tough out there unfortunately.
Thank-you! Know such information, has been valuable beyond measure today! 🎯
On my placement I did years ago there were no progress and it was a dead end job, even though it working in a funeral directors I did not have the tact, my speech was not clear because of my disability, so was not allowed to answer the telephones, deal with the clients etc. was not interested in seeing a dead body, all the jobs I have been temporary via employment agencies so been short term.
If I may ask, what made you want to become a funeral director if you were "not interested in seeing a dead body"?
@@maxalberts2003 It was not my first choice of placement, the training provider picked our placement for us, base on whether we were doing IT or admin, nobody from the training provider wanted to do their placement at the funeral directors including myself, and should have had more common sense to ask for another placement
While I do appreciate and love all the advice and expertise given with your videos, I wish the information was accessible for those who are not working in tech, HR, administrative work, computers and/or programming. Many of us work in fields that are more blue collar or dealing with the general health of public. I feel some of your information and terminology doesn’t register as well to those who work in those positions.
Okay this is a good one and excellent advice. I was at a dead end employer and saw most of the stuff on this list. I saw the signs right when I started but was so focused on my individual work I didn't see the bigger picture but one day my co-workers pointed out that our customer was insisting we install some of our competitors equipment for them.
Not competitive with salary, high turnover and limited career opportunities where I work. The social psychology is very particular and if you don't play the role, you aren't going anywhere and you'll be paid submarket. Shift left management is a big thing and rewarding a few to squeeze hard.
I worked for a recruiting company. The channel was so dependent on Facebook. I could see that the model was not sustainable long term. I got out before Meta crashed. Last I heard most of the people I worked with also left. And this wasn't that too long ago - just 2 years. Most of their team has less than 2 years experience and I heard they've had people quit on them in a year.
Glad I got out.
I'm curious about how the company was dependent on FB? Did the recruiters simply send out cold call messages to random people? Every time I think I've heard of the lowest, stupidest employment practices, I find myself shocked by something even stupider. Americans scratch their heads wondering why our economy is in turmoil. All these companies have some morbidly obese GED recipient named Cath as their "HR Rep" who speaks really, really slowly and dresses up to work in a factory.
@@maxalberts2003 it was a participant recruitment firm. I can't be specific because it was a niche industry but they looked for people to participate in studies and stuff. So Facebook was much more ideal vs. LinkedIn. But when I was there, the advertising costs were rapidly rising up. Most people in operations, and I worked with some, not all, wonderful people while I was there, were scratching their heads how to make the outfit work. That was compounded by a new CEO that really pushed for more clients. We left and last I heard the CEO was demoted but is still there.
@@AA-db9cb When an attorney or an accountant becomes a partner/shareholder/CEO in a firm, he or she usually pays for the privilege by significant financial investment in the organization, thus rendering him or her immune to 99% of the criticism he or she would otherwise have to occasionally face. I expect it's similar for physicians, but in Minnesota they're hogtied and can even be sued for quitting their HMOs. (My own doctor is going through Hell right now for having done so.)
Looks like everybody saw the company circling the drain...The tech sector got hammered last year and this year.
@@hag12100 the way down is a wild ride. You see all the stages of grief. Angry people and lots of blaming going around. The workers usually keep quiet until they find another position or just can't take it and then you hear goodbyes, see you again in another gig.
I spent more than a decade working at a company that used antiquated equipment. When I started working there in 2004 the equipment they used was already on its way out as most printing companies were switching to direct-to-plate & digital while they were still using imagesetters and film processing. Eventually the manufacturer of the imagesetter no longer supported it, replacement parts were no longer available, and we had to order film from 3rd world countries. I assumed at some point they would upgrade, but once I realized they wouldn’t I began looking elsewhere only to also realize my experience & skills had become as antiquated as their equipment. Printing companies that had switched to DTP & digital 5-10 years prior were using automated workflow systems & processes I had no knowledge or experience in so even though I had over a decade of experience it was practically worthless. This is high end, multi million dollar software & systems I could only learn through on the job training.
The company I worked for was stable in their small niche and stuck in that mindset. As long as I stayed working there I had stable employment, but I was stuck there. My resume grew more & more antiquated & worthless as the years went on. I did eventually land another job gaining experience in updated technology, but continued to be behind the curve playing catch up for the remainder of that career.
I’m retired now, but I think of my time at that company as the worst career decision of my life.
Did this company happen to be in Minnesota?
@@maxalberts2003 Nope, California. They were still using that imagesetter (Panther) when I left the end of 2013!
@@Hislittlelamb The State of Minnesota is FULL of places like that--particularly in government offices. I know a secretary who wouldn't let go of her DOS and they let her keep it until the whole computer crashed and burned. I don't understand the reasoning. Or, I do understand it, and it's pathetic: they use what they can afford. Their budgets are limited, are cut every year, and they're told by politicians to improvise. With private businesses the motives are less clear. Incompetence seems to be chief among the qualities of any failed business, and I would imagine this extends to all kinds of decisions--what hardware and software to purchase, who to hire, how to create a solid, functional infrastructure, etc. And it's as he says in the video, they start off badly, have no idea what they're doing because somebody once told them they should create a start-up, but what they actually end up creating is disaster.
My question is: with so many businesses failing to respond positively to new technologies, what's the condition of the people and places who actually INVENT this stuff? I mean, why create something fresh, dynamic and intuitive if no one is going to buy it? Apparently they're finding out in northern Cali right now. And what will happen when other countries (oh, say, maybe, China) take up the challenge and boot the USA into the Third World? It's on its way. Finally, American parents who can't foresee this stuff happening are encouraging their offspring to "get in the trades" rather than go to college. Well, what the hell do they think the trades ARE? No one makes a living in a niche career. ("Oh I'm a carpenter. I don't use technology.") Yoiks.
@@maxalberts2003 The company I worked at was started by the father, whose wife & kids helped out. The company grew quite large and they relocated, building a huge facility specific to their purpose. After he passed away the family continued to run the shop with the mom, siblings, their spouses and grandkids holding all the management & upper management positions. Pure nepotism, given jobs because of their relationships rather than their talent or skill.
You’d think the grandkids at least would be more innovative & forward leaning, but apparently not since “grandma” was still in charge. They had a small niche in the printing market and focused their efforts on maintaining that niche rather than expanding & competing for a larger share of the market. The equipment they had and the processes they used, although antiquated, worked for them even though they required more time & were more labor intensive. Most of the labor hired were low-wage immigrants on work Visas, making them beholden to that job to retain their status until they could apply for Permanent Resident.
The company, having cheap labor wasn’t interested in investing $$ into less labor intensive technology. They worked them in 12 hour shifts, 6 days/week, which enabled workers to earn more $$ from all the overtime, but destroyed marriages & families. It was hard, repetitive work too leaving most with repetitive strain injuries like Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and since these workers were on a work Visa they didn’t seek Worker’s Compensation. That was a big No-No. Even taking more days off than allowed could get you fired.
@@Hislittlelamb "Hiding" from the IRS is never a good idea. When an individual or a group want to start a business in the USA, they should have AT LEAST a basic awareness of the way the American economy functions. The company you've described sounds grim and stupidly managed. Multiply that by the thousands across this country. It's too bad--that company you worked for could have actually made something of itself if its owners hadn't gone the cut-rate, dead end route. Wasn't it their INTENTION to have a long term family business? Yet it was destroyed from within in less than two generations. I just can't get my head around it. But people continue to behave that way, all the time. Not a trace of family pride, or pride in their community.
I work in a regulated electric utility and it's godawful...
Let us not forget that most people don't actually give a squat about their "career". I worked on the weekends for a summer at this local company that assembles commercial furniture and does office renovations (in our large city). They pretty much have no competition because this company is pretty large for what they do, and they've been around for ~30 years. Pretty much all of them don't have a college degree, but they're totally content with their $23/hour wage, secure job, that the company is totally not innovative, etc. If this company is "innovative", like exactly how would that benefit a person whose job is simply to renovate offices and assemble furniture? In the time I spent there, the ONLY innovative thing I can think of is perhaps the "moving process". When they move clients to a different building for instance, they keep tab of everything on a notepad. Would be super nice if everything was digitized so you know exactly where all the new furniture goes, etc.
When you work for a company that has a lot of people with the same last name as the owner chances aren't good of getting the most desirable jobs there.
Keep résumé updated, be open to other opportunities, interview with other companies to keep practiced and see what else is out there. By all means, use your growth and other offers to advance in your current company if you like your workplace. Work smart, and if you are valued, they’ll keep you and you’ll grow your career.
High turnover rate, dying industry(letter mail presorting), lot of penny-pinching(resulting in a massive layoff for positions above site level), no career opportunities due to regular changes in organizational structure(I got into the highest possible position in 1 year that doesn't risk layoffs), and overall treatment of the maintenance tech department.
I stupidly spent 7 mo. at a local company because it was a short, easy commute.HUGE mistake. Very low pay for most. They constantly piled on more and more work. They were not happy with my speed or desire to think for myself. Tons of ticky little rules that were carved in stone. Phone had to be answered in less than 3 rings. No leaving early, ever. Minimal amount of paid holidays. Was not ever clear on exactly who my supervisor was, because about fifty people were ordering me around and wanted everything done instantly. Adios, jerks.
I would add lack of communication within the company. For example, I work at a State-managed community college. I was not told we hired a counterpart to me at one of out other campuses until 3 months after the individual began. The only hiring seems to be "executives" in jobs such as DEI.
For me it was an entire industry… I did real estate and it was becoming a rat race. I switched to tech but still have my brokers license. I couldn’t imagine still doing that full time!
This reminded me about the time, when my boss said that my comp is very competitive and I had already secured two job offers with ¼ more salary and much better benefits. One of those companies called 30 minutes before that very meeting. Oh yes, those were the times.
This was two weeks ago. Without me seeking a job and companies setting the salary offer, not me.
PS: I can not say, I was not using strategies teached and explained in this channel. ;-)
The problem I have at my current job is that there is definitely a need for more reach truck operators. Newer people are getting other positions in the warehouse while the people that want to do other things can't even grow their skills. I understand that some people may not want to drive the reach or Cherry picker, but dammit, offer these positions instead of placing family there. This will make it difficult for other companies to hire.
Top 5 seems like an extremely high bar or is there some extra detail i missed?
Great channel you are such a help🎉
You cannot be more correct!
yes, i am old and they want me to setup trinkets
leaving this area due to the work that has no value or is not even needed
Excellent-as usual. Thanks!
Brian/Bryan, you may or may not have noticed that businesses fail (non-public companies) in the third generation of family ownership. The reasons are fairly simple and self-explanatory.
I haven't watch your video or know if it pertains to what I'm about to say. At my work when employees put in their 2 weeks our managers would not submit their resignation papers till like the last day on the job just to be mean. It was kinda a retaliation thing. They didn't like employees leaving (it was always due to the hostile work environment) and the new job would keep trying to get in touch w them about paperwork. They didn't want to release our employee to the new job so they would make it difficult. They would even lie about employee performances to the new job just cause they didn't want to lose more people. It was terrible.
One day I might have to reference this so Imma have to save the link
My current company was a big name amongst the industry (and the industry is still thriving, so the market is still there), but now it has only two *overcrowded* offices, horrendously outdated PCs and the majority of the people there have been employed over 5 years. The environment seems to be very stagnant. While the owner wants to expand the company and hold big events to attract customers, his outdated way of thinking really shows, because the obvious lack of efficiency in terms of marketing.
And since it's a small company now, there is basically no place for promotion, because about a 1/3 or 1/4 of the people there are managers of some sorts.
The benefits are good, but I really cannot stand the environment.
The problems its when you live in a country like Portugal that 98% of companies are bad ones. What I you do? Create my own company, where I get the money?!
Leave Portugal and go to dublin. Best saas companies
I can relate to not getting their pay roll on time
I will start. Oudated technology and bad glassdoor company reputation. The non profit i used to work for had no computers available to staff within the program and had to share a oudated software laptop with other job coaches. Talk about a dead end job.
You keep mentioning technology. We should all be software engineers. The median total compensation is 200k. If you are in the top 25th percentile, you can make 500k to 700k. Wow you can easily be a millionaire.
Speaking of a dying company,
Google is a dying company. They are a dinosaur with no innovation. They are freaking out because of ChatGPT.
If everyone is a software engineer, nobody is getting those salaries. Also Google has to pivot somewhat but they're not dying. Most of their innovation is in unreleased products or services.
Only in Seattle
or being in a company that competes by bullying or unethical means instead of doing actual innovation.
My shop was still using a blue screen 🙄
You mentioned companies that have a monopoly and not really trying hard: cable companies
There are tips for not try to enter in a dead and company?
Same tips?
Nice advices but even the most well known tech-companies had serious lay-offs after pandemic. Excluding Elon case which is ridiculous, most of their CEO's admitted that they made incorrect projections with the hype of internet during pandemic and did not act fast enough to execute individual based layoffs whenever necessary which turn into massive layoffs as result. And of course, this patterns repetitions is the thing that matters. Hight employee circulation is generally a red flag for a company but it must be normalized by the sector, as software tech-companies has naturally higher employee circulation then a medicine research company.
Thoughts on the company Verizon ?????
No such thing as a "career", only jobs.
Piicomm, a company in Alfred, ON, is definitely a dead end company.
Like 6 red flags after listening to this about my company.
I gotta jump ship asap.
7:00 Layoffs. Hmmm. Delta, American, United, Continental, USAir, TWA, .....................what name is missing? The airline that has never had a layoff. Oh yeah, those tech laggards.
using "industry" examples from 23 years ago means you just went over the heads of anyone 30 and younger
Here is another one - they promote people who are much worse than you at your job.
@life after layoff Do mortgage companies call your work to verify employment?
I work in HR and yes they do. At the beginning and end of the process. They do one last check just before closing to see if you are still employed.
Yes, they definitely do. Maybe not all, but my previous lender definitely reached out to my company's accountant/controller.
Should you be worried if you work for a company that makes Morse code machines?
Probably not. If they survived thing long then they are bullet proof. With all the focus on energy disruption, clean energy; parts of the world experience lengthy power cuts. Morse code (according to Hollywood) always seems to be the fall back option when all else fails.
Always be closing
Do the ladies call you the “silver stallion”?
Wtf
The ladies and the boys alike
Bruh my company is running outlook 2010 still lol fuck
I worked for an innovative company but was denied the opportunity to work on IMPACTFUL projects to prove myself for a promotion. Money isn't the only motivator, but growth and making an impact do too.
My story:
• Designer with 11 years experience
• Stayed with a large broadcast company for nearly 5yrs and hoped to make it. Projects got canceled or outsourced to contractors. I was stuck with BAU work 95% of the time. When an opportunity came for a promotion, they said I havent delivered significant impact and they aren't obligated to promote me. I chose to leave because they wasted my time, stunted my growth + new head was power trippy.
• After a month of applications, it turned out my skills were stagnant and couldn't land senior roles. I signed up to a ux/ui bootcamp to upskill.
• Eventually landed a job at another big company. After proving myself and being reliable (1.5 yrs), I asked to take responsibility for a part of our new project. I was turned down and told "we appreciate you skilling up, but you dont have experience in that skill. It'll be risky".
• I was burned out, felt lost and felt i was trapped in a cycle. I lost all desire of progressing and lossy interest in design.
• Picked up coding and felt happy making things work. A year of self study after work, i gave my notice, left that company and my design career forever.
I've recently finished a coding bootcamp and looking for work at the moment. I believe I'll land something eventually.
Dunder Mifflin?
Listening to this guy is depressing.