I work at a company that says this and yes they call you asking why you're not in when your on holidays booked months in advance, even if you give them notice and remind them.
yeah my boss once asked about my weekend plans and was then miffed that i had other plans besides the company. life is too short to put on hold for a company.
@@asadb1990 I recently did a project that lasted for a couple of months and worked with a few very young people. Pushy boss meant I had to remind the youngsters that just saying no to the extra hours should be enough. No elaboration needed. And "Do you have plans?" would always be replied with just a "Yes." /"What are you planning on doing this weekend?" "Oh, I have a bunch of stuff that needs to get done." I will happily talk about other things, but my plans for future days off are so not my bosses business.
Really? The best office I ever worked in had a Soviet Union banner along with a cutout of putin riding a horse wearing a cowboy hat. So many great jokes were made there.
I'm a graphic designer. Attempted free labor theft is super common. I watermark everything. I'm not some kid out of college, I ain't got time for wage theft.
At 18ish I liked to play around with PhotoShop, I was never that great to be honest, but I still found some website online that had stolen one of my designs. I can only imagine how bad it must be for pros.
I worked for a film studio for free for 10 fucking years. I've done two apprenticeships as an adult for a roof over my head because the $2-5 an hour job came with a room and I had to do a full time qualification somehow at the same time as a job whee I'm on duty and on site 24/7. I have 16 years experience riding and caring for horses but get talked to like shit. I'm 28. When can I actually make a living.
@@SobrietyandSolace you actually let someone slave drive you for 10year and then except peanut pay...have some self respect please don't let people take the piss
Also! I interviewed folks quite often when we were still in house. When they ask "did you find the place ok?", "Any fun plans after?", "Enjoying this weather?" Do. Not. Go. In. Depth. My colleagues would listen for things like transportation, family, personal life to get that information that is illegal to directly ask about. If it's illegal to ask directly, don't use it as an answer for an indirect questions
I'd totally find a slightly unusual but perfectly reasonable lie as for your plans after then use that very same lie verbatim in every interview after if it works once
I don't like the smalltalk. I answer the questions, but keeping a conversation going is not exactly my strong suit. The worst part is: The smalltalk is said to be what employers value the most.
I once did that thing after an interview for a job that I didn't get whereby I (very politely) asked the recruiter why I didn't get the job because I wanted to be better in any other job interviewer and would appreciate advice. After a lot of insistence (again, really polite) on my part the HR recruiter told me: "Your CV was great and they liked a lot of ideas in your interview - but they didn't like *you*." And that's why I spent the next 20 years of my working life as a freelancer earning a damn good living without having to care about whether people liked me on a full time salary.
Several interviews like this, in one they offered me an interview for the next grade up on the spot (instant promotion) they then spent the whole interview trying to tear into my technical knowledge, I knew the area inside out and it was embarrassing how little they understood. I had to explain basic techniques to them. You could tell, from the moment I walked in, I had rubbed them up the wrong way. They shot down examples of handling issues with collaborative projects as not being confrontational enough (you don’t take suppliers to court over minor design issues). My feedback was I didn’t have the technical ability for the role despite being interviewed for a different role & holding my own. I complained to their HR in the end saying it was the “most abrasive interview I have ever experienced”. The recruiter had kept chasing for a feedback form Actually thinking about it, it was weird all round, I arrived an hour early and there was a graduate role being interviewed at the same time, a lad was so nervous he was crying I had a chat with him and tried to give him some interview prep. A girl walked in 45 minutes late for the same interview and they didn’t seem concerned, that broke his spirit.
being likeable or simply a good fit to an existing team is possibly THE most important thing to find out during an interview...you can fit in all the skills etc but if they dont think you will fit you wont get the job - you maybe put on the backburner as a 2nd choice IF the 1st choice doesnt work out
The asking if you have children is also a red flag if you don't have/want kids, cause a lot of companies ask that and expect you to work more or have last pick on vacation time cause you "don't have a real family"
@@venmis137 it is in the us too. The problem is if it comes up how to steer away from it bc it is still seen a lot bc it is hard to stop something in a one on one interview if you do not know they are not allowed to ask
One of my employers knew I didn't have a family (as in was homeless ad am estranged form every single member of my family and no NO ONE in the county) I did not leave my workplace for 8 straight months except for one day near Christmas, but I worked 6 days a week as well as night shifts every day including my 'day off', so I slept there, couldn't have any visitors and could not leave and also have my phone on constantly to check if I was going to be asked to come in to work 3 hours early and stay late.the next day with less than 8 hours notice. wORKING P TO 16 HOURS A DAY OUTDOORS IN THE MIDDLE OF FLOODING AND WINTER STORMS i WAS JUST CONSTANTLY SOAKING WET AND FREEZING. I used one vacation day for vacation and the rest was used up with me doing apprenticeship coursework during 2 weeks of isolation because I'm vulnerable to corona (but I'll get asked ti come in to work immediately with zero notice on my vacation days anyway with no social distancing) which should be done during my paid contracted hours, not at 4 in the morning or when I'm meant to be on vacation
It's also bad if you do have/want kids (especially of you are a woman) because they will assume that if you have kids you'll take more time off and if you want kids they'll think you want maternity leave or will just quit to take care of them, neither of which they want to deal with, so they'll be less likely to give you the job.. basically, answering that question is a no-win scenario so 🚩🚩🚩
My mom’s boss was interviewing her friend for a job and it was going well but she was really nervous to tell them that she was pregnant. When she did the boss was indifferent and gave her the job saying she would just go on maternity leave when she needed to. I wish that was the standard for compagnies. 🙄
I have weekly meetings with my boss and every time she emails to arrange the meeting I still think "oh god she only wants to meet so she can fire me" (even though every week she tells me how grateful she is that I'm working for her!) so I can definitely relate to the imposter syndrome!
My supervisor at my old job used to pull people into a meeting room anytime she needed to talk about anything. Every time she got me in there it was to put me on a special job or because she needed to lend someone to another department and I was one of the people she trusted not to embarrass her, but it was also the room she fired people in and every time, every single time I thought I'd done something horribly wrong.
Me at my monthly 1-2-1 meetings with my manager (bc in a previous job I actually got fired during my 3 month review. They were listing stuff I’d done wrong and I was like ‘I’m really sorry, I’ll work on that’ and they were like ‘you don’t understand - we’re firing you.’) So now I’m paranoid whenever I make one (1) mistake.
my dad actually told me that if i went to an interview and asked i should say that i'm single and focused on work because any woman in a relationship is vivewed as a future mother and no one wants to pay her maternity leave and the extra time she need to care for children and all of that house stuff, while for men it didn't matter much, just how many days you could send them on company trips that's misoginy ingrained at its finest
It's illegal for an employer to not give you work because you might get pregnant... but sadly there are still some out there that think that way. Not most, but some.
It’s not really misogyny to assume that a woman looking to have kids soon might leave you high and dry work wise. I’ve been the coworker in this type of situation. We had a woman go on maternity leave two years in a row. Everyone else had to pick up the slack because we couldn’t fill her position. I understand why we as a society made this type of question illegal, but it doesn’t change reality.
@@obits3 it's misogyny because child care is considered the woman's job only (maternity leave is an example of this as the child usually has two caring parents) but also things after that (eg. Taking the kid to doctors appointments, school, school meetings, play dates, etc) is all considered and expected to be done by a mother and that's what most companies think about. But for male employees, there is no real thought of "he has family responsibilities now so he won't be as available to focus or do all the work he once did". This means that if you have a couple, only the woman's career is expected to stop or stiffle after having a kid, rather than both of them and that's because only the woman is expected to be the on-call and all-time parent, rather than both of them.
@@ninawii5318 On the other hand, most women tend to seek husbands that make more money than them. As a natural result, it makes more sense for the husband to keep his career. There are exceptions, but companies deal with what is probable. I agree that women in general shouldn't be assumed to be potential mothers in every job interview, but you have to admit that someone deliberately taking a job only to get pregnant within a year is going to hurt their coworkers.
I'm 14 and I wanted a Saturday job but the manger of the youth worker literally said "oh and by the way you'll be doing the work of a regular adult would do in a week to give you more responsibility" they wanted me to a week's worth of work in 5 hours!!! At 14 when a 30 year old does it in a week. I'm the type not to take shit so I just said "are you actually mad there's no way in hell I can do that" I have multiple hidden disabilities so it just wasn't happening and said thank you for your time but no thanks.
I didn’t realise youth centres using child labour was so common, I literally took that same job jus with full time hours when I was 14 & was paid next to nothing while being told I’d receive qualifications most of which mysteriously vanished when it came time to collect em -.-
Been looking for jobs recently and one has this spiel about how 'every day is different! you might be in at 5.30 getting the bakery up and running for the day, or in til 11.30 getting things ready for tomorrow!'. Just. Come on. Stop trying to make out that crazy irregular hours are anything other than a horrible thing.
yes I was suckered into my last job by being told I would be a doing a variety of jobs. It was a supermarket with many different sections....after the 1st day I was put in their kitchen which provided customer meals in their cafe/restaurant...Inever got out until Covid menat the restaurant had to close so I was then put on tills and shelf filling
A Useful question to ask in an interview is "why are you hiring for this position?" because that can tell you a lot. For example recently a job I applied for I asked this and they had to admit it was because they made a load of people redundant and were a bit overzealous.
i think its a question that people have been brainwashed NOT to ask fearing its rude, but i think it can reveal red flags particularly from clumsy interviewers
@@atomiccritter6492 you aren’t brainwashed, if someone has a high turnover rate they are not going to admit it’s because they are overworking and mistreating their employees. It is a rude question and you just need to use your deductive reasoning in this case.
In Poland we have 26 vacation days by law and it was crazy to me, when I found out that in the US for example they only have a few if any?! I mean, do you people exist juust to work all your life, not travelling or doing anything else besides working?
If you are hourly you usually get no paid time off. A normal amount of patf vacation that I can tell from a 9 to 5 after a few months is 2 weeks, can go up to 4 weeks in you have worked there a long time. Pretty bad. Labor laws are being fought for but unions have not been popular for a while so it won't change quickly. I don't think there are any laws about how many days you have to give people. So it just ends up as special benefits companies can chose to allow or not
My biggest problem with this entire effort behind writing tons cover letters and getting rejected anyway is, that I don’t get them back like a high school test where they tell me what I did wrong. I just get a rejection and then get to guess what was wrong: My choice of words, my resume, my reasons of interests, my strong points. School never taught me how to sell myself. Uni never taught me how to sell myself and rejection letters only tell me „there was something wrong“ but I don’t know what.
@@RosesAndIvy Yeah there's a youtube channel with a woman names Cassie and she says at the end to ask if there was anything from the interview that would cause any hesitation with going forward with you and this will definitely give you feedback. Although the 2 times I used it I did not get the job but I at least knew what I had to improve on.
The thing I really don't like during interviews is when I ask them what some of the daily tasks are and they respond with "it's changes on a day to day basis". I would much rather someone say "sometimes you're testing, sometimes it's data analysis, sometimes you are scheduling workflow etc". They do say similar things but the second one at least makes me think you know what job you are hiring me for.
@@pippylunalove normally the person was key but the company didn't know why and the person was fed up doing everything and just left for something more structured and now the company is hoping the new hire will dig them out the shit.
Once I went in for a marketing/sales internship interview and they started interviewing me for a graphic design internship. Like they had NO IDEA what they were hiring for!
When I was a student I saw a part-time job that looked vaguely interesting working on a shop's website. I took in my CV, handed it in. I was then pulled, with no notice, straight into a back room and given a PhotoShop exercise to do. I had in no way expected to be tested then and there, I was literally out shopping with my mum and just stopped off to hand in the CV. I had also never done the specific tasks in PhotoShop that they required - had I been given a prearranged interview as normal, I would probably have taught myself to do them; I've done them since and they're pretty easy. Needless to say, I didn't get the job, but even if I had I'm not sure I would have wanted to work for that employer.
Biggest red flag I encountered: when you turn up to an interview and there's an argument going on between an ex-employee and the staff about her not getting paid. Three months later and I ended up doing the exact same thing. They jerked me around and stalled to avoid paying me, and ended up paying a round figure in cash (which was actually more than they owed me!) ...but only after my dad and I came in to kick up a stink about it. A few months later I got a call from the Inland Revenue asking about these extra earnings, and took *immense* pleasure in ratting the company out as they'd clearly hired me off the books. Moral: if you're going to do that, treat the person you're hiring better.
not really a red flag but something that pissed me off, at my retail job (where like 60% of employee's are female), the 'uniforms' (polo shirts and a hoodie) are only available in mens sizes. I also had to wear a mens xxl hoodie my first year of working there (bearing in mind i'm usually a small in women's clothing)
If I was really passionate about the small start-up, I'd take the job but you better believe that I'd be making passive aggressive comments about the vitamin water when I'm feeling broke.
At my first job, at a place somewhat similar to home depot etc (mostly for construction) I was an intern/in learning sales assistant. As a an intern, I was already making less than minimum wage in my country. Legally I was also not allowed to be the only sales person in the building. I was regularly told by the others "I'm going home early, you close up. Just remember to never kick out customers etc" This resulted in me about to close up, having to welcome in, and show customers kitchen concepts. Then as they were about to leave, another wanted to look at the very same thing. I often ended up working 1-2 hrs extra. Worse still, overtime for interns gets translated into "walk off time" instead. So basically 8 hrs of walkoff time, just equated to a day off. The problem was, it needed to be approved ahead of time. The boss also told us regularly to call customers, and tell them to come buy stuff. Which is straight up illegal here, and also just awkward as heck
I was once told by the hiring manager that "my role would evolve and additional responsibilities would give me opportunities to prove myself even if I were to stay in the same position". That was his way of saying that my level of responsibility would increase without a commensurate increase in compensation. I wasted 2 years of my life at that job.
Its sadly normal behaviour for companies to employ you to do x,y and z and then simply add tasks possibly take 1 away but overall you will be doing far more than you were originally taken on for. Of course they will expect this with no increase in pay. Plus factor in when companies downsize often in a team of say 10 it will be reduced to 7 but the 7 remaining people will still have to do the same work as the 10 before
If a employer offers full time hours volunteering with the “possibility” of getting hired for a role, don’t take it, it will not lead to a paid position they’re just trading out free labour.
Sighhhh... even getting HIRED doesn’t make you safe. Did one test article for a remote writing company, got hired, did a real one, then got GHOSTED by them and haven’t heard since.
I just saw a job ad that, after stating the office hours are 9 am to 6 pm, said "must also be available early mornings, week nights, and weekends." So literally all of the time? Lmao no
😂😂😂 This is why it's so hard to get a part time job most of the time. I remember even a lot of retail places kept saying must be available during all store hours 😐 good thing I had a friend who worked at a retail place that didn't require that bc I would have never got a job in uni that was semi good.
Omg, it's so crazy... Last time you posted a video like this, I had a job interview the next day. And again, I have a job interview tomorrow. How do you always know?! Haha
11:10 that is one great thing about germany: you can't be fired for no reason, or because of sickness or because the boss wants to employ his friend's son and doesn't have any more room for you, he needs a valid reason
The story about using their idea, that’s why I’d only trust them if they said pitch/sell me this water bottle or this pen. (Something that already existed a common day object and they can’t steal the idea) they want to know your sales ability not get your great ideas.
Interviewed for 2 jobs at the same time, asked them both what the most rewarding part of the job was and one of them said “getting the work done”. It’s such a sad response to me? Don’t get me wrong, I love working and getting my work done but that can’t be the singular most rewarding part!
Im graduating uni this year and this video has so much great perspective in it that I will keep in mind while trying to tackle the "real world" job market
I always thought the "we are like a family" line means "we expect you to sacrifice for us when needed like a family member, instead of the normal societal expectation of not screwing us over for no reason"
Yeah, there is usually a very good reason for the "screw over". Think about it. You are supposed to give a two week notice when you quit BUT a company layoff gives you no warning. They are laying you off, the company/economy is having issues, it's not the people BUT they don't trust that people will show up to work, do their jobs, for the next two weeks to get that layoff package. They give you NO warning, yet you have to give them a warning. You did nothing wrong, yet (if you don't want to burn that bridge - in case you're desperate in the future) you can not tell them the many things they did wrong to make you look for another job. Hypocrisy. So it's never really an employee "screwing you over for no good reason". That's just some of the cool aide they make you drink when they start paying you a little more.
It is illegal in USA but what is going to happen? Will police bust down the door to arrest them instantly? If you tactfully decline the answer or call out that it is illegal there is a slim chance you will get hired
This is a complex topic but in general an 'idea' is not copyrightable, only the specific expression of that idea. For example, saying X artist on the cover of Y magazine taken by Z photographer is likely not protected. If the pitch was far more detailed, such as X artist, in front of their home, just as the sun was rising with the artist wearing their signature shirt promoting their new album while they hold the new album. Then off set their profile image on the cover of Y magazine, with the Artist lined up under the letter 'A' of the title. Make sure to use Z photographer, and ensure they use their P1000 camera, lens V on a tripod from 24 meters away from the artist and light baffles in an arc at 3.2 degrees focusing just above the artist's left shoulder. Then it 'might' be protected, because it's no longer just a general idea but a specific expression of that idea.
Got this one from my dad - it's not a red flag, per se, BUT if you are filling out a job application and they ask "what salary would expect" write down "negotiable" because if you state a figure, they might have had a higher figure in mind to offer you, and you lost money you could have had.
I just had someone offer me part time after posting a full time position and suggesting it’s okay because I can probably still collect unemployment. Wtf is happening. They said full time is the goal in 3 months.... like what......
@@ruthfoley2580 Thanks! 🙏🏿Yes this happened to me before and I exceeded the goal.... still didn’t get full time. I’m in sales so they always move the target when you do employment contracts like that.
I had the same thing happen to me a couple months ago, only I was offered a contract position. I turned it down because I didn't trust them after that and ended up getting a better full-time position with benefits elsewhere.
Or when you ask about training and development, and they just murmur about how it’s all “on the job”, aka there is none. Last time this happened to me it was a university, who had all of resources for exactly that, but none of the motivation.
On the “we’re like a family” one I watched a video once of someone who worked in HR and got a degree in it and she said that companies use that term so they can make employees work late/overtime/for little pay because “Families help each-other out”. But they mask this behind “amazing benefits like pizza parties every Friday and we all go out with each other on weekends” no thanks
This looks good but I got here too soon I'm gonna come back in an hour when there are more comments. Edit: all these jobs tips are great and after watching this video recently watching some other smaller youtubers I really appreciate the video quality and the lack of random auto focus. Looking back on your old videos and how much you've improved since then is awesome!
but also like... it wasn't until i started a job at a decent company with a manager that actually cared about me and my wellbeing and not just my pRoduVtiviTy that I realised that I've really been through some atrocious shit at my previous jobs. Once that standard is set its hard to go bacckkkk (side note, I am pretty sure JD is job description)
Weirdest Red Flag I've gotten: A hiring manager visibly disappointed bordering on disgusted in my saying "Quality" when they asked whether I was a quality or quantity type of person
The sad thing is that thanks to those two videos, I’m now very aware of these red flags but I’ll never be able to benefit from that knowledge because I’m so desesperate for a job. I will put up with anything you throw at me if you give me ANY monetary compensation.
I walked out of 3 interviews and greatly objected and made a point in two others saying if you want more details or develop this it will cost you X due to my time and skill will cost you and you are not getting it for free - I hate being taken advantage of
well that's the first time I've been described as a sexy circle of a lens, also the most recent complement I've had in ages so I'll take it for all its worth
The job I worked at until a week ago never actually said "many hats" but my God everyone (especially my immediate boss) were required to do EVERYTHING without proper pay
I used to work in a call centre and we were expected to answer calls up until the end of our shift. A call would last on average 7 minutes but in some cases, they could last over an hour. We also had to log our calls in our ticketing system and answer tickets raised online/via e-mail. Logging the calls wasn't bad because that can be done during the call but we were not given any time to wrap up what we had done. This meant in some cases, someone could be in a call which finishes after their shift ends but they now have e-mails/tickets they need to respond to before they can go. We were not allowed to leave any tickets open when we left or pass them to the queue for someone else to pick up. They also refused to pay for the extra time this took. One time, my phone rang maybe 2-3 minutes before I was supposed to finish. I answered the phone and it ended up being a difficult customer and the call ended up taking almost 2 hours. When I brought it up with my manager that I had worked 2 hours overtime because of this, his response was "you should have been better at handling the call" and had no sympathy for me in the slightest. I wasn't even expecting overtime rates (1.5x or "time and a half"), just the standard rate as if it was a normal shift. His response annoyed me and I asked him to listen to the call recording and tell me how I could have handled it better. He refused to do so and when I brought it up with HR, they refused to do anything. Making a long story short, I ended up taking it to small claims court and won. The company not only had to pay for the extra 2 hours of work at overtime rate instead of the standard rate I originally requested, they had to pay for my legal fees and an extra £500 to me for wasted time. This job was barely over minimum wage too so those 2 hours would have been
good for you making a stand. Unpaid overtime by this sort of method is insidious much like when companies have a culture of people working through lunch breaks HR are useless in general and will ALWAYS side with the employer
I want to use the "Is there anything about my resume that concerns you" line but I'm afraid that my wording and demeanor is going to make it sound like "I know my resume is shite, can I please convince you to hire me anyway?!" In other words, what if it makes me sound like I'm _not_ confident about my abilities? It also doesn't help that it's a different language and culture in my case. Maybe they'll even overanalyze it and think "maybe I _should_ be worried". Sometimes when you ask people to find fault in something, and there's nothing immediately obvious, they're gonna try to see anything as a fault just so they don't come up short. But maybe instead of worrying about how to word it, I should just employ the tactic in whatever way comes naturally. I don't have a lot of experience and I'm largely self-taught but I've gotten jobs in coding (software/web dev) because I'm very open and openly myself, I have no problem talking about my faults but I can show my potential and how my different ways of thinking (high functioning autism) can be a huge asset. I don't bullshit anyone, and I'd honestly be scared sh*tless of getting a job on false pretenses, if people thought I was more capable than I actually am. So in a way, I've already been using the same mentality as in that original line.
good for you - be yourself. I think one major problem with interview advice is that if it doesnt suit your character/personality it will ALWAYS come across as fake...somehow if you want to use it you need to personalise it
I'm a teacher and some of the less reputable schools will ask you to teach an unpaid demo lesson. I've never done it myself, but I had a friend who had to teach a group of staff who were pretending to be children. He didn't take the job.
That’s pretty common around here. I did a load of teaching assistant interviews where I did their display boards, planned and supported children in group activities and marked books, among other things, as part of the interview process. There were at least five of us per interview. Talk about free labour!
Good call, I worked at a place that required a demo, they were awful. A school that brags too much about their national test scores.... but doesn't pay well. Let's just say the scores are cooked.
Evan, have just discovered your channel and I am living for it. Coincidentally I lived abroad for many years and for 4 years was in Philly PA, The thing that you may not be aware of is after a few peak years you start to get pushed at the other end as well. I was reading that in NY age discrimination is kicking in at age 38 now, I certainly started to experience comments at age 42.. Many, MANY of my friends have been made redundant from extremely senior positions because they just become too expensive. I guess this is why the average age of an entrepreneur is actually 46.
Also.....in NY I was once handed a JD which stated that I had 5 days holiday a year which had to be taken between Christmas and New Year, I once went 18 months without any actual holiday, also a friend had a contract with 1 day paid maternity which was the day you would actually give birth on.
Right now I might take a pay cut for full benefits (American here) and a bunch of cool extras instead---but with kids, I'd have to sorely pass too. Unless they also had a daycare program, or something for school-age kids. Gotta support the fam before all else. And with the "do you have/plan on having children?" question, what is a good way to shut that down without being like "uhh, isn't that an inappropriate question?" Like maybe "yes, I do, but [work-related response]" or "Not currently, but I hope to support my family through [work]." but I'm also pretty sure any good HR team would be like NO NO NO NO to interviewers asking that. Treat yoself with a good HR team 👏
I am a native Spanish speaker and currently want to learn English so I was looking for youtube channels in English to practice my listening and I found yours and I really don't regret having found it I love your videos and the way you express yourself👍 (although sometimes you speak a little fast 😅)
9:00 Years ago I worked for an airline a Cabin crew class on their FIRST day was addressed by the then CEO who informed them 'If any of you want to have children in the next 3 years I suggest you get up and leave right now because this is not the job for you ! '
"many hats" also applies to non-profits. I was development director, bike instructor, marketing director, and advocacy director at one job. For $30,000 a year 😂
Watching Evan struggle to work out JD meant job description was mesmerising. Like, surely he knows it's that? He's gotta be just playing with us, right?
I once worked for a green and gold bookstore. Not only did they only pay me $7.25 per hour but the gal I interviewed with told me that "this job has to be your career", I was told not to work any other jobs. Wish I had not gotten that job.
There’s always a company hiring in my area that’s always talking about how great their workplace is, lunch on friday, air hockey tables, etc etc. a bunch of cool stuff. They literally never say what the role is, what company they are, or where they’re located.
Lol, I am 16 years old and had two jobs (you know like at a baker or a restaurant, not like office bc I'm 16. For both jobs, I only worked there for a few days, but immediatly stopped, because I HAVE standards and DON'T take people's shit. My standards: Fair pay, comfortable environment and no abuse of my naivity and ignorance as a teenager who's never had a job.... The amount of people that I've heard say "you have too high standards" really concerns me.
The person who was warned not to take the job… a similar thing happened to me. I was offered a job pretty well on the spot but a customer was in the vicinity and told me the reason the owner was hiring so quickly was because the other employees kept quitting because he wasn’t paying them! They weren’t getting their paychecks!
I used to work at a huge company (not startup) that implemented unlimited time off and it was awesome. I went from having only 2 weeks a year to taking up to 5 before feeling greedy. There are parameters, like not more than 3 weeks at a time, and if you want to take more than a week you have to ask at least a month before. And there are blocked periods of the year where you can't take any (when there's high activity), and you have to make sure your tasks are covered so you have to coordinate with your team.
Another one is when you interview for one thing and the the position is something else. I interviewed for a tech support job, and the day I started, learned I was the department manager. The pay was a lot but I still ran like a frightened deer.
I work at a place that has rubbish pay, no incentives, multiple job roles but pays for one role only and expects work for no pay. We are also expected to work at home for free. They utterly use and exploit the employees, not to mention the terrible bullying that goes on, it's a disgrace
For the perks part: the company with 3,000+ employees I applied for (and worked for on and off project-based for years) had a swimming pool, sauna, fully equipped gym, outdoor hobby equipment, meditation lounges, massage rooms etc, but I only got employed on constant 3 week contracts for years. No chance of planning your daily life for longer than that, and the shifts were all over the place; evening, very early morning, office hours, slightly shifted office hours, and all of these could be even earlier or later on weekends... I never knew beforehand what I would be handed the next 3 weeks. It might seem fancy but you can get yeeted at any time. For me it was when the middle management changed and they wanted to "shake things up in the office" AKA firing people who had been there for years.
Speaking of which, when is an appropriate time to take vacation during a new job? I've tried getting a job, but couldn't hold any for more than 2 or 3 months. Because for one thing, it was temporary employment and for the other, the company barely had anything to do. My job was to grind the samples as preperation for the various analysis, but we had a lot of calm days, with the worst ones only having up to 10 samples, after 4 hours for 4 hours. Grinding only requires a few minutes per sample. Why do companies search for new employees when there's an unreliable amount of work? Granted, in my first week in that particular department, the shelves with the to be ground samples were half-full (I think it was about 20 boxes per row, divided by 8 employees me included, with new boxes full of samples incoming. But one or two weeks later, there were usually only up to 5 boxes max at once. In the beginning, it took a lot of effort just to balance input and output, but soon after that, I yearned for effort. I hate it when I have nothing to do and just kind of sit there. I ended up playing a lot of Sudoku on my phone. Don't worry, the others did similar stuff in those situations.
I once was in charge of interviewing people for a job at a hotel that sucked and I was planning to quit bc they fudged my hours and stole pay from me. I was very frank with people about how much the job sucked. I said basically, if you *really* need a job bc otherwise you'll end up on the street, sure take the job - it's better than being homeless. However, if you have other options, choose those instead. In my last week I also turned people away at the reception desk by telling them we had a roach infestation, which was actually true. All that to say that you really ought to listen to current employees if they warn you away from the job.
My dad once made a good point about the question that often gets asked of women about whether they've got/are planning to have kids in that he would actually be more likely to hire a woman who does/is planning too as they're less geographically mobile as a result of their kids and therefore less likely to leave the company in the long-term, despite any maternity periods they might need off, just thought that was interesting- as you said though it still has no affect on a woman's ability to do a job whether she has/is planning to have kids or not
The last job that said we're a family didn't pay me a penny for 4 months hen I was working 7-9 days straight with 1 or two days off and blackballed me when I spoke up about it the same way my family treated me over opening my mouth about sexual abuse.
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Just to be clear in the UK at least it is super illegal to ask if someone male or female plans to have children in a job interview.
Job description.
JD is job description.
JD is Job Description!
"we're like a family" = "you're gonna see us on holidays"
I work at a company that says this and yes they call you asking why you're not in when your on holidays booked months in advance, even if you give them notice and remind them.
Yep, and at weekends!
"Look at me. I'm your family now."
yeah my boss once asked about my weekend plans and was then miffed that i had other plans besides the company. life is too short to put on hold for a company.
@@asadb1990 I recently did a project that lasted for a couple of months and worked with a few very young people. Pushy boss meant I had to remind the youngsters that just saying no to the extra hours should be enough. No elaboration needed. And "Do you have plans?" would always be replied with just a "Yes." /"What are you planning on doing this weekend?" "Oh, I have a bunch of stuff that needs to get done."
I will happily talk about other things, but my plans for future days off are so not my bosses business.
JD: job description. It was funny and pain at the same time watching Evan struggle
I thought he was gonna get it when he got that J was for "job", but nope
I was just sitting there going "Jod description.... no, JOB DESCRITPION. DESCRIPTION EVAN DESCRIPTION-- oh my god I give up"
oh my god I was pulling my lockdown hair out screaming this.
JINGLE DINGLE?!
I'm glad I'm not the only way have a giggle at that
having a massive banner from the soviet union in the office, that is a huge red flag
XD
The Chinese one, too… Both literally _and_ figuratively.
Got a bit of yellow on it, though
Here's the door
Really? The best office I ever worked in had a Soviet Union banner along with a cutout of putin riding a horse wearing a cowboy hat. So many great jokes were made there.
I'm a graphic designer. Attempted free labor theft is super common. I watermark everything. I'm not some kid out of college, I ain't got time for wage theft.
At 18ish I liked to play around with PhotoShop, I was never that great to be honest, but I still found some website online that had stolen one of my designs. I can only imagine how bad it must be for pros.
Even those of us straight out of college can't afford wage theft issues. Pay me for my labor.
I worked for a film studio for free for 10 fucking years. I've done two apprenticeships as an adult for a roof over my head because the $2-5 an hour job came with a room and I had to do a full time qualification somehow at the same time as a job whee I'm on duty and on site 24/7. I have 16 years experience riding and caring for horses but get talked to like shit. I'm 28. When can I actually make a living.
@@SobrietyandSolace you actually let someone slave drive you for 10year and then except peanut pay...have some self respect please don't let people take the piss
@@SobrietyandSolace I don't know where you live but that sounds incredibly illegal. Don't let someone take advantage of you like that.
Also! I interviewed folks quite often when we were still in house.
When they ask "did you find the place ok?", "Any fun plans after?", "Enjoying this weather?"
Do. Not. Go. In. Depth.
My colleagues would listen for things like transportation, family, personal life to get that information that is illegal to directly ask about. If it's illegal to ask directly, don't use it as an answer for an indirect questions
Wow. That's really bad.
I'd totally find a slightly unusual but perfectly reasonable lie as for your plans after then use that very same lie verbatim in every interview after if it works once
I don't like the smalltalk. I answer the questions, but keeping a conversation going is not exactly my strong suit. The worst part is: The smalltalk is said to be what employers value the most.
I once did that thing after an interview for a job that I didn't get whereby I (very politely) asked the recruiter why I didn't get the job because I wanted to be better in any other job interviewer and would appreciate advice.
After a lot of insistence (again, really polite) on my part the HR recruiter told me: "Your CV was great and they liked a lot of ideas in your interview - but they didn't like *you*."
And that's why I spent the next 20 years of my working life as a freelancer earning a damn good living without having to care about whether people liked me on a full time salary.
Several interviews like this, in one they offered me an interview for the next grade up on the spot (instant promotion) they then spent the whole interview trying to tear into my technical knowledge, I knew the area inside out and it was embarrassing how little they understood. I had to explain basic techniques to them. You could tell, from the moment I walked in, I had rubbed them up the wrong way. They shot down examples of handling issues with collaborative projects as not being confrontational enough (you don’t take suppliers to court over minor design issues). My feedback was I didn’t have the technical ability for the role despite being interviewed for a different role & holding my own. I complained to their HR in the end saying it was the “most abrasive interview I have ever experienced”. The recruiter had kept chasing for a feedback form
Actually thinking about it, it was weird all round, I arrived an hour early and there was a graduate role being interviewed at the same time, a lad was so nervous he was crying I had a chat with him and tried to give him some interview prep. A girl walked in 45 minutes late for the same interview and they didn’t seem concerned, that broke his spirit.
@@joshw5559 FORTY FIVE MINUTES L- oh god that’s death
being likeable or simply a good fit to an existing team is possibly THE most important thing to find out during an interview...you can fit in all the skills etc but if they dont think you will fit you wont get the job - you maybe put on the backburner as a 2nd choice IF the 1st choice doesnt work out
The asking if you have children is also a red flag if you don't have/want kids, cause a lot of companies ask that and expect you to work more or have last pick on vacation time cause you "don't have a real family"
It also, afaik, illegal in the UK.
@@venmis137 it is in the us too. The problem is if it comes up how to steer away from it bc it is still seen a lot bc it is hard to stop something in a one on one interview if you do not know they are not allowed to ask
One of my employers knew I didn't have a family (as in was homeless ad am estranged form every single member of my family and no NO ONE in the county) I did not leave my workplace for 8 straight months except for one day near Christmas, but I worked 6 days a week as well as night shifts every day including my 'day off', so I slept there, couldn't have any visitors and could not leave and also have my phone on constantly to check if I was going to be asked to come in to work 3 hours early and stay late.the next day with less than 8 hours notice. wORKING P TO 16 HOURS A DAY OUTDOORS IN THE MIDDLE OF FLOODING AND WINTER STORMS i WAS JUST CONSTANTLY SOAKING WET AND FREEZING. I used one vacation day for vacation and the rest was used up with me doing apprenticeship coursework during 2 weeks of isolation because I'm vulnerable to corona (but I'll get asked ti come in to work immediately with zero notice on my vacation days anyway with no social distancing) which should be done during my paid contracted hours, not at 4 in the morning or when I'm meant to be on vacation
@@SobrietyandSolace that sounds illegal af
It's also bad if you do have/want kids (especially of you are a woman) because they will assume that if you have kids you'll take more time off and if you want kids they'll think you want maternity leave or will just quit to take care of them, neither of which they want to deal with, so they'll be less likely to give you the job.. basically, answering that question is a no-win scenario so 🚩🚩🚩
My mom’s boss was interviewing her friend for a job and it was going well but she was really nervous to tell them that she was pregnant. When she did the boss was indifferent and gave her the job saying she would just go on maternity leave when she needed to.
I wish that was the standard for compagnies. 🙄
I have weekly meetings with my boss and every time she emails to arrange the meeting I still think "oh god she only wants to meet so she can fire me" (even though every week she tells me how grateful she is that I'm working for her!) so I can definitely relate to the imposter syndrome!
My supervisor at my old job used to pull people into a meeting room anytime she needed to talk about anything.
Every time she got me in there it was to put me on a special job or because she needed to lend someone to another department and I was one of the people she trusted not to embarrass her, but it was also the room she fired people in and every time, every single time I thought I'd done something horribly wrong.
Me at my monthly 1-2-1 meetings with my manager (bc in a previous job I actually got fired during my 3 month review. They were listing stuff I’d done wrong and I was like ‘I’m really sorry, I’ll work on that’ and they were like ‘you don’t understand - we’re firing you.’) So now I’m paranoid whenever I make one (1) mistake.
even if they have a sauna, I think I'd never feel comfortable enough in my work place to actually use it.
Yeah depends in which country/ where is to change
@@romainsavioz5466 it was finland so it's a regular part of our culture!
@@kattila7 Was it at Remedy Entertainment by chance?
@@Vinterloft i'm not sure, someone else talked about it
Not to mention, I need to not be around people during my breaks so that I can just chill.
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lmao glad u commented this
big mood though.....
my dad actually told me that if i went to an interview and asked i should say that i'm single and focused on work because any woman in a relationship is vivewed as a future mother and no one wants to pay her maternity leave and the extra time she need to care for children and all of that house stuff, while for men it didn't matter much, just how many days you could send them on company trips
that's misoginy ingrained at its finest
It's illegal for an employer to not give you work because you might get pregnant... but sadly there are still some out there that think that way. Not most, but some.
Actually those types of questions are illegal unless they pertain to the job.
It’s not really misogyny to assume that a woman looking to have kids soon might leave you high and dry work wise. I’ve been the coworker in this type of situation. We had a woman go on maternity leave two years in a row. Everyone else had to pick up the slack because we couldn’t fill her position. I understand why we as a society made this type of question illegal, but it doesn’t change reality.
@@obits3 it's misogyny because child care is considered the woman's job only (maternity leave is an example of this as the child usually has two caring parents) but also things after that (eg. Taking the kid to doctors appointments, school, school meetings, play dates, etc) is all considered and expected to be done by a mother and that's what most companies think about. But for male employees, there is no real thought of "he has family responsibilities now so he won't be as available to focus or do all the work he once did".
This means that if you have a couple, only the woman's career is expected to stop or stiffle after having a kid, rather than both of them and that's because only the woman is expected to be the on-call and all-time parent, rather than both of them.
@@ninawii5318 On the other hand, most women tend to seek husbands that make more money than them. As a natural result, it makes more sense for the husband to keep his career. There are exceptions, but companies deal with what is probable. I agree that women in general shouldn't be assumed to be potential mothers in every job interview, but you have to admit that someone deliberately taking a job only to get pregnant within a year is going to hurt their coworkers.
I'm 14 and I wanted a Saturday job but the manger of the youth worker literally said "oh and by the way you'll be doing the work of a regular adult would do in a week to give you more responsibility" they wanted me to a week's worth of work in 5 hours!!! At 14 when a 30 year old does it in a week. I'm the type not to take shit so I just said "are you actually mad there's no way in hell I can do that" I have multiple hidden disabilities so it just wasn't happening and said thank you for your time but no thanks.
Where do you live? In the UK and several other countries that goes against child labour laws.
@@sophiefrancis8295 I live in Coventry and yh it probably does in Coventry to lol
I didn’t realise youth centres using child labour was so common, I literally took that same job jus with full time hours when I was 14 & was paid next to nothing while being told I’d receive qualifications most of which mysteriously vanished when it came time to collect em -.-
@@Wonderland2097 it wasn't a youth center lol I just couldn't think of the word it was a green groceries
Been looking for jobs recently and one has this spiel about how 'every day is different! you might be in at 5.30 getting the bakery up and running for the day, or in til 11.30 getting things ready for tomorrow!'. Just. Come on. Stop trying to make out that crazy irregular hours are anything other than a horrible thing.
yes I was suckered into my last job by being told I would be a doing a variety of jobs. It was a supermarket with many different sections....after the 1st day I was put in their kitchen which provided customer meals in their cafe/restaurant...Inever got out until Covid menat the restaurant had to close so I was then put on tills and shelf filling
A Useful question to ask in an interview is "why are you hiring for this position?" because that can tell you a lot. For example recently a job I applied for I asked this and they had to admit it was because they made a load of people redundant and were a bit overzealous.
That's a really good tip!
i think its a question that people have been brainwashed NOT to ask fearing its rude, but i think it can reveal red flags particularly from clumsy interviewers
@@atomiccritter6492 you aren’t brainwashed, if someone has a high turnover rate they are not going to admit it’s because they are overworking and mistreating their employees. It is a rude question and you just need to use your deductive reasoning in this case.
@@ThingsILikke word salad
In Poland we have 26 vacation days by law and it was crazy to me, when I found out that in the US for example they only have a few if any?! I mean, do you people exist juust to work all your life, not travelling or doing anything else besides working?
Unfortunately yes
If you are hourly you usually get no paid time off. A normal amount of patf vacation that I can tell from a 9 to 5 after a few months is 2 weeks, can go up to 4 weeks in you have worked there a long time. Pretty bad. Labor laws are being fought for but unions have not been popular for a while so it won't change quickly. I don't think there are any laws about how many days you have to give people. So it just ends up as special benefits companies can chose to allow or not
When I was hourly I got no time off. When I was salaried I only got 4 hours paid leave per two weeks with a cap of around 4 weeks total
America: Land Of The Free /s
My biggest problem with this entire effort behind writing tons cover letters and getting rejected anyway is, that I don’t get them back like a high school test where they tell me what I did wrong. I just get a rejection and then get to guess what was wrong: My choice of words, my resume, my reasons of interests, my strong points. School never taught me how to sell myself. Uni never taught me how to sell myself and rejection letters only tell me „there was something wrong“ but I don’t know what.
No the worst part is not hearing a reply back. Ever.
Yes, this!
You can always ask for feedback! Some employers are happy to give you feedback on what you could have done better.
@@RosesAndIvy Not if they never reply to your email in the first place. I always try to do this but ive yet to get a response
@@RosesAndIvy Yeah there's a youtube channel with a woman names Cassie and she says at the end to ask if there was anything from the interview that would cause any hesitation with going forward with you and this will definitely give you feedback. Although the 2 times I used it I did not get the job but I at least knew what I had to improve on.
Your mind went literally everywhere but ‘job description’, we love the versatility of the guesses tho!
The thing I really don't like during interviews is when I ask them what some of the daily tasks are and they respond with "it's changes on a day to day basis".
I would much rather someone say "sometimes you're testing, sometimes it's data analysis, sometimes you are scheduling workflow etc". They do say similar things but the second one at least makes me think you know what job you are hiring me for.
Normally when you are told that it means they are not sure what the person you replacing actually did.
@@mixit2413 which is why it is so annoying.
@@pippylunalove normally the person was key but the company didn't know why and the person was fed up doing everything and just left for something more structured and now the company is hoping the new hire will dig them out the shit.
Once I went in for a marketing/sales internship interview and they started interviewing me for a graphic design internship. Like they had NO IDEA what they were hiring for!
I read a job description the other day and one of the company benefits listed was annual leave...I was like that's not a benefit that's the law wtf..
I think if it was exceptionally generous annual leave it is a benefit
When I was a student I saw a part-time job that looked vaguely interesting working on a shop's website. I took in my CV, handed it in. I was then pulled, with no notice, straight into a back room and given a PhotoShop exercise to do. I had in no way expected to be tested then and there, I was literally out shopping with my mum and just stopped off to hand in the CV. I had also never done the specific tasks in PhotoShop that they required - had I been given a prearranged interview as normal, I would probably have taught myself to do them; I've done them since and they're pretty easy. Needless to say, I didn't get the job, but even if I had I'm not sure I would have wanted to work for that employer.
Biggest red flag I encountered: when you turn up to an interview and there's an argument going on between an ex-employee and the staff about her not getting paid.
Three months later and I ended up doing the exact same thing. They jerked me around and stalled to avoid paying me, and ended up paying a round figure in cash (which was actually more than they owed me!) ...but only after my dad and I came in to kick up a stink about it.
A few months later I got a call from the Inland Revenue asking about these extra earnings, and took *immense* pleasure in ratting the company out as they'd clearly hired me off the books. Moral: if you're going to do that, treat the person you're hiring better.
not really a red flag but something that pissed me off, at my retail job (where like 60% of employee's are female), the 'uniforms' (polo shirts and a hoodie) are only available in mens sizes. I also had to wear a mens xxl hoodie my first year of working there (bearing in mind i'm usually a small in women's clothing)
Aw that's really dumb, wth 🤦🏻♀️
If I was really passionate about the small start-up, I'd take the job but you better believe that I'd be making passive aggressive comments about the vitamin water when I'm feeling broke.
At my first job, at a place somewhat similar to home depot etc (mostly for construction) I was an intern/in learning sales assistant.
As a an intern, I was already making less than minimum wage in my country. Legally I was also not allowed to be the only sales person in the building.
I was regularly told by the others "I'm going home early, you close up. Just remember to never kick out customers etc" This resulted in me about to close up, having to welcome in, and show customers kitchen concepts. Then as they were about to leave, another wanted to look at the very same thing. I often ended up working 1-2 hrs extra. Worse still, overtime for interns gets translated into "walk off time" instead. So basically 8 hrs of walkoff time, just equated to a day off. The problem was, it needed to be approved ahead of time.
The boss also told us regularly to call customers, and tell them to come buy stuff. Which is straight up illegal here, and also just awkward as heck
I was once told by the hiring manager that "my role would evolve and additional responsibilities would give me opportunities to prove myself even if I were to stay in the same position". That was his way of saying that my level of responsibility would increase without a commensurate increase in compensation. I wasted 2 years of my life at that job.
Its sadly normal behaviour for companies to employ you to do x,y and z and then simply add tasks possibly take 1 away but overall you will be doing far more than you were originally taken on for. Of course they will expect this with no increase in pay. Plus factor in when companies downsize often in a team of say 10 it will be reduced to 7 but the 7 remaining people will still have to do the same work as the 10 before
If a employer offers full time hours volunteering with the “possibility” of getting hired for a role, don’t take it, it will not lead to a paid position they’re just trading out free labour.
Its one reason I have rarely done voluntary work. No offience but I do expect to get paid for what I do
Ok I know it’s wrong to comment before watching the video fully but I still get surprised of that crispy smooth video quality. Just *chefs kiss*
HONESTLY me too
'No 9 to 5 mentality' i.e. being available every hour of the day with lots of overtime
unpaid overtime too
Can I just say that the video is looking CRISP even on mobile, it's so satisfying to look at.
Sighhhh... even getting HIRED doesn’t make you safe. Did one test article for a remote writing company, got hired, did a real one, then got GHOSTED by them and haven’t heard since.
I just saw a job ad that, after stating the office hours are 9 am to 6 pm, said "must also be available early mornings, week nights, and weekends." So literally all of the time? Lmao no
😂😂😂 This is why it's so hard to get a part time job most of the time. I remember even a lot of retail places kept saying must be available during all store hours 😐 good thing I had a friend who worked at a retail place that didn't require that bc I would have never got a job in uni that was semi good.
Wait, where are you getting pink ladies for 40p?! That's a premium apple.
Omg, it's so crazy... Last time you posted a video like this, I had a job interview the next day. And again, I have a job interview tomorrow. How do you always know?! Haha
@Evan Edinger wtf stop
11:10 that is one great thing about germany: you can't be fired for no reason, or because of sickness or because the boss wants to employ his friend's son and doesn't have any more room for you, he needs a valid reason
JD stands for; Jevan Dedinger.
I feel like I can reach through the screen and touch Evan. Top video quality, it's awesome
:))) thank you!!
It really is tho
The story about using their idea, that’s why I’d only trust them if they said pitch/sell me this water bottle or this pen. (Something that already existed a common day object and they can’t steal the idea) they want to know your sales ability not get your great ideas.
Interviewed for 2 jobs at the same time, asked them both what the most rewarding part of the job was and one of them said “getting the work done”. It’s such a sad response to me? Don’t get me wrong, I love working and getting my work done but that can’t be the singular most rewarding part!
Depends on what the job is. Also, it would be rewarding to get the work done if it's one's passion.
Great advice, loved this. I second the, "We're like a big family" equalling low pay and drama. Oi.
Im graduating uni this year and this video has so much great perspective in it that I will keep in mind while trying to tackle the "real world" job market
I always thought the "we are like a family" line means "we expect you to sacrifice for us when needed like a family member, instead of the normal societal expectation of not screwing us over for no reason"
Yeah, there is usually a very good reason for the "screw over".
Think about it.
You are supposed to give a two week notice when you quit BUT a company layoff gives you no warning.
They are laying you off, the company/economy is having issues, it's not the people BUT they don't trust that people will show up to work, do their jobs, for the next two weeks to get that layoff package.
They give you NO warning, yet you have to give them a warning. You did nothing wrong, yet (if you don't want to burn that bridge - in case you're desperate in the future) you can not tell them the many things they did wrong to make you look for another job.
Hypocrisy.
So it's never really an employee "screwing you over for no good reason". That's just some of the cool aide they make you drink when they start paying you a little more.
yeah thats pregancy question is super illegal (at least here in the UK)
🇨🇦 too
It is illegal in USA but what is going to happen? Will police bust down the door to arrest them instantly? If you tactfully decline the answer or call out that it is illegal there is a slim chance you will get hired
This is a complex topic but in general an 'idea' is not copyrightable, only the specific expression of that idea.
For example, saying X artist on the cover of Y magazine taken by Z photographer is likely not protected.
If the pitch was far more detailed, such as X artist, in front of their home, just as the sun was rising with the artist wearing their signature shirt promoting their new album while they hold the new album. Then off set their profile image on the cover of Y magazine, with the Artist lined up under the letter 'A' of the title. Make sure to use Z photographer, and ensure they use their P1000 camera, lens V on a tripod from 24 meters away from the artist and light baffles in an arc at 3.2 degrees focusing just above the artist's left shoulder. Then it 'might' be protected, because it's no longer just a general idea but a specific expression of that idea.
It’s the expression, not the idea.
Got this one from my dad - it's not a red flag, per se, BUT if you are filling out a job application and they ask "what salary would expect" write down "negotiable" because if you state a figure, they might have had a higher figure in mind to offer you, and you lost money you could have had.
Oh damn 😳 so that's what you're supposed to write
4:55 This happens so much that it has a name, Brewdogging (after the company Brewdog who did this to not just one but two PR companies)
I just had someone offer me part time after posting a full time position and suggesting it’s okay because I can probably still collect unemployment. Wtf is happening. They said full time is the goal in 3 months.... like what......
@@ruthfoley2580 Thanks! 🙏🏿Yes this happened to me before and I exceeded the goal.... still didn’t get full time. I’m in sales so they always move the target when you do employment contracts like that.
I had the same thing happen to me a couple months ago, only I was offered a contract position. I turned it down because I didn't trust them after that and ended up getting a better full-time position with benefits elsewhere.
@@ruthfoley2580 THIS
Or when you ask about training and development, and they just murmur about how it’s all “on the job”, aka there is none. Last time this happened to me it was a university, who had all of resources for exactly that, but none of the motivation.
On the “we’re like a family” one I watched a video once of someone who worked in HR and got a degree in it and she said that companies use that term so they can make employees work late/overtime/for little pay because “Families help each-other out”. But they mask this behind “amazing benefits like pizza parties every Friday and we all go out with each other on weekends” no thanks
This looks good but I got here too soon I'm gonna come back in an hour when there are more comments.
Edit: all these jobs tips are great and after watching this video recently watching some other smaller youtubers I really appreciate the video quality and the lack of random auto focus. Looking back on your old videos and how much you've improved since then is awesome!
"Is not just pointing the camera at things" As a designer working as the whole marketing department, this resonated with me on so many levels
but also like... it wasn't until i started a job at a decent company with a manager that actually cared about me and my wellbeing and not just my pRoduVtiviTy that I realised that I've really been through some atrocious shit at my previous jobs. Once that standard is set its hard to go bacckkkk (side note, I am pretty sure JD is job description)
Weirdest Red Flag I've gotten: A hiring manager visibly disappointed bordering on disgusted in my saying "Quality" when they asked whether I was a quality or quantity type of person
The sad thing is that thanks to those two videos, I’m now very aware of these red flags but I’ll never be able to benefit from that knowledge because I’m so desesperate for a job. I will put up with anything you throw at me if you give me ANY monetary compensation.
Evan: "you look like a very sexy circle of a lens"
Me: *looks in mirror* "damn, I AM a sexy circle"...
I walked out of 3 interviews and greatly objected and made a point in two others saying if you want more details or develop this it will cost you X due to my time and skill will cost you and you are not getting it for free - I hate being taken advantage of
well that's the first time I've been described as a sexy circle of a lens, also the most recent complement I've had in ages so I'll take it for all its worth
"If you're paying someone overtime and then you take it away, they're not going to do the same work. It's just silly." **cries in teacher**
The job I worked at until a week ago never actually said "many hats" but my God everyone (especially my immediate boss) were required to do EVERYTHING without proper pay
I used to work in a call centre and we were expected to answer calls up until the end of our shift. A call would last on average 7 minutes but in some cases, they could last over an hour. We also had to log our calls in our ticketing system and answer tickets raised online/via e-mail. Logging the calls wasn't bad because that can be done during the call but we were not given any time to wrap up what we had done. This meant in some cases, someone could be in a call which finishes after their shift ends but they now have e-mails/tickets they need to respond to before they can go. We were not allowed to leave any tickets open when we left or pass them to the queue for someone else to pick up. They also refused to pay for the extra time this took.
One time, my phone rang maybe 2-3 minutes before I was supposed to finish. I answered the phone and it ended up being a difficult customer and the call ended up taking almost 2 hours. When I brought it up with my manager that I had worked 2 hours overtime because of this, his response was "you should have been better at handling the call" and had no sympathy for me in the slightest. I wasn't even expecting overtime rates (1.5x or "time and a half"), just the standard rate as if it was a normal shift. His response annoyed me and I asked him to listen to the call recording and tell me how I could have handled it better. He refused to do so and when I brought it up with HR, they refused to do anything.
Making a long story short, I ended up taking it to small claims court and won. The company not only had to pay for the extra 2 hours of work at overtime rate instead of the standard rate I originally requested, they had to pay for my legal fees and an extra £500 to me for wasted time. This job was barely over minimum wage too so those 2 hours would have been
good for you making a stand. Unpaid overtime by this sort of method is insidious much like when companies have a culture of people working through lunch breaks
HR are useless in general and will ALWAYS side with the employer
I want to use the "Is there anything about my resume that concerns you" line but I'm afraid that my wording and demeanor is going to make it sound like "I know my resume is shite, can I please convince you to hire me anyway?!" In other words, what if it makes me sound like I'm _not_ confident about my abilities? It also doesn't help that it's a different language and culture in my case. Maybe they'll even overanalyze it and think "maybe I _should_ be worried". Sometimes when you ask people to find fault in something, and there's nothing immediately obvious, they're gonna try to see anything as a fault just so they don't come up short.
But maybe instead of worrying about how to word it, I should just employ the tactic in whatever way comes naturally. I don't have a lot of experience and I'm largely self-taught but I've gotten jobs in coding (software/web dev) because I'm very open and openly myself, I have no problem talking about my faults but I can show my potential and how my different ways of thinking (high functioning autism) can be a huge asset. I don't bullshit anyone, and I'd honestly be scared sh*tless of getting a job on false pretenses, if people thought I was more capable than I actually am. So in a way, I've already been using the same mentality as in that original line.
good for you - be yourself. I think one major problem with interview advice is that if it doesnt suit your character/personality it will ALWAYS come across as fake...somehow if you want to use it you need to personalise it
Totally agree with the cover letters being absolute drain on time as someone who does not catch grammar issues easily. They drain my time and energy.
Yeah true but everytime I go for advice on applying to jobs they always say write a cover letter 😣
I'm a teacher and some of the less reputable schools will ask you to teach an unpaid demo lesson. I've never done it myself, but I had a friend who had to teach a group of staff who were pretending to be children. He didn't take the job.
That’s pretty common around here. I did a load of teaching assistant interviews where I did their display boards, planned and supported children in group activities and marked books, among other things, as part of the interview process. There were at least five of us per interview. Talk about free labour!
Good call, I worked at a place that required a demo, they were awful. A school that brags too much about their national test scores.... but doesn't pay well. Let's just say the scores are cooked.
Evan, have just discovered your channel and I am living for it. Coincidentally I lived abroad for many years and for 4 years was in Philly PA,
The thing that you may not be aware of is after a few peak years you start to get pushed at the other end as well. I was reading that in NY age discrimination is kicking in at age 38 now, I certainly started to experience comments at age 42.. Many, MANY of my friends have been made redundant from extremely senior positions because they just become too expensive. I guess this is why the average age of an entrepreneur is actually 46.
Also.....in NY I was once handed a JD which stated that I had 5 days holiday a year which had to be taken between Christmas and New Year, I once went 18 months without any actual holiday, also a friend had a contract with 1 day paid maternity which was the day you would actually give birth on.
I love this channel. Just got out of college and this is wonderful advice.
And Evan is hilarious
Right now I might take a pay cut for full benefits (American here) and a bunch of cool extras instead---but with kids, I'd have to sorely pass too. Unless they also had a daycare program, or something for school-age kids. Gotta support the fam before all else.
And with the "do you have/plan on having children?" question, what is a good way to shut that down without being like "uhh, isn't that an inappropriate question?"
Like maybe "yes, I do, but [work-related response]" or "Not currently, but I hope to support my family through [work]." but I'm also pretty sure any good HR team would be like NO NO NO NO to interviewers asking that.
Treat yoself with a good HR team 👏
These community videos have quickly become "Is Evan gonna give me the validation I crave today" but you know what I'm okay with that
I am a native Spanish speaker and currently want to learn English so I was looking for youtube channels in English to practice my listening and I found yours and I really don't regret having found it I love your videos and the way you express yourself👍 (although sometimes you speak a little fast 😅)
JD obviously stands for Jason Deruloooo
🤣👏🏼
I thought it stood for James Dean??
Or maybe that guy from Heathers in the black coat?
(lmao)
@@really-quite-exhausted I have no idea who either of those people are but cool
Hahahahhaa
Nope John Dorian
My last job burnt me out after 3 months and I had to do three-5 peoples jobs at once. It was a BTEC spoons and tbh wasn't that great
"We're a big family" basically means "we expect you to sacrifice for us; don't expect the same in return".
JD - job description. I used it a lot in my emails. I look after recruitment for my department.
9:00 Years ago I worked for an airline a Cabin crew class on their FIRST day was addressed by the then CEO who informed them
'If any of you want to have children in the next 3 years I suggest you get up and leave right now because this is not the job for you ! '
"many hats" also applies to non-profits. I was development director, bike instructor, marketing director, and advocacy director at one job. For $30,000 a year 😂
Watching Evan struggle to work out JD meant job description was mesmerising. Like, surely he knows it's that? He's gotta be just playing with us, right?
I once worked for a green and gold bookstore. Not only did they only pay me $7.25 per hour but the gal I interviewed with told me that "this job has to be your career", I was told not to work any other jobs. Wish I had not gotten that job.
"We're like a big family."
Translation
"You are joining a cult."
...I think that's right
There’s always a company hiring in my area that’s always talking about how great their workplace is, lunch on friday, air hockey tables, etc etc. a bunch of cool stuff.
They literally never say what the role is, what company they are, or where they’re located.
10:00 Evan: "It's either a start up or--
Me: A job in education!!!!
That subscriber pitch at the end actually made me subscribe. Well done Evan!
Lol, I am 16 years old and had two jobs (you know like at a baker or a restaurant, not like office bc I'm 16. For both jobs, I only worked there for a few days, but immediatly stopped, because I HAVE standards and DON'T take people's shit.
My standards:
Fair pay, comfortable environment and no abuse of my naivity and ignorance as a teenager who's never had a job....
The amount of people that I've heard say "you have too high standards" really concerns me.
Loving the quality in this video- absolutley crystal!
The person who was warned not to take the job… a similar thing happened to me. I was offered a job pretty well on the spot but a customer was in the vicinity and told me the reason the owner was hiring so quickly was because the other employees kept quitting because he wasn’t paying them! They weren’t getting their paychecks!
I used to work at a huge company (not startup) that implemented unlimited time off and it was awesome. I went from having only 2 weeks a year to taking up to 5 before feeling greedy. There are parameters, like not more than 3 weeks at a time, and if you want to take more than a week you have to ask at least a month before. And there are blocked periods of the year where you can't take any (when there's high activity), and you have to make sure your tasks are covered so you have to coordinate with your team.
I think 5 weeks holiday is the norm in most European countries...Im guessing youre in USA to think 5 weeks is a luxury
@@atomiccritter6492 no I was in Canada, I live in France now and it is shocking I have 8 weeks holiday.
Another one is when you interview for one thing and the the position is something else. I interviewed for a tech support job, and the day I started, learned I was the department manager. The pay was a lot but I still ran like a frightened deer.
I love your videos Evan! You should make more about being self-employed.
At 10:11 when you did the hat pictures I was reminded of mr whiskers who wore three hats on his head 😄
I work at a place that has rubbish pay, no incentives, multiple job roles but pays for one role only and expects work for no pay. We are also expected to work at home for free. They utterly use and exploit the employees, not to mention the terrible bullying that goes on, it's a disgrace
>"We're like a big family"
Manson, or Mafia?
JD = Job Description
You were so close.
For the perks part: the company with 3,000+ employees I applied for (and worked for on and off project-based for years) had a swimming pool, sauna, fully equipped gym, outdoor hobby equipment, meditation lounges, massage rooms etc, but I only got employed on constant 3 week contracts for years. No chance of planning your daily life for longer than that, and the shifts were all over the place; evening, very early morning, office hours, slightly shifted office hours, and all of these could be even earlier or later on weekends... I never knew beforehand what I would be handed the next 3 weeks. It might seem fancy but you can get yeeted at any time. For me it was when the middle management changed and they wanted to "shake things up in the office" AKA firing people who had been there for years.
My first full time job called us a "family" and they kind of utilized that to make us work free overtime... for family.
Feels good that you are drawing light on Anti Union sentiments in companies. A big family usually doesn't have to worry about worked demands
Speaking of which, when is an appropriate time to take vacation during a new job? I've tried getting a job, but couldn't hold any for more than 2 or 3 months. Because for one thing, it was temporary employment and for the other, the company barely had anything to do. My job was to grind the samples as preperation for the various analysis, but we had a lot of calm days, with the worst ones only having up to 10 samples, after 4 hours for 4 hours. Grinding only requires a few minutes per sample.
Why do companies search for new employees when there's an unreliable amount of work? Granted, in my first week in that particular department, the shelves with the to be ground samples were half-full (I think it was about 20 boxes per row, divided by 8 employees me included, with new boxes full of samples incoming. But one or two weeks later, there were usually only up to 5 boxes max at once.
In the beginning, it took a lot of effort just to balance input and output, but soon after that, I yearned for effort. I hate it when I have nothing to do and just kind of sit there. I ended up playing a lot of Sudoku on my phone. Don't worry, the others did similar stuff in those situations.
I once was in charge of interviewing people for a job at a hotel that sucked and I was planning to quit bc they fudged my hours and stole pay from me. I was very frank with people about how much the job sucked. I said basically, if you *really* need a job bc otherwise you'll end up on the street, sure take the job - it's better than being homeless. However, if you have other options, choose those instead. In my last week I also turned people away at the reception desk by telling them we had a roach infestation, which was actually true. All that to say that you really ought to listen to current employees if they warn you away from the job.
My dad once made a good point about the question that often gets asked of women about whether they've got/are planning to have kids in that he would actually be more likely to hire a woman who does/is planning too as they're less geographically mobile as a result of their kids and therefore less likely to leave the company in the long-term, despite any maternity periods they might need off, just thought that was interesting- as you said though it still has no affect on a woman's ability to do a job whether she has/is planning to have kids or not
JD = job description, I'm assuming at least. J.D from Scrubs was my favourite guess though.
The last job that said we're a family didn't pay me a penny for 4 months hen I was working 7-9 days straight with 1 or two days off and blackballed me when I spoke up about it the same way my family treated me over opening my mouth about sexual abuse.
I wear many hats at my job... we have occasional departmental funny hat days.