@@John-Doe-Yo Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean it never happens. In fact, it happens often enough that the word "busywork" exists to describe it.
@@jamestk656exactly, i work in a cafe and the amount of times my manger will pass by and tell me to dust the legs of chairs, tables or display baskets is insane. absolutely pointless work just so she can have me non-stop moving🙄
@@markazulislam5143 give a good performance for those that you think it's worth giving it to. I wasted ~10 years busting my ass for ungrateful companies and eventually found one that was actually worth my effort. Do slightly above what you think is median effort.
@@markazulislam5143give your best performance only to yourself and family only. When you gone company will just replace you with someone else and maybe a little "aww sucks, anyway" moment. Do what necessary and do what to be expected.
@uncommonsense360 If the protagonist in this movie was a loner and didn't miss out on family moments. Then YES just take that money and toil away in silence. It comes down to priorities
I love the corporate life analogies Getting rewarded with more work. Getting rewarded for being brutal to others. Being given just enough to survive. So much good stuff!
I had a coworker that created a new division in our company and he had a deal where he would get a percentage of the revenue above a certain quota as an annual bonus. When he passed the quota by so much he was making more money than the C-Suite execs the first year, they kept raising the quota until he wasn't making any money. They eventually found a way to fire him and put an NPC in charge of the division. This movie was a documentary.
His own fault. Shouldnt trust them to play fair. He needed a well done contract. Quotas can only be changed once every 5 years, retainer fee for his services, so hes not an at will employee, and the ability to exchange pay for stock options. Gotta have protection in writing
"What would you do if you had a million dollars ? " "Two chicks at the same time. Damn straight. " "Me ? I'd do nothing. I'd sit on my ass all day. I'd do nothing. "
The only correct move here is for all of the prisoners to refuse to push it all. Think about it: eventually every single one of them will get to the point where they will be the one with the least turns, so why give the captors all that free labor since they're going to kill you any way? The only winning move is not to play.
Isn’t the pushing the mill pointless snd it doesn’t do anything anyway? So even if they stop it doesn’t matter since there was never a point to the mill to begin with
This really hits hard to me when my first job i was a replacement for someone who died because of failed machine that should do the job... And i learned this after several weeks working there
@@Chris951021It’s an episode of the Simpsons. I can’t remember what season, but it’s one of the earlier ones. Homer is being whipped and forced to turn a wheel underground, then it cuts above ground where there’s a party happening, and all the spinning is doing is turning around a little pedestal that a cake is on.
“Just because you sign a contract saying ‘I will eat whatever you put in my plate’, it doesn’t mean you have to eat rotten food the restaurant serves you”. -Matpat Remember, illegal contracts are still illegal
Alot of people have to work to live instead of the other way, it's rare where you can do something that your passionate about and also make a good living.
Our life nowadays is the mill.. We work our whole life to reach something that is useless when we are dead. Carrot and a donkey dilemma. We earn to live another day just to consume what we earn. 99% of the people are in gategory 0.
Just watched this movie. We aren't far from this being a reality. Maybe not as harsh but most companies already make you sign an attribution only clause as a condition of employment. In other words you have to sign away your Constitutional right to your day in court. I'd give the movie a B+ I'll give the premise an AA+
you do realise that you can't put something in a contract to make something legal that is federally illegal right? like murder or sign away basic rights. it's not legal and it only happens in movies.
@darkracer1252 Sorry, but you're wrong. Companies today have an arbitration agreement as part of their hiring paperwork, and it makes arbitration your only means for disputes. We take away peoples constitutional rights all the time. Do you even live on this planet?
@@busterbrown446 companies. DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO BREAK THE LAW DUMB ........ .... ... .. ..... you probbably think murder is fine if the person signed a contract for it.
@@busterbrown446i dont know about the us but in Germany you cant just write a contract where it states that something illegal just is legal after you sign it. Companies are not able to place them above the law just by making a contract. In Germany the constitution is called the Grundgesetz, and to change something in the Grundgesetz is very hard even when covid hit , it took a long time before some of our rights got suspended for a short time.
@@WaryofExtremesOne Incredible how it's 2023 and you managed to miss the entire point of the movie nad my comment in one go. You are truly disconnected from reality mate.
@@Beta_Mixes I mean, you choose to work there. No ones forcing you. Just know that every moment you whine, there’s a thousand others waiting to do the same job better than you for a cheaper price.
My guess for the ending was that he was a clone for the company to train the AI on how to make humans create max productivity and then for the original character to get promoted since his clone did the best.
@trumpisthemessiah7017I can’t find any of that anywhere? If you live in the US everyone knows this wouldn’t happen. I can’t speak for the rest of the world
I remember working at a certain company where anytime someone finished their job early they would be given a mundane and meaningless task just so that they look like they are doing work because we were being paid for our time and not our efficiency
They've already considered any crazy way to torture employees but not so much they cant still work. Don't vote for the party that tries to keep people from voting and gerrymanders to stay in power.
I love this channel, because I always find my self going down the rabbit hole at 1am+ and end up finding so many cool movies I've never seen thanks to this.
great story. the most unrealistic part is joe not just giving up, dying of starvation and whatnot. people these days are living on a string. a big thing like this will instantly make them wanna give up.
He was fighting to get home to his wife and child. They are the only things that motivated him at all, if he was single that might have been dofferent.
It's always the fineprint that'll get ya...and once again, we see that trying to keep up with the Jones will always blow up in your face. DO YOU first and only...
At my last company I was denied a promotion because, 'You are more valuable being a trainer and working on the reports ', I quit that job after I had a miscarriage at 28 weeks and my manager wrote me up for leaving early without approval.
The human averages 110 watts of energy a day. This is multipled by vigorous exercise. Employers have the ability to make money off of an employee in ways you'd never think. And its all written in the contracts.
My first manager always delayed some of the contracts of the last months to the next year, so that we both outperformed the objectives by 10%, ensuring our bonus, and started the year with a comfortable advance. It worked for years.
Now, that was DEEEEEEEEEP! Really THOUGHT-PROVOKING! Movie title is The Mill (2023)? Cool. Added to my list. GREAT movie recap! YOU'RE AWESOME! BEST REGARDS!
I get the message of the movie, but you you think Alex was the only one to get out because he was the only one to figure out that it would be far easier to rest his back on the bar and push backwards with his legs?
The mill that doesn't actually do anything was a nice touch. Many companies out there assign work just for the sake of having work.
No they don't. You clearly haven't got your first work yet.
@@freshrockpapa-e7799 You are so weird.
The only time I’ve been assigned work that was “pointless” was so I could get all of my hours if I finished something earlier than expected.
@@John-Doe-Yo Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean it never happens. In fact, it happens often enough that the word "busywork" exists to describe it.
@@jamestk656exactly, i work in a cafe and the amount of times my manger will pass by and tell me to dust the legs of chairs, tables or display baskets is insane. absolutely pointless work just so she can have me non-stop moving🙄
The AI increasing the quota to match Joe's record as a reward is a classic corporate move...
@@poisenberybecause if you do too good of a job they will make it the base requirement... Never ending loop
I will enter into job field in a year and probably would have tried to give my best performance but I am grateful that I learned a dark secret here.
@@markazulislam5143 give a good performance for those that you think it's worth giving it to. I wasted ~10 years busting my ass for ungrateful companies and eventually found one that was actually worth my effort.
Do slightly above what you think is median effort.
@@markazulislam5143give your best performance only to yourself and family only. When you gone company will just replace you with someone else and maybe a little "aww sucks, anyway" moment. Do what necessary and do what to be expected.
@@poisenbery Exactly.
I love when productions can make good stories on a minimal budget.
👍
Yes
They do, but they never finish the ending all the time...they always do a cliff hanger.
@ExMachina Which one is your best that you have seen
Yeah
This shows how important it is to work for yourself and not to slave away our years for corporations
Its not that easy.cost money.
Or work in what you love even if $ sucks.
@uncommonsense360
If the protagonist in this movie was a loner and didn't miss out on family moments. Then YES just take that money and toil away in silence. It comes down to priorities
Most horror drama plot points can basically be abstracted from late state capitalism
@@thanhavictus there's no such thing as "late stage capitalism"
Bruh…..READ THE NON DISCLOSURE BEFORE YOU SIGN IT. HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING???
Love this comment !!
Non disclosure literally just mean to no tell anyone
This kind of contract isn’t an nda, that wouldn’t allow for whatever they’re doing here lmao
@@ambi_cc8464 for sure Yeag but it’s just a movie
No cause the face on the guard behind him is crazy😂
I love the corporate life analogies Getting rewarded with more work. Getting rewarded for being brutal to others. Being given just enough to survive. So much good stuff!
Same here
I had a coworker that created a new division in our company and he had a deal where he would get a percentage of the revenue above a certain quota as an annual bonus. When he passed the quota by so much he was making more money than the C-Suite execs the first year, they kept raising the quota until he wasn't making any money. They eventually found a way to fire him and put an NPC in charge of the division. This movie was a documentary.
They’re evil
What is C- suite executive? And was the npc performed any better?
@@markazulislam5143 Google is your friend. And no, status quo.
@@markazulislam5143people who do no work but say they do.
His own fault. Shouldnt trust them to play fair. He needed a well done contract. Quotas can only be changed once every 5 years, retainer fee for his services, so hes not an at will employee, and the ability to exchange pay for stock options. Gotta have protection in writing
Crazy, I want to see the sequel where he manage to burn that company to the ground.
Mayhem staring steven yeun is the closest
No really
Me too
It’s called office space
"What would you do if you had a million dollars ? "
"Two chicks at the same time. Damn straight. "
"Me ? I'd do nothing. I'd sit on my ass all day. I'd do nothing. "
This shows how important a good story is!
by not having one?
by only jhaving one, no cgi no action no nothing, just a story@@bobshagit-io8lq
Just because you agree with the heavy-handed critique of company culture, doesn’t make it a good story.
The only correct move here is for all of the prisoners to refuse to push it all.
Think about it: eventually every single one of them will get to the point where they will be the one with the least turns, so why give the captors all that free labor since they're going to kill you any way? The only winning move is not to play.
But sooner or later, one person will start to spin. Then another. That's human behavior.
Doesn't matter, they still lose. All they do is give their murderer free labor. Which is stupid. @@TravelingwithValeman77
They would just replace them all
Isn’t the pushing the mill pointless snd it doesn’t do anything anyway? So even if they stop it doesn’t matter since there was never a point to the mill to begin with
Congratulations, you discovered the power of unions.
This really hits hard to me when my first job i was a replacement for someone who died because of failed machine that should do the job... And i learned this after several weeks working there
“Work hard but no too hard or they’ll expect that all the time” what working for Amazon be like..
Plus the peeing in bottles!
I have heard the same sentence in several companies from my coworkers
@@isisnoreija if on the first day of work your coworker tells you that, just run lmao
The office with no windows looks scarier than the cell
thinking the same thing
The fact that Joe’s new office has the same shape as the work area in the simulation, with his desk being the thing reminding of the mill.
In the cafeteria, many floors above, Carl sees a spinning desert display case and wonders what keeps it moving.
Lenny says, "Who cares."
Yep, in the good seasons
Haha, excellent reference. 😄
What reference is this for?
@@Chris951021It’s an episode of the Simpsons. I can’t remember what season, but it’s one of the earlier ones. Homer is being whipped and forced to turn a wheel underground, then it cuts above ground where there’s a party happening, and all the spinning is doing is turning around a little pedestal that a cake is on.
@@Clayf701 Thanks! That's a good reference.
“Just because you sign a contract saying ‘I will eat whatever you put in my plate’, it doesn’t mean you have to eat rotten food the restaurant serves you”.
-Matpat
Remember, illegal contracts are still illegal
He used too much personal time
Ah yes, American corporations in a nutshell.
Indian corporations too.
How about corporations in general...
Chinese and Japanese corporations are the only ones with suicide prevention nets outside their offices though 😂
This has nothing to do with corporations. It's more akin to socialism
@@zxt5148 you thinking this has nothing to do with corporations is naive and obtuse 🤣🤣🤣
I overworked at many offices at the belief that it would help me, it really never has. This is pretty much what it feels like
This is not movie , it's corporate life 😢
No it's not. No corporation has the capacity to force you to do anything, that's straight bunk.
I love this channel. Please keep them coming. Thanks.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Jackie chan would've got up that wall. Then the AI wouldn't know what to do
😁😁😁😁😁
Jackie Chan doesn't care enough about his kids to want to escape
The Company didn't want to make him into a monster. They wanted to fuse Alex within him, and they succeeded.
Alot of people have to work to live instead of the other way, it's rare where you can do something that your passionate about and also make a good living.
- "how hamfisted do you want the metaphor to be?"
- "yes"
Our life nowadays is the mill.. We work our whole life to reach something that is useless when we are dead. Carrot and a donkey dilemma. We earn to live another day just to consume what we earn. 99% of the people are in gategory 0.
WOW! If I'd went through a mental ordeal like that, there's no fkng way I would let them put me in a confined office/space like that!💥😂😂😂👍👍
When he shut the door and locked himself in prison....I was screaming don't close the door man
@@larryjohnson3087 RIGHT!😂😂😂👍👍👍
Just watched this movie. We aren't far from this being a reality. Maybe not as harsh but most companies already make you sign an attribution only clause as a condition of employment. In other words you have to sign away your Constitutional right to your day in court. I'd give the movie a B+
I'll give the premise an AA+
you do realise that you can't put something in a contract to make something legal that is federally illegal right?
like murder or sign away basic rights.
it's not legal and it only happens in movies.
@darkracer1252 Sorry, but you're wrong. Companies today have an arbitration agreement as part of their hiring paperwork, and it makes arbitration your only means for disputes. We take away peoples constitutional rights all the time.
Do you even live on this planet?
@@busterbrown446
companies. DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO BREAK THE LAW DUMB ........ .... ... .. .....
you probbably think murder is fine if the person signed a contract for it.
What the movie called
@@busterbrown446i dont know about the us but in Germany you cant just write a contract where it states that something illegal just is legal after you sign it. Companies are not able to place them above the law just by making a contract. In Germany the constitution is called the Grundgesetz, and to change something in the Grundgesetz is very hard even when covid hit , it took a long time before some of our rights got suspended for a short time.
If this isn't a representation of what most "jobs" out there are like...idk what this is
@@WaryofExtremesOne Incredible how it's 2023 and you managed to miss the entire point of the movie nad my comment in one go.
You are truly disconnected from reality mate.
@@Beta_Mixes I mean, you choose to work there. No ones forcing you. Just know that every moment you whine, there’s a thousand others waiting to do the same job better than you for a cheaper price.
Yo he’s come a loooong way! I remember watching him on Who’s got Jokes. He’s a fantastic actor.
My guess for the ending was that he was a clone for the company to train the AI on how to make humans create max productivity and then for the original character to get promoted since his clone did the best.
What
@@Nightmare5877halolike it wasn't a real world, and characters there are just digital clones of real selves
@@dentheduck2095 then how would they remember the stuff that happened
@@Nightmare5877halo data transfer
the scariest part is that real companies are capable of much, much worse.
No they aren't. Are you high or what?
Lmao no they aren't
@@freshrockpapa-e7799I mean it was a simulation. Companies can pull this off and worse easily. They've plenty of resources and politicians for it.
@@Sumirevins no, companies can't legally enslave people, are you high or wtf are you talking
@trumpisthemessiah7017I can’t find any of that anywhere? If you live in the US everyone knows this wouldn’t happen. I can’t speak for the rest of the world
The ending cubicle just looks like the next level tbh. Looks like another VR
He signs, but did he read the fine print?
no he didnt
Holy Crap that was intense. So close to real life it’s surprising the film was green lit in the first place…
He needs to do the "THINK MARK THINK" taunt move set
I remember working at a certain company where anytime someone finished their job early they would be given a mundane and meaningless task just so that they look like they are doing work because we were being paid for our time and not our efficiency
Uncle Mao had ways of dealing with out of control companies.
Reminds me of the episode of Futurama where Hermes made one Australian guy do all the work 🤣
~Every company on Earth furiously taking notes~
Great recap as always❤
That's something Black Mirror would show
POV: You work at Amazon in 2075
this reminds me of something... *gets flashbacks of lethal company*
I’m sorry but….
That was the craziest story ever.
I loved it.
Cool story but that contract is toally not legally binding
This was such a good recap because I couldn't get through the actual movie.
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy”
I hope this do not give these multimillion and billion dollar CEOs any ideas.😒😕
They've already considered any crazy way to torture employees but not so much they cant still work. Don't vote for the party that tries to keep people from voting and gerrymanders to stay in power.
The Mill on Hulu
I love this channel, because I always find my self going down the rabbit hole at 1am+ and end up finding so many cool movies I've never seen thanks to this.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
great story. the most unrealistic part is joe not just giving up, dying of starvation and whatnot. people these days are living on a string. a big thing like this will instantly make them wanna give up.
He was fighting to get home to his wife and child. They are the only things that motivated him at all, if he was single that might have been dofferent.
The simulation is what corporations would actually do to us if we didn't have labor laws
Thanks for your outstanding work here's a pen and now we expect it every day. Such a corporate thing
It's always the fineprint that'll get ya...and once again, we see that trying to keep up with the Jones will always blow up in your face. DO YOU first and only...
This isn't fiction. It's just corporate life. Been there. Done that. Never again.
02:10
Yeah, this parabole would be utterly hammered before they even begin irl.
2:03 All contracts that involves breaking the law like murder is rendered void
Let me take this oportunity to remind people that signing something with illegal/sketchy fine print clauses don't suddenly make them legal.
Yeah labor laws and human rights also exist.
What about something with reality show, like Fear Factor?
@@bocchi2403You can quit at any moment
At my last company I was denied a promotion because, 'You are more valuable being a trainer and working on the reports ',
I quit that job after I had a miscarriage at 28 weeks and my manager wrote me up for leaving early without approval.
Oh bless you darling, alway's put yourself first. Karma will get them back ❤❤❤
In a perfect world, that person who wrote you up wouldn't live to see another day.
That’s the most disgusting disgraceful and heartbreaking thing I’ve heard. I’m so sorry this happened to you
@@beccaboo3040 no, no it wouldn’t. Realistically, she would have been replaced within a week
This shows how important is to read those non disclosure agreements.
"Should have read the fine print my friend. Should have read the fiine print"
Ah yes, because terms and conditions surpass the law.
But again it looked like he didn't read the fine print. 🤦
He worked for a company that didn't pay him enough to care for a baby?? Why a suit and tie?
The whole "fine print nobody reads" is sending me 😂😂
Oh look, it's Amazon, the movie.
This is exactly like working at Amazon.
Hell of a documentary!
The neighbor Is just helpfull and kinda wise
The human averages 110 watts of energy a day. This is multipled by vigorous exercise. Employers have the ability to make money off of an employee in ways you'd never think. And its all written in the contracts.
Did he read the contract that he signed there at the end?!?!
An NDA doesn't mean you can't report criminal activity. NDAs don't cover that
I'm wondering if everyone only did 1 push, wouldn't that work? That way, no one outperforms anyone and no one has 0 production.
The quota is set at 50. Not sure they'd all make it through doing less than the minimum. It's capitalism after all.
Thats called going on strike
Man duck that company 😒
Hehe duck 😆
quack
A giant metaphor for real life. We work till were dead making a corporation rich and at the end of it all you get is a fucking pen, then death.
I can imagine ai deciding this is a good idea.
And everybody signs without reading anyway.
worlds craziest senior prank
I wonder why people don’t refuse to do what they are told?
Imagine our whole life is a simulation.. it sure feels like a sick experiment
My first manager always delayed some of the contracts of the last months to the next year, so that we both outperformed the objectives by 10%, ensuring our bonus, and started the year with a comfortable advance. It worked for years.
This is exactly what the ride hailing application by Mark Villig Bolt does. The algorithm is enslaving.
The same dude was knocked out with one hit just piled onto a pulverized a guard to death with his hands lol
Tks for your videos!
Lil Rel has been stepping it up
dude didn't lose any fat,lol.
It was only 1 hour of work 😎
Okay, looks good I guess.
So what's the name of the movie?
Guess that's a minor detail that was left out.
The Mill
Now, that was DEEEEEEEEEP! Really THOUGHT-PROVOKING!
Movie title is The Mill (2023)? Cool. Added to my list.
GREAT movie recap!
YOU'RE AWESOME!
BEST REGARDS!
Ty for putting the name up.
this is an insane workout routine
Where the hell do you find these movies
Expected joe would have become muscular
I only clicked because I saw that he had the Chicago 1s on. 🐐
Great, original concept!
Yep dont go above and beyond at work because then that will be the expectation
Did bro even read the document he signed off on at the end?
What I don’t understand is that Alec said he escaped but he didn’t tell him that it’s a simulation
So real life. Got it!!
This looks amazing.
I get the message of the movie, but you you think Alex was the only one to get out because he was the only one to figure out that it would be far easier to rest his back on the bar and push backwards with his legs?