@@Anonymous-md2qp The Great Boycott!!! Let's approach these business entities from consumer side. Customers are always right, and we all ONLY spend/invest with companies following natural law (mark passio, thank you).
@@gunadiwibowo9407 HR it’s in their name. Human Resource. They mismanage the human resource. It’s akin to so many other oxymoronic words and phrases in our language.
Got a friend who was a director of HR Her words to me where "HR are there to protect the company and keep them out of court and the news, not to protect you
HR and middle management have been working hard to justify their positions over the past year and a half. That's why there is such a push to get people back into the office.
Exactly. Managers that only manage other managers are being exposed for their uselessness. Middleage overweight white guys in my company have resorted to emailing novels about BLM and other race stuff to try to remain relevant.
@Michael Brown 100% THIS. if it's a middle manager who started from the bottom of the company i can respect and they'll have experience with that product. If it's some bogus MBA clown who has 0 idea of the product like these corporations keep hiring, they are absolute garbage waste of people/money.
@Sneed there's so much trash clown MBA's and "business" folks that are a waste of money. They are the ones who would lay off people at a successful company with no remorse to save company money even though ironically they should bey laying themselves off for being useless and driving many companies into a milking machine dedicated towards the short term to appease these problematic investors who are wowed by fake numbers and shiny things, not long term about building a better product and have the company create value, which is how a HEALTHY capitalist society should function. Instead these parasites increase profit for a company WITHOUT creating more value for customers, that is a company that is a parasite to HEALTHY capitalism.
@Sneed I understand what you are saying. The higher you go up the corporate ladder there are far less positions that are available. We have the CEO, in some instances co-CEO, etc. Everyone else now falls in the middle whether we like it or not. The promotions are far fewer by now. Sometimes you have to leave the company altogether in order just to get to the next phase in your career. Now those that are qualified or deserve to be in those positions is a whole different topic. That always leaves room for debate.
@Sneed That is so true. I have seen that myself. Nothing good comes out of it. There are some in upper management who feel they have free reign to do whatever they want. It seems that they are looking for any excuse not to give a bonus The problem now in this work environment much of the staff will be losing their jobs if they don't comply. At this stage, there won't be any middle management or lower tier staff.
- we force you to come to the office - You contract covid from a coworker - You use up your sick leave. - You take unpaid leave. - We fire you because of lack of productivity. Wtf??!!??
@@midnull6009 lol we go to work and be around our coworkers, not our neighours who we don't even interact let alone get within 2 meters distance with lol lol lol LOL
My coworkers who don't want to get the vaccine because they aren't afraid of COVID should be the ones who have to go back to the office, since they aren't afraid of it.
Earlier this year I asked my employer to make my work at home permanent. It was a one on one meeting and my boss is pretty laid back. I was told at the time to not tell other employees but that they were thinking about closing our physical location and having everyone work from home anyway. I wish more companies were understanding of their employees.
They're not understanding of their employees. It was because they wouldn't have to pay for rent, electricity, Internet, computers, software, etc. You would be paying for all of that, at your home. They thought that it's cheaper to not pay for all of that even if it means they can't control you all the time.
You would think they wouldbe eager to do it as a costs saving measure to increase profits. Smaller space means lower rent, lower utities,lower premises liability insurance. They'd save money on everything right down to tissues, toilet paper and hand soap.
I got fired by questioning the management policies about working from home. They told me I was rude and they gave me an ultimatum. Man, it feels good that I was not there anymore. Now I have a job that is 100% remote. Please keep posting videos like this.
I unsubsidized to this guy for deleting my comments about his misinformation he puts in his videos. He's just like the ceo of the company he is criticizing so your point probably falls on deaf ears with him, he only cares about the money from your views as he shuts down debate and free speech in his comments alot of times
@@scottwall8419 You mean unsubscribed? hahaha what's the missinformation my dude? eveyone who has ever worked watch this video and they are not surprised, some (if not most) companies have this weird hate for WFH
Yup. Learned firsthand that HR are really just the CEO's spies and lackeys. They solely represent the interests of the CEO/executives and not the employees.
I can only speak to my own experience, but as an employee I've made a habit of organizing these things within the employee base. "Oh, you're going to give us pizza? What do you think we eat every Friday? Try harder."
It's also insidious because it makes it seem like management is doing a nice thing for its employees, if there are any problems Management can characterize the whole argument as about ice cream, not workers rights...this is a hallmark of bad management.
omg I remember that in 2 grade my teacher was like if we got good grades on our test I remember I was so excited then the day of the ice cream party the teacher was like I can't do the icecream party im too poor to buy icecream but still thats crazy we are adults not children
I just got ice cream from the store down the road. I am proud to say I managed to accomplish what this HR department planned to do without lengthy meetings or team calls.
Fun/great thing about Germany: If you get sick during your vacation, you will get the vacation days back. Since vacation days are for recreation not for curing sicknesses.
@@schnappueber when people hold systems accountable. Laws and regulations can be about literally anything, but organized people are making the difference
"Why not let them work from home?" Businesses opened this Pandora's box and they're trying so hard to shut it...but they've already shown it works for a whole year.
Yup I'm sure it's partly because they are power hungry and desperate to tell people what to do. Plus let's be honest. Business and in office culture is often like a country club for the manager and exec types. When they even show up.
@@ethanswimmer1287 It's a fucking vaccine that has more people faking negative symptoms than seriously going through them. I got my second Pfizer shot a few weeks ago and I'm happy to know that I'm not gonna get scarred in my insides no matter the variant I get. Seriously, grow up.
@@granudisimo More people faking symptoms, like blood clots? What are you even basing that claim on? Surely growing up means being able to make your own decisions about what goes into your body and not just doing what you're told. A few weeks is not a long period of time mate; many people are concerned about potential damage months or years down the line because they think in the long term like adults are supposed to.
In my experience, the more someone pushes an agenda the more suspicious you should be. That being said I would think any CEO would be happy not to have to pay the overhead involved with having more people in the office. And what the heck is this big obsession with pizza and ice cream? Give me gift cards, a raise, a car, something useful and tangible for the long term, not crap that isn't even good for you.
They want you dead and they hate the idea that you are human and could possibly obtain happiness. If you look at corporations everything they do is designed to kill you one way or another. Working or buying from them.
Most companies have building leases that are locked in... So they interpret not being able to save on overhead as a con (instead of the reality that it is net 0 either way). Essentially you have to go in to the office because the powers that be cant get over the sunk cost fallacy.
@@kristenlueken4023 to kinda add to what you were saying. Even tho it's rarer some owners typically if they're 2nd generation might actually own the land the building sits on and they pay themselves rent so closing the physical location would be a lose
My Company said " If you moved during covid more than 50 miles away you will be allowed to work from home" I have always lived over 50 miles away. For the last 5 years every year I have tried to go remote and they always find some magical excuse why I get blown off. The company states " We value our work life balance" Yeah , only SOME people work life balance matters and not everybody. I have a family, young children and spending 60 hours a week commuting for 20 and getting paid for 40 seems ridiculous. I don't care about the culture. I want to be left alone - I don't feel safe down in Minneapolis either. So disappointed.
ID look up other ways to boost your immune system, and im sorry you have a family and kids that depend on you, thats the thing with having a family, you always have to look ahead to the future to see what might happen and also be prepared for things that might disrupt your finances, thats one lesson to learn about now.
This is a good idea. Organized so everyone who can work from home just refuse going to office. Keep doing the work your paid to do, but dont move outside the door
You definitely don't ever want to go to HR to complain. I worked somewhere years ago where a co-worker complained to HR that his boss was vaping during multi-hour meetings. Less than a month after that, he was let go as part of a "Reduction in Force".
I complain to HR all the time, to the point where I am 100% sure they've told managers to not talk to me unless absolutely necessary. There are mask requirements in the office and I dont follow them. Nobody says anything, not even my manager.
@@bucketofsteam9260 It might be hard to replace you, they might be looking and have had no luck, etc. It's inscrutable for me to guess, since I don't know you or your field. I would say GENERALLY that you're not doing yourself any favors, because GENERALLY speaking, they'll dump you as soon as they can. You may be the outlier, however, generally speaking, it's good to avoid complaining to HR.
Synovus Financial, a company out of Georgia, did pretty much the same thing to my wife. They had everyone working from home. Everything was fine, it was proof that her job and majority of the people in that office, that the job could be done at home with no issues. Then randomly they wanted to bring everyone back to the office. So they sent out a questionnaire trying to see if there would be people that would be willing to come back to the office. My wife answered no because she is at risk (This was before the vaccine) next thing you know my wife gets laid off during holidays. Synovus is the worst.
they aren't assessed for legitimacy the are "assessed" for return to work ...would you want the teller at the window to return to work when they are sick??
I've got 37 years (and counting) in IT corporate jobs and so glad I am retiring in the next year or so. But very happy that technology is allowing this latest generation of workers to change their work/life paradigm and pushing back hard on these corporation that, for years, have had a stranglehold on our lives. So glad to be alive to witness this moment in history.
It’s disturbing that an employer is prying into people’s medical history demanding explanations for why some are not vaccinated. It’s none of his goddamn business.
I know! Lack of privacy. What else will they do with your medical history/records? HR: “Kevin, you missed your 5th booster shot and flu shot from 2019. You have 7 days to get all shots needed to work here.” This 👆is coming soon.
If you need to bribe people so they get a vaccine for a new deadly disease you got a problem as a society. It's also a symptom of that problem when asking to get people back to the office and using the vaccine to emotionally blackmail into compliance while bribing with ice cream. Besides, vaccinated people can still transmit the disease so, yeah, let them work home.
Listen, the issue is not that the CEO is asking his employees to be vaccinated (he should and as should every other employer in the world), the problem is with the way he is handling it and his refusal to let the employees work from home. Please don't bring your anti-vaxx rhetoric here.
The pretending game has gotta stop… nothing makes me more upset as when corporate tells us they care about employees… WHILE themselves working from home safely! boils my blood honestly.
I've heard the claim that it's because productivity of people working from home is lower. Idk if that's true or not just what I've heard. If that is why then that would explain it. If productivity was the same then companies would let everyone work from home to save money
@sorejack I'm just saying everything a company does is usually about money and since technically it would cost the company more to have offices instead of just allowing employees to work remote they must think employees will be more productive at the office instead of remote. Idc what other bs reason they give its always about money
@@gokublack8342 cant claim an empty office building as a buisness expense if your not using it. theyre probably also leasing it from themselves, for tax purposes.
this makes me want to go back and work in iraq as a manager. At least watching the corruption unfold and rebuild in front of your eyes can give you "some" insight into whats happening with the company youre working for
There are corporations that actually care about their employees (at least that has been my experience in mexico) of course they are a slim number, but they are passionate. Of course the goal for us should be create businesses with the care we deserve so we can pass the torch at somepoint or at least be like Joshua and call it out so we can help make work-life better for people. But yeah, I absolutely do NOT blame you for your hate there are too many shitty companies out there.
I love how managers can just say "go talk to HR"... they can avoid any discussions. I think politicians will start doing that. "go talk to HR" sort of like "go talk to someone who cares"
Working at the office instead of at home isn't a life risking thing anymore than going to the grocery store or a restaurant is. People want to work from home because its far easier, less stressful, and more productive because people are focused on their job instead of working their way into office cliches and trying to make it like high school.
Working from home is safer. The duration of potential contact with someone that has COVID and contracting it is far less doing groceries than at work. I am not at the supermarket for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week. For everyone to have this exposer (grocery, laundry, etc.) and be forced to sit in a closed office for 8+ hours/day is definitely going increase the chances of spreading the virus if someone did get it…. Just saying - the justification is still there.
@@realJohnJohn not really. You take the same 3500lb hunk of rapidly moving steel to run errands and transport people as you do to the office. Where you go doesn't matter for risk unless you're going to a hospital. There's more people at restaurants and grocery stores on a per square foot basis than there will ever be at the office.
@@ethanswimmer1287 I am a genius, thank you. My point isn’t that the amount of people that you are exposed to is smaller in those public areas. It’s how long you actually stay in those areas. You are not going to go to the grocery store every day. So your point of contact is limited to that instance. If you go to the office, you are continually forcing a point of contact every day - which increases your chances of getting the virus. Meaning that if you did end up contracting the virus, you are exposing more people to the virus due to the additional point of contact. This includes forcing people to return to office locations when it’s not necessary. Again, the concern is valid. Edit: also it’s meet - not meat…. Genius
On one hand i agree with those reasons working remotely is better, on the other, it may or may not be "more" risk but point is it's "unnecessary" risk. Plus in a world where grocery delivery services exist, that may be a moot argument regardless
I just thought of this and i am probably reaching, but i imagine most of ceos thinking something like "my kids love ice cream surely my employees will too" infantilizing them in the process
i noticed that. normally shit like this is cringe-inducing but with what i've watched the last year and a half it just nauseates. some people need to be beaten up.
@@Casinogirl56 Then ultimately going the "it'd be a shame if your place in our company would have to be reconsidered if we don't reach that 70% goal" email
@@willinmilwaukee Yup, or bully people until it’s easier to just tell them your private info than keep jumping through the hoops they’ll put in as “mandatory requirements” for keeping your job.
I will hire my first employee this autumn. She can work where she wants, when she wants and what time of day she prefers. She just have to take care of "her" customers. Why should I tell her what to do, I hire her for her skills and not to control what she does all day long (like many middle managers or CEO). I run a company, not a kindergarden. No icecream needed.
Sadly this is going on at pretty much every bank right now. People I know that work at other banks are dealing with the same thing as well. I really enjoy seeing emails going out and calls with MD’s stating we have done so well working from home and set record breaking profits. Then in the same sentence say we have to go back into the office, just to do what we have been doing for 18 months. Also follow up on this past the 31st of Aug
Everyone should go and buy the most expensive ice cream they can afford. Then they should each send the CEO a picture of themselves enjoying the ice cream.
You guys really have it bad in America. Damn. Here in France, you called in sick for COVID, you wouldn't hear from anyone at work for like 14 days. Peace.
For the way things have turned out, things we ALREADY knew at the time but it was pretended we didn’t… these CEOs that tried to force a medical procedure on their employees should be in jail
Lol, that is so wild to me. I love the way companies think just saying "we care about you and your families" in email form, is enough to show they have any type of solidarity or understanding of any employees' plight. This is why you don't have any loyalty to these places, because at the end of the day your life doesn't matter. Just how much money you can bring in, and how much control they can lord over you.
I imagine this guy just sitting in the breakroom after hours by the freezer with 8 buckets of ice cream screaming "WHY WON'T THESE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED FOR FREE ICE CREAM??"
This CEO is a piece of work. Since he clearly doesn't care about his employees wellbeing, it'd be nice to see what he'll do if the entire back-office refuses to work for 2 weeks.
My former CEO insisted that we "trust the science." Every week (he bought our old company) he would get up there and spout his rhetoric at us. He would shame people for having questions, having concerns. He would shame people for not wearing masks, or getting vaccinated, or not vaccinated enough, or not liking the weekly tests (or thinking they were stupid and not accurate given that at the end they were take-home tests). And yet all the stuff he spouted was incorrect. All of it. The mask efficacy, the vaccine efficacy, the danger of the disease, who it affects, how it affects them. We worked in an environment (a shop) where all of us were at least 8 feet apart all day long. Often more than that. We all wore respirators as a general rule anyway (carbon fiber dust was in the air), and we all socially isolated during breaks. But none of it was enough for this yahoo. We all had to do as he said, not as the science dictated. As I've said before, it's about ego and control. Nothing else.
N95 masks are very effective. I have never become sick while wearing an N95, including being in the room with people who tested positive for covid. The science always dictated that vaccines and masks are effective. Your Roe Jogan podcast guest is not "science."
My ex-employer made us all sign a vaccine status paper. Then there was a policy put forth that said something like this, "People with vaccines and who get covid will be able to take sick leave and vacation. People without the vaccination cannot take vacation or sick leave." It was pretty messed up.
Out of curiosity, if you contract some breakthrough varient of the virus from a coworker despite being vaccinated; and your employer had forced you to work on site; would that be considered an "on the job injury". I imagine right now there's some law firm somewhere out there, just waiting for the right big enough outbreak so they can launch their massive class action suit.
In my country, you are required to present a medical certificate ONLY AFTER you've been hired! The reason for that being is so that the employee can't falsely sue the employer for incurring any disabilities or medical conditions because of the work environment and the opposite - so that the employee can prove that they did not have any of the underling medical conditions they are suing the company for being responsible before starting to work for them! Basically, it's in place in order to protect both the employee and the employer, and it's required by law to be presented right after you've signed the contract, but not before!
"If 69% of our ""employee family"" register as having had a vasectomy/their tubes tied and wear a hat you'll all get a [plain] pizza party! [or you're fired]" -corporate oligarch
"If we get above the 70% mark of CEOs pulling their head outta their ass, we'll have a potluck! Isn't that fun! Make sure to reach out to HR if your dish is allowed though."
This is why employees in the modern day need to organize, and whether that means forming a union or just demanding, on a department or company wide level, that you get results, it needs to be done.
Hope that CEO watches your video and feels like crap knowing everyone outside of his personal power tripping environment he enforces at work thinks he's a womble
I worked from home pre-pandemic and still do. Be slightly careful what you wish for with transitioning to perma work from home. That makes your job very attractive for outsourcing.
I’m not a lawyer but wouldn’t this be a HIPPA violation? I didn’t think employers could request this kind of information because this kind of information can be abused. I guess if it’s voluntary, but this seems like a privacy suit waiting to happen.
That's why they use 3rd parties like sedgwick to handle leaves but sedgwick makes you to submit the information to them and then inform the company if they believe the leave is valid or not
There are multiple reasons why they don't like people working at home and it has nothing to do with productivity. You are no longer slave to the company working at set amount of time, where you spend at least 3 hours preparing and commuting to the office. And a quarter of your money going to the stores around the offices for food.
We've had FOUR employees die from COVID. FOUR. Still have to come in at least 2 times a week now despite working successfully from home full time for over a year. Insanity. So no, even an employee dying will change their thirst for control over your life.
Thank you for telling us this. I wrote a scathing email to this credit union and I hope the CEO reads it. I'm appalled at his actions and hope he's fired.
So I used to work for them.... they care more about management because they expect them to work 50+ hours a week on a 40 hour salary.... soo they don't have to pay overtime... so if management is sick they will miss out on all this free work...
The persuasion of this CEO to get his employees to get the jab is unreal and it's not because he cares. It's because of tax break incentives. If I were those employees, they should present a liability letter for the employer to sign. I got the template if anyone needs it.
@@spiritqueen11 they also deleted my phonetic phone number but they will let scammers post tn’s all day long on crypto videos lol trying again it’s about 314 reasons to give 443 people the right to free speech in the year 3553
That is insane, regarding sick leave. Here in Ireland we have a right to take annual leave days when not sick. Meaning that if I, for instance, break a leg in a skiiing accident while on leave, the annual leave stops and sick leave starts.... and I can take the unspent annual leave later in the year. I know someone who experienced this exact scenario
The reason most companies are doing this is a matter of exploit, cost cut, and profits. Think of it this way, if I can make it so that work from home makes it so that I am allowed to cut your wages, that's so dam good. In fact, that's what my company did to us. Because we were forced to work from home, and all the sudden low job availability, my company cut everyone's salary because we aren't being productive. Why? Because they can. We were still as productive as we've always have been. In fact, even more so now.
This is 100% about control and poor leadership, as someone who has held the role of a COO you must trust your employees. The workplace has forever changed, as a leader you either adapt or risk losing your talent.
Just started a new corporate job and the manager just set off a number of red flags. Apparently, if there is a regional emergency(such as a hurricane/tropical storm) and our power goes out, we “can go to office to finish work”. If we don’t show up at the office, we are considered a “no show” and can be disciplined. I almost laughed because I’m going to be the first one to evacuate. Im not risking my life fir a corporation.
These CEOs who care more about lower level employees being "at the office" more than their actual output reminds me a lot of those teachers who go to university and get their masters and become a high level teacher at a school and end up caring more about what the students are wearing at school than their education.
The last place I worked was horribly out of touch, employee morale had fallen off a cliff after COVID, and they paid well below market averages, and even they had enough sense to offer $75 to entice people to get vaccinated. Honestly, if someone hasn't gotten vaccinated by now, even $75 is not likely to convince them, but it's better than ice cream. JFC
If there's no need to be in an office, and you've been remote the past year and a half, then quit any job requiring you be in the office. We've seen that remote work works. So many people prefer that. Find a remote job. Many places are these days. Your other options are to organize your co workers together and refuse to work in the office. The executives cannot afford to cut everyone off. If you're really dedicated, organize so that if the boss fires any worker for working from home, you all quit. The other option is to start your own business. Find something you enjoy and build a business that fits with your schedule. Those don't all guarantee results, and building a business doesn't mean necessarily fewer hours. People have been rethinking the way they work. I think if some executives think they're special because they run a company, and you guys hate it there. Leave for something that is more fulfilling. Tons of people are doing it these days (called the Great Resignation). People are tired of these executives. These are people that all enjoy working and work hard without wanting to be babysat and follow stupid rules that so many managers don't actually understand
Josh, best to tell those folks to warm up their resumes and jump ship now. Been through this before, under different circumstances, and it is just an exercise to identify to lay people off. Those that have interacted with HR are already branded.
Big fan of the channel man. It’s nice to see there’s someone close in age that has the same opinions and outlooks on the things you’ve talked about. I own an ice cream truck business, I’ve been running it for about 2 years now and you’d be amazed at how many companies have reached out to me to do “employee appreciation events” at their major corporations. These aren’t just mom and pop shops or little businesses. I’m talking absolutely massive companies that will have me come out and serve their employees. They won’t hesitate to pay whatever the total comes out to. There’s been times I’ve calculated the numbers and think there’s no way they’d pay what I’m charging but they don’t care because it’s way less than actually giving everyone a raise or pto vacation. I obviously don’t turn down the business but it feels ridiculous going to these companies with a bunch of grown ass adults. It’s nice being on the other side man. No lie. One thing I do, is make a mental note of what companies are having me come out and do this so if I ever end up needing a job in the future I can avoid these businesses like the plague.
This reminded me of a case that happened in my country: a company had their call center employees working in the office (wouldn't allow them to work from home), and they specifically told them that if they told anyone or called a doctor if they caught the virus, they'd be fired. Never forget: wether they treat their employees righr or wrong, a company's goal is ALWAYS to make money. By any means.
Medically speaking you could get that CEO in huge trouble if they are trying to give someone with lactose intolerance ICE CREAM. Like thats falling under intentional intoxication.
I suppose health insurance premiums could be part of the motivation, but honestly I think this guy wants to use 70% as a benchmark to force everyone to come back to the office. This way he can’t be sued if there’s a Covid outbreak because he’ll just say they were following CDC guidelines of some form or another
Ice cream is the real criminal here. I remembered there was ice cream in the freezer but someone had kept chocolate cake powder and I took a gulp of it and nearly choked, my throat is burning now
And of course, while having "people come first" as a "core value", that CEO gives preferential treatment to senior management... Nice going, Ryan... "Be kind" only means be kind to upper management, never the other way around, eh, Ryan?
I worked at a tech company that would fire employees if they exceeded their PTO for being sick. You were not allowed to have any type of unpaid day off. They only gave 5 PTO days per year! And they wondered why they had a high turnover.
Idk they think that adults are little goo goo ga ga babies. Nevermind the fact that a lot of people don't eat ice cream. Lactose intolerant, vegan, etc.
So the employees should have a teams meeting and include the CEO, with everyone enjoying their fave ice cream within the comforts of their own home...while working!!! I love it! But seriously, him inquiring about why some have CHOSEN not to getthe vaccine is none of his business and is totally out of line.
keep up the great work josh. i hated the place i use to work where they all talk about teamwork and family and such non sense then screw you over without a care.
When you pretend to care about your employees health, yet you make people take unpaid sick days.
Corporate america - ouch.
It’s exactly the same in Australia.
How about we boycott any company forcing back to office / drink Fauchi kool-aid mandates?
@@Anonymous-md2qp The Great Boycott!!! Let's approach these business entities from consumer side. Customers are always right, and we all ONLY spend/invest with companies following natural law (mark passio, thank you).
@Sneed He'll just take his laptop home and make a few calls and call it a full work day.
"If approved", if not approved then you just get fired for your absence.
"HR is not there to protect you from anything. They are there to protect the company from you". ~ 1 million dollar line.
If you think about it, their job is to keep your salary as low as possible. Remember guys, HR is NOT your friend.
Truth. Found that out my first job out of grad school.
@@gunadiwibowo9407 HR it’s in their name. Human Resource. They mismanage the human resource. It’s akin to so many other oxymoronic words and phrases in our language.
Though sometimes you get a good hr who is there to protect the company from itself.
Got a friend who was a director of HR Her words to me where "HR are there to protect the company and keep them out of court and the news, not to protect you
HR and middle management have been working hard to justify their positions over the past year and a half. That's why there is such a push to get people back into the office.
Exactly. Managers that only manage other managers are being exposed for their uselessness. Middleage overweight white guys in my company have resorted to emailing novels about BLM and other race stuff to try to remain relevant.
@Michael Brown 100% THIS. if it's a middle manager who started from the bottom of the company i can respect and they'll have experience with that product. If it's some bogus MBA clown who has 0 idea of the product like these corporations keep hiring, they are absolute garbage waste of people/money.
@Sneed there's so much trash clown MBA's and "business" folks that are a waste of money. They are the ones who would lay off people at a successful company with no remorse to save company money even though ironically they should bey laying themselves off for being useless and driving many companies into a milking machine dedicated towards the short term to appease these problematic investors who are wowed by fake numbers and shiny things, not long term about building a better product and have the company create value, which is how a HEALTHY capitalist society should function. Instead these parasites increase profit for a company WITHOUT creating more value for customers, that is a company that is a parasite to HEALTHY capitalism.
@Sneed I understand what you are saying. The higher you go up the corporate ladder there are far less positions that are available. We have the CEO, in some instances co-CEO, etc. Everyone else now falls in the middle whether we like it or not. The promotions are far fewer by now. Sometimes you have to leave the company altogether in order just to get to the next phase in your career. Now those that are qualified or deserve to be in those positions is a whole different topic. That always leaves room for debate.
@Sneed That is so true. I have seen that myself. Nothing good comes out of it. There are some in upper management who feel they have free reign to do whatever they want. It seems that they are looking for any excuse not to give a bonus The problem now in this work environment much of the staff will be losing their jobs if they don't comply. At this stage, there won't be any middle management or lower tier staff.
I think CEO retirements should be limited to pizza and ice cream parties - no retirement benefits
plus a corporate-branded plastic pen
hihihi
And statins every single day, as he will develop diabetes with his eating habits…
A generic plaque - without even name engraved and Corporate SWAG.
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- we force you to come to the office
- You contract covid from a coworker
- You use up your sick leave.
- You take unpaid leave.
- We fire you because of lack of productivity.
Wtf??!!??
Lol you will not get covid from a coworker...you will get covid from your neighbour. It's here to stay. Just have to live with it. You'll be fine.
@@midnull6009 Wrong. I dont even now my neighbors, but my coworkers? Around them and their germs all the time
@@midnull6009 lol we go to work and be around our coworkers, not our neighours who we don't even interact let alone get within 2 meters distance with lol lol lol
LOL
@@louisarius9672 speak for yourself. And from my previous msg, covid is here to stay. Everybody and their mother was infected at this point, lol.
My coworkers who don't want to get the vaccine because they aren't afraid of COVID should be the ones who have to go back to the office, since they aren't afraid of it.
Earlier this year I asked my employer to make my work at home permanent. It was a one on one meeting and my boss is pretty laid back. I was told at the time to not tell other employees but that they were thinking about closing our physical location and having everyone work from home anyway. I wish more companies were understanding of their employees.
I'm waiting for the punch line.
They're not understanding of their employees. It was because they wouldn't have to pay for rent, electricity, Internet, computers, software, etc. You would be paying for all of that, at your home.
They thought that it's cheaper to not pay for all of that even if it means they can't control you all the time.
@@KulaGGin That may be so, but regardless of their reasoning it still benefits the employees as well. It is a win win.
It’s cheaper for them to close the offices but if they have a multi year contract it may not be
You would think they wouldbe eager to do it as a costs saving measure to increase profits. Smaller space means lower rent, lower utities,lower premises liability insurance. They'd save money on everything right down to tissues, toilet paper and hand soap.
I got fired by questioning the management policies about working from home. They told me I was rude and they gave me an ultimatum. Man, it feels good that I was not there anymore. Now I have a job that is 100% remote. Please keep posting videos like this.
I unsubsidized to this guy for deleting my comments about his misinformation he puts in his videos. He's just like the ceo of the company he is criticizing so your point probably falls on deaf ears with him, he only cares about the money from your views as he shuts down debate and free speech in his comments alot of times
@@scottwall8419 You mean unsubscribed? hahaha what's the missinformation my dude? eveyone who has ever worked watch this video and they are not surprised, some (if not most) companies have this weird hate for WFH
@Oscar08814 It's not weird if it's related to productivity
Never, ever go to HR, just never.
Who?
Could not agree more!!
I learned this the hard way.
You need to send a certified letter to HR before legal action to demonstrate to the court that you tried in good faith to resolve the matter.
Yup. Learned firsthand that HR are really just the CEO's spies and lackeys. They solely represent the interests of the CEO/executives and not the employees.
"To make this a little fun, we plan to hold an ice cream celebration if we hit the mark."
This is kindergarten all over again.
I can only speak to my own experience, but as an employee I've made a habit of organizing these things within the employee base. "Oh, you're going to give us pizza? What do you think we eat every Friday? Try harder."
gotta have the plebs in the building so that property value dont collapse to its real value
It's also insidious because it makes it seem like management is doing a nice thing for its employees, if there are any problems Management can characterize the whole argument as about ice cream, not workers rights...this is a hallmark of bad management.
omg I remember that in 2 grade my teacher was like if we got good grades on our test I remember I was so excited then the day of the ice cream party the teacher was like I can't do the icecream party im too poor to buy icecream but still thats crazy we are adults not children
I just got ice cream from the store down the road. I am proud to say I managed to accomplish what this HR department planned to do without lengthy meetings or team calls.
Fun/great thing about Germany: If you get sick during your vacation, you will get the vacation days back. Since vacation days are for recreation not for curing sicknesses.
@@lilis969 Well laws and rules are only worth a thing when people believe in them and the system enforces them.
@@schnappueber when people hold systems accountable. Laws and regulations can be about literally anything, but organized people are making the difference
Didn't Germany stop Walmart stealing customers with fake prices? A great country indeed.
Thanks for the tip, I’m moving
You're joking right? I guess I'm gonna transfer to GE now xD
"Why not let them work from home?"
Businesses opened this Pandora's box and they're trying so hard to shut it...but they've already shown it works for a whole year.
Yup
I'm sure it's partly because they are power hungry and desperate to tell people what to do.
Plus let's be honest. Business and in office culture is often like a country club for the manager and exec types. When they even show up.
CEO promotes employee health and wellbeing by enticing them with junk food.
@@ethanswimmer1287 It's a fucking vaccine that has more people faking negative symptoms than seriously going through them.
I got my second Pfizer shot a few weeks ago and I'm happy to know that I'm not gonna get scarred in my insides no matter the variant I get.
Seriously, grow up.
@@granudisimo More people faking symptoms, like blood clots? What are you even basing that claim on?
Surely growing up means being able to make your own decisions about what goes into your body and not just doing what you're told.
A few weeks is not a long period of time mate; many people are concerned about potential damage months or years down the line because they think in the long term like adults are supposed to.
Just to be clear, if eaten for nutrition ice cream are junk food,
it's perfectly fine for your health to celebrate with it on occasion.
Ha ha ha yep BS in full swing here
Ironic because 78% of people hospitalized for the virus are obese, yet every policy they seem to promote continues to encourage unhealthy habits
In my experience, the more someone pushes an agenda the more suspicious you should be. That being said I would think any CEO would be happy not to have to pay the overhead involved with having more people in the office. And what the heck is this big obsession with pizza and ice cream? Give me gift cards, a raise, a car, something useful and tangible for the long term, not crap that isn't even good for you.
They want you dead and they hate the idea that you are human and could possibly obtain happiness. If you look at corporations everything they do is designed to kill you one way or another. Working or buying from them.
@@ed4544 That's a bit extreme.
If you die, you can't make them money or spend money with them.
Most companies have building leases that are locked in... So they interpret not being able to save on overhead as a con (instead of the reality that it is net 0 either way). Essentially you have to go in to the office because the powers that be cant get over the sunk cost fallacy.
Gift cards are trash too. Visa/mc? Lose $4.95/from the purchase fee. Everywhere else? No guarantee it will be useful at all.
@@kristenlueken4023 to kinda add to what you were saying. Even tho it's rarer some owners typically if they're 2nd generation might actually own the land the building sits on and they pay themselves rent so closing the physical location would be a lose
My Company said " If you moved during covid more than 50 miles away you will be allowed to work from home" I have always lived over 50 miles away. For the last 5 years every year I have tried to go remote and they always find some magical excuse why I get blown off. The company states " We value our work life balance" Yeah , only SOME people work life balance matters and not everybody. I have a family, young children and spending 60 hours a week commuting for 20 and getting paid for 40 seems ridiculous. I don't care about the culture. I want to be left alone - I don't feel safe down in Minneapolis either. So disappointed.
That sucks, hopefully they will let you do it now. Either that or I would open a PO Box… still would be cheaper than driving 100 miles a day.
ID look up other ways to boost your immune system, and im sorry you have a family and kids that depend on you, thats the thing with having a family, you always have to look ahead to the future to see what might happen and also be prepared for things that might disrupt your finances, thats one lesson to learn about now.
I mean if everyone just does not come in, problem solved. The people have the power to force their hand.
This is a good idea. Organized so everyone who can work from home just refuse going to office. Keep doing the work your paid to do, but dont move outside the door
@@eliotness107 in a perfect world yes. Here? boss' pets and wannabes won't follow
@@kyushirokun nah you are wrong. Workers have ALL the power, they just have to use it ;)
Too many sheep. That will never happen.
@@kyushirokun That is likely a small minority of people though. Once a few people start doing it others will join in.
"HR is not there to protect you, HR is there to protect the company from you"
Gold of quotes by J Fluke.
Love when Josh says “ why not let them work from home” after each of the company’s social distance policy.
You definitely don't ever want to go to HR to complain. I worked somewhere years ago where a co-worker complained to HR that his boss was vaping during multi-hour meetings. Less than a month after that, he was let go as part of a "Reduction in Force".
Yup people need to realise HR is there to help the COMPANY not u
There is a youtuber CEO that said that HR is hired by the company FOR the company.
Exactly I'm hoping people don't learn this about HR the "hard way" and smarten up to HR simply being the companies own "on site counsel".
I complain to HR all the time, to the point where I am 100% sure they've told managers to not talk to me unless absolutely necessary. There are mask requirements in the office and I dont follow them. Nobody says anything, not even my manager.
@@bucketofsteam9260 It might be hard to replace you, they might be looking and have had no luck, etc. It's inscrutable for me to guess, since I don't know you or your field. I would say GENERALLY that you're not doing yourself any favors, because GENERALLY speaking, they'll dump you as soon as they can. You may be the outlier, however, generally speaking, it's good to avoid complaining to HR.
Synovus Financial, a company out of Georgia, did pretty much the same thing to my wife. They had everyone working from home. Everything was fine, it was proof that her job and majority of the people in that office, that the job could be done at home with no issues. Then randomly they wanted to bring everyone back to the office. So they sent out a questionnaire trying to see if there would be people that would be willing to come back to the office. My wife answered no because she is at risk (This was before the vaccine) next thing you know my wife gets laid off during holidays. Synovus is the worst.
He wants people to come back to work but if they get sick they have to be “assessed” for legitimacy. Man oh man.
Keep it up, Joshua!
hello,how are you doing today ?
Since when are these people health professionals?
they aren't assessed for legitimacy the are "assessed" for return to work ...would you want the teller at the window to return to work when they are sick??
I've got 37 years (and counting) in IT corporate jobs and so glad I am retiring in the next year or so. But very happy that technology is allowing this latest generation of workers to change their work/life paradigm and pushing back hard on these corporation that, for years, have had a stranglehold on our lives. So glad to be alive to witness this moment in history.
It’s disturbing that an employer is prying into people’s medical history demanding explanations for why some are not vaccinated. It’s none of his goddamn business.
I know! Lack of privacy.
What else will they do with your medical history/records?
HR: “Kevin, you missed your 5th booster shot and flu shot from 2019. You have 7 days to get all shots needed to work here.”
This 👆is coming soon.
In Poland few CEO idiots like this one are already in court…
@@spiritqueen11 Not lack. Violation. This should be a punishable offense.
If you need to bribe people so they get a vaccine for a new deadly disease you got a problem as a society.
It's also a symptom of that problem when asking to get people back to the office and using the vaccine to emotionally blackmail into compliance while bribing with ice cream.
Besides, vaccinated people can still transmit the disease so, yeah, let them work home.
Listen, the issue is not that the CEO is asking his employees to be vaccinated (he should and as should every other employer in the world), the problem is with the way he is handling it and his refusal to let the employees work from home. Please don't bring your anti-vaxx rhetoric here.
The pretending game has gotta stop… nothing makes me more upset as when corporate tells us they care about employees… WHILE themselves working from home safely! boils my blood honestly.
I've heard the claim that it's because productivity of people working from home is lower. Idk if that's true or not just what I've heard. If that is why then that would explain it. If productivity was the same then companies would let everyone work from home to save money
@@gokublack8342 they claim productivity in the office. they claim it period all the time every time.
@sorejack I'm just saying everything a company does is usually about money and since technically it would cost the company more to have offices instead of just allowing employees to work remote they must think employees will be more productive at the office instead of remote. Idc what other bs reason they give its always about money
@@gokublack8342 cant claim an empty office building as a buisness expense if your not using it. theyre probably also leasing it from themselves, for tax purposes.
The role of HR is to protect company from employees. That’s it.
Lol. You're single handedly making workplace "Ice Cream" a new meme.
Starting to hate the whole corporate thing ngl.
Just starting now? I hate it for 23yrs now and my dad for 57yrs. Welcome
this makes me want to go back and work in iraq as a manager. At least watching the corruption unfold and rebuild in front of your eyes can give you "some" insight into whats happening with the company youre working for
There are corporations that actually care about their employees (at least that has been my experience in mexico) of course they are a slim number, but they are passionate.
Of course the goal for us should be create businesses with the care we deserve so we can pass the torch at somepoint or at least be like Joshua and call it out so we can help make work-life better for people.
But yeah, I absolutely do NOT blame you for your hate there are too many shitty companies out there.
Does this make us communists if we hate this corporate thing?
Duh
I love how conditional covid-19 concerns are when it comes to commercial real estate and micro management issues.
they cant keep the commercial real estate prices artificially inflated if the prisoners with jobs work from home.
Time to turn those empty cubicle wastelands into housing for the homeless or low-income.
I love how managers can just say "go talk to HR"... they can avoid any discussions. I think politicians will start doing that. "go talk to HR" sort of like "go talk to someone who cares"
I’m so glad my new job will be remote only and forever.
They should all look for new jobs. The CEO is a mega tool.
If everyone quits he will have hit his 70% quota!
Or go on strike.
Working at the office instead of at home isn't a life risking thing anymore than going to the grocery store or a restaurant is. People want to work from home because its far easier, less stressful, and more productive because people are focused on their job instead of working their way into office cliches and trying to make it like high school.
Is less risk if you are going to less places like going in to the office
Working from home is safer. The duration of potential contact with someone that has COVID and contracting it is far less doing groceries than at work. I am not at the supermarket for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week. For everyone to have this exposer (grocery, laundry, etc.) and be forced to sit in a closed office for 8+ hours/day is definitely going increase the chances of spreading the virus if someone did get it…. Just saying - the justification is still there.
@@realJohnJohn not really. You take the same 3500lb hunk of rapidly moving steel to run errands and transport people as you do to the office. Where you go doesn't matter for risk unless you're going to a hospital. There's more people at restaurants and grocery stores on a per square foot basis than there will ever be at the office.
@@ethanswimmer1287 I am a genius, thank you. My point isn’t that the amount of people that you are exposed to is smaller in those public areas. It’s how long you actually stay in those areas. You are not going to go to the grocery store every day. So your point of contact is limited to that instance. If you go to the office, you are continually forcing a point of contact every day - which increases your chances of getting the virus. Meaning that if you did end up contracting the virus, you are exposing more people to the virus due to the additional point of contact. This includes forcing people to return to office locations when it’s not necessary. Again, the concern is valid.
Edit: also it’s meet - not meat…. Genius
On one hand i agree with those reasons working remotely is better, on the other, it may or may not be "more" risk but point is it's "unnecessary" risk.
Plus in a world where grocery delivery services exist, that may be a moot argument regardless
I just thought of this and i am probably reaching, but i imagine most of ceos thinking something like "my kids love ice cream surely my employees will too" infantilizing them in the process
i noticed that. normally shit like this is cringe-inducing but with what i've watched the last year and a half it just nauseates. some people need to be beaten up.
We need an update for this after the 31st or whenever the ice cream challenge ends. Would love to see how this CEO handles not hitting his 70%
I, too, would be interested in that. Also would be interested in seeing a picture of his head exploding when the goal isn't reached. 😀
@@Casinogirl56 Then ultimately going the "it'd be a shame if your place in our company would have to be reconsidered if we don't reach that 70% goal" email
@@DubbyMoodz sadly I think you're right.
He will mandate it if they don't get 70%
@@willinmilwaukee Yup, or bully people until it’s easier to just tell them your private info than keep jumping through the hoops they’ll put in as “mandatory requirements” for keeping your job.
I will hire my first employee this autumn. She can work where she wants, when she wants and what time of day she prefers. She just have to take care of "her" customers. Why should I tell her what to do, I hire her for her skills and not to control what she does all day long (like many middle managers or CEO). I run a company, not a kindergarden. No icecream needed.
Sadly this is going on at pretty much every bank right now. People I know that work at other banks are dealing with the same thing as well.
I really enjoy seeing emails going out and calls with MD’s stating we have done so well working from home and set record breaking profits. Then in the same sentence say we have to go back into the office, just to do what we have been doing for 18 months.
Also follow up on this past the 31st of Aug
Everyone should go and buy the most expensive ice cream they can afford. Then they should each send the CEO a picture of themselves enjoying the ice cream.
Hmm, a teams meeting where everyone is enjoying ice cream in the comforts of their own home while working...love it!
A picture of their "smiling face" enjoying the ice cream! 😉
You guys really have it bad in America. Damn. Here in France, you called in sick for COVID, you wouldn't hear from anyone at work for like 14 days. Peace.
For the way things have turned out, things we ALREADY knew at the time but it was pretended we didn’t… these CEOs that tried to force a medical procedure on their employees should be in jail
Ice cream socials FTW!!! Glad to see we still haven’t evolved as humans with ice cream being the corporate carrot.
Hard hats on gents! Ice cweam! Yay! (Claps really fast, while laughing like a loon!).
They're still in a close race with, "pizza parties."
Nothing like having a bunch of people eating in close proximity to boost… infections.
You'll never buy me with ice cream.
If you have pizza though...
Ice cream social while some companies offer free ice cream in the communal fridge and froyo machines😂
Lol, that is so wild to me. I love the way companies think just saying "we care about you and your families" in email form, is enough to show they have any type of solidarity or understanding of any employees' plight.
This is why you don't have any loyalty to these places, because at the end of the day your life doesn't matter. Just how much money you can bring in, and how much control they can lord over you.
I imagine this guy just sitting in the breakroom after hours by the freezer with 8 buckets of ice cream screaming "WHY WON'T THESE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED FOR FREE ICE CREAM??"
This CEO is a piece of work. Since he clearly doesn't care about his employees wellbeing, it'd be nice to see what he'll do if the entire back-office refuses to work for 2 weeks.
One can still get covid while being vaccinated & healthy
Hope these poor employees leave the trashy company that doesn't value their hard work
My former CEO insisted that we "trust the science." Every week (he bought our old company) he would get up there and spout his rhetoric at us. He would shame people for having questions, having concerns. He would shame people for not wearing masks, or getting vaccinated, or not vaccinated enough, or not liking the weekly tests (or thinking they were stupid and not accurate given that at the end they were take-home tests).
And yet all the stuff he spouted was incorrect. All of it. The mask efficacy, the vaccine efficacy, the danger of the disease, who it affects, how it affects them. We worked in an environment (a shop) where all of us were at least 8 feet apart all day long. Often more than that. We all wore respirators as a general rule anyway (carbon fiber dust was in the air), and we all socially isolated during breaks. But none of it was enough for this yahoo. We all had to do as he said, not as the science dictated.
As I've said before, it's about ego and control. Nothing else.
N95 masks are very effective. I have never become sick while wearing an N95, including being in the room with people who tested positive for covid.
The science always dictated that vaccines and masks are effective. Your Roe Jogan podcast guest is not "science."
Lol finance industry is cold and ruthless. They don’t care. 5 years in financial institutions, NEVER AGAIN
My ex-employer made us all sign a vaccine status paper. Then there was a policy put forth that said something like this, "People with vaccines and who get covid will be able to take sick leave and vacation. People without the vaccination cannot take vacation or sick leave." It was pretty messed up.
Out of curiosity, if you contract some breakthrough varient of the virus from a coworker despite being vaccinated; and your employer had forced you to work on site; would that be considered an "on the job injury".
I imagine right now there's some law firm somewhere out there, just waiting for the right big enough outbreak so they can launch their massive class action suit.
Agree on the not sharing personal medical information with your employer.
In my country, you are required to present a medical certificate ONLY AFTER you've been hired! The reason for that being is so that the employee can't falsely sue the employer for incurring any disabilities or medical conditions because of the work environment and the opposite - so that the employee can prove that they did not have any of the underling medical conditions they are suing the company for being responsible before starting to work for them! Basically, it's in place in order to protect both the employee and the employer, and it's required by law to be presented right after you've signed the contract, but not before!
If there was ever to be a war between good and evil, it would be the world vs all HR departments.
"If 69% of our ""employee family"" register as having had a vasectomy/their tubes tied and wear a hat you'll all get a [plain] pizza party! [or you're fired]" -corporate oligarch
Parent Career Day:
Kid #1: My daddy is a fireman
Kid #2 : My mommy is a doctor
kid #3: My daddy organizes ice cream and pizza parties!
Your HR quote is spot on. NEVER TALK TO HR!!! They will fire you quicker than the lazy employee that should’ve been gone months ago.
"If we get above the 70% mark of CEOs pulling their head outta their ass, we'll have a potluck! Isn't that fun! Make sure to reach out to HR if your dish is allowed though."
I've gotta know what tantrum he throws when they don't hit his arbitrary 70% lmfao
This is why employees in the modern day need to organize, and whether that means forming a union or just demanding, on a department or company wide level, that you get results, it needs to be done.
Hope that CEO watches your video and feels like crap knowing everyone outside of his personal power tripping environment he enforces at work thinks he's a womble
I worked from home pre-pandemic and still do. Be slightly careful what you wish for with transitioning to perma work from home. That makes your job very attractive for outsourcing.
I’m not a lawyer but wouldn’t this be a HIPPA violation? I didn’t think employers could request this kind of information because this kind of information can be abused. I guess if it’s voluntary, but this seems like a privacy suit waiting to happen.
That's why they use 3rd parties like sedgwick to handle leaves but sedgwick makes you to submit the information to them and then inform the company if they believe the leave is valid or not
There are multiple reasons why they don't like people working at home and it has nothing to do with productivity.
You are no longer slave to the company working at set amount of time, where you spend at least 3 hours preparing and commuting to the office. And a quarter of your money going to the stores around the offices for food.
As long as people realize they are making money for someone, they might as well do it in comfort or else let them find someone else.
You're amazing, thank you for doing this work joshua!
I appreciate that!
We've had FOUR employees die from COVID. FOUR. Still have to come in at least 2 times a week now despite working successfully from home full time for over a year. Insanity. So no, even an employee dying will change their thirst for control over your life.
My sincerest condolences on the loss of your coworkers.
Thank you for telling us this. I wrote a scathing email to this credit union and I hope the CEO reads it. I'm appalled at his actions and hope he's fired.
So I used to work for them.... they care more about management because they expect them to work 50+ hours a week on a 40 hour salary.... soo they don't have to pay overtime... so if management is sick they will miss out on all this free work...
Whenever there is such a heavy push for anyone to do anything there is some motivating factor, likely money and lots of it.
“Let me know if you have any questions”
means
“If you ask me anything I’ll find some busy work to punish you with”
Or just find a reason to fire you
The persuasion of this CEO to get his employees to get the jab is unreal and it's not because he cares. It's because of tax break incentives. If I were those employees, they should present a liability letter for the employer to sign. I got the template if anyone needs it.
I’d like a copy...
@@DavidRaleyLLC TH-cam deleted my comment and link. 😫😡 too risky to share email addresses on here. Ugh!!
@@spiritqueen11 they also deleted my phonetic phone number but they will let scammers post tn’s all day long on crypto videos lol trying again it’s about 314 reasons to give 443 people the right to free speech in the year 3553
@@DavidRaleyLLC bruh you must have the file by now. Time to remove your number from the internet....unless I can call for a good time kek
Check my profile in the video comments for the link.
That is insane, regarding sick leave. Here in Ireland we have a right to take annual leave days when not sick. Meaning that if I, for instance, break a leg in a skiiing accident while on leave, the annual leave stops and sick leave starts.... and I can take the unspent annual leave later in the year.
I know someone who experienced this exact scenario
So glad I found your channel! These types of CEOs are complete garbage, thank you for calling them out!
The reason most companies are doing this is a matter of exploit, cost cut, and profits. Think of it this way, if I can make it so that work from home makes it so that I am allowed to cut your wages, that's so dam good. In fact, that's what my company did to us. Because we were forced to work from home, and all the sudden low job availability, my company cut everyone's salary because we aren't being productive. Why? Because they can. We were still as productive as we've always have been. In fact, even more so now.
This is 100% about control and poor leadership, as someone who has held the role of a COO you must trust your employees. The workplace has forever changed, as a leader you either adapt or risk losing your talent.
*some despicable company and its shitty policies*
J. Fluke: So I started blasting!
Just started a new corporate job and the manager just set off a number of red flags. Apparently, if there is a regional emergency(such as a hurricane/tropical storm) and our power goes out, we “can go to office to finish work”. If we don’t show up at the office, we are considered a “no show” and can be disciplined. I almost laughed because I’m going to be the first one to evacuate. Im not risking my life fir a corporation.
These CEOs who care more about lower level employees being "at the office" more than their actual output reminds me a lot of those teachers who go to university and get their masters and become a high level teacher at a school and end up caring more about what the students are wearing at school than their education.
The last place I worked was horribly out of touch, employee morale had fallen off a cliff after COVID, and they paid well below market averages, and even they had enough sense to offer $75 to entice people to get vaccinated.
Honestly, if someone hasn't gotten vaccinated by now, even $75 is not likely to convince them, but it's better than ice cream. JFC
If there's no need to be in an office, and you've been remote the past year and a half, then quit any job requiring you be in the office. We've seen that remote work works. So many people prefer that. Find a remote job. Many places are these days. Your other options are to organize your co workers together and refuse to work in the office. The executives cannot afford to cut everyone off. If you're really dedicated, organize so that if the boss fires any worker for working from home, you all quit. The other option is to start your own business. Find something you enjoy and build a business that fits with your schedule. Those don't all guarantee results, and building a business doesn't mean necessarily fewer hours. People have been rethinking the way they work. I think if some executives think they're special because they run a company, and you guys hate it there. Leave for something that is more fulfilling. Tons of people are doing it these days (called the Great Resignation). People are tired of these executives. These are people that all enjoy working and work hard without wanting to be babysat and follow stupid rules that so many managers don't actually understand
Josh, best to tell those folks to warm up their resumes and jump ship now. Been through this before, under different circumstances, and it is just an exercise to identify to lay people off. Those that have interacted with HR are already branded.
Everyone who wants ice cream I am pretty sure they can go buy it themselves 😂
Big fan of the channel man. It’s nice to see there’s someone close in age that has the same opinions and outlooks on the things you’ve talked about.
I own an ice cream truck business, I’ve been running it for about 2 years now and you’d be amazed at how many companies have reached out to me to do “employee appreciation events” at their major corporations. These aren’t just mom and pop shops or little businesses. I’m talking absolutely massive companies that will have me come out and serve their employees. They won’t hesitate to pay whatever the total comes out to. There’s been times I’ve calculated the numbers and think there’s no way they’d pay what I’m charging but they don’t care because it’s way less than actually giving everyone a raise or pto vacation. I obviously don’t turn down the business but it feels ridiculous going to these companies with a bunch of grown ass adults. It’s nice being on the other side man. No lie. One thing I do, is make a mental note of what companies are having me come out and do this so if I ever end up needing a job in the future I can avoid these businesses like the plague.
Master Fluke is the hero we all knew we needed, but weren't allowed to articulate [instead we were asked to go to HR]
This reminded me of a case that happened in my country: a company had their call center employees working in the office (wouldn't allow them to work from home), and they specifically told them that if they told anyone or called a doctor if they caught the virus, they'd be fired.
Never forget: wether they treat their employees righr or wrong, a company's goal is ALWAYS to make money. By any means.
“They’re not a culture fit” oh my god the accuracy
Medically speaking you could get that CEO in huge trouble if they are trying to give someone with lactose intolerance ICE CREAM. Like thats falling under intentional intoxication.
what if you are lactose-intolerant diabetic and ice-cream denier? Where is the motivation to come back!
Joshua, I'm so with you on this topic.
The thing was always rigged. Problem is, now that you know the rules of corporate, do you join them, or break them.
Join em. Hanging out with the sheep won't get you that corner office, exec bonus or YATCH money.
it's the same in Japan. You do not even have sick leave days. If you're sick and don't show up at work, there goes your vacation.
I suppose health insurance premiums could be part of the motivation, but honestly I think this guy wants to use 70% as a benchmark to force everyone to come back to the office. This way he can’t be sued if there’s a Covid outbreak because he’ll just say they were following CDC guidelines of some form or another
Damn. Those emails would get my 2 week notice in response.
Ice cream is the real criminal here. I remembered there was ice cream in the freezer but someone had kept chocolate cake powder and I took a gulp of it and nearly choked, my throat is burning now
Maybe they can appropriate MedTechs: "Icecream Baby" motivational video
great content thanks
And of course, while having "people come first" as a "core value", that CEO gives preferential treatment to senior management... Nice going, Ryan... "Be kind" only means be kind to upper management, never the other way around, eh, Ryan?
I worked at a tech company that would fire employees if they exceeded their PTO for being sick. You were not allowed to have any type of unpaid day off. They only gave 5 PTO days per year! And they wondered why they had a high turnover.
lol. what's with ice creams and these guys?
Idk they think that adults are little goo goo ga ga babies. Nevermind the fact that a lot of people don't eat ice cream. Lactose intolerant, vegan, etc.
@Solve Everything Interesting.
I was severanced out of a company after filing a harassment complaint with HR. The perpetrator admitted the harassment. She was not fired.
So the employees should have a teams meeting and include the CEO, with everyone enjoying their fave ice cream within the comforts of their own home...while working!!! I love it! But seriously, him inquiring about why some have CHOSEN not to getthe vaccine is none of his business and is totally out of line.
keep up the great work josh. i hated the place i use to work where they all talk about teamwork and family and such non sense then screw you over without a care.
*Ceo talking to employees while stroking ice cream:*
You..... want this...... Don't you
"I was so worried about being able to afford food and rent, but then my boss gave us all one scoop of vanilla ice cream."