I’m 64 and a based boomer. I’ve spent most of my work life in manufacturing, and I’ve died on more than one hill in my day. This young man’s insight into the work world is far more realistic and practical all of the out-of-touch boomer managers, recruiters, HR types, career coaches who shill for employers and their brother in arms ever had.
Young people please don't start a family or get pregnant at this time. Companies/Government/organizations have no loyalty to employees they will turn on you in a second when its convenient and fire/replace you. Governments are also increasing authoritarianism while helping the Globalist elites to consolidate all wealth/power. To ensure no slavery like life, girls should remember to take the birth control pill daily and both guy/girl should use protection and consider Tubal Ligation which is a quick procedure. You will just condemn your new child to increasing poverty and freedomless slavery and these control/money/job trends worsen. The system in all countries ks getting worse now and children born now will suffer. Imagine your child living in a technically advanced meaning more brutal total surveillance Communist or dictatorship style society as that is the planned future if you choose to have kids. So by having children you are purposely causing them to be born to a life of suffering for your own selfishness in a way.
@@TheAlchemist1089 If my company offers severance pay for getting let go, I'd first compare what they're offering to that severance package. But even then, they'd likely have to offer more than what the severance package is in the terms of employment. Accepting $2,000 to quit means in almost all cases that you're not eligible for unemployment, which is the biggest reason not to accept it. I'd rather collect unemployment while searching for a new job than take fake generosity from a company that's actually just trying to save a buck at my expense.
I'll tell you one better.... I worked for Barnes and Noble Booksellers for eight years. I, like many of my coworkers, were part timers. So, instead of firing me, or saying "sorry, we have to lay you off", they simply stopped scheduling me. I went from 25 hours a week to zero overnight. I foolishly waited about a month, calling in every week to ask if I were on the schedule. After that I just went and found another job. I was too naive to know that this was a layoff and that I could have collected unemployment or underemployment compensation. (Keep in mind this happened in a Right to Work state.)
Young people please don't start a family or get pregnant at this time. Companies/Government/organizations have no loyalty to employees they will turn on you in a second when its convenient and fire/replace you. Governments are also increasing authoritarianism while helping the Globalist elites to consolidate all wealth/power. To ensure no slavery like life, girls should remember to take the birth control pill daily and both guy/girl should use protection and consider Tubal Ligation which is a quick procedure. You will just condemn your new child to increasing poverty and freedomless slavery and these control/money/job trends worsen. The system in all countries ks getting worse now and children born now will suffer. Imagine your child living in a technically advanced meaning more brutal total surveillance Communist or dictatorship style society as that is the planned future if you choose to have kids. So by having children you are purposely causing them to be born to a life of suffering for your own selfishness in a way.
Boss Man: “Good morning everyone! I’ve got some bad news and some good news.” Employees: “What’s the bad news?” Boss Man: “60% of you will be losing your jobs by the end of this month due to corporate mismanagement.” Employees: “Well what’s the good news?” Boss Man: “I get to keep my job and I’m receiving the largest yearly bonus in our company’s history.” Employees: 🖕🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕
@@algaldia They do seem to layoff hundreds of people every other year. This week though Jam City laid off over 100+ people and made sure to tell their investors something like "dont worry, we're still profiting. We're just restructuring"
here is a good one: my daughter is a highly paid executive (< 1 year there) and just found out her job was being eliminated. She went to a headhunter site and found her job being advertised. Pretty sleazy.
Even with lay offs companies will still try to screw you over. I was laid off when businesses shut down in 2020 and filed for unemployment. I got payments for a while then they stopped, resumed, and stopped again. Just two months ago I got a call from a middleman saying my previous company was disputing my unemployment filing and subsequent payments because they re-offered me a job in 2021. This didn't happen, and I told the middleman that. Also, the company was a year too late in disputing the claim, it shouldn't have stopped payments in the first place. Well, just last month I got all of the pay that they had held back and a notice saying the hold had been lifted. If I hadn't picked up the call or called the middleman back in 2 days, the case would've been won by the company and I would have to pay back thousands. The system in place is downright atrocious.
even though I got a job atm I will always be looking for another job until I die corporate America no longer has stability or loyalty towards its workers.
A company I used to work for very suddenly and universally revoked a long-standing "WFH 2 days per week" policy that people had organized their lives around with regard to child care, long-distance commuting, and etc. This was a week before a massive layoff and it became apparent that this was to encourage some people to quit on their own rather than stick it out another week for the severance.
I worked at an enterprise server manufacturing facility for a major computer company. In 2010, after three weeks of mandatory overtime, we put out record-breaking numbers for our factory. Unfortunately, in 2010, our CEO at the time decided to go toe-to-toe against Apple in the tablet department, and the company got its butt handed to it. The CEO was fired after less than a year (although he still pocketed a golden parachute worth several million dollars). Despite enterprise server production being unrelated to tablet production, the company decided that our factory needed downsizing. But for the reasons shown in this video, they wanted to avoid layoffs if at all possible. Instead, they instituted a point system. If you were absent -- for ANY reason, no exceptions -- you got one point. If you were late, you got half a point. Accumulate enough points and you're instantly released. Then, they moved one of the punch-in clocks to another part of the building. This meant that ALL of the factory workers had to funnel through a single clock to swipe their badge and clock in. If you wanted to be on time to your job, you actually had to show up twenty minutes early to stand in line. Using this method, they successfully fired huge swathes of the factory, before outsourcing our jobs to cheaper locations.
Thanks for the great info. A few months ago I was pushed out of my Management position cause I was not a "sheep". I built the organization from the ground up and integrated myself into almost every function that it runs off of. Helps that my background is IT and pretty good with technology. I was pushed to another position thinking I am going to train my replacement and provide all my tools.... they have another thing coming if they think they will get it all for free, thinking of becoming their consultant and giving myself a major raise. Funny thing is that since I have been viewing your videos I have made many changes that have started to open doors not just with other sites within my organization that want to absorb me but external companies somehow got a whiff of what happened to me and have extended offers. Crazy that a little mindset change can open so many doors all at once. Always have to have a mind of abundance and realize that layoffs or toxic environments are part of today's world. Thanks again Joshua. Keep them coming.
One way you know you're getting a terrible deal is when the other party uses pressure tactics. Like "reply by midnight". Give me a break. Same deal with severance agreements. NEVER sign anything on the spot. The law is on your side. You don't have to sign immediately. Don't listen to an employer who says you get nothing if you don't sign immediately. That's nonsense. Say you will take some time to review it and then get in contact with an employment lawyer.
It's a marketing tactic, just like the websites that claim you are getting an amazing deal by purchasing an item, but you have to place the order within 15 minutes. It gives a sense of urgency that is entirely fake, because they will just extend the deadline until they get what they want.
Thanks for raising awareness about this. It's gross to think about hard working people not only randomly getting laid off, but also exploited in the process.
It's not just Orwellian it's right up Upton Sinclair's alley. Just got to think there's going to be some kind of backlash at some point. Happened so many times throughout history.
The Amazon warehouse I worked out did something similar. They openly admitted the job "isn't for everyone" (translation: the job sucks!) and they'll pay you $2k to quit and they clearly communicate that you are permanently unhireable to the whole Amazon conglomerate if you take the money.
A coworker once said if they laid him off he would walk through the loading dock and very possibly slip on some of the BS that they leave laying around.
Maybe it’s because I have no skin in the game (ie no kids, debt, etc) but I used to loose sleep over lay offs early on but now I usually take it as good news. I’ve been laid off from my last 3 jobs in a row and all 3 times gotten a nice severance and taken anywhere between 3-10 months off before I even start looking again for work. It also helps I’m a minimalist.
This is the only reason i dont mind jobs in the mortgage industry. the mortgage industry is really cyclical. Hire booms then years later layoffs. Get severance and some unemployment. I literally get paid to hang out at the pool in the summer play some video games and look for something that pays more.
Minimalism has a very significant impact. People legit turn toward simple living so it really doesn't matter what happens since they live well below their means.
@@TurokAgi slow down. Just be average. I know it's still hard because most people suck. Just be average and dont brown nose. When the chopping block comes they figure you wont be missed and you'll get cut.
If you had children you would be financially trapped. Children are wonderful but so hard to consider having any when you cannot be reasonably confident that you could keep earning a living to meet their essential needs for food and shelter.
Offering money...I work for a small company. How "the boss" gets people to quit. First let's start with "random drug tests". Then we will move to cutting the hours of people "not in the circle". And if they do get fired "the boss" will fight tooth and nail not to give unemployment. Even if it cost him more money then just paying out.
Hey Josh, wanted to update you on the North Carolina Chicfila working ppl for chicken sandwich compensation, they got fined. But then in Tampa it was revealed they were over working their 14-15 yr old employees past 7pm which they arent allowed to do
Dang only 2k? Wow. Whenever you see these things, they’re basically saying “time to look for another job asap”. Don’t wait til Friday at 9am and get laid off unexpectedly
I worked at a company who did something similar to this and was just a terrible place to work. My friend was looking for another job and was about to turn in his two weeks when they announced anyone who wanted to resign would get salary and insurance for 2 months so he jump all over that. Apparently they found that he had another job lined up and were trying to withhold his 2 months of salary. They had nothing in their policies that made it wrong to look for another job so he threatened to sue and they ended up giving it to him because they knew they were in the wrong.
The deal would only make sense if you have already another opportunity waiting for you, which is pretty unlikely since the CEO wants an answer by the end of the day. Which is just a sales pressure tactic to induce fear of missing out and get more people to quit before they have time to think it through.
When American employers were taught by Ronnie Reagan to deny former employees any compensation for years of service. The US work force were screwed for 30-35 years, after 2015/2016 the American market started to change drastically. With remote working and the unbelievable success of remote work for employees, an attitude was being to show it ugly head to corporate America,and they could do nothing. 3 years and counting ,and the American attitude is getting worse. It is simple. If you want my talent and services, you will pay me a fair wage,fair benefit package comparable to the world market , not the highly political and anti union American market. I pray for my children's sake this attitude keeps on going and America finally gets back to fair and equitable employment
OMG! As I was watching this video I couldn't stop thinking about COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER DALLAS. This non-profit do people wrong all the time No company loyalty what so ever. Great video!!
My daycare has been short staffed and understaffed for years. This year, they started giving us an insensitive pay (bonus $15/work day) to keep employees.
That is not how you get people who are supposed to care for others. They are gonna end up with degenerates on their team that would take any measly amount to be around children because all the good workers had to move on to a job that actually keeps a roof over their heads.
A company in my area dodged WARN act reporting requirements by demoting people from the jobs they accepted to retail jobs and told them if you don't accept that, you are resigning.
Has anyone thought to put together a boycotting/harsh review/blackball list of the companies and startups that Joshua Fluke has made reports on. I think that would be very effective.
I work at a billion dollar retail store thats a nation wide store...very well known and profitable... They cut our hours in may/ June right around the time gas went up and inflation really hit. they literally cut our hours by half... Alot of people couldn't really enjoy their summer because of that bad month. I cant wait to quit, I am a good worker...and do my job well... Once I lock down another job I am going to quit without a two week notice an hour before my shift starts. Looking forward to burning that bridge and watching the flames 🤣
Wow! Even though the company will honor the offer, the email just stinks of scam. It's the kind of "ACT NOW!" hard sell message that's out to get something from you. In this case, that something is giving up your claim for UI. Thanks for sharing as always.
Only $2,000? Make that $200K and I'll leave right now. Translation: we're having a huge layoff later this month but would like to get rid of people ASAP to make it sound like normal attrition.
Perhaps the $2k would be a good idea if you already have a job lined up and your start date at a new company is a day or two after you would of been laid off.
I need someone to explain how the WARN act applies to government contracting. If the government cancels the contract with my company, we are instantly out of a job. I’ve seen 300 people let go in a day. 80% of the companies total workforce. While the employees, i.e., contractors, are W-2’s by the function and letter of the law, the company only hired them to service a contract.
The process in my area of getting the unemployment is so terrible and delayed it is a lot better for some individuals just to take the payoff and find another job.
They layed of over 40 employees at my job..their badge quit working when they came thru the doors..had the sheriff department there..offered six weeks pay😒..just sad..
Recently found your TH-cam channel and I've been watching alot of your videos as I'm trying to start my coding career path and I agree with so many of your videos I hate corporate America but I'm just trying to kickstart myself into a better position in life honestly, i love the career field I know I'm not going to be very good at dealing with cooperate bullshit for the rest of my life. I've watched my dad try and climb the corporate ladder and he's done decent for himself but I don't feel that's entirely the path for me as I've watched how much of a mental toll it's taken on him. I just enjoy learning to code and I would love to try and chat with you and have some back and forth to try and get some good advice for myself as I try to keep myself growing forward.
Another way corporations get away with layoffs is they find the smallest things to fire people for. I worked at whirlpool, and they fired 800 people in two months a couple years ago by slowly finding a reason. After call work, bathroom breaks, handle time. After a couple weeks, we knew our coworker being fired for having to piss too much meant they wanted to lay them off but didn't want to pay severance.
Terrible bait, too. Why would I take a one-time payment of $2000 to quit and be left with no income instead of: staying, continuing to make that same amount every week (or 2, depending on your salary) by staying, then collecting unemployment when you force me out?
2000$ ???? Seriously??? In Germany, if you get a termination contract, most companies pay you 3 months salary of severance pay. Meaning, if an employer wants to offer that, it must be AT LEAST 12.000 $ tbh
When I worked at a startup called TheatreDNA, they tried to do the exact same thing to me, except they told me through my employment rights attorney that they would give me $500 if I resigned. I didn't accept that, and a little over a week later, they gave me a "Lay Off Notice" & a "Severance Agreement" letter. The "Severance Agreement" letter stated that if I signed the letter, they would pay me $5000 & wouldn't dispute my unemployment claim, but if I signed it, I would waive them of all wrongdoing. I still haven't signed that Severance Agreement, which is why I can talk about this. I'm willing email these documents to you, and if you want to do a video about what I dealt with at TheatreDNA, go for it, Joshua.
It'll be funny if ALL of the regular staffs of that company resign at once and claim that 2.000 bucks. Then the CEO realize that he/she made a mistake and rehire them again. CEO always make mistakes and regret later. My aunt wanted a higher position but her former CEO refused and chose another employee instead, so she did what every smart people does, find a company that can give her that position. She got a house, a car, a better position, and a bigger salary and her former boss begged for her to comeback lmao.
I'd see that kind of email as a "Time to begin searching for jobs" Best case: You get another job, they make the buyout offer again, you move on to your new job with extra buyout money Likely case: You get laid off, get unemployment, and your job search is already well under way
@@ratulxy which does not work anymore. No employer hires people on the spot unless its a food service/retail crappy job where they host job fairs 2-3 times a week
I'm an employee for one of the companies doing massive layoffs and they are taking a particular route in doing this. However, it is not bad as a branch of the company firing employees without this particular offer. And good reason. You see I live in [REDACTED] state and we don't have labor protection laws for unemployement like others. If you are fired in this state for justification or whatever else, you can't go for unemployment. This includes poor work performance or whatever else. People are scared they are going to lose their jobs suddenly and not have any kind of safety net to fall back on because they've suddenly lost their job with barely any time to look for a new one. Atleast for my company, it's "Well we'll give you two weeks and if you leave now, we'll atleast give you 2k and put you on record you quit on your own terms so you can't apply for benefits or anything." It's so disgusting, and the worst part is the law is on their side.
To delve further into this without getting TOO detailed with personal information that involves me, I've seen the official memos and reports they are spewing down the line to explain these giant layoffs. Apparently, "We aren't doing any work". That's the tl;dr The real problem is that we've had an AI implemented into our tech work which helps to automate a lot of processes for us in the line of field. What part of our work was, was that this AI is actually EXTREMELY terrible at this and we are there to monitor and correct it for the individual uses of consumers. However, at an undisclosed moment in time, the company has shifted the default to the AI working solo with customers have to manually request use of AI supervision. And this is for work that is supposed to be important for accuracy. A real headscratcher, right? Because they've done this, they now have used statistical manipulation to show customers "prefer" this AI over having the help of a real time person. So they can then use this supposed data and reasoning to cut 1/3rd the work force. and to top it all off? We are suppose to be a company which helps and supports those with physical disabilities. Now these people will have to rely on cheap automation that doesn't even work.
honestly place is a tire fire if it's come to this and if you're a tech worker. a 2k check on a time bombed offer? lol. send your resume out take your time getting a nice 20% raise, and quit without notice when it's convenient for you.
X'er. Most of my career has been layoffs and temp jobs. My longest FTE was waiter, I think. The rest of the "professional" world has been layoffs, temporary gigs, and one serious load of BS at a fang. They kept pushing out my PTO until I got burned out. Then I got a PIP. I already had the work done they required but I knew it would crush them if they didn't get it. So I took the offer to leave and left w/ my code. Now their department is pretty much automated. When I burnt that bridge that fire spread.
Anyone still working at a company and not looking for another job after two massive layoffs is just plain stupid. That company is clearly in financial trouble. I will most certainly be the first rat off that ship.
Unfortunately, not every state has that great of unemployment. Louisiana's maximum weekly unemployment rate is $275. That was after years of it being at $252. The employers run the labor board so they can keep it ridiculously low. You can have claims denied for random things. They almost always side with the employer.
Why should an employer have to pay you for no longer working there? The second your fired that should be it, end of story. It's stupid that businesses have to pay taxes for unemployed people, what happened to personal responsibility? I've never worked for a wage anyways been self-employed & I'm not entitled to any unemployment, nor do I pay any taxes cause screw the government. I don't want them poking around in my life.
$2k for quitting is terrible. if you get fired/laid off you get unemployment benefits $$$ -Also many states offer free and discounted programs ranging from healthcare benefits to paying for school to laid off works and training. -iF YOUR EMPLOYER EVER DID ANYTHING ILLEGAL to you, its harder to sue if you resigned.
The only exception I could see to this is if you already have a better job lined up that you know for sure you're going to be starting in a week or two. I'd take the money in that scenario.
Haha I came here to write that - if you've got amazing timing then it's fine. Else 2k or even 20k does not make sense over unemployment while you find the next move.
I think unemployment should be optional. In my industry they're so high of a demand for my skills that unemployment is just taxation theft. Side note. Generally I'm an OTR truck driver. I love the lifestyle and the lack of any bills or normie BS. So I can't even imagine getting unemployment for 6 months.
What's to stop them from kicking you out the door once you submit your resignation? I wouldn't take an email that said "tell your boss you quit by midnight tonight for free money" at face value
Nothing stops them. But considering how this tactic relies on ignorance, I'd say a second benefit is that the unaware souls would be less likely to leave a poor review for the company, if not leave a halfway decent review for the company's "generosity" 🙄
I still don't see why companies should have anything to do with a person own government insurance. I'm glad social security insurance isn't this convoluted. But what if it was?
I’m 64 and a based boomer. I’ve spent most of my work life in manufacturing, and I’ve died on more than one hill in my day. This young man’s insight into the work world is far more realistic and practical all of the out-of-touch boomer managers, recruiters, HR types, career coaches who shill for employers and their brother in arms ever had.
Young people please don't start a family or get pregnant at this time. Companies/Government/organizations have no loyalty to employees they will turn on you in a second when its convenient and fire/replace you. Governments are also increasing authoritarianism while helping the Globalist elites to consolidate all wealth/power. To ensure no slavery like life, girls should remember to take the birth control pill daily and both guy/girl should use protection and consider Tubal Ligation which is a quick procedure. You will just condemn your new child to increasing poverty and freedomless slavery and these control/money/job trends worsen. The system in all countries ks getting worse now and children born now will suffer. Imagine your child living in a technically advanced meaning more brutal total surveillance Communist or dictatorship style society as that is the planned future if you choose to have kids. So by having children you are purposely causing them to be born to a life of suffering for your own selfishness in a way.
$2,000 to quit is a terrible deal in just about any industry for any reason.
At least 1 month pay minimum?
Make $200,000 and ill think about it.
@@db1777 lol too much bro
@@TheAlchemist1089 If my company offers severance pay for getting let go, I'd first compare what they're offering to that severance package. But even then, they'd likely have to offer more than what the severance package is in the terms of employment.
Accepting $2,000 to quit means in almost all cases that you're not eligible for unemployment, which is the biggest reason not to accept it.
I'd rather collect unemployment while searching for a new job than take fake generosity from a company that's actually just trying to save a buck at my expense.
Even 20k is questionable, as you'd get that in unemployment. If you had another job lined up, great timing, otherwise these things don't make sense
I'll tell you one better....
I worked for Barnes and Noble Booksellers for eight years. I, like many of my coworkers, were part timers. So, instead of firing me, or saying "sorry, we have to lay you off", they simply stopped scheduling me. I went from 25 hours a week to zero overnight. I foolishly waited about a month, calling in every week to ask if I were on the schedule. After that I just went and found another job. I was too naive to know that this was a layoff and that I could have collected unemployment or underemployment compensation. (Keep in mind this happened in a Right to Work state.)
This happened to me too
Young people please don't start a family or get pregnant at this time. Companies/Government/organizations have no loyalty to employees they will turn on you in a second when its convenient and fire/replace you. Governments are also increasing authoritarianism while helping the Globalist elites to consolidate all wealth/power. To ensure no slavery like life, girls should remember to take the birth control pill daily and both guy/girl should use protection and consider Tubal Ligation which is a quick procedure. You will just condemn your new child to increasing poverty and freedomless slavery and these control/money/job trends worsen. The system in all countries ks getting worse now and children born now will suffer. Imagine your child living in a technically advanced meaning more brutal total surveillance Communist or dictatorship style society as that is the planned future if you choose to have kids. So by having children you are purposely causing them to be born to a life of suffering for your own selfishness in a way.
Boss Man: “Good morning everyone! I’ve got some bad news and some good news.”
Employees: “What’s the bad news?”
Boss Man: “60% of you will be losing your jobs by the end of this month due to corporate mismanagement.”
Employees: “Well what’s the good news?”
Boss Man: “I get to keep my job and I’m receiving the largest yearly bonus in our company’s history.”
Employees: 🖕🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕
So you've heard about Jam City? lmao
Basically Actvision/Blizzard.
@@algaldia They do seem to layoff hundreds of people every other year. This week though Jam City laid off over 100+ people and made sure to tell their investors something like "dont worry, we're still profiting. We're just restructuring"
Wow. I would love to see more legal side of the things employers take advantage of. This is really interesting.
here is a good one: my daughter is a highly paid executive (< 1 year there) and just found out her job was being eliminated. She went to a headhunter site and found her job being advertised. Pretty sleazy.
so what did she do
Even with lay offs companies will still try to screw you over. I was laid off when businesses shut down in 2020 and filed for unemployment. I got payments for a while then they stopped, resumed, and stopped again. Just two months ago I got a call from a middleman saying my previous company was disputing my unemployment filing and subsequent payments because they re-offered me a job in 2021. This didn't happen, and I told the middleman that. Also, the company was a year too late in disputing the claim, it shouldn't have stopped payments in the first place. Well, just last month I got all of the pay that they had held back and a notice saying the hold had been lifted. If I hadn't picked up the call or called the middleman back in 2 days, the case would've been won by the company and I would have to pay back thousands. The system in place is downright atrocious.
even though I got a job atm I will always be looking for another job until I die corporate America no longer has stability or loyalty towards its workers.
News flash: It never did!
A company I used to work for very suddenly and universally revoked a long-standing "WFH 2 days per week" policy that people had organized their lives around with regard to child care, long-distance commuting, and etc. This was a week before a massive layoff and it became apparent that this was to encourage some people to quit on their own rather than stick it out another week for the severance.
Everyone has to have a business mindset now.
Your loyalty will be based on that.
I worked at an enterprise server manufacturing facility for a major computer company. In 2010, after three weeks of mandatory overtime, we put out record-breaking numbers for our factory.
Unfortunately, in 2010, our CEO at the time decided to go toe-to-toe against Apple in the tablet department, and the company got its butt handed to it. The CEO was fired after less than a year (although he still pocketed a golden parachute worth several million dollars).
Despite enterprise server production being unrelated to tablet production, the company decided that our factory needed downsizing. But for the reasons shown in this video, they wanted to avoid layoffs if at all possible.
Instead, they instituted a point system. If you were absent -- for ANY reason, no exceptions -- you got one point. If you were late, you got half a point. Accumulate enough points and you're instantly released.
Then, they moved one of the punch-in clocks to another part of the building. This meant that ALL of the factory workers had to funnel through a single clock to swipe their badge and clock in. If you wanted to be on time to your job, you actually had to show up twenty minutes early to stand in line.
Using this method, they successfully fired huge swathes of the factory, before outsourcing our jobs to cheaper locations.
If you're fueling the machine, you're not a cog, you're fuel.
exactly. A human "resource". Kind of like fire wood, only human.
@@dammitanothername We aren't a renewable resource, either. That's why the great resignation happened.
@@MushookieMan yea we are renewable, that’s why they’re trying to force more births
We’ll done 👏🏻
More like the grease
Thanks for the great info. A few months ago I was pushed out of my Management position cause I was not a "sheep". I built the organization from the ground up and integrated myself into almost every function that it runs off of. Helps that my background is IT and pretty good with technology. I was pushed to another position thinking I am going to train my replacement and provide all my tools.... they have another thing coming if they think they will get it all for free, thinking of becoming their consultant and giving myself a major raise. Funny thing is that since I have been viewing your videos I have made many changes that have started to open doors not just with other sites within my organization that want to absorb me but external companies somehow got a whiff of what happened to me and have extended offers. Crazy that a little mindset change can open so many doors all at once. Always have to have a mind of abundance and realize that layoffs or toxic environments are part of today's world.
Thanks again Joshua. Keep them coming.
One way you know you're getting a terrible deal is when the other party uses pressure tactics. Like "reply by midnight". Give me a break.
Same deal with severance agreements. NEVER sign anything on the spot. The law is on your side. You don't have to sign immediately. Don't listen to an employer who says you get nothing if you don't sign immediately. That's nonsense. Say you will take some time to review it and then get in contact with an employment lawyer.
It's a marketing tactic, just like the websites that claim you are getting an amazing deal by purchasing an item, but you have to place the order within 15 minutes. It gives a sense of urgency that is entirely fake, because they will just extend the deadline until they get what they want.
You're not a cog in the machine, you're fueling it. The machine consumes you.
I wished I had heard that advicement sooner. This is why this channel is pure gold for anyone entering the work force.
Thanks for raising awareness about this. It's gross to think about hard working people not only randomly getting laid off, but also exploited in the process.
The amount of knowledge you have about these things is incredible, my friend :) Thank you for helping me understand these things.
These companies are smart and have experience. That’s what we have to watch out for.
“Thanks to everyone who continues to fuel the machine.”
You can’t sit here and tell me that does not sound Orwellian 1984 right there.
That book is so important but unfortunately lost to the new generations. The warnings can't be understated.
at least it's not as hypocritical as the ones who call the company a "family"
It's not just Orwellian it's right up Upton Sinclair's alley. Just got to think there's going to be some kind of backlash at some point. Happened so many times throughout history.
really doesn't sound "Orwellian 1984" at all actually lmao
"Fueling the machine" reminds me of Soylent Green.
The Amazon warehouse I worked out did something similar. They openly admitted the job "isn't for everyone" (translation: the job sucks!) and they'll pay you $2k to quit and they clearly communicate that you are permanently unhireable to the whole Amazon conglomerate if you take the money.
A coworker once said if they laid him off he would walk through the loading dock and very possibly slip on some of the BS that they leave laying around.
LMAO
Sounds like he had enough lol
Maybe it’s because I have no skin in the game (ie no kids, debt, etc) but I used to loose sleep over lay offs early on but now I usually take it as good news. I’ve been laid off from my last 3 jobs in a row and all 3 times gotten a nice severance and taken anywhere between 3-10 months off before I even start looking again for work. It also helps I’m a minimalist.
This is the only reason i dont mind jobs in the mortgage industry. the mortgage industry is really cyclical. Hire booms then years later layoffs. Get severance and some unemployment. I literally get paid to hang out at the pool in the summer play some video games and look for something that pays more.
Minimalism has a very significant impact. People legit turn toward simple living so it really doesn't matter what happens since they live well below their means.
I wish I knew how to get laid off where I can get the unemployment benefits. Idk how to. I'm just too good of a worker :(
@@TurokAgi slow down. Just be average. I know it's still hard because most people suck. Just be average and dont brown nose. When the chopping block comes they figure you wont be missed and you'll get cut.
If you had children you would be financially trapped. Children are wonderful but so hard to consider having any when you cannot be reasonably confident that you could keep earning a living to meet their essential needs for food and shelter.
Offering money...I work for a small company. How "the boss" gets people to quit. First let's start with "random drug tests". Then we will move to cutting the hours of people "not in the circle". And if they do get fired "the boss" will fight tooth and nail not to give unemployment. Even if it cost him more money then just paying out.
Sounds like hell for him. Hope his kids turn out ok
Hey Josh, wanted to update you on the North Carolina Chicfila working ppl for chicken sandwich compensation, they got fined. But then in Tampa it was revealed they were over working their 14-15 yr old employees past 7pm which they arent allowed to do
Dang only 2k? Wow. Whenever you see these things, they’re basically saying “time to look for another job asap”. Don’t wait til Friday at 9am and get laid off unexpectedly
I worked at a company who did something similar to this and was just a terrible place to work. My friend was looking for another job and was about to turn in his two weeks when they announced anyone who wanted to resign would get salary and insurance for 2 months so he jump all over that. Apparently they found that he had another job lined up and were trying to withhold his 2 months of salary. They had nothing in their policies that made it wrong to look for another job so he threatened to sue and they ended up giving it to him because they knew they were in the wrong.
The deal would only make sense if you have already another opportunity waiting for you, which is pretty unlikely since the CEO wants an answer by the end of the day. Which is just a sales pressure tactic to induce fear of missing out and get more people to quit before they have time to think it through.
Oracle and Amazon are laying off. Have heard people who have been hired 6 months ago at Oracle also got laid off.
I'd immediately reply all with my resignation to that CEO email.
When American employers were taught by Ronnie Reagan to deny former employees any compensation for years of service.
The US work force were screwed for 30-35 years, after 2015/2016 the American market started to change drastically. With remote working and the unbelievable success of remote work for employees, an attitude was being to show it ugly head to corporate America,and they could do nothing. 3 years and counting ,and the American attitude is getting worse. It is simple. If you want my talent and services, you will pay me a fair wage,fair benefit package comparable to the world market , not the highly political and anti union American market. I pray for my children's sake this attitude keeps on going and America finally gets back to fair and equitable employment
Be careful what you wish for. The "world market" includes 9 dollar per hour Indians doing "QA" on the 737 max
OMG! As I was watching this video I couldn't stop thinking about COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER DALLAS. This non-profit do people wrong all the time No company loyalty what so ever. Great video!!
My daycare has been short staffed and understaffed for years. This year, they started giving us an insensitive pay (bonus $15/work day) to keep employees.
So while parents at work they send kids to a job where people work. Sounds like insanity
Where does love fit into this
That is not how you get people who are supposed to care for others. They are gonna end up with degenerates on their team that would take any measly amount to be around children because all the good workers had to move on to a job that actually keeps a roof over their heads.
Return to Office was like step one of our layoff process
A company in my area dodged WARN act reporting requirements by demoting people from the jobs they accepted to retail jobs and told them if you don't accept that, you are resigning.
This has happened to me as well.
The good news is if they reduce your pay, you may still be able to claim you were fired.
Has anyone thought to put together a boycotting/harsh review/blackball list of the companies and startups that Joshua Fluke has made reports on. I think that would be very effective.
I work at a billion dollar retail store thats a nation wide store...very well known and profitable...
They cut our hours in may/ June right around the time gas went up and inflation really hit.
they literally cut our hours by half...
Alot of people couldn't really enjoy their summer because of that bad month.
I cant wait to quit, I am a good worker...and do my job well...
Once I lock down another job I am going to quit without a two week notice an hour before my shift starts.
Looking forward to burning that bridge and watching the flames 🤣
for 2k not a chance. but a year's worth of full pay in the form of a golden parachute would be different.
Wow! Even though the company will honor the offer, the email just stinks of scam. It's the kind of "ACT NOW!" hard sell message that's out to get something from you. In this case, that something is giving up your claim for UI. Thanks for sharing as always.
Only $2,000? Make that $200K and I'll leave right now. Translation: we're having a huge layoff later this month but would like to get rid of people ASAP to make it sound like normal attrition.
I'd consider something like $20K more realistic.
But yeah, if companies are willing to give $50K for quitting, that would have been nice aswell
Perhaps the $2k would be a good idea if you already have a job lined up and your start date at a new company is a day or two after you would of been laid off.
I need someone to explain how the WARN act applies to government contracting.
If the government cancels the contract with my company, we are instantly out of a job. I’ve seen 300 people let go in a day. 80% of the companies total workforce.
While the employees, i.e., contractors, are W-2’s by the function and letter of the law, the company only hired them to service a contract.
The process in my area of getting the unemployment is so terrible and delayed it is a lot better for some individuals just to take the payoff and find another job.
Gg Josh! Thanks for the continued insight
They layed of over 40 employees at my job..their badge quit working when they came thru the doors..had the sheriff department there..offered six weeks pay😒..just sad..
Recently found your TH-cam channel and I've been watching alot of your videos as I'm trying to start my coding career path and I agree with so many of your videos I hate corporate America but I'm just trying to kickstart myself into a better position in life honestly, i love the career field I know I'm not going to be very good at dealing with cooperate bullshit for the rest of my life. I've watched my dad try and climb the corporate ladder and he's done decent for himself but I don't feel that's entirely the path for me as I've watched how much of a mental toll it's taken on him. I just enjoy learning to code and I would love to try and chat with you and have some back and forth to try and get some good advice for myself as I try to keep myself growing forward.
Well I was just laid off. Did my employer give me a 2 weeks notice so that I could find another job? No. This is real folks 😂
I have only ever seen this once, and the offer was for those close the retirement and it was 20k that was later bumped up to 25k.
Same. My uncle had this happen, but with "retire at 55 and life comfortably ever After" amound of Money. 2k don't even pay my Bills for 2 months lmao
Love you and what you are doing Joshua! Please keep posting!
Software automation is killing jobs for human beings too. Another great video by Josh.
Another way corporations get away with layoffs is they find the smallest things to fire people for. I worked at whirlpool, and they fired 800 people in two months a couple years ago by slowly finding a reason. After call work, bathroom breaks, handle time. After a couple weeks, we knew our coworker being fired for having to piss too much meant they wanted to lay them off but didn't want to pay severance.
Terrible bait, too. Why would I take a one-time payment of $2000 to quit and be left with no income instead of: staying, continuing to make that same amount every week (or 2, depending on your salary) by staying, then collecting unemployment when you force me out?
I hate that I always have to watch my back so I don't get taken advantage of. I guess that's how life is 🤷♀️
2000$ ????
Seriously???
In Germany, if you get a termination contract, most companies pay you 3 months salary of severance pay.
Meaning, if an employer wants to offer that, it must be AT LEAST 12.000 $ tbh
Liked and subscribed. Thank you for another great video!
When I worked at a startup called TheatreDNA, they tried to do the exact same thing to me, except they told me through my employment rights attorney that they would give me $500 if I resigned. I didn't accept that, and a little over a week later, they gave me a "Lay Off Notice" & a "Severance Agreement" letter. The "Severance Agreement" letter stated that if I signed the letter, they would pay me $5000 & wouldn't dispute my unemployment claim, but if I signed it, I would waive them of all wrongdoing. I still haven't signed that Severance Agreement, which is why I can talk about this. I'm willing email these documents to you, and if you want to do a video about what I dealt with at TheatreDNA, go for it, Joshua.
Thanks for this important info Joshua!
It'll be funny if ALL of the regular staffs of that company resign at once and claim that 2.000 bucks. Then the CEO realize that he/she made a mistake and rehire them again. CEO always make mistakes and regret later. My aunt wanted a higher position but her former CEO refused and chose another employee instead, so she did what every smart people does, find a company that can give her that position. She got a house, a car, a better position, and a bigger salary and her former boss begged for her to comeback lmao.
2000 in exchange for not getting the unemployment that you've been paying into forever. That's a joke.
I'd see that kind of email as a "Time to begin searching for jobs"
Best case: You get another job, they make the buyout offer again, you move on to your new job with extra buyout money
Likely case: You get laid off, get unemployment, and your job search is already well under way
2k too lesss maybe 10k that might be a good deal
It sounds like more corporate corruption stories.
The higher you climb... the harder you fall..
No jobs will last forever... everyone is just a temporary...
I can almost respect this in a way. If I saw this, I would try to get another job lined up and accept the additional 2k.
Read the email - It was valid for less than 24 hours. If you take the 2k, you don't get unemployment, and now you don't have another job lined up.
If you can get a job in less than a day.
@@ratulxy which does not work anymore. No employer hires people on the spot unless its a food service/retail crappy job where they host job fairs 2-3 times a week
High pressure deal. You don't have time to evaluate how it will actually impact you.
@@JoshuaFluke1 Imma pass on that. Lol. I didn't catch that detail.
Joshua you are killing me
I'm an employee for one of the companies doing massive layoffs and they are taking a particular route in doing this. However, it is not bad as a branch of the company firing employees without this particular offer. And good reason.
You see I live in [REDACTED] state and we don't have labor protection laws for unemployement like others. If you are fired in this state for justification or whatever else, you can't go for unemployment. This includes poor work performance or whatever else. People are scared they are going to lose their jobs suddenly and not have any kind of safety net to fall back on because they've suddenly lost their job with barely any time to look for a new one. Atleast for my company, it's "Well we'll give you two weeks and if you leave now, we'll atleast give you 2k and put you on record you quit on your own terms so you can't apply for benefits or anything."
It's so disgusting, and the worst part is the law is on their side.
To delve further into this without getting TOO detailed with personal information that involves me, I've seen the official memos and reports they are spewing down the line to explain these giant layoffs. Apparently, "We aren't doing any work".
That's the tl;dr
The real problem is that we've had an AI implemented into our tech work which helps to automate a lot of processes for us in the line of field. What part of our work was, was that this AI is actually EXTREMELY terrible at this and we are there to monitor and correct it for the individual uses of consumers. However, at an undisclosed moment in time, the company has shifted the default to the AI working solo with customers have to manually request use of AI supervision. And this is for work that is supposed to be important for accuracy.
A real headscratcher, right?
Because they've done this, they now have used statistical manipulation to show customers "prefer" this AI over having the help of a real time person. So they can then use this supposed data and reasoning to cut 1/3rd the work force.
and to top it all off?
We are suppose to be a company which helps and supports those with physical disabilities. Now these people will have to rely on cheap automation that doesn't even work.
honestly place is a tire fire if it's come to this and if you're a tech worker. a 2k check on a time bombed offer? lol. send your resume out take your time getting a nice 20% raise, and quit without notice when it's convenient for you.
I saw the hashtag once as "GrindrEel" and now I can't unsee it
been laid off a couple times over the decades.
i ❤being let go. lol.
X'er. Most of my career has been layoffs and temp jobs. My longest FTE was waiter, I think. The rest of the "professional" world has been layoffs, temporary gigs, and one serious load of BS at a fang. They kept pushing out my PTO until I got burned out. Then I got a PIP. I already had the work done they required but I knew it would crush them if they didn't get it. So I took the offer to leave and left w/ my code. Now their department is pretty much automated. When I burnt that bridge that fire spread.
Its a way to avoid unemployment and lawsuits for wrongful termination.
Anyone still working at a company and not looking for another job after two massive layoffs is just plain stupid. That company is clearly in financial trouble. I will most certainly be the first rat off that ship.
Love you Josh! Verisk Analytics is another company that uses that practice.
Great video Josh 👊
how do I start my own company when I've been a wage slave for a decade?
where is HR lady? in the basement?
Josh,
You should exploit the adjunct and teaching industry aka universities and colleges that pay pennies to workers.
I love how I got a corporate company add right after this video 🙃
Unfortunately, not every state has that great of unemployment. Louisiana's maximum weekly unemployment rate is $275. That was after years of it being at $252. The employers run the labor board so they can keep it ridiculously low. You can have claims denied for random things. They almost always side with the employer.
Why should an employer have to pay you for no longer working there?
The second your fired that should be it, end of story. It's stupid that businesses have to pay taxes for unemployed people, what happened to personal responsibility?
I've never worked for a wage anyways been self-employed & I'm not entitled to any unemployment, nor do I pay any taxes cause screw the government. I don't want them poking around in my life.
@@WitchMedusa Lol you sound like a business owner.
Nice view. More people should see this.
Unemployment in my state pays so little that $2000 up front would have been nice. It's probably why they just fired me, instead.
$2k for quitting is terrible.
if you get fired/laid off you get unemployment benefits $$$
-Also many states offer free and discounted programs ranging from healthcare benefits to paying for school to laid off works and training.
-iF YOUR EMPLOYER EVER DID ANYTHING ILLEGAL to you, its harder to sue if you resigned.
My company did "job eliminations" to get around doing proper layoffs. Even though the titles those employees held STILL EXIST.
The only exception I could see to this is if you already have a better job lined up that you know for sure you're going to be starting in a week or two. I'd take the money in that scenario.
Haha I came here to write that - if you've got amazing timing then it's fine. Else 2k or even 20k does not make sense over unemployment while you find the next move.
@@Horace1993 Agreed
Hope everyone is fine, believe in yourself like we believe in you.
Let's get this to 1 million views
If you get laid off change the definition on Wikipedia to fired and collect unemployment.
Ooowwweeeeee. This is wild!!
There was no offer, my girlfriend was just laid off...
I think unemployment should be optional. In my industry they're so high of a demand for my skills that unemployment is just taxation theft.
Side note. Generally I'm an OTR truck driver. I love the lifestyle and the lack of any bills or normie BS.
So I can't even imagine getting unemployment for 6 months.
Yet, nobody wants to work.
Check out the comments section below the Malcolm Gladwell interview on Diary of a CEO on YT.
What's to stop them from kicking you out the door once you submit your resignation? I wouldn't take an email that said "tell your boss you quit by midnight tonight for free money" at face value
Exactly
Probably grounds for a lawsuit. Keep a copy of that email.
Nothing stops them. But considering how this tactic relies on ignorance, I'd say a second benefit is that the unaware souls would be less likely to leave a poor review for the company, if not leave a halfway decent review for the company's "generosity" 🙄
I still don't see why companies should have anything to do with a person own government insurance. I'm glad social security insurance isn't this convoluted. But what if it was?
Voluntary separation package. Done years back by our Public Service. Offered a year's pay...after tax.
Very rare to ever get that type of deal lol
Check out the recent Oracle layoffs!!
Btw love the clouds,i have those in blue and white wen they were on sale lols
Hey can you review scaler academy?
make the video about the twitter layoffs!
wait, what ever happened to Joshua's intern?
He in the basement
@@JoshuaFluke1 you mean he was promoted to head intern, and in the basement.
No one is entitled to a job. Minimum wage is more than enough to survive on.