Adam Ruins Everything - Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary

Adam reveals the real reason your boss doesn't want you sharing your salary.
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Adam Ruins Everything - Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary

[@poestasis7]

The problem with this idea, some companies can be so cutthroat, instead of giving you a raise, they would rather fire you and hire someone who is willing to work for the same wage.

[@PrayingPanda]

unfortunately

[@99thTuesday]

But, if you're sharing the information with your co-workers it is easier to negotiate collectively. Few companies can afford to fire all of their employees at once. It's the principle behind unionisation.

[@ralien3066]

you do realise your mum is your provider and she has no work force therefore no business and money coming in not so funny if your her child and relying on your parents for important things like food

[@felipex6793]

It's not a matter of being cutthroat, if the company can get someone else for the same money or less, why would they pay you more? Some people are better than others and also better negotiators. Salary is a personal matter.

[@TheThecreeperparty]

However in a highly skilled occupation, like a medical profession it does work because there isn't much of a labour market out there.

[@TheBc99]

1:10 longest post-slap intimidation stare ever.

[@jimmyyang5193]

+Benjamin Rome Clarke He comes back for seconds too.

[@xarymandys]

+Benjamin Rome Clarke and scariest tie

[@tuxedo_productions]

That's all I noticed for like the entire time he talked after in that scene

[@ShaoconNetwork]

+Benjamin Rome Clarke lmfao

[@DarrenNoFun]

My brother was unemployed, so my aunt, who owns a moving company, hired him. She was paying him 12$ an hour (slightly over the minimum wage here in Ontario), and told him to keep it hush hush, because most of the other workers were only getting paid minimum. 2 months later (and being cut back many hours) he was talking to his friend that just got hired, same job and turns out he was getting paid $15/h. then it turned out everyone was getting paid $15/h. He confronted my aunt about it, and got fired. She claimed some BS "he was falling behind on his hours" despite being scheduled for 4 hours a week. I'm a film maker so i have to deal with paying people (because i'm not big enough to have a production company, and people to do that for me) i'm often up front about how much people are getting paid. People trust you more if you are up front and honest... which is perfect for betraying their trust down the road!

[@turkish8969]

to be continued....

[@Rotem_S]

ww.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/illegal-reasons-firing-employees-30209.html add the w, i'm not sure if youtube allows links.

[@tossacointoyourwitcherOriginal]

she got him a job...if he can get a nother job why didnt he she gave him the job bicouse she knew him WTF do you wont more from her she gave him a job that he was to stupid to do

[@crystala7x182]

That's awful! Now I want to ask my co-workers how much they are getting paid, but because there is still a stigma around this whole thing, I still feel like I can't :(

[@hunterhuang800]

Then ask him or her if they make more than a certain amount of money, your amount. And show them this video, wouldn't hurt.

[@thekrackenx]

I know the "6 dollars a year" guy was a actor but I feel so sad for him...

[@sponch1944]

@@avw5kt They said that

[@HL-777-]

That's when you know the acting is good

[@Lylybeebee]

I want to give him a hug ._.

[@A_very_good_cheese]

50 cents a month

[@shootie5764]

Think of him as less of an actor and more of a symbol for the others that live his script in real life

[@InHzWill]

NO OSCAR!!!! DON'T DO IT!!!

[@iambuttdix9692]

I thought the same thing XD

[@BlazingAnima]

+Jodie Walton (JBTZ XCLSV) Lol this is what happened after the Office stopped airing

[@notmyname3487]

Oscar the Nerf-Herder

[@RockyMay]

+Jodie Walton (JBTZ XCLSV) SAME HERE

[@sarahk7135]

OSCARRRRR

[@PlebNC]

HE'S GOT A NERFGUN! HIT THE DECK! CALL THE NERF-SWAT TEAM!

[@chrisspray666]

+PlebNC nerf gun swat team sounds fun. i think more banks would get held up with nerf guns if we had a nerf gun swat team.

[@PlebNC]

chrisspray666 That's not serious enough for the Nerf-SWAT Team. They only respond to serious emergencies, like that jerk from accounting using up all the milk in the fridge and not putting a new carton/bottle in or telling others about it.

[@watzup9294]

we need nerf gun control

[@PlebNC]

WATZ UP I'll nerf-lobby nerf-congress immediately before we have a class-action nerfsuit on our hands. WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE NERF-CHILDREN!

[@qualifiedidiots2165]

+PlebNC You mean Battlefield 4?

[@cfskitten1419]

Do the people in college humor know each other’s salaries...?

[@SilentArc]

Turnover rates are so high they’re probably hourly

[@terrygallinger1090]

Not anymore

[@jed2498]

@@terrygallinger1090 yes they do...its $0

[@menacetosociety7454]

Oof

[@basicfetus]

CFS Kitten Adam probably makes the most

[@Mububban23]

I've never understood why people feel weird talking about money. If one of my friends works harder than me, has more qualifications, does a riskier job etc why shouldn't they earn more? Why would that offend me? If you rub it in my face, then you're being a jerk, but simply stating facts is nothing to be ashamed about. Not talking about money also makes it hard for people to avoid debt traps and talk about budgeting etc. Just be honest.

[@absurdist5134]

It would offend you because a lot of the time hard work or risky work is just another furphy. And in reality, lots of people all over the shop are paid unfairly.

[@jurado1010]

The reason people sometimes don’t talkabout it is because sometimes “ignorance is bliss”. If I make an amount of money that covers my needs and wants, I should be fine, but when a friend who has an easier job makes more than me I would’ve preferred not to know.

[@theteutonking3306]

@SlimyKlerburt as shown with this pandemic.

[@ryukisgod2834]

Wages aren’t based on how “hard” someone works, rather their industry and position. If “hard work” paid well sweatshop workers would be millionaires

[@theteutonking3306]

@@ryukisgod2834 well, if you're paid per unit, _technically_ you are paid based on how hard you work.

[@rockandre200]

i asked this to my teacher as a kid she got mad at me and said "that's very rude to ask." and i said "how?" all she could say is "because it is" i was like okay. for the longest i never understood why. no one told me.

[@eventplanner461]

rock andre It's just like trying to ask your grandparents/elders their age. Aparently it's rude, but no one ever says why.

[@ninjaslash52_98]

rock andre teachers get payed very little

[@MsZsc]

well she wasnt your coworker, she was your superior

[@mercedeswilkins9085]

Teachers always say that if you don’t get a better education you gonna be a truck man or woman. What they don’t tell you is a garbage man and woman make more than them even without degrees

[@Shadowholocaust]

My first boss told us we'd be fired if we discussed our pay

[@Ben-rz9cf]

take him to court. thats illegal.

[@rohgscrohm]

Hard to pay a lawyer when you're unemployed.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

exactly.

[@rgcoolm]

There is always free legal aid or people that can help you. Or firms that will take your case and you don't have to pay unless you win...you've never seen those commercials?

[@toridethedragons4209]

+Rgcoolm .Rgcoolm watch John Oliver's video on public defenders; it will explain why that's not an effective solution

[@SuperTanuma]

Am I the only guy that's going to point out that Oscar from the Office is running the place?

[@KurtisC93]

SuperTanuma My sentiments exactly. ;)

[@RSidd]

Dwight's gonna be super-pissed.

[@KingRabid]

yea and he's not doing any better than Michael was!! oh, how the tables have turned!

[@YourPalJamieEllis]

How the turntables...

[@juliay3333]

SuperTanuma tbh he deserved the manager job all along

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

Finally, one of these I was very informed on before watching! I had to encourage exactly this at my own workplace with my employees. I found out the old general manager paid all the women 50c less than the men, and corrected it for the immediate next pay period. No one had even known to complain because he had said that it was illegal to discuss pay at work or with coworkers.

[@real.7773]

Did you know the pay gap was debunked SO many times?

[@kurosakiichigo2090]

@@real.7773 It is known by anyone who can read.

[@theteutonking3306]

@@real.7773 whilst widely debunked, there will always be exceptions. This general manager is such an exception.

[@comrademuds1951]

@@real.7773 *provides real world example* "bro don't you know that doesn't exist?" Absolute clown.

[@BrooklynStevenson]

Damn, Oscar finally got to be the boss

[@damaristrades]

LMFAO TBH

[@3digitsonthebac156]

Cheyenne Stevenson Is he the same guy? Edit: Nevermind, Pretty sure its the same guy

[@BrooklynStevenson]

No Name yeah

[@melatonin12]

He was already a boss in that one episode of IASIP

[@LordPebble2309]

Cheyenne Stevenson ikr XD

[@108bobman]

what if in the middle of the chanting for "more money", it instead just jumpcuts to everyone walking out of the building jobless while new employees walked in as replacements.

[@kakashi76767]

then jumpcut to mars.

[@liamwalters9981]

Maybe it will cut to a mass insurrection overthrowing capitalism.

[@RollOnToVictory]

Jump cut to everyone at the zoo

[@angrybird7324]

Or simply show the company closing for bankruptcy.

[@EdDeezNuts944]

+Classical Classic oh that'll really work

[@faresourtrex4069]

3:56 such a miss opertuniy of saying ruined everything Adam

[@faresourtrex4069]

@Nathan Holly EXACTLY!

[@lainegarcia6723]

@Nathan Holly I know, right?! That would have been perfect!

[@blupool867]

Man, Adam really ruined that line

[@morticrows]

I WANT TO HUG THE OLD DUDE *PLEASE*

[@Buynot]

I feel so bad for the guy who makes $6 a year.

[@kemosonicfan123lbp]

dont worry, that guy wouldn't exist in real life, the Minimum wage prevents that

[@ratherdarkcorner1541]

unless it wasn't considered an official job, of course.

[@indigo714]

I going to be honest and say that I going to unsubscribe as soon as Adam ruins everything is over.

[@sid-ul1je]

I didn't even subscribe. I just liked the playlist. I just check every once in a while and bask in the goodness. Makes things simple.

[@sid-ul1je]

+Sid Nayak saved not liked

[@AntiGravityC9]

Bookmarked and checking on Monday before the show gets leaked on Tuesday.

[@mattw9071]

+Sid Nayak Lol I did that too XD

[@mars99]

+the disappointed koala just like key and peele

[@RobbieRottenReal]

i hate when shows leave you on a really intense cliffhanger

[@firealpha6815]

You the know gun wasn’t loaded

[@michalnemecek3575]

@@firealpha6815 even if the gun was loaded, it's a frickin' NERF gun! Adam would be perfectly fine.

[@firealpha6815]

And that was the point I was trying to make.

[@Quarkee]

Fire Alpha sarcastic humour

[@firealpha6815]

Exactly

[@coldoatmealHaT3R]

I work at an engineering firm with pipefitters, laborers and welders. Talking about their salary and how much freaking money they make is literally every conversation.

[@bryanwhite3021]

Goochie Poochie same with oilfield people, especially safety coordinators

[@eghandcraft6106]

I'm a welder/fabricator myself and the question of your salary or someone else's salary in conversation is a daily thing. There's always a guy or two bitching and moaning that he does this and that and is overlooked or being conspired against because some other guy makes more than him. It's ridiculous! Everyone wants to know what you make so they can fit you into their pecking order. I always give out a random amount of what I make (within reason) just to keep them guessing. I get tired of the drama!

[@violentXcupcakes]

You can probably chock that up to a long tradition of unions in those fields

[@sadickess4108]

The nerf gun wasn't even loaded!

[@glitchyglados3095]

Ikr

[@katmcdonald9839]

My bro has the exact same gun!

[@sadickess4108]

Kat Trina Well, the 'revolvers' in the Nerf gun line aren't too uncommon.

[@katmcdonald9839]

+A Disgusted Looking Brendon Urie I know!

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

nerf strongarm

[@jenywlfersn]

This is so true. After talking about wages at a restaurant job, the supervisor found out that he was making less money than a few of the hostesses. Absolutely insane what bosses get away with

[@suneenough]

The guy who makes $6 a year makes $0.00684931508 an hour. Minimum wage is 1059 times as big. It would take that man 442 days to make the equivalent of an hour's pay for a minimum wage worker.

[@jamesbaconstaken]

+Sune Kragelund Sandvad Imagine if a woman played that character in this episode. This comment section would be a mess, not that it isn't all ready.

[@evildrkirby]

See, the real question is, supposing companies actually do pay women less, why would they ever hire a man, whom they'd "have to" pay more?

[@beastmasterbg]

you have too much time

[@sugarhighwhoo]

Uhhhh and you're assuming how many hours he works how?

[@evildrkirby]

Seems he used a figure of 876 work hours per year, which is 109.5 workdays of 8 hours each. I have to admit I don't really understand either.

[@wendydinh4639]

That old man’s acting is very good... I know it’s acting but his face when he heard that he can only make six dollars a year broke my heart

[@jerminator11]

Until he said African American women make 64 cents to the dollar I thought this video was actually informative, that statistic is based on an overall average, and doesn't account for differences in education, occupation, or hours worked

[@archfiendgod8192]

Although your point is valid, it still gives a good reason to ask among co-workers their salary. This is so if you make less money than someone else you have reason to ask your employer if you have any confusion. You wouldn't want to be in the dark on a subject like your own salary.

[@reaperreaper5098]

Sangie Nativus It doesn't exist nearly to the extent that Adam, or mainstream media, would have you believe.

[@sangieredwolf]

://ReaperReaper Got any citations for that?

[@wrathborne00]

+Sangie Nativus the video is fake? the statement is false, that was the problem. The wage gap is a myth that has been officialy debunked. You are not in a position to make sny comments to those who actually listen to the truth, whereas you put your fingers on your ears like a uncomprehending child

[@misterscienceguy]

It hasn't been debunked, reviews have shown that when employment sectors are taken into account there still is a disparity albeit not as much as it is often mentioned.

[@brycevo]

Viva La Revolucion

[@RichRacc]

Bryce McKenzie just cause 3 every 2 seconds in a rebel camp

[@xxthexboxnoobxx4174]

Reminds me of wildlands

[@doesitornotgamer9930]

@@xxthexboxnoobxx4174 , Reminds me of Mr.Peabody and Sherman.

[@MrLunaMars]

@@RichRacc oh yeah?!?, I will find rico.

[@cantutmez8854]

@@xxthexboxnoobxx4174 reminds me bolshevik revolution at 1917

[@yaboidilan218]

"Buddy how do you survive?" This cracked me up

[@Cancun771]

But why did it feel so good seeing Adam get slapped in the face?!

[@itsrebekahc.6759]

+Robert Regalado point taken

[@BrianBattles]

+Robert Regalado Chortle!

[@Ben-rz9cf]

because he always squeals like a little girl every time he gets hit

[@colinelmer2340]

The nerf gun was empty lol.

[@beefcakes1339]

Well yeah! They can't bring a loaded nerf gun on the set! Someone might actually shoot Adam. He bruises easily. XD lol

[@sunname6252]

You can see the live cylinder of a Strongarm just by looking down the barrel, unlike the Maverick which rotates into alignment as you pull the trigger the Strongarm rotates to the next cylinder after discharge.

[@jackarmstrong8790]

Zelsaus Horuxo actually, it rotates on the prime. I've opened one up, I know how it works

[@sunname6252]

Jack Armstrong strange, the elite must be different, mine rotates on pulling the trigger.

[@tokenblack89]

Colin Elmer r. R. C r. C. Rc. R. C r.

[@TevKev]

When you laugh at the guy that makes $6 a year, then look at your youtube annual/lifetime earnings and its less than $6 😂

[@aholfditler507]

"MY NAME IS CHARLES WICKET AND I MAKE $6 A YEAR!"

[@walterclements3433]

America has a taboo of discussing salary’s You clearly haven’t been to the U.K.

[@theteutonking3306]

*RULE BRITANNIA*

[@RainZen19]

Its all well and good to ask for a reise, or full time work, or just to be treated like a human being. But you have to remember most new graduates have an impossibly difficult time finding work because of their lack of experience, which means most jobs already have plenty of candidates but only 1 opening. This means that if a new grad has a job he has to keep it no matter what. Bad pay? No Benefits? Bad treatment? The second a new grad complains about any of this he'll be replaced. If you have experience behind your back then you can negotiate salary, benefits, and the like. However, if you're someone with no work experience you take what little scraps they give you and be thankful they let you live with a roof over your head.

[@jaketuchel3543]

+MrMG191919 this must be an american custom? Don't they have graduate programs with businesses and gov? after a 3yr degree you can start with 200other people in one department for 60K+ benefits here in Oz.

[@snelson5871]

+Jake Tuchel Even with job placement services most graduates are so inundated by student loan debt getting less than a specific amount of money places them in a bad financial situation early on and they have to suffer through years of barely making it (if they actually find a job in their graduate field) so that when they finally do come out of all the haze of their debt all they see is this epic battle they just faced and feel everyone else should have to fight that hard to get where they got.

[@RainZen19]

snelson5871 I really wish you were wrong, but student loan debt is the reason I still live at home, and I have a master's degree.

[@eNSWE]

+MrMG191919 there are plenty of countries in the world where the notion that "job seekers should crawls on their knees and beg for scraps from employers who are kind enough to offer any jobs at all" is seen as an archaic barbaric idea that has no place in the 21st century. there are countries where workers are seen as human beings with a right to live a decent life. I wonder why this works in those countries but "apparently" wouldn't work in america. thoughts?

[@chrisspray666]

+eNSWE china

[@Gstunfisk]

Wage gap does not exist at all. Should cashiers at McDonalds should get paid same as the CEO of McDonalds?

[@Lathander81]

what makes you say that?

[@Gstunfisk]

Unless you never worked in your life before, it should come to your mind naturally. If not, I feel bad for you and you can keep dreaming. Sometimes not acknowledging the fact and running away from the facts do relieve people.

[@taintedPot]

its not about wage gap between woman and man, black and white etc. Its about wage differences between people on the same work, and it exists.

[@Gstunfisk]

Джон Смит You clearly have no clue about business. Explain this, if you can hire other people who do the same work for same pay, why not hire them? You cannot answer it because it does not happen in real life. You also have to factor in implicit factors many people tend to overshadow. Just because they appear to have same duty and role does not mean they are equal. It happens internally as well (male vs other male).

[@cdavid2200]

There is no earnings gap, there is a total gap; which there should be.

[@iCYSALAMAND3r]

When I worked in taco Bell they told me straight up that they'd fire me if I talked about how much I made again.

[@aaronstevenson4136]

That is messed up.

[@aaronstevenson4136]

It's your right as a American.

[@DavidHunter]

Freedom eh?

[@iCYSALAMAND3r]

@@DavidHunter nope!

[@PikaPetey]

and then the company filed for bankruptcy

[@markm0000]

no they just fired everyone and got new interns to push pens.

[@mokki7489]

Unless they weren't interns. Then they would sue the company for firing them for illegal reasons.

[@skullybonesgamingawesome2544]

Ayy pika Petey how are ya

[@KaitoGillscale]

You do realize that for Walmart to pay every single worker a livable minimum wage, it would require them adding $0.10 to every package of macaroni and cheese? That's nothing. America has relied on the workers of companies big and small to work longer hours for less pay. That's not the American Dream. That's a rich man's dream. A dream only .1% of Americans will live.

[@PrayingPanda]

Jacob Applehoof Or they could eat that cost since they make hundreds of millions in profit each year.....

[@hanszhou6543]

"And so, Adam kickstarted the Worker's Revolution, in which hundreds of stirkes went on, all demanding a raise."

[@leehongjin6884]

The workers of the world have nothing to lose but their chains

[@TrashMammal2002]

And now in 2021, There's Workers are now striking en masse

[@GoodChicken]

Is that Oscar from the Office

[@rozencrantze]

Yes it is.

[@ramirogarza3588]

Yay

[@88Xlmk]

I work at DXC, I know there is no explicit clause or law against saying my salary and I got 2 warnings (in my country after 3 you get fired). I just wait for the 3rd and to go to court.

[@DonutVideos]

What the hell, talking about my salary is one of my favorite things to do at work. I tell my friends how much money I've invested etc. . . And I've wasted thousands of dollars, to the point where I went broke. Not afraid to admit that. I don't get why people get insecure about money of all things, like maybe you're too fat or talk with a funny accent, but who gives a damn how many dollars you have? I don't know man, it just seems strange to me.

[@katemcalonen8787]

My own mother wouldn't tell me how much she made . She refused to even tell me how much money was in MY college fund. Like I just had to compare colleges and their tuitions blindly.

[@katemcalonen8787]

Oh sorry, just realized how old this comment was, lol.

[@donothack]

It's common in conservative countries. I'm from Asia myself and the culture is similar to be not giving out your salaries for no reason. Two main reason are, if you are making a small amount, you wouldn't want people to look down on you. Second, you wouldn't want people to think you are making lots of money if you do, you wouldn't want people to approach you to borrow money from you since you are rich. Personally i don't agree with these views but i do experience such thoughts even though i consciously tell myself not to think this way. I might have been ingrained by the culture of my society unfortunately.

[@chriscombs21886]

the 6 dollar a year guy might be related to "i believe you have my stapler"

[@varunemani]

Dude LOL! he has a name u know.

[@Mropticalgreen]

Milton!

[@Nonhuman13567]

You lost my respect when you brought up the debunked wage gap

[@cynthiacao8629]

What do you mean, debunked?

[@yumibunnii]

+Cindy Cao the wage gap takes all women's earnings and all men's earnings and averages them. Women tend to take lower paying jobs in social sciences and liberal arts where as men take more higher paying jobs in STEM fields. Women also take more days off on average and many take maternity leave.

[@Xxbte96xX]

Well they research everything they talk about in each episode. He also said she's an African American Woman, not just a Woman.

[@freshrockpapa-e7799]

It's still mostly their choice. No one is keeping women or blacks out of our colleges, in fact, quite the opposite is true...

[@freshrockpapa-e7799]

***** I'm sorry, but I don't know what you are talking about. No one is pressured to take certain jobs, quite the opposite, at least in my country (spain) everyone believes that everyone should do whatever they want. Maybe what you said was true many generations ago, but nowadays no one cares if women go into science or men go into nursing.

[@arturomalibiran384]

3:59 creepiest thing I've heard in a while

[@NibberKSmooth]

I absolutely relate to this. I was in my role for two years and because of my success they hired someone to work alongside me, and paid him £10k MORE. I asked my manager why and he refused to explain and refused to discuss increasing my pay. Whilst legal, it is utterly immoral to do this. And I quit very soon after for a much better paid job.

[@jptarus2]

The part about people don't get upset is wrong, some of the time. It shouldn't be, but people do get upset. "How do you make more money than me when you do the same or less work?" "Talk to the boss. They're the one that gave it to me."

[@prime82maxx]

Adam how much salary do you make!?

[@hellsredeemer]

$3 A year

[@Estreet321]

Good question.

[@jkrogsgaard8739]

6,5 dollars a year

[@glacianicegaming5328]

he means coworkers should freely discuss wages not necesarily him put it on the youtube comments where eeryone in the world can see

[@sirnate9065]

+

[@bananaboiy1751]

0:20 Charles get 50 cents a month

[@grndragon7777777]

He makes about $0.017 a day. Thats about a penny and a half.

[@thisusernameisnotlong8934]

Whos charles

[@darkmater4tm]

My contract forbids me to discuss money with coworkers.

[@netwolfe]

+DarKMaTTeR I have never heard of such contracts. I honestly I would consider asking a legal expert to see if such contracts are actually illegal or not. If they are illegal then I think a judge should be able declare the contracts null and void.

[@darkmater4tm]

netwolfe It seemed very weird to me the first time too. It is a major company copy-pasting the same contract on everyone, so I'm certain their legal team has discussed it. The pay is also very good, so nobody is really motivated to test this. The weirder part is that, even though they forbid me from disclosing my income and benefits to competitors or anyone in the workplace, I can totally discuss with anyone else. They even gave me a letter with the exact amount for my landlord.

[@simpsonman956]

+DarKMaTTeR Your contract violates the law, then.

[@georgelez8363]

Don't we have the right to free speech... You can't sign away your right as a US citizen

[@jliller]

+George Lez "Don't we have the right to free speech... You can't sign away your right as a US citizen" Ever heard of a Non-Disclosure Agreement?

[@peterjones242]

Great, then what? Complain? "I dont get enough money!" Boss: 'if you don't like it, find another job.' if anything you make the boss despise you even more, and making it more difficult for an actual raise. There is truth in the phrase, ignorance is bliss.

[@peterjones242]

Samuel Noa Greén Well not everyone is stupid like you. :)

[@psychoflare230]

Well, there is the option of simple negotiation. I'm sure some people have a boss who'd be willing to actually talk to them at least a bit about a possible raise. Or maybe that's blind hope. I dunno.

[@aleggs6019]

OSCAR?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!

[@jamescharles8764]

Alex Kendrick EXACTLY

[@silversun1203]

Alex Kendrick Indeed. 😆

[@amirite01]

Ughh, I felt so sad towards the old guy that still works and gets 6$ a year. I know this comedy, but the genuine sadness on his face and Adam's reaction hit me right in the feels. Who else hates it when the eldery are treated like this?

[@TheLoonu]

+Michael M When anyone is treated like this actually.

[@Darshanaz]

Once i told one of my coworker my salary and she got in to huge fight with the boss. I had to do some damage control after that because she told my boss man, i was the one told her how much i get paid.

[@toothpastegobbler4434]

3:48 hol up that nerf gun isn’t even loaded

[@Albastrel6]

Man, Adam rocks. I loved his first 2 episodes of Adam Ruins Everything(on CH) and when I heard he got a show, I got so excited. Keep being awesome, Adam!

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

Adam how much do you make?

[@Robert-lb7jq]

$0.00000005 a year

[@someperson5506]

+rick sanches Wow! Look at alllll those zeros!

[@jasontan5392]

He works for college humor and trutv. Honestly he can make more by just participating in more projects

[@rh4993]

+rick sanches You don't have to say "cents" if you put "$0." before the number. The "cents" is already there and now it's there twice.

[@Robert-lb7jq]

Russel Harris I fix it thanks for pointing that out

[@nicklas425]

Love this series, except for one thing in this video. There is no wage gap. When people say things like "women are payed less than men", it's because they're comparing the average pay for every woman compared to every man. This is an unfair comparison because men on average work more dangerous, higher paying jobs than woman. If it were, say, woman teachers getting less than male teachers, then there is a wage gap.. And the African American getting less than Caucasians part would most likely only be true if you have a racist employer.

[@demise314]

he is saying women get paid less than a man doing the same job like sales or accounting

[@lucariomew365]

Actually there is a wage gap. Women who work the same hours, in the same industry, performing the same tasks, with comparable or better levels of Education, tend to make slightly to moderately less money than their male counterparts. Moreover, women tend to be promoted less often than men, and that's even after taking into account a difference in personality or stereotypes of women being "too afraid" to ask. That being said, the frequency and the amount of which the wage discrimination is played out in the media is way overblown.

[@eparadoxigm9648]

+TheLeftforfred The largest pay discrepancy ever found after accounting for all variables, was 3%. And it was in FAVOR of women.

[@demise314]

+AFGNCAAP Paradigm www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-gender-pay-gap/

[@nicklas425]

+Rus Hoffman I leave this comment alone for one day

[@fhamdani99]

I'm the guy who earns six dollars a year, lol. "asking for a raise is mean!"

[@AndrooUK]

Isn't that cents on the dollar number based upon all salaries and then averaged? That doesn't really fly, Marty.

[@Arubipe]

This isn't Adam Ruins Everything This is Adam Makes a Revolution

[@darladay4766]

People are too lazy for that to be true.

[@Arubipe]

@@darladay4766 Meh your right.

[@northyegarden]

I make 47k a year and 30% of it goes to taxes. Yup, welcome to Norway

[@samholden5758]

+northgarden Whereas the USA would be paying (assuming US$47k gross giving US$37k taxable due to basic deductions): 10.8% federal income tax + 7.65% FICA (social security + medicare) + another 7.65% FICA paid by the employer (but that's a cost of employing you and thus lowers what they will pay you) + the state income tax if any for the state they are in.And then they have to pay for health insurance since there is no public healthcare with a deductible for adults, sticking $47000, 1 person, 30 years of age, and my zip code into www.webmd.com/health-insurance/insurance-costs/insurance-cost-calculator gives me $4164 so 9% pseudo tax that you can avoid if you like to gamble.Which added all up doesn't seem very different from 30%.

[@samholden5758]

+Sam Holden Dear lord, with youtiube eating the newline characters yet again...

[@Guyver2391]

+northgarden I make 40k a year, in my field with my knowledge I am under paid by 15k-20k. After taxes I bring home 32,600.

[@georgelez8363]

At the same time you make 47k... All thanks to Norway

[@angusfenton3667]

+northgarden I make 100k a year and 45% goes to takes. Yup, welcome to England

[@Daddy_Jinx666]

When Micheal Scott gets pushed over the edge by Toby😂

[@samanthat9v]

I worked at a smoothie place full time and my male counterpart who only worked part time made a dollar more an hour just because the boss liked him more even though I was working 6 days a week and usually got called in to cover. Completely unfair and biased. I also worked there way longer than him. It was really sad because the old local owner hired teen girls exclusively with fair wages and then the new owner came in and the place became male dominated and not local at all. I was making less than the newly hired people. I quit quickly after I found out and now I am a franchise owner and I hire local college students for student painting.

[@minefilms1122]

I DEMAND A RAISE... please

[@nashanderson7209]

wow adam actually *_Ruined_* something

[@lonwolf7922]

A lot of companies have rules against sharing your salary. If you share your salary, you can get fired, even if you are underpaid.

[@ninasimpson6639]

Yeah that's straight up illegal

[@jeffreymoynagh5439]

I have actually discussed it with our HR guy and he has said, like in the video, totally illegal to tell someone not to talk and you shouldn't even hint that it would be good not to.

[@lonwolf7922]

The company I worked for stipulated in your contact that discussing your pay with any employee is a disciplinary action. If you have a problem with your pay, you should talk to your hod or HR.

[@gondoravalon7540]

@@lonwolf7922 Still illegal.

[@Pythonhier]

Yeah and then they all get fired, and they hire a whole new staff, all starting at the minimum wage mark.

[@mohammedfaraaz10]

*cough* *cough*GLASSDOOR *cough*

[@steven1716]

Ffs ch, that's not how the wage gap works.

[@TheFrizbaloid]

All 5 workers demand raises ... 4 get raises and 1 gets canned to pay for it.

[@jasonc8814]

I feel bad for the old man ;(

[@jordanforbes2557]

In Finland everyone's tax rate is public knowledge. It's great, we also have salary scales available online on union websites, and you don't need to be a union member to access these figures.

[@riedstep]

Oscar ends up being the crazy boss

[@christianmoss6464]

4:04 It's empty!

[@tormentedangel667]

Actual title: Benny Ruins Everything by shooting Adam with a nerf gun.

[@gabrielmomene1297]

There's no darts.

[@pipershields4051]

I feel so bad for the old guy :(

[@khalilkhan5335]

and then afterwards everybody loses there jobs because robots are cheaper

[@Cody-ow2nt]

Which will happen regardless.

[@leontrotsky5747]

If the robots controls the jobs than you should control the robot. IT jobs are going up

[@ochentaycincoalbricias]

Robots can build another robots, program themselves and repair between themselves too... We are f****d

[@leontrotsky5747]

eurehl5238 Why would we? Unemployment is a good thing. It means that a lot of people domt have to work. So if robots control the world. Sit back. Think of what to do. And rest.

[@arhamshahid5015]

Just think about this if robots and do everything including repairing other robots things would cost virtually nothing

[@stelladavis1798]

People have to keep the companies in mind though, too. They can only afford to pay so much, and usually they pay a certain salary because it keeps the workers happy but also isn't too much for the company to afford. Especially if it's a big company, who employs millions, even a raise of just $100 a year would cost them billions annually.

[@rationalsage1084]

I got fired, what now

[@marceltech]

Don't get a job... Make jobs

[@ChristianVBlue3]

Michael Mills Sells your organs

[@hanerd4270]

did you really

[@MoonLiteNite]

If you get fired for asking for a raise, you should be happy. Find a better job :D

[@phastinemoon]

The sad part is - watching the interaction with the FIRST scenario… YES, that IS how people react. The company is so much bigger than any of us, and most people don’t compare themselves to a big picture scale, but to each other. The lady is right that your coworkers are more likely to resent YOU for making more than them, not the company for paying you differently. And that’s why more workplaces should unionize - because a collective workforce with the bargaining power to get a contract makes the company legally liable to pay everyone equally.

[@joshjones]

never once heard how much Adam makes hosting this show, though 👀

[@fbbWaddell]

In North Carolina, workers don't have rights. You can be fired for any reason and your employer isn't even required to give you a reason. They will fire you if you talk about starting a union or how low wages are. North Carolina is notorious for paying low wages.

[@fbbWaddell]

And companies make you sign a contract saying you will not discuss your wage with your co-workers.

[@ljwhitmire200]

@@fbbWaddell Turns out in NC most employment "contracts" aren't worth the paper they're written on. I love it when companies get all butt hurt when you quit. It's an At-Will work state. They can fire you, but you can quite anytime you want. I had a friend who was on a 90 day new-hire probation. He found a better job and left. They were stunned. Guess what? If you don't make a commitment to the employee, then they have no reason to stay!

[@topapo3661]

@@fbbWaddellyou can report these “contracts” to the us dept of labor, those guys will have a field day

[@trevorsmith653]

Adam made this one just to see if his co workers are getting paid more

[@calbsmoth4866]

WAS THAT OSCAR FROM THE OFFICE?!

[@calbsmoth4866]

OH MY GOD IT IS

[@RichardServello]

I always discuss money with people in my field. When people keep it to themselves...they LOWER MY SALARY POSSIBILITIES!

[@eddiedemayo934]

I was almost fired today because I coworker who does the exact same job and has been there longer is getting paid $2.50 less and when I told him my pay he told the boss

[@maestrulgamer9695]

That boss is a jerk.

[@maestrulgamer9695]

0:23-You know what is really mean??That salary!!!

[@HHHPedigrees]

It hurts the person making the most money though his wage has to be lowered to increase wages of his coworkers

[@PGraveDigger1]

Or the profit margin of the company has to be lowered to increase the wages of the coworkers.

[@signupstuff]

Job titles are transparent in nearly every company and govt agency, and because of that people fight for them all the time. "If so-and-so can be an assistant manager given his qualifications, experience and performance, why can't I?" You're armed with the information you need to negotiate. But since no one knows each other's salary you don't even know what to fight for.

[@mediocreturbulence5746]

3:07 Classic Oscar look

[@imperialwarhawk123abc5]

then they got fired

[@ranelgallardo5343]

Well he has to find the resources to replace the whole office. He has close the office and it would ruin the production. Plus many bosses have a boss of their own, how would he feel if he knew he was screwing his employees pay like that?

[@regret7548]

Who else notice there was no nerf bullet in the gun...

[@killroyjenkins7073]

maybe they are making different jobs and are in the company by diffent periods...

[@BernardoPatino]

¡Viva la Revolución! 3:26

[@BernardoPatino]

***** I is fired? WTF? You failed Spanish, right?

[@BernardoPatino]

***** That makes sense. Have a great day! :D [Insert a GIF of a cat here]

[@darkking4748]

The pay gap thing is wrong

[@ferni2717]

Everyone: its Oscar from the office!! Me: its Carlos from Mr. Iglesias!!

[@nicolas.thompson.]

What if your making more money than your co workers and they find out demand a raise where are they getting the money to do that by cutting your wages down

[@nicolas.thompson.]

Not to sound greedy but I got a family is take more over less

[@jasperzanovich2504]

They are breaking contract when they do that. You act like companies had zero profit so to increase one wage they had to lower another. That's not how it is. Instead of 1 billion the companie will only make 999.990.000 dollars profit this year. Those are just random figures I can't make up figures that include every size of company.

[@charliefoxtrot300]

And you act like every company is netting 1Bil a year. Many small businesses have slim profit margins too bruh.

[@johnsmith3935]

Charlie Foxtrot read what you're commenting about you dumbass, they said that they were just throwing numbers out there, and you assume the opposite. Some of the people on this video need to take their foot out of their ass and put it back in their mouth. That includes you Charlie Foxtrot.

[@charliefoxtrot300]

John Smith chill fam its just a comment section go back to bed when you are in a better mood.

[@hansonfriedman8230]

This is all true. My dad owns a business and my brother works for him. My brother’s co-worker made more money than him and my brother wasn’t mad at his co-worker at all. But when my brother got home, he got in an argument with my dad as in why my brother should be getting more money

[@tickletik278]

And then the company collapsed and they all had no jobs

[@Bansheesdie]

and because the CEO refused to accept less than an eight figure bonus.

[@tunnelrat5804]

3:28 the class when teachers give homework on summer holidays

[@jontypatel4401]

Coworkers certainly should share salary information, the current company I'm working in is paying me less amount than they are paying to my junior's. When I came to know about it i told may manager that I'm going to resign. He told me he will give will me raise and told me not to put my paper and he then setup my meeting with another sr manager. During discussion with this person i told him I'm not happy with current project and also my salary is another reason why I want to resign. So he told me that i will be assigned to other project and also agree give me raise i asked. 5 minutes after meeting i got message from him that we need to discuss my salary again and set another meeting. This time he told he can't give me raise i asked for as some of other employees are not getting paid that much ammount. After this meeting i put resignation as I was totally fed up by the shitty excuses. Also around this time our company had planned trip for all the employees. I was told they can't take me to trip because it's company policy to not let employees on notice period to come to trip. After the trip i had another meeting with senior management of company and they agreed to give me raised i asked earlier.