Corporate Cringe - INTERNATIONAL TEAM BUILDING |

[@JoshuaFluke1]

Japan next? Also yeah I'm super proud of this course. grindreel.academy/p/entrepreneurship

[@GerasimSimov]

There is a lot of potential for corporate cringe in Japan

[@subarulovesyoutoo4388]

Yes.

[@ever-modern]

Great idea! Tough trash is expected - don't let me down, man:)

[@apotoxin2012]

Japan has a high suicide rate so yeah

[@tonymercier6812]

@@GerasimSimov There's a lot of potential for any sort of cringe in Japan

[@holycow6935]

Indian companies can provide him content for the next decade,trust me.

[@sumukhhegde6677]

😂😂😂

[@abi_01_]

Dude, Ur username...😂🤣

[@jyotishmanhazarika6486]

Bhai kya naam hai ...

[@rojin5982]

Lol

[@basshunterdota625]

Cringy people.

[@coolusername2136]

He's spent his life running away from corporate and HR, but now HR is inside his home. You attract what you fear.

[@JoshuaFluke1]

Keep your enemies closer than friends

[@raajanand2]

Did I ever tell anyone I am scared to death of becoming a dev in Silicon valley earning 500k a month?

[@roes9921]

Priceless

[@benedhk9119]

Besides she's getting clapped by him

[@akashverma4280]

@@benedhk9119 wtf!!! Don't state the obvious.

[@rishav2463]

"No one dreams of sitting in a 5x5 cubicle, who dreams of that", truest words ever, no one literally dreams of corporate shit at any time.

[@stanojevicnatasa2514]

I feel like in today's corporate world it is not enough to just do a good job for your salary and go home. It is kind of George Orwell-ish 1984 environment in which you have to love to be enslaved and used as a commodity to the company, in which you have to show constant happiness and positive emotions while not only working long hours and being underpaid but also to enjoy participation in idiotic team buildings and activities with people who you don't want to share anything with, let alone your free time.

[@thesparrowtalks5019]

I'm touched

[@xenotiic8356]

Yup, that's a capitalism for ya.

[@wireshrub]

Yessss.

[@naraendrareddy273]

Even hookers/pornstars enjoy their work and get paid better than corporate employees.

[@purplep3466]

@@naraendrareddy273 well that's just an exception

[@vamsishankar2825]

I feel HR is the most useless department in the company, instead of paying them if they pay devs more, we are ready to accept additional job responsibilities.

[@mezzodoppio58]

I'm in HR, can confirm 90% of what we do is just busywork for the sake of it.

[@vamsishankar2825]

@@mezzodoppio58 I don't mean to degrade HR but why not accept more responsibilities as a HR

[@anetacrown8926]

You say that... until you have a question about your PTO or forget to sign up for benefits

[@se2664]

@@mezzodoppio58 I like doing busy work instead of customer service

[@jonathanwarner2420]

TEAM in German: Toll, Ein Anderer Macht's (which means: Wonderful, another one is doing my work)

[@dharmang]

😂😂

[@brownerjerry174]

Nice 'Talent stategy' 8:33

[@pythondevwarrior696]

Imagine how much money is wasted by these companies for HR to feel useful. At least the sand racing looked fun

[@limouzine1529]

HR should only be dealing with work contracts and conflicts.

[@tiffanyferguson829]

See and to me that looked like the last way I would ever want to spend my time.

[@solidtoastofficial8819]

As someone who lived and worked in China, I can speak firsthand some of the corporate cringe that exists there. Big and small companies alike. Check out some bigger old school companies like Huawei, ZTE, and one smaller one called CSOFT, people literally setting up cots in the office and living there, all HR sponsored. Honestly should be easy to find content to do a corporate cringe China edition.

[@oliversun5968]

Look up 996

[@naschwindias3873]

Wait I thought China banned KZbin how are you here

[@aurkom]

@@naschwindias3873 'lived and worked' past tense

[@deliciousnoodles5505]

-500 social credit score.

[@naschwindias3873]

@@aurkom understandable have a great day✌️

[@CodingJesus]

"Best Practices in Talent Stategy"... Uhh... They can't even spell Strategy properly... Not sure if I should feel bad.

[@jaffaorange3809]

I went: wait, what?!

[@EloquentlyEse]

I don't know why, even with all the 'inspirational' music, watching this still made me feel dead inside.... 😐

[@kunalsati6756]

@gary Wilhelm let me know what you did after that? :)

[@theogpill]

Work husbands? wtf is that? lmao

[@samriddhijain1651]

opposite of housewives? idk lol

[@dijoxx]

Just one step short of a work affair.

[@akshaiambro702]

@@samriddhijain1651 DAMN!!!! thats praiseworthy Girl

[@MiaMizuno]

guess a "work wife" might include negative vibes.... that she is open to everybody or sth. x'D But the work husband is totally ok, like WTF

[@_-_-_-_-_-_--_]

Google it and you'll barf too

[@KrishnasisMandal]

My company will spend thousands of dollars on giving me free premium booze and food, but won't give me that money in cash. WHYYYYYYYYYYY

[@icovada]

Because they can deduct that as a business expense but if they were to give it to you cash you'd have to pay tax on it and it would actually be more expensive for them

[@degualbosav9754]

Something to think deeply

[@Mayankkumargeek]

I am from India. And pls keep on making video of indian companies. I have see employees talking about their bosses in 15 minutes breaks. There are a hell lot of issues here. And very less people actually talking about it. And less compensation is the biggest problem here in non-metro cities.

[@dinil5566]

This is why I'm planning to deactivate my LinkedIn account. People, ESPECIALLY HR people are making it look like another instagram(Indian HRs). Seriously?

[@Conk-bepis]

‘Strategy’ was spelled as ‘stategy’ in the SAP top employer video, lmao

[@hussey4826]

I think they told a 10 year old kid to make one for them

[@Black-Dawg-Jesus]

"Tons of deadlines are great memories" Oh yeah, I also remember that time I broke my leg. Oh yeah, it was totally awesome. The memories. Or the one time I lost my grandma. Yes, the good memories. Jesus Christ, this PR/HR talk is so pathetic. So since we all are a big family here I'm sure I can borrow your channel next week to advertise my company, right? We pay 8,25$/hr and we only need you to have at least a bachelor or master's degree and 5+ years of work experience. If that isn't something awesome, new and ground-breaking then I don't know what is. We offer a ballpit and a dog daycare and we work with state-of-the-art cutting edge technology. Join us now.

[@TheCraigaberdeen]

Hi Josh, please do more U.K., the cringe is real, I managed to escape the corporate office and work in a one person implant, constantly pressured to be a team member and engage in team building BS with the main corp office. Also, Denmark, Scandic/Nordic countries, where I worked, my first request was an English Keyboard, you'd think that recruiting from Scotland they would have the basics. I lasted 3 months.

[@Mazxlol]

I think a few extra dollars per hour and a bit less work would make people happier but it’s too much to ask obviously

[@Tempusverum]

My company did exactly that - $70.00 holiday gift pay, and $4 extra dollars per hour for working during covid

[@Mazxlol]

@@Tempusverum must be nice. At my job we got 0

[@franz3810]

@@Tempusverum cool!

[@admiralsherlock8403]

3:30 AJ&Smart is a pretty well-respected company in the product design community. (Also, Germany seems to have Covid under control, compared to...many other nations)

[@cleancoder3838]

Wie alt ist das Bild? War das vor oder nach März 2020? Abstandsregel nicht einzuhalten ist einfach nur dumm, egal wie gut das mitlerweile unter Kontrolle ist. Wenn das danach war sind es Idioten wie diese, die uns wieder zurückwerfen könnten. Das könnte sich für die Firma als Shitstorm entwickeln. Am besten richtig an die große Glocke hängen. Verantwortungslose Firma.

[@limouzine1529]

All these HR videos are a complete joke, they exist only to give HR something to do. The same goes with all the "Mission statements"

[@gian_bernardo]

we choose japan and south korea as the next ones

[@jeff0247598]

Keep ‘em comin’ Josh! Love to take little moments of the day to watch these cringe videos and just crack up. I left corporate America in the dust in the 90’s (Hewlett-Packard then Agilent Technologies) because the cubicle was slowly draining me of my life force. Working for a small company which in some ways is harder but I can see my impact directly on the company!

[@ravalravi882]

Love from india josh brother we love this kind of video

[@TheCraigaberdeen]

Also corporate cringe U.K. in the main office, we had to place a sign on top of our personal cubicle if we had a toilet break, log out of your work station and phone. You were timed for having a piss or a bowel movement. I look back on it now and smile that I did not conform to policy. I've never been so much happier working at home on my own with my own small business. Love your content.

[@VigitoriozZ]

Man, that SAP video looks like its from Fiverr... (SAP 2019 annual sales were at 27,5 billion Euros lmao)

[@Pradyumna-e8r]

I think Josh's videos are stress relievers as much as they are educational.

[@priyamsaxena3626]

Hey....I am literally crying after watching the video 🥺🥺.. situation here is even worst we Indian don't have any worklife balance...we are treated like dogs...in every aspect let me give you a very good example...you must have heard about STARBUCKS which is an American MNC here in India if we went to STARBUCKS we Indians are like OMG we have achieved a goal here in India STARBUCKS is considered as LUXURY 🙏🙏....now coming towards the point these companies treat us like shit....as in INDIA if you work in food chain Like KGC , STARBUCKS , BURGER KINGS etc they will take same charges from you as what they take IN USA but they will give salary to there employees only 200$ a month ....can you imagine.....you guys gets around 10-12 $ a hours and we get 200$ a month that to 6 days a week ...with zero security.....we are modern day slaves. You guys works there part-time but here in India they ask HOTEL MANAGEMENT degree from us..🤐🤐🤐.... I am really feeling sorry by saying this we Indians are nothing but just there slaves.....the worst part is that there is no one to look afater our problems.There is corruption every where...... coming towards the GDP Of our country our country 50 percent GDP is only under 0.1 percentage of ours population..the common man there is just a piece of shit.....it is very common for you to purchase APPLE products BUT for Indians it is dream🥺🥺🙏🤐.... literally dream.....

[@opus53waldstein70]

exactly word-by-word the same situation in my country (north Africa).. Starbuck is veeeery expensive 😲, about 10 USD?!?? I can buy one in a café for ~ 0.80 USD

[@torstendittmann8087]

I am a software developer in Germany and though their video is total garbage, SAP is one of the better companies in terms of treating and paying their employees 👍

[@damianperez7736]

Ok Boomer

[@aurkom]

@@damianperez7736 No need to troll, if he lives there it is likely he knows the situation well, definitely more than you.

[@torstendittmann8087]

@@damianperez7736 I think you're a little off base about my age :D

[@gradstudent584]

I heard good things about them even in India.

[@limouzine1529]

Thats the whole point, if they are a great company to work for, why make a lousy video to advertise for it?

[@jenniferr2033]

Ein land ein reich ein kommentarbereich

[@DerTim]

Aha du beanspruchst also diese Kommentarsektion als deutschsprachiges Territorium? 😂

[@lifeisgood1631]

Dieses Video tut einfach nur weh 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪😭

[@fetzel5055]

Das Schicksal dieses Videos war besiegelt als er "Germany" in den Titel geschrieben hat...

[@TheVertical92]

haha... sofort die kommentare nach deutschen abgesucht xD

[@gronkhfp]

Bruder muss los! :D

[@mrandersson2009]

I wonder how are team building events in the adult entertainment industry.

[@qwertz46444]

7:26 Haha I was doing an internship in this Company when they showed this video to all employees and I know a few of the people in the video. Maybe sounds strange but SAP actually has a really good culture and employees are treated very well (interns included) especially compared to other companies. I don’t think a company is like a family but a good culture with friendly people can make work at least way more convenient. SAP really does this (and yes, the video could be better)

[@randoanon]

Hey Josh, currently I am working at a corporate in India. But something about you gives a very positive vibe and a nice outlook about freelancing to me.

[@spumeeuw430]

As an idea for more content, you should browse the Workplace section from Stack Exchange. It's hilarious, filled with corporate drone programmers who want to fit in the "company culture". There was one dude who wrote a post about feeling guilty for not being productive enough in his last 30 minutes at work, another guy timed how many bathroom breaks his colleague took. It's not as fun as video cringe, but it's more powerful at its core.

[@JoshuaFluke1]

Link it

[@Infinite-in9nm]

I love the Workplace on Stack Exchange, it's so funny

[@spumeeuw430]

@@JoshuaFluke1 Bathroom break guy: workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/129365/manager-has-noticed-coworkers-excessive-breaks-should-i-warn-him Couldn't find the 30 min unproductive guy, but here's a middle manager who's confused as to why his employees should trust him (could be troll though): workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/160037/how-to-get-employees-to-trust-you-i-lost-out-on-a-promotion-because-i-am-not-t

[@ChipsMcClive]

“We put humans in the center of everything.” -Soylent Industries

[@jomesias]

Omg Josh, did you just say Office space? That movie is the shiznit! In fact, that was Mike Judge’s observations of the horrors of corporate cringe and getting stuck in a dead end job 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@ashikvarma5460]

"There's a certification for waking up on Tuesday morning" LOL!!

[@Alive6371]

I appreciate honesty more than anything else. Good job, buddy, ❤️ .

[@samirz7]

"How we do that ? ..............We put humans at the center of everything" 😂 😂😂😂 awww ....must have been an intense brainstorming session to come up with this !

[@EUpmAgent47]

Working in finance department in one of "Top employeer" companies, I can tell you that exact certification is paid for. I quit from that company

[@AaaaNinja]

At the last place I worked they have Friday movie nights and free beer, but I was never able to go to any because by the end of the day I risk being too sleepy to drive. It's not retail, it's not sales, it's not data entry and it's not in a cubicle. It's long hours in isolation in the dark doing creative things with nobody bothering me so I can't complain.

[@benedhk9119]

Aye AJ&Smart, I learned a lot about design sprint and workshop from them

[@sriniwasj]

Yeah, we really "love" to work here in India

[@substance1]

The way these companies try to make something out of nothing is crazy. When you work, your gonna make some friends along the way. Your not generally going to hang out with your co-workers because you already see enough of them throughout the week. And the company is not your "family" you are the companies commodity, and any empathy the company has towards you is just them protecting their asset, and you will be discarded if and when you are no longer considered an asset for any myriad of reasons.

[@stormerthe2nd]

Bruh I'm Indian myself, I'd love to see more about crappy Indian companies, I'd watch your vids on 10 of my different accounts so that you can earn more xD

[@gg-cr1te]

Joshua I know it is not related to this video but I just saw your channel ,seen some vidoes and I just wanted to say I can relate so much and am amazed by your story and just wish you all the best The stuff you've been though man I bow my head to you Honest greetings !

[@scriptKiddieOG]

Great video man! I like how you showed dev teams from different continents too. Bullshit transcends cultures 😂😂

[@Tylonfoxx]

SAP: "Best practices in TALENT, STATEGY..." Me: "...Apparently not in basic spell checking and QA...." Probably *the* most embarrasing mistake in any kind of video meant to brag about your corporation...

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

You mean corpration

[@kellylynn88]

Almost as good as engertic in the last video 😂 I get if english isnt your first language but youre a company-pay someone to proof read lol

[@midnighttornado22]

When it first played, I 100% thought it was a mock video Josh had made. I cannot believe that shit was actually real. I mean, SAP? Did they really think they are fooling anyone? lol

[@TaxingIsThieving]

This is no different to school. That's where it starts.

[@jayfraxtea]

As a German, I'm full of shame for the SAP video. It looks like they have the same quality management in place for this video as they have for their training course materials.

[@izamalcadosa2951]

Montana is in another country! lol! Montana is Spanish for "Mountain Range" or "Mountain Area". lol!!

[@izamalcadosa2951]

We should give Montana to Canada. lol!

[@leibermuster2399]

Thanks for covering one from Malaysia. I'm in MY and the companies here swing from idgaf to boss level cringe.

[@RT-hz5uv]

@Joshua Fluke Would you be able to make a video demonstrating the difference between how a company/corporation rewards employees vs rewarding executives?

[@isimsoyad4474]

I love how the German company has the same lady of african origin in every single picture

[@ninjal7588]

I'm so happy I got a summer job in a company where remote work was already very much a thing, so they didn't cancel the work and it actually has been a very good start for us new people. I don't want to go to a 0% remote workplace anymore, so I'm happy the corona times has shown remote works well if people just have the will to get it working.

[@picklerix6162]

My brother said that he had to go through a team-building exercise in college. I guess his professor made everybody hug each other and he said it was the most uncomfortable thing that he ever went through.

[@faris961]

8:33 Talent stategy ,what does it mean, stategy isn't even a word. Or is it just spelling error

[@sayankundu6922]

The job industry in India is really taking lives. Thank you for bringing this under the spotlight.

[@JM-gz1ej]

Yeah, A $30 Dell screen is my dream too . That's hilarious

[@dunkeykung1162]

"How we do that" Honestly reminded me of videogamedunkey lmao

[@esther6664]

France, South korea and Japan would be cool Australia maybe too ? Or a country who's isn't seen that much like Egypt or something like it

[@bumpert2217]

I’d like to hear your thoughts on “employee development” because I have found that companies conflate it with career development and advancement with the company as a way to say you will be developed but not promoted

[@trueromani7262]

3:56 if you're not part of the family i.e. if you don't participate in all the social activities at the work place (which are just after work time-wasters), the boss guy starts to devalue you and everyone else starts to exclude you from conversations. I just recently learned this.

[@ganeshvenkatachalam3203]

Yeah those sycophants are deluded

[@KimionTM]

Japanese work culture is terrible sp i'd like to see that next

[@Ufu4847]

A lot of dead workers.

[@avimehenwal]

Hi @joshua, your job is like whistle-blowing the shit out of corporates :D great job, keep it up

[@ionix2000]

I am so glad there is this video that express very accurate what I observed on my experience I was working in a cubicle. I am so glad I have the chance now I to work remote.

[@harjap7487]

I don't know how much more cringe it can get especially with all of the countries you have covered. I'm sure there are plenty more out there that do have cringe-worthy material lol. I would say check into the Netherlands and how they treat their employees. They seem to have it down on how a work environment should be handled, as they seem to have more work to live approach. Not sure if there would be anything to cringe about though. Maybe it could be a bit of a contrast to the other videos regarding corporate cringe. This could show another side of how work-life balance is like. Just a suggestion to look into if you ever want to look into it.

[@AbishaiKD]

Probably the best corporate cringe compilation I've seen. Please do more Josh

[@bradchellingworth5973]

I got an ad for linkedin midway through this video lol. Oh the. irony!

[@CaraMarie13]

Sleepless nights and deadlines... Huh brings me back to my six years of college. I am happy to say that i too recall those days but with zero fondness. I developed insomnia during those days and till this day i still struggle to get enough hours of sleep. And don't even get me started on all the gray hairs right at the front of my head and perpetual dark eyes

[@sagnikchakraborty11]

In India those who don't have these CHEAP, GARBAGE, dreams are hated by society (specially the relatives), specially when you want to do something OUT-OF-BOX because all society wants is new generation to follow old stereotype tradition. I am proud to be an INDIAN and I love my country but not the society, their thoughts and specially the character of bullying a person who wants to do some thing in their life

[@oops262686]

hahahahahahaah..when it comes to cringe ... no one can take the cake from desis

[@Drew10th]

Instead of different countries could you do different states...possibly different regions. I recently found out there are about 10 different regions with the moniker of silicon before there names in the U.S. I would really like to know the difference in corporate "culture" and hiring practices between them.

[@smartkyler391]

My company is 6 days a week and every 2nd Sunday they have team building like games and such. I just don't understand why Sunday I want to just stay at my home on Sunday

[@donkeyKongKong]

That's rough.

[@ProgZ]

Hey, I'm french, and at 6:15 , it's a "galette des rois". It's so delicious, I hope you'll eat one atleast once in your life. You hide an object inside (an bean originally), you cut the galette in different parts, and the one receiving the object becomes the king. That's how you gain the right to govern France. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galette_des_rois

[@muhammadjunaidnaeem2564]

Dude which headphones are you using? They look super cool!!

[@PawanBhakuni]

Please post 1-2 pics how how it should have been so that we can get the perspective.....

[@thatsfunny2051]

Massive cult vibes

[@XcaliburReborn]

That top employer thing is bullshit. The company I work for has such a crap employee turnover, illegal HR practices, many GDPR breaches and the employee survey came back negative for 65% percent of employees in the company. so I had to go on the top employers institute and find out how a company gets certified. Turns out you literally just sign up, pay them and send them your 'official' HR processes. Theres no real audit, nothing. It's a gimmick

[@ampo2004]

Oh man you’ve made corporate cringe something very interesting to watch and to think about it , thx

[@ytlongbeach]

Joshua, you are clearly a recalcitrant problematic employee. Keep up the good work !!!

[@RandomPerson-cc9mn]

In that one around 6:40, it says they will stop trying to manage time. Then 2 lines later, it says they need to schedule time to process emails. Is scheduling out your day to the granularity that you define times where you can read emails not managing time? I feel like that's a form of managing time. Edit: Oh Josh just pointed out the same thing, should have watched a minute further.

[@anoopg23]

Oh man.. You literally made my new year.. 🤣🤣🤣 couldn't control laughing.. Great 👍

[@Skatinima]

SAP: "We put humans in the center of everything". Apparently SAP is run by aliens. That justifies the video made by a 10-year old who just discovered movie maker

[@sumitwadhwa8823]

I just love watching your content man. love from india

[@shybairnsgetnowt]

I knew the German company would either be SAP or Celonis 😂 plus, they misspelled "strategy"

[@samuelthomas1575]

You'd also think that the people at SAP would know how to spell "Strategy "

[@Drew10th]

I'm not sure why I'm addicted to this channel. its 50% corporate jobs are full of sadistic evil people that are going to make your life not worth living. The other 50% is how to get a corporate job. This channel has about talked me out of trying to get into the industry....still I can't stop watching. Keep the videos rolling I need my crack.

[@abhishek3978]

trust me indian companies can do lot of cringeworthy activities and cover their stupidity by calling it as Team building

[@b.o.t7888]

Actually some people are just too grateful for being in such places that they allow companies to do that shit to them.

[@emptystuff1593]

My previous company got an ISO certification about company quality or something, meaning all employees aim for the highest performance. To get it, some european representative came to the office during three days, spoke with a bunch of managers and that's it. No employees involved. That kind of certification isn't worth anything.

[@mypackmypower1996]

6:08 omg fluke thats my fav laptop i want to buy that ROG but i am broke :'( it felt so great that you also have same taste. i watch your every video cause literally nobody wants to see reality of all this greedy corporates that's why i love you busting them and exposing them. love from india keep exposing XD.

[@jomesias]

Work husbands?! Wth is that cringe??!

[@realTimHernandez]

I had no idea all this weird shit went on in corporations.

[@akshaiambro702]

oohhhhhh...shit toomuch ads ...its like watching tv Also WTF is "Work Husbands"

[@Alan-me8bs]

Should look at Ireland, massive programming culture would like to see from ur opinion.

[@viniciussantosperes4098]

This is not how freedom, happiness and family looks like

[@RodrigoMendoza7]

Please make a video about jobs offers from Paraguay!

[@tiagobarracha]

This is great and all, but I think it is time to show what a good company looks like. When will that video show up?

[@JoshuaFluke1]

I've already done that. Its in other videos

[@sandro5535]

Personally I think co promotes the idea of co family because it will attract folks who will be loyal without demanding more money. There is reason behind the madness. Also people from weak family background might be looking for a new "family", cults apply the same strategy. Also in your livestream someone commented that was it Latvia does not have such cringe culture. Feel free to prove him wrong. Otherwise you can just use randomness to choose country.