How does your company define and identify a successful employee?

[@chetnash5991]

Nothing burns their butt than when they realize they are being interviewed too

[@szymonsadlo]

People often forget that the interview is for both sides

[@cyd6569]

That is true! The last time I was job hunting I notified a couple of companies (one was a small, privately held company and one was a major corp) that I was withdrawing from consideration. They both seemed shocked that anyone would do that.

[@szymonsadlo]

@@cyd6569 good for you. it's called looking for a job, not begging for one

[@sheriffzebedee]

​@@cyd6569I had a similar experience with one large company; they really struggled to comprehend they'd been sorely lacking in their responses. By chance, the wife of a colleague at my next employment took a position with them only for the company to terminate her contract when they relocated the business a few months later !

[@brockmadden9510]

Exactly! When you quit a job, in essence you’re firing them. He he.

[@blueberryoatmeal4009]

"They work very long hours" "And what have they accomplished within these hours?"

[@Mizumii25]

Better question: Why do they need to work so many long hours?

[@NighDarke]

I would have said to her "I will be a hard worker during my defined working hours but outside of that I will not be reachable" just to see what she said. If I get a negative response about how that won't be good enough then we're done.

[@alicefelice_]

After 25 yrs of hardwork not paid extra work hrs in my company, i told exactly the same.thing to more than one manager (of course i never had a fixedpay rise...only few one shot rewards to shutme down). Well they put you aside amd try to bore you. No worries I enjoy my life and when I havea duty i do itbetter and quicker than most people and still enjoy my perosonal time. Of course I have the target to change my life until then, todaloo dear company😂

[@themanmanthe5187]

Agreed!!

[@samanthahoos9827]

❤ I recently stated to a manager that I worked on a project for 5 hours straight before lunch break. He said that he saw this which is why he helped a customer while I was on lunch rather than contacting me. I told him another coworker contacted me about a problem and he said he’d speak to this person. WOW! Maybe someone is finally hearing my concerns! 😊

[@johnparker2957]

Half way through one job interview I realised that the job wasn’t for me, so I just stopped it and said that they were not a good fit for me, thanked them and ended the meeting. To say that they were surprised is an understatement. I’d previously taken a job that grossly misrepresented the role and left after a week; I learned so much in that one week that helped me in subsequent interviews.

[@judysmith-randle1558]

..Yup....a little truth in advertising goes a long way...the same scenario happened to a friend of mine...she was out of there one month later!!

[@dalestark9505]

@@judysmith-randle1558 it goes both ways though. often resumes are filled with lies.

[@nicholascreates]

The sad reality is, it's so difficult securing a job that we sometimes have to accept these roles, even if they don't align with our values.

[@quarlmephystodot2201]

it s not about values, it s about rights. and you can counter this. forced to stay late? check in late to compensatw the time. feel threatened, do the same

[@ATGBgB]

In US yes, it is your sad truth, in Europe, it is not. It is illegal to treat people like that, and if my peers from US would stand up as a society for their rights you would not have to work 60-80h workweeks just to survive. Sadly, what we have in Europe many in US think is a "communism", but for us Europeans what you have is brutal corporationism and slavery.

[@anonymoose116]

Take it while you look for something else

[@DipityS]

@@anonymoose116 Very good idea! It's said that a prospective employee who's currently working looks better, too.

[@judysmith-randle1558]

@@quarlmephystodot2201 I agree with this comment. I only had to do it twice before H.R. stepped in and squashed this behavior..I also kept a written record of each incident.

[@Just_a_commenter]

I can only wonder how accurate this is lol If a hiring manager can't even outline the most basic KPIs that they value and see leading to success in a role, and instead throw around buzzwords and just expect people to devote their life to the company... That's just a sign to run in the opposite direction.

[@lemoniefish]

It's only too accurate sadly

[@Algo1]

They probably already feel threatened by you asking and think that giving you a clear route to success would put them under an even bigger threat. Many managers will not want an employee that could eventually take their place, and I get it to some extent, but your fragile sense of worth shouldn't be a reason for your employees not to succeed and rise in the ranks.

[@sheriffzebedee]

@@Algo1 An astute observation.

[@crickett4877]

What is KPI?

[@Just_a_commenter]

@@crickett4877 KPI stands for Key Performance Indicator. It's essentially a way of quantifying performance, like project turnaround time, resolution rate, and so on. A good manager both knows how to connect good KPIs to overall success as well as finding ways to improve on KPIs by working within their colleagues to bolster their skills.

[@TJJS982]

I just left an 11 year job for the same reason. Make less now but I have complete happiness!

[@mattb9664]

My employer basically tosses the high performers' names around in meetings, you get a verbal 'kudos' (so, Manager A to Manager B or Group: "Kudos to Matt B for providing this value-added deliverable ahead of deadline"..whatever the f that means...) to you, maybe you get a little $1000-$2000 bonus at the end of the year... which we end up paying back to taxes. You usually get tagged for more work then. So it's not really worth going out of your way. Of course most engineering jobs expect their workers/employees to be on the spectrum and not even aware that they are being taken advantage of so there's that too...

[@ariaflame-au]

Plus of course if you're working that hard and effectively doing several people's work, what incentive is there to promote you when they'd have to replace you with several people?

[@penguinlust7]

And she did another related. short about review time. She had put in LOTS of extra effort and the manager just said "yes, that's what we expected of you so you get a 'Meets Expectations' review". My head would have exploded!! 😂😂

[@DoubleEdgeCat]

Oh I should ask this in interviews.

[@tsyf1]

Right? That's one hell of a question for an interview. Really says a lot about the company!

[@Helenahandbasket1971]

Do you interview the employer when you go in? You should. Yes they're paying you for your time, but just because they think you are a fit for them, that doesn't mean they're a fit for you. You should be interviewingthem as well.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

It's a good idea to research any company before the first interview, and ask questions like this, and others, to determine how much respect they actually have for their employees, or are their employees merely exploitable resources to be replaced as they burn out. Loe has great resources on how to identify the best questions to ask during an interview.

[@Realitygetreal]

This is Great, I have always asked a similar question, but I will align to this in my next interview.

[@AncientTrogloxene]

Besides wage theft being financial, time theft is a demand for fealty that steals opportunities from family and personal development.

[@anonymoose116]

And that's why I will always put my family and personal development first. I don't hide it either. If they don't like it they can fire me and pay my unemployment.

[@kayesdigginit1519]

The greed and lack of caring rings strong with that company

[@Marc_Fuchs_1985]

Working around the clock...... Finally I can get rid of this burden, called personal life!

[@6r4metroman]

I try to work 24/7 but my life gets in the way...

[@alicefelice_]

😂

[@zomby2d]

If you got rid of pesky things like "family", "friends" and "sleep" you could increase your work output tremendously... for a very short while before you burn out.

[@idontevenknow9758]

Big red flag if they don’t have KPIs to work off of or even an understanding of their work role. Run.

[@helenegrootenboersecondant5474]

That company seemingly doesn’t hire very effective workers If they need to stay late and work on weekends to complete their tasks on the regular

[@anonymoose116]

Or they don't hire enough people to get the work done reasonably and just expect everyone to carry heavy burdens.

[@turquoise_sky]

I bet they had that they’re looking for a “rock-star” employee in their job posting.

[@jenniferbond7073]

Or a ninja……I hate both of those.

[@dovie2blue]

Fast paced environment

[@cie4030]

I love your videos it fun to watch

[@jenniferbader2120]

The definition of working for Amaz.... the shopping/delivery company.

[@laris2328]

Great video ❤

[@butterflyinflight85]

Some companies would honestly rather have people who work more hours but yield less output than an employee who has significantly more output during their working hours.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

Quantity over quality.

[@Jaymac720]

I've only worked *late* twice and both were in the same week. The first was me needing to make up time from a dentist appointment when I couldn't use sick leave yet. I don't know if it's typical across America, but my company requires us to have been there for 6 months before we can use sick leave or vacation time. A little scary, but I don't get sick often anymore. The other time was purely on me, and it was because we needed to get a submittal out the door the next business day. Both of us worked late. I'm also defining "late" differently, as at that point we had moved to a 9 hour M-Th and 4 hour Friday, so I ended up working what was previously a full Friday along with my PM. Unfortunately I was not able to collect overtime or lieu time, but it was completely on me. My PM didn't ask me to stay; I just felt that I needed to for the sake of the project.

[@ariaflame-au]

An occasional extra hour isn't a bad thing for urgent issues. It's when it becomes chronic.

[@anonymoose116]

​@ariaflame-au my last job insisted we have email on our personal phones. I lasted a week before I took it back off. Getting emails at 11:30 at night *and being expected to answer them* is completely wild. Nope, not gonna do it as a low-level employee.

[@Jaymac720]

@@ariaflame-auindeed. That second time I’m referring to though was an extra 5 hours. I get off at noon on Friday, but I ended up working straight through to 5pm without even a lunch break because I didn’t have any food at the office.

[@colincorbett]

My friend describes this as “confusing motion with progress”, and it’s so true.

[@LohenArc]

As much as I love these videos, I cant imagine this being a realistic representation of what happens during some corporate interviews. I imagine the corporate manager/recruiter would phrase it as “our workers have the necessary effort to meet their deadlines” instead. Am I wrong?

[@lemoniefish]

Sadly, there are many managers who think and speak this way. I have run across a few in my time in the corporate world.

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

I think it's a mixed bag. It depends a lot on the quality of leadership training in the organization. I fear that as more companies default to HR driving interviews over experienced managers, we'll see more of this. Buzzards over substance; quantity, which is easily measurable, over quality which takes experience to accurately measure. I got lucky in my current job to be interviewed by a highly experienced VP. The interview was all substance and no BS. I never experience anything in these videos in my current role, unlike many past jobs. It's so refreshing - I'm loving life!

[@adaliaalvarez7269]

It sounds like corporate wants free labor.

[@anonymoose116]

And that's why they're not upfront about what they actually expect. Because they'd never hire anyone.

[@prestow]

My last company defined my 7 months as an inspiring work. They decided that they can take it from there. Considered me expensive for the job ahead, identifying me as a temporary consultant. That's what you get for working hard to make the place better for you to work there for the next years, to show your capabilities. Can't do that in small or medium-sized companies.

[@zevfarkas5120]

The whole idea of paying people by the hour is troublesome. By that logic, it makes sense to mow a lawn with a hairclipper.

[@chriswdzieczny8755]

On the flip side, being an exempt employee means no hourly rate, and therefore no overtime for hours worked outside of normal business hours. I find that it's usually these employees who are unfairly "encouraged" to work whatever hours it takes to complete tasks within near impossible deadlines.

[@matthewhines9787]

It's sad that I have to say " Savage " when describing simply someone saying no to a job that is unhealthy but I have to say Savage here because she just brought that woman to the ground by simply stating "I don't want to work someplace that values desperation anxiety and burnout over probable success through positive work environment. I don't want to be in a place where you work me to death. "

[@elainewilliams3114]

I would have been like that employee when it comes to talking about my boss

[@matthewhines9787]

I know it seems weird to compare the corporate work environment to elite gymnastics, but this is the exact same work philosophy that runs so many young gymnasts into the ground and creates people who want to eat poorly star themselves work themselves into a coma and commit suicide rather than actually being productive.

[@Zoe-c9z]

I actually got a follow up survey today to define why I had to resign😢

[@ddewittfulton]

That is the definition of a neurotic workplace. As long as there is the appearance of hard work who needs rubrics and metrics? It's like saying "he's a good carpenter because he owns a hammer." A hammer, like hard work, is a requisite for the job but it is not the outcome.

[@RedSiegfried]

Crap like this is the price you pay if you decide that you want to take the easy route and work for someone else to make them rich instead of working even harder for yourself.

[@dovie2blue]

Not everyone is cut out to work for themselves, nor are all companies this terrible.

[@lynneanderson4255]

Pretty tone deaf statement. Some people need health insurance. The lack of a universal health care system is another huge impediment to starting one's own business and tethered to a job someone may or may not like.

[@davidalexander2607]

I was working way beyond my 40 hour week ..going in early ..working after store close ..then my prat of an Area Manager wanted to know why I'd taken a couple of hours off the previous week..I told him I'm working way beyond my hours as it is (at least 8- 10 hours extra every week ) he made a big deal of it ..I'd had enough. I walked out and never returned. He also couldn't face me on his own as he was gutless and spineless so he bought an HR person with him. So I had two of them banging away at me. I never worked any longer than my contacted hours ever again .

[@bipbippadotta3680]

I used to work on a roster in an open plan office and if my shift started later than my colleagues, my supervisor used to start yelling at me from a distance if I had seen this or that email sent before I had taken my coat off 😞

[@t.aguilar1658]

It is difficult to be encouraged when you were a "successful employee" as defned by working excessive hours and being available anytime. Then you reach burn out and are just physically and mentally unable to be successful under that definition.

[@jasontungjw]

I cannot stand it when companies allow staff to work till late every single day and expect them to function as per normal the following day. I used to have colleagues who work till 9.30pm every single day. Say what? Also, my mentor also had no work life balance. On a Monday morning 9am they will ask if we have seen the email sent on Friday after work. I mean… I just started work on a new work week, can you let me read through first???

[@ADG247]

That’s insane

[@ZosiaDabrowski]

I would say that just sounds like an inefficient employee, unless the workload expectations are unreasonable if every employee is obliged to do homework for their job

[@sarahmac1771]

Is it that they're not sure what they're doing or that the company assigns more work than can be handled during paid working hours?

[@renowspread123]

Your lips shine bright like a diamond. XD

[@Annalorraine2x]

I used to get your notifications all the time now I don’t get any found this one. Wonder why

[@pennyharris446]

I checked Laura’s X to follow, but it looks abandoned.

[@pinquinsam4812]

So basicly if my pc is connected i get my hours in... lets get that photo of me looking interrested in what is happening i made in 2020 out of the closet

[@quarlmephystodot2201]

get late to office when you checkin. they will be FORCED to confront you and give them the same response they give you. else they ll fire u. and will pay ur next months while u go find some other place

[@mcvey-fe6vo]

My company defined and identified successful employees as the one who let the director win at Bunco. So glad to be gone.

[@Yo-gp4ib]

I will NEVER be salary.

[@anonymoose116]

I have been since I graduated college. I made more in commission until I started exceeding goals so fast they realized they were gonna have to pay me. I guess they never thought someone would meet those goals? I dunno, skip tracing was pretty easy for me.

[@russellb2620]

SNAP.

[@Konrad162]

Most of the HR are not even interested in what XYZ team is doing. Not to even mention have a knowledge about culture of single team, measures, efficiency, etc... They can tell you about general things that have been applied for the whole company but many times general rules are very far from what you see on the ground

[@violiendamast]

Ruuuuuuuun

[@normhagen1913]

She would be more suited to finding a job in...oh...say....France.

[@Oudia777]

Doesn’t sound like a very efficient or effective company.

[@brofenix]

Lol yup

[@RonBurgandy-o5z]

Every one ive been at and you werent family then you were fired

[@dalestark9505]

great. girl bye

[@RohiniMaragh]

Nh

[@JasonLee-sr3ec]

Same video over and over...

[@markromney94]

Immediately “no second interview/no hire“ for this one. Just another low value lazy perspective employee.

[@ATGBgB]

yes, because working 16hours makes you hard working slave ;)

[@TheBT]

Oh Lazy doesn't mean low value. I would probably meet your definition of "lazy" but that's because I can get done in 2 hours what it takes "hard workers" days to do. That's because they do exactly what they are told, no matter how ineffective the process they are meant to follow.

[@markromney94]

@@TheBT then you are just doing the bare minimum or don’t have enough work. Do the minimum expect the minimum in return. No promotions and minimum raises will be the result.

[@TheBT]

@markromney94 See, that's where you trip up. You think I am doing the 'bare minimum' but I'm not. Being ruthlessly efficient means I do mucj more than the bare minimum

[@markromney94]

@@TheBT using your words, not mine. You said “you complete the work”. That’s doing the minimum.

[@messtika-581]

Reminds me of my previous job 🥲🥲🥲