More valuable equals more money

[@officialchuckydarwin]

If every employer treated their people like this, turnover would ONLY happen because the person wanted to do something different. Great advice!!!

[@AnnoyingMobileGames]

I think we underestimate how many employers ARE like this lol.

[@Derringer2k8]

Have you seen his other video about expecting his employees to grind with almost no work/life balance? I would hope he would pay more for taking on even more work. Also, anyone that is fine doing that grind, kudos to them, I'm not trying to tear them down. That grind just isn't for me.

[@zacharynovak2180]

It’s crazy how uncommon this is. The owner of my company constantly talks about how everyone is on their own journey and is happy to give advice on career choices that is actually helpful to the employees who ask. I’ve heard several coworkers talk about how he recommended they work at the company for a few more years, specializing in a specific topic and then apply to other companies that value that specialization. The turnover is the lowest I’ve ever seen despite him occasionally actively promoting applying to other companies. It’s honestly shocking to me, and from the experiences relayed to me by peers, is almost unheard of.

[@juanangelninogomez2800]

​@@Derringer2k8that is the thing, he rewards and values people willing to do it, but many companies *expect* that kind of employee for minimum wage and a pat in the back.

[@commonsense.1014]

​@AnnoyingMobileGames ??? Noooo...😂😂😂😂😂 aaaa.. you gotta share your crack, cause in need to see this other world.😂😂

[@turtlesallthewaydown9677]

Legal assistant here. The lawyer I work for does this. He's great. Whenever I have started feeling the strain of added work load and consider asking for a raise, a raise just shows up on my paycheck. One of the best bosses I have ever had!

[@jonv1776]

How many bosses go out of their way to suggest a raise? lol Kudos!

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

The ones that want to keep great employees happy!

[@eldridgekevinm]

​@@MikeRafiLawyer Exactly! Kudos to you for doing this for your employees!

[@Couldntthinkofanythingbetter.]

@@MikeRafiLawyermy dad worked for a small but super successful law firm up until 2 months ago when he got hired for ~2x his salary by the opposing side on his case and he took it

[@nurgle-j5n]

most of them that do, dont brag about it on youtube tho

[@jonv1776]

@@nurgle-j5n I promise... If every boss that proactively offered a raise, especially for a small business... went on youtube to brag, you would still be hard pressed to find them.

[@Sympatico4u]

Make yourself valuable. True statement in every job!

[@saltyolbroad2962]

My experience is quite different.

[@GOCAPSDMV]

@@saltyolbroad2962feel free to share?

[@PlaygroundWeekend]

@@saltyolbroad2962 please share this seams like an interesting story

[@Derringer2k8]

Except when you become too valuable to get a promotion. "You're too valuable in your current role, we need you there."

[@commonsense.1014]

​@PlaygroundWeekend have you ever worked at a McDonald's?? A warehouse??? 😂😂😂😂... anywhere other than your father's company. 😂😂

[@goldedrago]

Love this mentality. I'd recommend reading Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman for anyone who wants to own a business and hire employees. People are people, not numbers.

[@NickyLunaLove]

I’m just imagining Mike like walking up to one of his employees, getting like 3 inches from their face with the most deadly look in his eyes, and being like “hey…you need more money. I’m going to pay you more money”, and then just walking away lol

[@tacoguy5]

-slips a performance review and notice of raise into your pocket and slides away slowly-

[@jayputman4599]

@@tacoguy5how do you cross out your text like that??

[@iskoiskojanjan]

​@@jayputman4599I -think- it's putting a "-" on either side of your text? If the word "think" is crossed out in this comment, then that's correct ~

[@Cman04092]

​​@@iskoiskojanjanhmmm, interesting. Lemme -test- this out Holly sh*t, it worked! Heavens to betsie (whatever the f*ck that actually means) it worked! Thanks homie!

[@sallydavidson4471]

It's all about being appreciated! I've had several managers who've told me after we know longer worked together that 1) they didn't pay me enough for all the work I did OR 2) They didn't realize how much stuff I took care of AND did correctly until after I left!

[@paullyczak9916]

Any good boss understands that experienced and confident personal are the backbone of his company.

[@nomymina5429]

It’s definitely better then other places where you gotta work what your being paid because they will take the extra for free and be happy about it

[@Hug_the_Bunny]

But you get paid in eXpeRIeNCe.

[@omnisel]

If only more places realized the value of keeping productive people. Getting them on a roll and in the zone is when people get most productive.

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

You pay good people. You don’t pay inefficient people. I was a fire officer. I ran a very tight "ship". All the good people wanted to work for me. The understanding was to make them my boss. Many became chiefs and went to other departments around the country to be department chiefs.

[@cortanathelawless1848]

Having a huge ego can make you a better person when you're aware you need to work with others. That lifting each other up gives a greater way up than everyone fighting for themselves. When you work together the archivements of everyone in the group is also your archivement because you contributed to their success. It's something you can be proud of!

[@noblelies]

I wish I worked for Mike.

[@neko6]

I never had to ask for a raise in my current company. Every year they came and added 10%-20% to my salary to make it competitive with most offers I could get elsewhere Companies that recognize employee's loyalty and reward it instead of exploring it get more loyalty in return, it's not just nice, it's good business

[@huzzabuzatrolol]

Seeing mike in a polo was not on my bingo card today

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

Ohhhhh my friend are you going to love Thursday’s short video. Stay tuned.

[@7o73o]

man this sounds so great, my employe is quite the opposite. i learned everything, the other employes now come to me when they don`t know how to solve problems, i become deputy department manager and even coordinate facility managment on top. stil the last raise was 1%, 4 years ago (i am deputy department manager for 3 years and lead facility managment for 2 years)

[@collinwall5169]

Seems like you should put that experience on your resume

[@barbararowley6077]

You’re both a good and a sensible employer. A healthy, happy workforce is a productive one. Rewards encourage the rewarded behaviour far more than punishments discourage unwanted acts. Good employees are valuable assets and should be shown they’re valued. These are all things more employers should understand.

[@saltyolbroad2962]

I've never worked for a PI attorney that cared about their employees. They just wanted money. For them!

[@MarcoZamora]

That's not a policy one sees often enough nowadays. I do see it at well-run small ownership businesses, but I haven't in decades (plural) at public companies. Sadly, I've only worked at public companies for those latter decades, and keep being let down when the loyalty goes one way.

[@collinwall5169]

Imagine not only owning a business, but being smart enough to know how to run it most effectively

[@johnokazaki7967]

Damm What a boss What an amazing person

[@collinwall5169]

Never understood how companies don’t realise training new people is much more expensive than paying existing employees

[@ronstumpf]

There are actually a lot of managers out there that want to do exactly this, but there’s almost always an MBA, Director, or CIO/CEO that says “LOL No”. So it’s not always your managers fault when you get 3% when you deserve 20%. And from personal experience, it broke me every time I had to explain that to an outstanding team member.

[@WhatWouldLadyCarolinaDo]

I was told once (I was a manager for Rite Aide) a great manger trains his/hers employees, to be able to do everything needed to keeps the store running perfectly in the chance the manger has an emergency (Golf) and can’t make it to work.

[@newatthis50]

Too bad I just can't stand book work😂 That's what I've always tried to do!!

[@nathanaelcook6683]

He is the employer we all dream of...

[@ashconner2293]

See that makes perfect sense. Honestly I don't understand businesses for taking advantage of people that will actually do great work for them. They leave and then the company is screwed.

[@vocalsunleashed]

You seem like a dream boss for lawyers in your area

[@Archer957]

I left my last job because they kept giving me more and more responsibilities without any sort of compensation. When i asked for a raise i was told i had to be perfect for the next 6 months. I already was doing the job of 3 people. My own position, shipping/ receiving, shop maintenance, and general handy man. I was already there for a year when they wanted to add even more onto my plate and i could barely keep up with what i had then my boss was surpised that i put in my 2 weeks lol No wonder my position had the highest turnover rate in the company as it was also the most physically demanding. Side note fuck agm batteries 😂 especially agm 8Ds which the heaviest ones were 160lbs and i often didnt have anyone to help me move those big ass awkward things

[@jjohnson893]

"What do I need to make you happy to make you stay"... Probably worth a double check...

[@cathleenc6943]

It is good when employers value employees and employee retention.

[@tgd02]

I really should go to law school. Im delaying the inevitable.

[@tymera]

Hope I find a good boss one day. I wanna work as a paralegal and my job in wedding catering is not like this

[@misstampabay716]

I enjoy your videos and your content is informative. Please discuss when 2 parties get into a car accident and have the same insurance carrier. When one party has more injuries and damages and the insurance decides to settle the person with lesser claims although no one was given a citation? Is that ethical and there was witness that gave statements saying the party of lesser claims was speeding and that person had no BIL coverage.

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

That’s a good one. Will do.

[@jay-t8l2y]

Talk about the Trinidad and tabago oil thing that happened in 2022

[@binwoods23]

The job I’m at not my manager refuses to let me learn anything new until I’m there another year

[@jedem.4158]

I don’t think bosses like that really exist. This world just crushed you down and takes and takes and takes

[@connormccluskey9103]

Yeah, really don't give most jobs your all because they will NOT reward you for it. All you get is crushed in the machine so the middle managers/upper management reap the benefits.

[@Kibaoftheleaves]

Well ok then good, that's how it should work.

[@ThatWorldWideWeb]

seeing mike in regular clothes is unsettling

[@thatjeff7550]

(thinking) Okay, serious question, Mike. Would a person who values a balance of work to personal life time be able to work at your firm? Because after watching your various vids, you give me the impression that you kind of work "on call" 24/7 and I wonder if you expect that of your employees as well. If I were in my 20s today, I don't think I would sacrifice my personal time to "make it work" at the office--I'd put my 40 hours in and would refuse to answer any phone calls after I leave. Again, just curious and figured I'd ask for others in case they wanted to know but weren't sure if they could ask. I guess what I'm asking is, does your firm respect the "9-5" office hours or do you expect employees--particularly the important ones--to drop everything if/when an "emergency" pops up in the evening?

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

Fair question, thanks for it. Staff works 40 hours. If their hours are 830-530, they need to start working at 830, not 10 minutes before, and leave at 530, and not 10 minutes after. If they have too much work to accomplish during their work hours then either we need to train better to make them more efficient and effective or we need to reduce and reassign some of their responsibilities. If you are a non-salaried lawyer preparing for 3 important depositions, a trial, or something else extremely important, you will probably be working more than a 40 hour week. Example literally from today. We always have an “on call lawyer” responsible for new clients. (Last week was my week). We got a call at 4pm from parents who said their child was hurt in a truck crash and wanted to see if we could help. They lived about 2 hours from our office and wanted to meet in person. The on call lawyer immediately jumped in his car and drove there-no questions asked, that’s the expectation. He is driving home as we speak. Example from 2 weekends ago. Important witness we have been trying to reach for some time says we can meet with him Saturday at noon. Well, lawyer on that case was out there at noon on Saturday. Example from this moment. As I’m typing this a client texted me. I stopped writing this, immediately called him, and didn’t wait until the next day. This is what our clients deserve and one of the reasons we are so successful for them while delivering quality customer service. I’m the flip side, there are lots of lawyers with the slogan “one call, that’s all.” That always irks me, because their case is worth much more than 1 call. Sorry for the novel. Again, thanks for the question.

[@thatjeff7550]

@@MikeRafiLawyer do not apologize for the novel. I think you did an excellent job of explaining the work ethic at your firm. And frankly, you sound like one of those rare "good bosses" to work for and my thought on the salaried positions--I presume the partners in this case--would work after hours because, "Hey, this is my actual business and I need to do whatever work that pops up to keep my business afloat." I had another question to ask but it doesn't fit within this topic and I feel like I've already bothered you with enough questions for now. If the topic does come up at a later time, I'll be sure to bring it up if I remember.

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

Hit me with me. Always looking for new video ideas. After almost 3 years of videos… I can use all the help.

[@thatjeff7550]

@ It's probably something you don't want to cover, namely how a partnership works. From what I gather, a lawyer that you feel has a good fit with the firm can be made partner but that entails the person in question to "buy in" to the firm. Makes sense--he's essentially buying a share of the company. But that leads to other questions like: How do you determine what the buy-in price is? Does the firm have actual shares so that partners have percentages of the firm? Does the buy-in then go to the other partners or is it used for upgrading the firm itself? (extra office space, etc.) If a firm is allotted shares much like a corporation, does that mean someone with venture capital could buy-in without being a partner or a lawyer? Does this run like an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program) and if so, does that mean hourly employees have the option to buy-in as well? (I find the ESOP model interesting due to its limiting of "vulture capitalists" swooping in to buy up valuable companies simply to squeeze every dime out of them before disposing of the corpse. Got some bad experience from that.) Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. Like I said, this was the reason why I didn't want to bring it up earlier but you asked. :D

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

Happy to talk about it

[@relser187]

Do you offer pensions?

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

Pensions? No. I don’t know many companies that do anymore and they are typically very companies with union or government employees. Ashley has a pension for example.

[@TriSci42]

When you say doing something different you mean a different form of law or completely changing industry?

[@navalsealsnipersports1199]

I rip on this guy’s ethics in the courtroom all the time, especially in cases involving medical professionals, but I have to give it to him that he’s an excellent manager/employer. Exciting and incentivizing employees to work for you will maximize your results.

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

My thoughts when reading this: - fuck you, fuck you, oh wait, ah, ok, thank you. I will gently suggest that suggesting or insinuating that a lawyer act unethically is like suggesting your mom cheated on your dad. It just really doesn’t sit well.

[@navalsealsnipersports1199]

@ it’s funny, under every video regarding medical personnel or billing, you respond to me saying everything BUT how I’m wrong 😂 you do the exact same thing in court and don’t even try to hide it in your videos. You talk about stuff you either don’t understand or blatantly lie about, and when you get called out, you act like this. 7 years of college later, and you still act like a child at the thought of bigger fish in the sea.

[@andrewkarsten5268]

What about his ethics do you have an issue with?

[@navalsealsnipersports1199]

@@andrewkarsten5268 mostly his videos about medical professionals. He has a video about how he got mad that his client’s doctor charged an exorbitant amount of money per hour to testify in court as if said doctor has nothing better to do (like diagnosing and treating patients other than his clients). He has a video about how he was questioning a biomedical engineer who said a wreck under a certain velocity can’t cause damage (in reference to the head). The engineer’s claim is backed by plenty of medical literature, and if you’d like, I can give the medical as well as physics explanation as for why it’s true. Mike decided to bring up the soccer ball study and throw it repeatedly at the engineer’s head to mock him in court and to say that the soccer ball study shows that MULTIPLE low energy impacts CAN cause damage. I’m not sure how repeated collisions applies to a car accident unless we’re playing bumper cars, but ok! He has a video about how he shamed a doctor who was a witness for State Farm quite often, and acted like he wasn’t a real doctor. Several videos later, he talks about a client whose doctor died and he hired a doctor who also tends to lean more towards legal work. I also had a run in commenting with him before about the helicopter video being too much. I brought numbers for industry standard flight costs and asked details about his case. He was all talk until it came time to show why his client’s helicopter ride was different than any other helicopter ride. There’s other videos outside the scope of the medical field, but it’s what I can’t stand seeing him talk about the most.

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

I have no idea what you have said before. I get 400 comments a day and don’t look at the usernames of the authors. If I respond it’s because I’m trying to correct a misunderstanding, give context, or engage in a legitimate discussion, since that’s what I think I owe people if I make videos. My response above was good natured and supposed to have some humor, while pointing out how insulting what you said was. Sorry you feel how you feel. Wish you the best.

[@nikolakolev7952]

What is the most valuable thing that you learned in law school?

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

Law-wise: you have to be able to understand and argue both sides of every issue. And I don’t mean that you have to learn both sides of every issue so when you graduate, you already have that knowledge. I mean, you need to learn the process by which you can research and investigate to understand and argue various sides of the same issue. Life-wise: Your classmates and professors are going to be the people that help you in your business and in your life for the next however many decades that you walk this earth. Funny, you asked this today because I was looking back through videos, because I think I made a video once about what I would do differently in law school if I could do it all over again. I couldn’t find the video, or maybe I imagined that I made it, but I’m going to make that video and it should be out pretty soon. So stay tuned! Thanks so much for the question.

[@naseebdookie3485]

❤😢😮

[@alexrojas2121]

Dude. What's up with that shirt?

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

… it’s awesome.

[@bayoubilly5176]

Its too bad our entire society does the opposite and every owner cries poor when it comes to raises... I always wonder as they shrink wages. Who is going to buy your widgets once youve destroyed their buying power by underpayment... I guess all the dumb nepotists hope they'll retire golden before shit hits the fan... Hilarious part is they forget about their own kids often too. The inherited wealth in that situation will make them a huge target. Cant fix stupid...

[@nurgle-j5n]

i dont care at all

[@johnneisler6552]

Mike we come from opposite sides of the political spectrum, but putting your political views aside you seem like a fair easy going person. I enjoy your videos. PS dont tread on me😂😂

[@MikeRafiLawyer]

If you have figured out my political views, please share them with me. I am a lost sailor without a map or compass.