The Biggest Waste of Time in My Life

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If you're an entrepreneur, you likely want to avoid your dependance on the corporate world.
From corporate banks to corporate hotels, independent thinkers should avoid the slow, finger-pointing, and unaccountable corporate world.
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[@johnfernandez2961]

You despise fakeness. You respect authenticity. It's called having a soul. Corporate minions lack one.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Sadly, true.

[@christopherellis2663]

Gilbert, and the Trolls from Accounting....

[@richardfaasen8689]

@@nomadcapitalist What is your mindset/attitude towards idiots? I'm in a place with many idiots (planning to leave as soon as I can). I always address the issue in one way or the other but the avoidance/denials/excuses only make me more mad. What is your take on it? Thanks for the great video!

[@utahgirl1610]

Amen! There seem to be so many lacking any sort of soul or authenticity anymore.

[@NUTRITIONALDIVERSITY]

Exactly!!!!

[@brucebramblett70]

This is now my favorite video you have made. Nailed it. I am leaving a meaningless job inside corporate America inside the government. I have nothing and am beginning a new at 53. I do have honesty, integrity and a desire to extricate any form of a corporate mindset from my existence and be an example for my very young children. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You sincerely hit a strong and deep rooted part of who I am.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Thank you for sharing! Good luck 😊

[@abelreturnstoeden2130]

Wow! Great job! I “Saw the Light” at age 50. I left an awful marriage (half my fault of course!). I had no children and did not have to pay alimony (great attorneys!). Lost all my money. But felt myself again for the first time in my life. The first thing I did was promise myself never to work full time for anyone ever again. Now I have 3 part time jobs and make twice as much! I have too much work I have to turn work down. I have more time than before and am on track to a very nice retirement (if God wills it) in ten years if I so choose. But I will continue to work as long as I am physically and mentally able. I have another 30-40 years of healthy living left. What else would I do? The world is literally calling and I am answering. So, once you choose to live for yourself first. the options are endless. Just remember to “Always put the oxygen mask on yourself first!” Otherwise, you WILL become just another casualty trying to save others who can not be bothered to just read the directions for themselves. Thanks 🙏🏽 Peace!

[@bobnewell1052]

I am 54 and looking to retire at 55 through crypto gains. Currently, June 2021, I am only 5 figure net worth with only regular monthly bills... no debt. I have never felt this free in my life!! I expect, later this year, my 5 figures MAY hit low 7 figures or at least high 6 figures and I am learning now how to exit Kanada for the winter. I may find my way to Mexico for a tourist visa of 180 days and figure things out from there... just my initial thoughts.

[@jt8142]

@@bobnewell1052 😂😂😂

[@bobnewell1052]

@@jt8142 You laugh... I am 55 now and retired where the palm trees are almost as abundant as white sand... laugh it up!! 🤣😛🍸🏝

[@jsanford01]

I worked corporate before I started my food truck here in Atlanta. Corporate reminded me of professional school: blame game, walking on eggshells, jealousy, fakeness, false hopes for promotion/advancements. You're right... Progress always shunted from not learning from mistakes.

[@theandrewhenderson]

"Professional school"; I like that.

[@Originalman144]

Yep, I agree. It's all fake -- an extension of high school. The thing is people should use the corporate world for what it is -- a soul-less environment & a money grab. It is built to produce money with minimal friction. For many entrepreneurs their corporate gig unbeknownst to the company is their first investor.

[@jsanford01]

@@Originalman144 & a money grab. I like that. Every company is a stepping stone for more advancement. You just have to drink the kool-aid for a bit until something better comes along.

[@curiousgeorge6921]

A group of people is always cancer

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

:-) Yeah....so much B*S* and time wasting no real decisions/business. "keeping up with the Jonses's"

[@messenger8139]

You are reflecting a HUGE new paradigm in the US. For example, scores of youth are leaving corporate for a nomadic life in a van, bus, or motor coach as outside consultants. They have literally downsized, have less and MAKE less money to pay less tax, so as to WORK LESS and have more personal freedom. I personally was a corporate vice president / regional manager four times until I couldn't take it any more. I tendered my resignation, went out and got an $8 an hour construction laborer job, and within a few years, ran my own construction company. From there, I developed a financial services company. Now the company is involved in several major deals with deferred cap gains. See you soon. LOL

[@abeeiland5814]

Andrew has knocked it out of the park again. We are on the same field of thinking as you. 😀 Thanks for the honesty.

[@klwthe3rd]

I like that Andrew is adjusting topics and uploading videos on these nouveau topics. Corporate structures have so many problems I can't even begin to narrate them here. I'm self employed because I want to remain flexible in my business and follow my own rules. I'm accountable for my services for which I can't pass the "buck" to anyone else. I prefer to do business with family run non franchised business as they are better equipped to handle my needs. Great video.

[@Scolopente]

I've worked in companies that have gone from start-up to corporatr. Thats when you leave. I've also come to realise, the more I move about in the corporate world, that nobody actually knows what they're doing. Everyone is just copying what others in their field have done, and badly. Everyone is just winging it, and because nobody else knows what they're doing either, nobody notices.

[@valeriehancotte-galan4790]

Poor training, poor structure

[@lucybecker8]

Good examples of bad corporate players, appropriate to 2020: the conventional 'medical establishment', hospitals, public health. They were so easy to subvert and so many people paid the price for their corporate failures. Nobody wants to say "The Emporer has no clothes!"

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Yep they all go by the "fake it till you make it" strategy

[@robertparsons313]

There are even books on how to survive in the corporate world by never being responsible for anything, never actually doing anything on your own, and how to spread the blame around in the event something goes wrong so you don't have to be accountable.

[@MiaogisTeas]

Corporate: bureaucratic bull crap with a price tag. Allergic to the whole lot. 👍

[@manyltef9811]

Working in corporate right now and believe it, these places are full of non added value people who are just justifying others people's positions especially in an era of cheap money borrowed by these corporates

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

@@kaizen5415 LOL great decision for a $3m+ per annum manager...

[@EntrepreneursonBikes]

So accurate. This is why I recently removed all my corporate leads. If I work with a consultant they have to be independent

[@Flashistic]

This is also one of my favorite videos. That being said, I have worked with a bank that is a corporation (also one that has done some shady deals, actually swindled it's clients) whose employees have been more than attentive, very professional and helpful, even keeping an eye on my mother's homelife (dementia). I cashed out from this bank and moved to a local S&l, much better dividends and good customer service. Thanks Andrew for pointing out that one thing. It's a good rule of thumb.

[@DawnDelVecchio]

My first business mentor told me once that when it comes to employees or outsourced staff, it’s not about them making mistakes, it’s about what they do after the mistake - how they handle it. You’ve nailed something about corporate here that I suspect most entrepreneurs feel but perhaps cannot articulate: this “passing the buck” behavior in a system which punishes rather than rewards personal responsibility. Thanks!

[@Trunk874]

That’s exactly it.

[@RawOlympia]

We see it in gov and academia too, here, anyway, in USA

[@jeffweingrad4658]

Probably in the old days, but the new cutesy corporate structure is to call everything an "opportunity", and IF they fix what they mess up (which is rare), this is supposed to be an "opportunity" to impress me. Since I've started keeping track, 100% of my experiences of being a consumer has been fighting to fix mistakes. That doesn't impress me, and is a waste of time. 100% of my experiences working for corporations is hearing about how the company is fighting a vendor who does not perform. 100% of my experiences at work is watching departments squabble over nonsense. So, yes, Part of that is exactly how they handle it. But, when I look at the size of the customer disservice apparatus, and how they even advertise it in commercials, when businesses operate on the "ask forgiveness, not permission" basis, you already lost points by making the "computer error" that no one could control. But when you ask for forgiveness, that also means that not everyone will take the time, or have the time to call the business out to correct their error. That free money adds up on the bottom line. You don't need to swindle one rich person when you can swindle pennies from millions of people. I'm now less forgiving.

[@IndependenceCityMotoring]

This is a "Buy Local" argument if I ever heard one, that's what it boils down to.

[@AJCiti]

This makes so much sense and now I understand why my experiences in certain environments have been so grating

[@davidgee1488]

Great video! I have worked in hospitality for many years, and for many different companies. I completely agree and relate with your corporate hotel opinion. Thanks for everything you do!

[@testtor2714]

The biggest waste of time were the 13 years of my best age I had to waste in school. Even worse is that I didn't have the chance to do any better cause at that age I had to depend on others.

[@LilyApplePie]

Trigger words/phrases: "let's circle back on this" "I was under the impression..." "per my last email" "just following up"

[@tstcikhthys]

"impact" "value add" "what's the ask?" "disrupt" "domain/space" "use case" "subject-matter expert"

[@ZomBMarketing]

@@tstcikhthys "so, moving forward" "action items" "end user" "onboarding" "move the needle" "thought leader" "take away" "my door is always open"

[@tstcikhthys]

@@ZomBMarketing "and so" "learnings" "double-click on this issue" "hyperlocal" / "glocal" "give 110%" "KPIs" "synergy" "growth hack" "hit the ground running" "push the envelope" "drill down" "raise the bar" "boil the ocean"

[@Beijaxol]

I completely agree with you. I’m very creative with solutions and corporations stifle and oppose people who think outside of the box. Every new idea I proposed had to be run through the gauntlet of political clans who grab credit and avoid accountability. In the end, the clients and customers get less and pay more. I’m off the corporate plantation for ever!

[@slicedbread1617]

Completely agreed! I have worked for corporate companies for nearly 10 years now and I'm 30 in just over a year. I've come to the realisation these companies suck the life out of their customers and their staff. I have decided I am getting out, already created a poetry book which I'm also going to try and sell as NFTs, if they sell for what I want I'm going to pay my mortgage off, leave my boring ass job and start multiple businesses online Never been more excited for life and to start my entrepreneurial journey. It's all because of having a young son and watching channels line this that I have started to believe this is possible Thank you and keep up the good work 🙏🏻

[@ahsanhabib9820]

That,s the irony of the corporate life,unnecessary cumbersome procedures as well as unapologetic attitude towards their clientele

[@akaneiluj]

I don’t have a problem with hotels. But with banks!!! OMG! They are so old school and is really difficult to work with most big brand banks because they don’t understand most businesses that are not a typical physical store or an office with people going there. My business is pretty lean and we don’t have an office, the other day a bank was asking for an utilities receipt as a proof of address, well I have an address, but not a full office. At the end I couldn’t work with them and I had to go to another bank

[@ashsqx3246]

@@personalmail2335 which bank please??

[@thomashilmersen711]

Completely agree with this. The only thing worse than Big Corporate is Big Government. The typical thing in the corporate world is appearance over substance. Buzzwords, endless meetings, slow slow processes, political correctness...

[@evolve1837]

Sad but, I have found this to be very true and I really thought I was the only one to pick up on this in my travels. I call it "Empty Promises". This is the same as lying to me. I perfer results over excuses...

[@Laughter_in_da_rain]

I would say this corporate mentality permeates American culture in particular.

[@elmatador6589]

What Andrew fails to say is that Corporations and State are joining. It's called Totalitarianism.

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

That's where it was born. The Corporarate culture.....meetings, B*S*, regulations, Time wasting, Bluster, debt...hide behind a title. Kiss ass = success.

[@wiv2631]

To me corporate mentality and political correctness are symptoms of the same unnamed disease. They attempt to kill individual thinking and create soulless zombies.

[@dhairyakap]

Completely agreed with how you have framed the definition of a corporate. I have worked in large corporations for 15+ years and the first characteristic you mentioned is indeed the most prominent - everyone is trying to protect their own backside. There is a tremendous wastage of resources as managers only want to protect their own interests and don't want to take any risks whatsoever. This is absolutely the antithesis of entrepreneurship.

[@joshuaparker1850]

Yes! I always tell people I’m not a good employee. I know operate my own chocolate company and love dealing with vendors who are entrepreneurial minded. The large companies have customer service agents to “fix” their mistakes. Smaller companies run by entrepreneurs fix issues so much faster. We understand each other and build long term business relationships with firms who value that mindset.

[@maldeeb3342]

Thanks Andrew for sharing your global mindset

[@msmart2u2]

Thanks for this video. I realized that the times in my life when I was most successful were the times I worked at smaller firms where the corporate value system was not implemented. Had I realized this, I would have been much more successful, and would not have wasted my time trying to shoehorn myself into environments that were quite counter-productive in my case.

[@dannysze8183]

corporate is toxic. those office politics and meetings and corporate bullying.

[@tobiasheidingsfeld267]

My biggest waste of time in life is KZbin videos

[@Speedy300]

Tobias Heidingsfeld It also depends on what you are watching.

[@dustinmccrindle343]

I'd say the comments section is even worse, most of the time.

[@Meistras]

and writing comments like this :D

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

95%+ are a waste of time....some are good.

[@kenbehzadi1185]

Depends on what you're watching on KZbin. There are great ones like this channel and junk ones that are posted from mainstream media

[@ahuehuete4703]

I've worked at large corporations and small firms. In my experience they both suffer from politics, backstabbing and finger pointing. In many cases, at the smaller firms, the owner/principal can be quite the tyrant and bully. What I have noticed at small tech firms is that most people don't stick around. After one or two years most move on. The only ones who stay are the owner's pets and friends. That said, I completely understand why if you have an entrepreneurial bend that you would want to avoid large corporations like the plague. Sure, if you are good at corporate politics you can make some really good money in Corporate America without risking anything, except perhaps your dignity.

[@SurpriseMeJT]

As more of the economy is service driven, it has become more important to please people than to deliver. Lots of marketing and smiles with a high price tag often are conditioning people to associate value with something - a total lie. A clearer mindset would simply know that actions speak louder than words and the inability to deliver is failure, sorry or not.

[@thetennisjournal]

Wow I didn’t know there’s people that think like me I can’t stand corporate hierarchies. It’s just torture working with underhanded people that don’t want to look at things as they are but always by the appearance. It just creates such a toxic unfulfilling environment. I believe that honesty is so important for growing to admit your mistake and for your mistakes to be accepted as a part of growth and I think it makes things more light and authentic.

[@nishaansandhu9227]

Such a great reflection - love hearing about your personal experience in this way and LOVE your integrity, honesty and down-to-earth lens on life. More of these personal antidote videos!

[@dakotadellafera5850]

I agree. I prefer small businesses. They're easier to deal with. Corporate companies have so much money/power that they just push people around, starting with their employees and then the employees dgaf, so the customers have to deal with it. Also, they don't give employees any power to fix anything.

[@tallyeb]

Hit the nail on the head. I’m an entrepreneur because I’m results oriented. Make so much sense.

[@musamupfekeri]

I travel a lot in only 5 star hotels...& always have complaints in each & one of them & was wondering why these magnificent buildings that have invested huge of monies can't get it right...now you have given me the answer...

[@timetraveller4116]

Not Me. Thank God I am not wealthy because I would be fake fake fake. I stay in cheap family guesthouses in Latin America and Asia. I would rather joke around with the cleaning Lady than hang out with cashed up People. Now I must admit that I am a free market Capitalist and believe in freedom in most all forms but I just do not like moneyed up people , corporate or not. Wealth naturally causes phoniness. My first time admitting this. Feels good to tell the truth.

[@jasonellis1964]

Completely agree! Survivor of 14 years in the corporate world, much happier now in a small company run by the founder. FA Hayek's essay "Why the Worst Get to the Top" echoes a similar theme.

[@rla510]

Nailed it. I’m a ‘corporate guy’ and regularly stay at Marriott’s. Having said that, I’ve had a recent, outstanding experience at a Marriott chain in Madrid Spain (while on vac, using points:)). “In theory”, If the leadership is seasoned and competent, the ‘corporate upside’ experience should be 110% commitment to the brand ( my no kidding perception). Ps: My stateside Marriott experience on average has been extremely mixed. Love your videos, keep going!

[@SW-wf3gy]

The ultimate power in life is our freedom. Institution is the antithesis to freedom. Because it’s a created setting and culture for you to conform, to pass the ball to the next person. To slowly deactivate your individual creative response to life. Ppl become like machines who give a standard answer. This is why I didn’t enjoy my two year stay in japan. Their whole society is about conformity and deferring to the superiors. Very suppressed emotions. You get a lot of yes man. Overworked and tired. Very afraid to think differently. Ppl who want to be digital nomads are those who yearn for the inherent freedom they know is missing in the over structuralized capitalistic society.

[@BSsss603]

200+ nights/ year in hotels and feel about the experience the same way you've described. Your way seeing the corporate world is how I see it and have seen it for a long time.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Sorry to hear that, Akshara, but thanks for sharing your experience.

[@saadimran3487]

Hi andrew i love to hear you and i always hate " so called corporate " hatts off for the true definition "Corporate means Save your Butt" 😆 i have no words u spoke my heart GOD Bless you & give you all the success in life 👍

[@sunnyram7332]

This guys awesome, couldn’t agree more, independent entrepreneur now, couldn’t be happier. Thanks for all the knowledge you drop!

[@elitecareservices3299]

This is by far one of the best videos on KZbin.. That's exactly how it is! If you never had or need a job. Ur truely blessed...

[@sr9253]

Government work is about the same mentality as corporate work.

[@lollythompson7498]

I avoid doing any business with any Corp that has a big value chain. Anybody that has a problem will hit many walls before resolving a problem. I wouldn't employ a supervisory person that has been exposed to that Value Chain syndrome in my business either unless they can display a complete ability to be accountable. Value chains are an excuse for if I screw up my boss can fix it. If the customer is difficult I can legally pass the buck. It is a tool to make sure no little guy at the bottom comes up with anything brilliant. That is the thing that puts you off. Accountability has been removed from professionalism in the Corporate world so professionalism on each level is lacking. If one person shines the whole Corporation tries to take credit and if one messes up they all take a dive. No personal touch.

[@rickchandler2570]

One of the best compliments I've ever gotten from someone that worked for me was that they never felt like they couldn't tell me about a mistake. We'd look at the mistake, figure out why it happened and brainstorm on how to fix it so it doesn't happen again. The person said that the best thing was that it never came up again so they didn't have to worry about it coming back to haunt them during evals. I ended up quitting management because I apparently wasn't doing things how the other managers did things so I decided it wasn't for me.

[@gwillis01]

I agree that if you make a mistake you should admit to it. You should take personal responsibility for the consequences of your actions.

[@harleydavidson3756]

Don't confuse loyalty programs and residency programs both very different, the beauty of residency is the reduction in liabilities, you're living without phone bills, power bills, rates, mortgage, insurance, maintenance, internet and with 5 star chains will include laundry.

[@t.l1357]

I normally watch you when I get up and I love the theme music. It's a great way to get my day going.

[@sprezzatura8755]

Publicly traded corporations groom all of their efforts toward shareholder value. That is their priority. Nothing else.

[@lindawade9647]

I feel the same way. I never lasted in any organization like that, but I unfortunately blamed myself. They say you need to be a team player, and the ends justify the means. The individual is insignificant to the company. Like you said, it's just the profit they care about. People working in these places are probably miserable, and too on guard to be able to remember things and give good service.

[@kenbehzadi1185]

Great insight on corporate America's cold environment and inauthenticity

[@daisyduck9391]

I only found this video today, what a pity! I am SO MUCH with you in every word you said! I always felt the same in the same exact situations you described but could never quite figure out what it was. As you expressed it here it dawned on me why I felt this way. To me, it is so similar even down to staying in hotels vs. boutique hotels or air b´n´bs . In my case, it goes even so far, that I would deeply think before taking on clients with larger corporate structures. Finding myself in dealing with corporate mindset people makes me feel like a freak - yet I am actually the way smarter and much more flexible person. Odd - isn't it?

[@adamjuchniewicz4968]

Andrew, the more personal videos are great! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great content!

[@jsc2606]

This is so true...corporate always has someone trying to be competitive to push you put or to leap frog you. I love business but hate the corporate mentality of dog eat dog always wanting more profit. Much better to add value in a meaningful way that improves lives and leaving a positive impression.

[@JG-zf6yl]

I worked in corporate for at least a decade before being economically stable enough to break away and have my own business. Now I don't have to advertise and I have so much work that I have had to hire others. Andrew, you so thoughtfully posed this question: what is the difference. In my experience, I would have to say Trust, Relationships, Exemplar Work Quality and Being on the Edge of Innovation. No barriers and no one to hold your mind back-I love it .

[@jammons3862]

I work for UTC... you just described what I see everyday! Everyone pointing the finger and throwing each other under the bus, it’s so frustrating to see management conducting themselves like this. I’m just an hourly employee and all their crap runs downhill. I’m retiring soon and look forward to starting the next chapter in life.. thank you for the clarity 🥰

[@jammons3862]

@Inthe Flow United Technologies Corporation

[@BeaMangar]

You speak my heart! 👏 thanks for your videos

[@patrogers3560]

You have just coined my frustrations with Corporation Employment, Thank you!

[@ianparr5899]

The biggest ..and worst.. corporations are governments.

[@tanyacharbury4728]

Some of my worst commercial experiences, as a contractor working somewhere or as a guest staying in a hotel, involved large US corporations; yet some very good experiences also involved large US corporations; I love staying at Hilton Hotels, for example, and I wondered what made them so nice. So, I read "Be my Guest" by Conrad Hilton. I also loved doing contract work for HP in the mid-1990s, and I wondered what made them so nice. So, I read "The HP Way" by David Packard. In both cases, these companies were started by entrepreneurs who (key point) instilled their personal values in the business culture so well that it kept going as such even when they were no longer personally involved.

[@marie-joelleraussou]

You probably hit on the nail. I see the corporate world as such: anever more extending body where the head, the CEO, has no idea of what happens to his feet , the employees in contact with reality, where no one has control over anything and therefore do not feel responsible for anything.

[@brad1201]

Thanks Andrew, it is good to hear from your more philosophical side. I worked diligently in a corporation for more than a decade but it was hard to feel I was making a real impact in that convoluted environment.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Good point.

[@thegeniusfool]

Good thing you managed to insert "well, I am not really an alcoholic." I was shocked there for a while.

[@WealthLogic]

Great points and thoughts! I'm new to Nomad Capitalist and I'm soaking it all in!!!

[@pfjsuyehf]

I'm surprised it took you so long to get that Andrew! I'd like to add my take in that for example if you try to get help to resolve a problem, THEY JUST DON'T CARE. Incompetence and inefficiency are accepted, and are in fact the norm of standard. This transcends across all industries. Contrast that to going into a small restaurant- you can see the enthusiasm and personal care from the owner. That was the second reason why I left the corporate world over 25 years ago. The first was that after lots of success they gave me trophies and recognition. I don't want that, I'd rather have money! I got tired of making them rich. I figured that being on my own, even if I were to fail, I'm doing it for myself. I can never go back, and wouldn't if they paid me! Freedom rules, we are all blessed to have it! Best success to you!

[@mpeugeot]

I hated working in corporate environments, as an entrepreneur, I shunned behaving "corporately". Strangely enough my local competition was exceedingly corporate and it was immense fun always being the unpredictable rogues and pirates we were at heart. My biggest failing was being under capitalized in a rapid growth technology sector, but my biggest advantage was the ability to innovate and overcome the lack of capital with hard work and creativity. If I had been properly capitalized, I might have stayed an entrepreneur longer, instead of taking the path I eventually found (I was in danger of being forced out of a very competitive market). I still have crazy dreams about the business I built and walking away from the freedom for something considerably safer (but still not corporate). Soon (2 years) I will be free of the shackles I accepted for modest security and I am brainstorming to figure out what is next and how I can generate 7-8 figures of yearly income, as opposed to the paltry 6 that I enjoy now.

[@dhirenshah3]

I completely agree about your thoughts on the stiff-collared corporatey behavior.

[@ccbb4883]

You nailed it..... the buzz-words, the games, covering ass

[@ileanacat7814]

Great video! Thanks! I agree!

[@stephanbonneville]

Quite agree that owner run, entrepreneurially minded businesses make the most sense to me too.

[@artg6361]

Fantastic video! I wander what are the best banks in Georgia!?

[@t.l1357]

I agree with your take. I guess it's stagnation. I have this feeling as being a worker and getting a college degree. It makes you comfortable enough that you don't push for growth. I've tried to have this conversation with people and got the screw face look. Thx Andrew!! I don't feel crazy.

[@Caetano.Galli.Gonzalez]

Very good, thank you very much Andrew

[@jeffhaley9494]

Have watched many of your videos...subscribed...liked....bought the book! Self employed but looking to join the digital nomad life...see the world...go where I am treated best! Thank you.

[@doosrajawad]

Maybe "corporate" is not the work you are looking for. Maybe institutional as a better word. All large organizations suffer from this culture; the military, church, and large NGO, UN etc. You and I are corporate, in the sense that we start small corporations all over the world. Many small corporations were cool cats when they were small, and then decay set in at 500 or 5,000 employees.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Good points, Jawas.

[@Norm475]

I worked corporate my whole life and you are so right. The buzz words that make the rounds like empowerment, paradigm shift, we're a family and a number of others. One thing you are assured of by eating in a chain restaurant or staying in a chain hotel is the same degree of mediocrity where ever you go. Never really good or never really bad.

[@dbsk06]

corporates are corporates but its the countries especially the United States that allows them to trample on very basic human, citizens' rights

[@jolly7728]

AH is a sensitive guy -- in a good way! Many of us feel as he does about this but just accept it as, well, that's the way life is, and just let it go. One thing that’s irksome on the upscale hotel circuit is when they slam you with a $50 per night (or more) surcharge of some sort that they’ll keep if they believe you've damaged or stolen anything from your room or suite (they’ll supposedly refund your money within a couple of weeks or so once they determine you didn’t steal or damage anything). I get it, though. Evidently, there are people who rent hotel rooms, throw parties, trash the place, and hotels need to discourage and punish such behavior. When you are a law abiding person, however, who wouldn’t harm a fly and you get treated as if you are a criminal suspect, a threat to hotel property, such corporate treatment leaves the innocent guest, who has paid many hundreds if not thousands of dollars for a brief stay, feeling dejected, unappreciated, and, frankly, like not wanting to stay there ever again. Once, I asked the front desk to cancel the surcharges upon check out (which is when I found out about them). After a bit of back and forth, the clerk decided to waive the surcharges. Her flexibility was appreciated (although while I was speaking with her, I believe a member of the security staff went directly to my room to verify that everything was in order); hence, they waived the add-on fees right then and there instead of making me wait for weeks. Still, that whole ordeal is what I remember most about staying in that hotel, thus pretty much ruining the experience of spending a few nights there -- coming close to spoiling the whole trip. There has to be a better way -- "Go where you are treated best!"

[@dwt51]

Probably using different words to say the same thing you are saying, but it all comes down to ownership. Do you own your job / responsibilities, or do you just rent them from a company or other entity. It's the old bacon and eggs analogy: The chicken was involved but the pig was committed.

[@Wise101]

"Hi, I'm Andrew. I'm an alcoholic." 😅

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

Hi, I'm Andrew. I'm an corporateholic."

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

No I'm not...

[@aedelmann1]

Banking continues to behave like most legacy businesses. They lost sight of who they’re supposed to work for. That’s why I always prefer small regional banks. Unfortunately for their industry, Cryptos and platforms based on blockchain are going to replace them and turn them into another dinosaur industry

[@kingachiever]

I work in the corporate structure for a communications company called Spectrum ( formerly Time Warner Cable ) and that exactly what the culture is . A lot of back stabbing and self interest to get the top in the Corporate industry .

[@thomasrichter4271]

A true eye-opener for me!

[@stevep3089]

Keep it real Andrew, thanks. Top down management is always wasteful.

[@donwilkinson6665]

Great observations … Answers some questions why i don’t like corp environments !

[@Chahlie]

Banks alone are the biggest waste of time. It's far more productive to just make the money I need than to jump through ridiculous hoops. Haven't borrowed since 2004..... And when I wanted to open a second trading account my bank wanted TWO hours of my time, even though I already had a registered trading account with them. Through an independent it was about 15 minutes to send my stuff in and 3 days later had my account.

[@rickhall517930]

That tea analogy is EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN COLOMBIA lol.

[@peggydavis6418]

You are right on. I was lucky enough to work for one of the five best companies in the U.S. We were encouraged to “color outside the lines.” Within reason of course. Loved it.

[@alexeyrusev2647]

You nailed 3 main characteristics of a corporate world. Scariest thing for me is see people gradually “become” corporate. I found that It happens on a span of 5-10 years.

[@gregoryl.levitre9759]

I am also repulsed by synthetic things, places and people. I think everyone is whether they realize it or not.

[@AnnM223]

Allergic to everything corporate, don’t take bs easily

[@jp6993]

Biggest mistake I made is not being as tactful as corporations would prefer. So I would have to preface opinions by stating don't ask unless you are looking for the unbiased truth.

[@benzin5458]

I'm currently in the corporate world. I recently had an opportunity to fill a spot of someone retiring (a much more demanding job) while their replacement was having a baby. My paycheck went up 4x. I started working crazy hours. Now I'm back to my regular much lower paying position. I did 2 months and honestly, I hated every day. And now I don't know what to do...

[@expatcrypto]

Read Mr Money Mustache's blog posts about financial freedom....there's a very supportive FIRE community on Reddit as well

[@Thatguyy7439]

Entrepreneurs are generally playing to win. Corporations are generally playing to not lose. Huge implications there.

[@michaelloftus9733]

I depise the corporate mindset, hope I can get something going while I'm still in college so I don't have to spend to long in the corporate world or not at all in the future.

[@romainmaurice]

Great video! Thank you!

[@dodul65]

I have been a corporate executive all my life for three decades, in my own country and abroad, with top companies / brands in the consumer electronics business and I couldn't have agreed with you more. It takes a very heavy price, gives back very little and exhausts / wrings out the last bit of life from you and then rejected and left to rot and be extinct. Governments and corporations are fundamentally the same thing, basically two sides of the same coin. And coming to coins, I realize and believe today that cryptos are the future of the world and the true freedom for people. Govts and Corporates /banks are trying to put it down in all ways they can but more and more people are joining the crypto tribe and it will eventually become a regulation that will change the world, permanently. I am a person with concepts, thoughts and insight and nothing much more, I am afraid. I am crippled by the fact that I have very little money, in fact I have nearly nothing and I am all alone with my thoughts and concepts only. Without money, nothing matters or works, not even the best of ideas or people.

[@ericgeorge6564]

Andrew....you are quite an interesting guy! I enjoy your videos immensely and your relaxed style in which you deliver your content... You are the quintessential "man of the world" a unique combination of a "Lonely Planet" traveller of the 1980's but with a briefcase, a mission and a clean pressed shirt! "Carry on"!