…toodaloo…

[@johhnysorrow]

How to say STFU in corporate. Also good is "If you are not happy with my productivity, please see my manager."

[@RDan1982]

My favorite phrase was "take it up with my boss"

[@cheshire_skatkat9093]

​@@RDan1982Boss: I AM your manager.

[@IamtheGL]

*smiles in agreement, in corporate*

[@faervas1234]

All you have to say is So we are talking about promoting me in to a salary position at twice my current income? Those long hours are not for hourly employees.

[@BigDaddy-hn7oh]

perfect I love it

[@rachel5399]

"You could just work longer hours." "Ok!" ~The next day~ "Overtime Request DENIED."

[@kaorimg1230]

Oh yeah they meant unpaid overtime. Because it's your poor time management, not your workload.

[@cybereye9283]

A company did that to me. So I took half an hour of free time with paid per week until total hours completed. Nothing is Free.

[@J.W.-is8oj]

Yeah...all of us salary workers don't get overtime lol.

[@AAAAAA-lx2cl]

​@@cybereye9283Had that happen once. Left an hour early a day every day until the hours were made up. But the difference is I asked if I could do that since I was in training and not supposed to have OT and they were ok with it.

[@cybereye9283]

@@AAAAAA-lx2cl I'm fine with that as long I got paid within 40 hours. Mangers have done that to me. I am aware of how cheap companies are at the same time employees abuse the times to get the overtime paid.

[@lbr88x30]

I like that the scenarios have gotten a little bit trickier and more realistic.

[@DeShark88]

If this is realistic, I pray that you do something about these toxic colleagues of yours!

[@kyliessave8454]

I hate that this is realistic ugh

[@b.b.s7545]

​@DeShark88 it's very realistic. I meet these people all the time.

[@Raven-hairedSiren]

Yes & corp would go directly to HR & look to find ur replacement. After a convo like that- better start looking for new job

[@ggundercover3681]

​@@Raven-hairedSirenI mean realistically you wpipd be looking without the threat of HR. beciase ppl like this means you're not being treated well

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

My mom, an attorney in a state department, was handed a contract and told it should only take up a few hours a month of her time. A couple years later her health crashed and she wound up in the ICU. Her boss was in shock at her workload. Took multiple attorneys working full time to take over her workload. No one could figure out how she had been managing.

[@anonymoose116]

She wasn't, thats why her health crashed.

[@tpkdm71]

That was me. Never said no to a new task. I was an idiot. I had a breakdown, bad. Took a medical leave that turned into retirement at 40. Learn to set boundaries, I didn’t and it cost me the prime earning years of my life.

[@MortanAMrk]

Some people just have an insane work ethic, which can take big toll on the body

[@Sharkcomet]

​@@MortanAMrkI feel like managing your energy and resources long term should be part of work ethic. There's nothing virtuous about getting burned out

[@dovie2blue]

​@@SharkcometThat's where Gen Z is taking the workplace. They've seen everyone older than them getting abused in the workplace and they're having none of it. Good on them

[@stephanosuk78]

This passive aggressive back and forth is very accurate. It's just a shame every conversation has to sound good in a legal setting. This is a place where you spend most of your lifes energy.

[@Era515]

Worked for a bank. Seemed I was always trying to do my job, and cover for someone away or training new person. Never got caught up; never allowed OT. Then we went fully computerized & my job was "technically eliminated" by HQ out east. I was to be kept on & shuffled into different position when one came up. Strangely enough I still had as much to do as before in my "none existent" job. Oh, & they told me about the job elimination the day before I went on a vacation I'd been planning for ages! 😡 When I came back from holidays I decided it was not the place I wanted to be no matter what new position became available. I also decided, since they deemed my position unnecessary, to leave right before their fiscal year end & busiest bond/interest time. They discovered after six months that my job position was indeed a vital one. Meanwhile I'd found my dream job. 😅

[@GREGGRCO]

Ditto !!! People even got fired !! The incompetence was exposed !!

[@jamespfitz]

So... You weren't happy in your job so you quit and found a better one.

[@sarawilliamson5420]

I used to work for a German company. On my first day once they laid out what they wanted me to do they told me that they do not offer overtime and if I was having problems finishing my work in a timely manner “then we should talk”. Fluent in passive aggressive speech, I freaked out when I got overwhelmed terrified I was going to be fired. The boss sat me down and explained they meant to say to come to them if I was feeling overwhelmed and let’s see what we could do to make sure that I wasn’t. I miss that job.

[@tktsunami6236]

That's a good company then. Some german companies aren't bad. Also there are some rules that try to protect the workers from working too many hours in one session. Not every job (I think doctors still have like 48 shifts or even longer???) But I still think German is a stressful job environment which was a reason I moved to sweden

[@dianaheiss5885]

@sarawilliamson5420 I have that boss right now, but in the U.S. I thought his offer to make sure I’m not overwhelmed was a temporary kindness at beginning. No, that’s just how he operates! He also hates micromanagers, so he is adamant about not doing that to his direct reports. I’ve been there for 10 months, and still can’t believe that my manager and those above him, aren’t some long-term hallucination I’m experiencing.

[@martinsinnombre]

Yeap, German companies are down to earth in that way. If you can't complete the tasks assigned, you go up to your boss and explain the situation, and his reaction will typically be: "what resources do you need?" or will give you the priorities as he sees fit.

[@amashizaino]

@@dianaheiss5885 this sounds like an absolute KEEPER of a job. I'm so happy for you that you found one of the good ones. :D

[@Schilani]

@@martinsinnombre I have been in this kind of company. It's pretty nice. And I have been in the complete opposite. When they even wanted me to fake dates on documents that's when I knew for certain, that I am not going to stay with them.

[@Rapscallion2009]

A lot of managers don't understand that there is no difference between everything is a priority, and nothing is. Logically, not everything can go first

[@jeffillick3025]

They do understand, they are unhappy, power tripping, AHs who desire everyone else to be unhappy.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

Yep, it gets alot easier for me like that. FIFO

[@mndlessdrwer]

If everything is a priority then you need to assign each priority project to different employees so they can focus on them. Humans can realistically only focus on a single task at a time with any degree of success. If you want a set of tasks prioritized, then you need to set yourself up for success rather than setting your employee up for failure by assigning all of it to one person. That's the difference between parallel and serial operations.

[@Rapscallion2009]

@@VictoriousGardenosaurus FIFO is fairest. But in many jobs there's stuff that will have an immediate impact and stuff that won't. You can put off the non-immediate stuff. But - just because it isn't urgent - doesn't mean it won't eventually have a big impact if never done ......

[@thunderbug8640]

So true my last job was a finance team manager and every project or job that came through the system was priority 1. Every manager meeting, I would explain how people are using the priority system wrong; if everything is priority 1, nothing is priority 1. Got nothing, id have better luck teaching the concept to a room full of penguins.

[@viddeliten]

Whenever a manager says you should quit if you don't like it, they just displayed they do not want to work with you, they just want to push you down. Respond with "ok, I'll draw up the paperwork, toodaloo". Then wait until the next work day. If they don't panic from that, actually draw up the paperwork and go find something where you are appreciated!

[@nateexists6292]

The problem with that is they do actually want you to quit if you refuse to meet their demands. That way, you won't be eligible for unemployment and they won't be on the hook for it. Also, it prevents you from potentially sueing them for wrongful termination. Don't quit unless you already have another job lined up. Just refuse to do anything that isn't in your contract or would be illegal for them to force you to do and keep a paper trail.

[@viddeliten]

@@nateexists6292 no, I still don't have a job, but I have never regretted leaving a place that was harmful for my mental health.

[@uTubeNoITube]

@@nateexists6292 Yep, this. You should NEVER quit a job unless you've already secured another one that is equal/better.

[@griffin7770]

Had this exact conversation with my old boss for like a year. Got a new job where my boss isn't delusional about workload, and he has not been able to hire someone else for the role (I left four years ago!)

[@donnahibbard1774]

I was a charge nurse and our hospital was sold to a another company. Sorry we’re not going to give you extra pay for being a charge nurse anymore because we consider it a privilege. Also you’ll now have to take 6 patients and do all the extra work. Then the AOD ( Administrator On Duty) made the remark that a CHIMPANZEE could do the work of a charge nurse. I resigned, they can find a CHIMPANZEE to do the job.

[@heartnurse0900]

One of the heart surgeon s i worked with for many years made the chimpanzee remark to us one day... we decided to quit doing all the little extras for him that we had been doing... he changed his point of view...

[@bacjac8072]

They won't find a chimp to do it. But, they will find new grad nurses, overly eager for jobs. They will agree to anything. And the hospital does not care if they f*ck up, cuz they will just label them incompetent/negligent and fire them, too.

[@filipinorutherford7818]

Whats a charge nurse?

[@blackmermaid1908]

​@@filipinorutherford7818line head rn under the nurse managers

[@GSpacmanvice]

​@@filipinorutherford7818essentially the "head nurse" on duty. They need to be aware of everything at the same time and make calls. They are also the point of contact between the other nurses, doctors, lab, and admin. They also are normally the ones taking phone calls and responding to emergency feeds like the EMS Radios and scanners. As an IT professional i try and make things easy for them and try to be understanding when they have tech issues while under so much stress.

[@josephmanno4514]

"And you could quit if your managerial skills remain inadequate."

[@alexmendez3681]

"My managerial skills aren't in question since I seem to be able to complete my tasks. But make me a list of your current tasks and I can help you prioritize. I can also install software to record how efficient you are and that should help us determine areas of improvement. Thanks for the idea!"

[@corinacerbu8266]

As a manager myself, yes! If you can’t plan for the team and lead, instead of demanding, yes, quit, you’re not fit for management

[@josephmanno4514]

@@alexmendez3681 "Anyone who says, 'You could quit if you can't handle it' has demonstrated the inadequacy of their managerial skills, in particular as relates to soft skills. Address me in that fashion again, and I'll address it with your direct supervisor. That will not go well for you. Have a nice day!"

[@grannysweet]

😂😂😂👍👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎🌈🐕

[@Law_captain]

@@alexmendez3681managers don’t complete tasks/have a completely different style of work so you look stupid when you say that.

[@RemyDMarquis]

Been there, done that. In the end they fired me and I had a wrongful termination case against them. It was a sht show but in the end I got solace they literally could not replace me. Right now, 5 years later, they have 4 people working to handle my workload😁

[@stixoimatizontas]

On other news, EverYoNe CaN Be RePlAcED. Freaking clowns.

[@Aegilops]

What's really good about this clip is she explores a third option. So instead of just "work harder" vs "no", she says "let's explore other options" - good negotiator here. Plus the UNT mug and toodaloo memes are excellent

[@BaoHadir]

Love the coffee mug. Just that extra little chef's kiss.

[@gma1918]

Can you explain the muf to me, please? Am I missing something?

[@davidclark5497]

I retired to care for my Mom after she had a stroke. The CFO sent an email to my GM and clued in my leadership chain. The company experienced a 4% drop in total efficiency and my department suffered a 13% drop the week I left. 😊

[@lindab.716]

I received a call from a job that I left due to toxic President and his wife. My replacement had quit after the auditors had called her incompetent and when they suggested to auditors to bring me back they replied yes please . I agreed to work remotely for an obscene amount of money. And the only person I would talk to was my old treasurer.

[@monicasalyer8875]

"Let me add our manager to this meeting and let her determine priorities".

[@damianwright3690]

Not even "Let me". "I am bringing in my direct report so we as a team can better prioritise our workloads."

[@linuxsurfer2002]

This might be the manager though

[@monicasalyer8875]

@linuxsurfer2002 - the manager in this "series" is extremely supportive and takes budgets, schedules, and current workloads into consideration when assigning additional tasks. Brenda is the wrecking ball whose life is work and who stomps on boundaries, expecting everyone to simply work more hours and ignoring that this employee is hourly and can't simply "work longer" without managerial approval.

[@damianwright3690]

@@linuxsurfer2002 Exactly :) It's their damn fault. You're just not saying it directly.

[@the.danielmason99]

@@monicasalyer8875but this isn’t Brenda. I think this is another character that hasn’t been named yet

[@dxonnie1571]

“I don’t work for free, I’m not a volunteer.” Have said that before and will probably have to say it again at some point.

[@crazyjoeshorts5256]

i AM a volunteer, and the place i do it for does not always comprehend that things take physical time. i can't get from one place to another instantaneously. i can't be at three different places at exactly noon. i can't spend time at all three places simultaneously. if locations are an hour drive apart, i can only break the speed limit so much.

[@JasonRobards2]

I once had a prospective employer reply "we are not a non-profit" when I asked if the travel time to customers was compensated (up to 4hrs travel time a day).

[@cheesetomeetyou]

⁠@@JasonRobards2That employer is a scammer

[@sherryannstowell271]

It will be my new mantra when I return to work from medical leave. I will be paying more attention to my health needs as a priority. If all else fails, I can retire and collect in approximately 5 years.

[@AFreeThinkingDawg09]

Preach it! I’m constantly having to remind my leadership that every adhoc request that comes in and they say yes to means I won’t be working on my actual projects. And the adhoc requests are usually some hair brain idea some manager thought of bc they actually have the free time for that ish

[@lindab.716]

I had a board member request that our financials be formatted the same as Northrop Grumman (huge aerospace company). We were a golf club. I just said no. 🙄

[@Thepigofthesea]

I was told by my manager at a cleaning job "maybe your not cut out for this". There had been no complaints about my work before this, but i have a sneaking suspicion they wanted me to quit so that i didnt get them in trouble (a vacuum exploded on my back and blew out a wall of power sockets a week earlier).

[@DMundus]

I worked for a accounting firm that would set my deadlines and calendar for me. I would hand my stuff in according to the schedule 95% of the time only for the supervisor to take forever to review my work and send it back to for changes and what not. She would bring it to me at 5 minutes to 5 and expect me to get on them. I'm so glad i quit and started my own company.

[@valeriasposaro6022]

I can relate...

[@pammy5260]

So now you hire the supervisor to do that to someone else.

[@DMundus]

@@pammy5260 the circle of life.

[@MaryJane-bk9vj]

But unfortunatly the problem isnt far from beeing solved. Even if you fire the supervisor, it is like if you want to extinguish ants - for every one killed are coming 10 others.

[@No-One-of-Consequence]

Are you looking for help?

[@Anxietymemesdaily]

I had a manager give me all of their work and other peoples work while also telling the main boss that I was the one slacking The boss fired me because of it And then the manager position suddenly opened a few days later once the manager had to do their job 🤣

[@80islandia]

Oh man, the initial firing sounds like an awful experience. The karma always comes quick when they realize they've made a scapegoat out of a highly competent person who is difficult to replace. I hope you're onto better and brighter days.

[@Sweedster]

Jeez, serves them right…

[@rdb4996]

Please tell me you applied to the manager position. Would be such a great opportunity to say F u

[@mk1864]

When I was younger, I worked at Wendy's. My drawer kept coming up $20 short every day, although I was triple counting all the transactions. I got fired. No investigation, nothing. A week later, I got a call from them apologizing. Apparently, they had launched an investigation after I was fired and found a video of one of the managers stealing from the drawers. They had the audacity to ask if I wanted to return. 😂 NOPE.

[@emc2862]

​@@mk1864same here, but Captain D's! 😅

[@gdoumerc1984]

I tell my managers to look up the term “opportunity cost” then get back to me and advise which items we’ll forego. If they tell me, “all of it is a priority,” then they clearly aren’t obeying the laws of economics. Dilbert said it best: “I have an infinite capacity to do more work, as long as you don’t mind the quality approaching zero.”

[@nomagea2684]

Waow, thanks so much for this, your comment and introducing me to Dilbert s quote😊. I can never forget it now

[@DrRusty5]

I'm keeping that quote in my back pocket 👌

[@joebahneman9098]

You tell me, as a subordinate, to "look up the term", and I'll show you the door.

[@Theveganlaowai]

@@joebahneman9098so? they’ll just job hop and get a raise on their way to a competitor lol. If you overwork employees or fire them for showing you an economic term that can actually help both of you run things more efficiently that’s an ego issue not a business issue. But, If you’re not overworking someone they won’t be drowning and this convo won’t exist in the first place bc you’ll all be happy.

[@Mortlupo]

@@joebahneman9098 Then who will do your job for you?

[@Pepko105]

Okay but I do need her skin care routine as I’d like to not only be as sassy as her but also as glowy

[@recherche4528]

This happens all the time. If you complain to HR you are labeled a “troublemaker.” If you don’t do what your manager( who is always in the “right”)wants,you can be fired for “insubordination.”

[@lindseysummers5351]

We had a change in management several years ago. The new guy was convinced that I wasn't doing enough and insisted I spend 60% of my time taking on new job responsibilities in addition to my normal workload (which previously had been assigned to two people). I warned him up front I was not working through lunch everyday or working extra hours in order to meet deadlines. When the backlog started piling up, I reminded him of our earlier conversation. Yeah, he didn't like that. A few months later, my son was born unexpectedly (three weeks early!!) and I ended up taking six weeks off. Because everything happened with no notice, they had to scramble around to get my work done. The boss who griped at me got flustered when he found out what I did was actual work and not just fill-in-the-blank.

[@HidForHG]

Those kinds of idiots always seem to think that the nothing work THEY do is all their underlings are doing. THEY are goofing off constantly and wasting time so obviously their underlings are worse. smfh. Nepotism and cronyism always eats away at business. With brown nosing incompetents mortaring it all together.

[@tlanthony82]

Why did you take off 6 weeks? Seems a bit unnecessary.

[@danutercisd2016]

​@@tlanthony82that's how long you usually take for paternal leave, around 2 to 3 months. The Army actually gives you 12 weeks of Parental Leave. It's normal.

[@tlanthony82]

@danutercisd2016 guess paternity leave is pretty new to the world. Most of our group just takes a few days vacation and then back at it

[@mountainbikerdave]

6 weeks seems long? Shit I'd take longer.

[@thefishingpol]

" you can work longer hours" " you can pay me overtime or handle it yourself" 😶

[@DerpDevilDD]

The disconnect management has with reality never ceases to boggle me. I used to be a cake decorator in a grocery store and there were supposed to be two of us. The store manager could not understand why I couldn't get the work of two people done in the working hours of one. The bakery manager asked me if I needed anything ordered and, after looking over my workload, I said I would be fine until the next week. Then she gave me a list of additional cakes to do and I told her I wouldn't have enough product. She got angry. "Why did you tell me you didn't need anything ordered, then?" "I didn't before you told me to make 70 extra cakes." "What 70 cakes?!" "This list you just gave me has 7 variety of cakes and you want 10 of each. That's 70, dude." "...oh." How the fuck did she become a manager?

[@christinevr7698]

Agreed!!! I once worked at a grocery store where we had a list written by the day manager for the evening shift to prepare for the next morning. They NEVER took into account when holiday rush approached and we suddenly had double the usual production expectations but NOT any more time or staff to do it. No one stayed in that job very long because the manager would then freak out if you didn’t complete the list! No one put up with that insanity for long. It was a revolving door of disgruntled employees.

[@DerpDevilDD]

@@christinevr7698 Yeah. If you aren't in dire need of a job and willing to take anything, always ask what the turnover is like.

[@rory8182]

Does the work "Nepotism" mean anything to you?

[@DerpDevilDD]

@@rory8182 That can't account for every shitty manager.

[@caliithildae8500]

I used to work in a grocery store, applied for the Nutrition Dept Manager when it opened up, the average time that position was filled was around a month ( a number of people quit first week) and I turned it around, organized it, raised sales in the department $10,000 a week, and lasted a year. In that time we got a new store manager who was younger and thought he knew everything and cut my help. Then he got it in his head that this other new young kid he hired was going to be the next big thing and wanted to give him my job, so he cut the hours to where I couldn't properly run things, told me he had no choice but to demote me, then gave the kid the job. Doubled the normal hours I had for the kid, yet in a month the department was a wreck because the kid did nothing but walk around and chat, no work. Kid was eventually fired when they caught him stealing, manager didn't last much longer.

[@tooManyMidgets]

I feel like this woman displays these issues effectively. I also simultaneously feel like she would also perfectly execute the task of the HR person in these. Scarily.

[@TabbyQ.9563]

When I was younger, I would just quit. Quitting set me back financially and in my career advancement. I can't believe I would let these bullies push me out of a job just because they were unable to do theirs. Boundaries are essential.

[@RDan1982]

If you die they will look for your replacement next week.

[@sunsetskye483]

@@RDan1982Absolutely. I think the original comment was just saying that for their personal career, they would’ve been better off standing up for themself. Nothing to do with company loyalty.

[@Diviance]

Funnily enough, seeking better paying jobs every few years is better for your career advancement and finances than staying in one job.

[@labrigful]

​@@DivianceI think they're saying that they didn't find another job before quitting.

[@mozy837]

I like your perspective. Ive stood and fought my bullies at work but at times I wished I just left for my mental health but bullies are everywhere. EVERYWHERE. It's important to learn to deal with them.

[@ElizaGrav]

We need to be honest with ourselves and know that the answer is the other poor souls she’s dumping on the 20 other projects that came from someone else who quit.

[@b.b.s7545]

Instead of doing the work herself

[@DiseaPoto]

advocate for yourself, don’t be a punching bag just because you feel bad for others

[@CorvoFG]

Yep. And has zero concept of why they quit. This is the sort of person who has the line “Nobody wants to work these days”, on mental speed-dial.

[@ghostscript2044]

It’s actually happening to me at my job and nobody has quit. The supervisor just has unrealistic expectations of everyone and she doesn’t feel like actually doing the research to figure out that it’s unrealistic.

[@dyscea]

True. But THEY need to learn to say no. They are adults.

[@Levermonkey]

In the UK the phrase "You could quit if you can't handle it" would be regarded as constructive dismissal.

[@DrRusty5]

"might" as you would have to run the gauntlet of a tribunal, which will likely take sometime to be heard.

[@Mortlupo]

There is no might to it, it is and will be used in my complaint.

[@Elladril]

In the US, constructive dismissal just means you get unemployment cuz you weren't fired for cause. Thankfully we still have at will employment and some semblance of a free market in labor as long as we avoid unions

[@sjc4]

as an American who works for a British company now, holy shit what a difference!

[@selwynowen6213]

Ask them to put that on paper

[@devincrockett2855]

Bro, I’ve been watching these videos for months now and I JUST NOW GOT WHY THE MUG SAYS UNT! I thought that shit was a college! 😂😂😂😂

[@xXWarPotatoXx]

That mug is AWESOME

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

I got this very statement from management. Then I quit right before a huge project went live. Train the n00bs, good luck!

[@stevievaughan5096]

“you can quit if you can’t handle it” has got to be the most demeaning thing an employer could say to someone

[@michellebilodeau3882]

Completely unacceptable.

[@futuremartillo]

they want you to quit as opposed to firing you so they don't have to pay unemployment bennies

[@olympic-gradelurker]

​@@futuremartillothey wouldn't need to fire you in any case. They just want to make your life hell until you voluntarily leave. That's why there's so much dead weight in most places. People figured out that they don't have to care and they still get paid just to get yelled at.

[@timprice5]

I had this happen to me once. One of the directors for the company I worked for said 'are you telling me you can't cope doing your job?' when I mentioned that we were being put under time pressures that were completely unrealistic

[@adeled8833]

That is a very Russian thing to say. Disgraceful

[@MamothRoar]

Thank you for your videos... I moved across the country for a well paying but toxic job and your videos have been a huge release in dealing with that. Happy to say im at a place now that actually lets their employees be humans.

[@whclcdr]

Yep reminds me of a boss I had one time didn’t allow overtime but wanted me to put in overtime. When I finally resigned he said great I could save money, eliminate the position and everything will be fine. Six months later I heard he was begging corporate to fill my position

[@ej9618]

That mug is fabulous

[@kennedylehane6562]

"You can quit if you can't handle it." Good point! You're right, see you!

[@anneo3754]

Try see you tomorrow for my final paycheck with all accrued benefits and vacation.

[@franhunne8929]

@@anneo3754 Funny, that you say that - here in Germany - your next employer is also obligated to guarantee you time off and the pension scheme is a state pension, which comes from obligatory contributions of employers and employees. Also - health insurance is not dependent on your employer - ANY employer has to pay half of your contributions to that. I am so glad we do not have your inhumane system here, that turns people into paid slaves

[@markd.9538]

I quit a job with demands like that. Best thing I ever did. Drop it like its hot and don’t look back.

[@michelehighley]

I sooo wish that I found and uses many of your lessons/techniques when I was working & before I had my nervous breakdown.

[@rozetca]

These 'conflicts' are so similar to my imaginary fights I have in the shower LOOOL

[@sherryannstowell271]

OMG loving your blouse ❤❤❤

[@arniedee7251]

This is so extremely common in corporate. And that last question: never think you're irreplaceable. There is always someone who WILL do more for their career. Once I set up an actual customer service, managed it and created from scratch a complete reporting/business analysis tool because there was no budget for actual external software. Put my love and life in it. They hired a low salary position to help me maintain it... You can guess the rest. You aren't irreplaceable as an employee, ever.

[@christophersmith8316]

often you aren't replaceable, but they are too stupid to know it.

[@kecopenh]

My boss at my last job had a habit of doing this with projects, though he didn't do it intentionally. He just literally had so much to keep track of he didn't know what I had on my plate and what I didn't. So to help him out, I started sending him weekly reports on what my active projects were and their status, and when he gave me a new one I had him clarify the priority compared to my other projects. It worked out pretty good for us on the whole, and if I had to work overtime I got time and a half for it.

[@sks6763]

I appreciate responses like these. A new perspective.

[@suzbone]

It's such an obvious, reasonable solution, but it's shocking how many managers won't implement or maintain it.

[@margauxlairesse9577]

Hello guys I wonder in which fields are you to do this ? Cause in the several jobs I did I never had kind of mission that took me few days (it was just jobs like waitress or to put things in mall before client come), like do you work in comptability ? Law ? Informatics ? Sorry for my English btw !

[@suzbone]

@margauxlairesse9577 the last 15 years I've worked in university research institute administration. Mostly travel planning, purchase orders, event planning, and student group training programs. The number of tiny details for long, ongoing projects is HUGE and incredibly stressful. No way could I manage it without a ticket system and realllllly good communication practices.

[@frankcarden4709]

Overtime should be paid at 1.5 times normal rate up to a certain time then it goes into double time, no pay, no productivity.

[@chrisb868]

Sadly, this IS our society currently. Inhumane expectations!

[@iainneville7137]

Love that paisley top and the peach colour is fab. Very nice.

[@PhilGutierrez-vf2qc]

Classy and gorgeous!

[@sarahsharp2960]

SAVAGE "who would do all this work for you" 💅

[@1234NIGHTCLUB]

Watching all her videos really has me reflecting on how I should put more boundaries at work. I always work more hours to get extra work done but this is so right. It’s hard but we do need to set boundaries for work. Very inspiring !

[@annetteandhercrafts]

And so it has happened, the moment, silence has become stronger that "Too-da-loo".😯

[@PhoenixSOUL777]

The Unt Mug with the Black Handle was more than enough.

[@Miobambino]

I want that mug!!! That is just an amazing cup for this scenario! 🤣🤣

[@benjohnson1786]

The silence is deafening and this girl is gorgeous.

[@omgfro]

The problem with this is if you say that your schedule is full and you can't take on anything else upper management will then request you complete a time management survey or something to explain every minute of every day of what you're doing.

[@hillbillykennedys8901]

Not only do I fill that report out I always add how much time it took to do the report. It’s about an hour a day and I put that in the overhead category which the bean counters hate!

[@Heeby-Jeebies]

Literally had that happen to me. I just didn't do it. If it's that big a deal, they'll either fire me or look into my workload. Either way I think I'll be fine.

[@Mar-velousMarlenak8]

Not a bad thing, it would show that you're doing your bosses work. Why pay 2 people when they could just promote you?

[@marysueechols2845]

​​@@Mar-velousMarlenak8that would be nice. Instead, they figure they're getting 2 for the price of 1 lower salary = management bonus for them. There's always someone ready to take your place...at will

[@coolkumquats]

@@hillbillykennedys8901 Yeah, when I had to do this I really enjoyed digging into the specifics of what I'd been doing each day to emphasize the wild inefficiencies in the company protocols. Yes, manager, I really did spend 25 minutes searching for all relevant product info on a single item because we keep that information scattered over five different databases and under two different item codes because you couldn't be bothered to sync things up when we transferred to the new item tracking system. No, that was not a good use of my time. But it was necessary for me to do my job and I'd like to see you do it any faster!

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

"We've never treated you personally in a negative manner. We've only refused to hire extra personnel to lighten the workload because we might slow down in six months. But you're running the shop, what do you need other people for? Get it done!" That employer didnt get a two weeks notice, and im still getting calls and emails asking about this or that a few weeks later. Not trying to bring me back, just looking for free consultation. I've been sending them on wild goose chases around a 4 acre property 😊

[@pandapanda246]

Tell them they can hire you as a paid consultant for double your former hourly rate

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

Anytime an employer has told me "well then, why don't you quit".......I just make their lives a living hell, and they don't even know its me. They think it's all just really bad luck. LOL NEVER piss off your admin/secretary/second in command. We know your weaknesses, what you are afraid of, and where you bury the bodies.

[@warwolf333]

Yeah, but if they don’t know it’s you, they can’t regret what they have done and repent... Hum. Hard situation there.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

Thats how its played. If they know its you, then you've lost. Because they are just going to retaliate. If they don't know its you, you get to watch the fun!@@warwolf333

[@maxmillion7007]

I frikken love her "read my expression ...and coffee mug" at the end. :P

[@Sterlyng61]

I love your Top! 🥰

[@UltimateWaifuXD]

Remember kids, your value in a company doesn't come from working long hours but rather how difficult it would be for them to replace you. If you want to succeed become irreplaceable.

[@jacksonorlady1367]

That’s the problem. She’s extremely replaceable. Employees like this make staffing pretty easy. I hire someone, watch as they outperform her, give the new hire the promotion they wanted in title only and watch the other one quit and toss away their severance. People like this post are all ego, so controlling it is cake.

[@vond5829]

@@jacksonorlady1367 Hey if you can replace her that easily, good for you. She'll just move on to a place where she's harder to replace. But get this, see the world trend going on, Gen Z is actively becoming more and more repulse by hustle and corporate culture, and I doubt that Gen Alpha and Beta gonna return to "glorified slavework" again. Sooner or later you gonna have to settle for less profit in order to stay in biz. But ofc, your company has a higher chance of going bankrupt before you even get to hire Gen Alpha. So enjoy the privilege and benefit when you can, it won't last

[@shepherdssolace]

​@@jacksonorlady1367man, you're a real stand-up boss. I'm sure your employees dont hate you and you have VERY high retention rates. Maybe don't be a piece of shit?

[@lone189]

@@jacksonorlady1367 this is probably quiet quitting is popular.

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

@@jacksonorlady1367Look who’s talking about ego. Looks like you’re the one she’s referring to in this video. Work should not be a competition. It is a place we go to be compensated so we can live and afford basic necessities. If you value pushing your employees past their limits constantly and forcing them to bust their asses for projects, you clearly don’t see that you’re reason why you’re constantly hiring new people. You’re the common denominator, not people with a healthy work life balance.

[@NavaSDMB]

That's the kind of boss/project manager/whatever whose reaction to someone quitting is "you can't do this to ME!!!!!" Oh honey, I'm not doing it to you, I'm doing it for me.

[@CrossRoadsOfTime]

I had a job like this once, they did decide to fire me for not being able to do the work of 3 jobs at once. I was glad to be out of there.

[@PlaceForAnEcho]

The clothes & glasses. Fantastic. 🌞

[@lindenpeters2601]

"My workload exceeds my working hours" --life as a homemaker

[@misunderstoodopossum2398]

I just love the dark, shadowy lighting. Toodaloo lady is on her villain arc! Im so sorry if the character has a name, I wouldnt remember if I'd heard it 3 seconds ago lol

[@salthera1673]

The one pushing for people to do more work is Brenda. I believe the other character is Bethany.

[@joyfisher8008]

@@salthera1673 I don't think the pushy manager is the Brenda character. Brenda usu has a short bob haircut & acts almost robotically. I also don't think Brenda wears glasses.

[@Chhesterification]

This exact thing happened to me and when I started showing signs of burnout they told me I was working too much. They are now trying to push me out for "performance issues".

[@nude_cat_ellie7417]

I am worried I am going through this now as well. I was definitely getting burnout and have recently been placated with warnings to pace myself and rest. I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[@Not.Jason.from.the.southwest]

My response to an increased workload is " I will quit this job in a heartbeat .". I work two jobs for just this reason 😅.

[@MonsterPrincessLala]

This isn't how toxic bosses talk. They wouldn't say "so" they would say "well, no one else on the team seems to have that problem. Maybe we need to put you on a plan to figure out why you're working at a much slower rate than what is expected of you"

[@barrymantelli8011]

LOL exactly what happened to me. apparently 1.5 years later the projects I was on still haven't gotten finished 😂😂😂

[@EnzoVinZ]

lol. Nice mug. Like my manager always say, "when everything is top priority, nothing is"

[@mndlessdrwer]

A lot of ticketing systems designed by smart people have restrictions for who can submit a ticket as a Sev 1. Sev 1 means that the problem has caused a complete halt to all business operations. If you don't do this in your ticketing system then you will quickly find that a broken keyboard for a single low-level employee is a Sev 1 ticket. As will be every other ticket you get. And then your metrics go down the shitter.

[@EnzoVinZ]

@@mndlessdrwer If the problem has caused a halt of all business, that issue doesn't belong in a ticket system -- that's a phone call to the higher up. Besides, how are you going to process that ticket if business has halted. lol

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

Unfathomable mug. What's it mean?

[@welding56]

Love the U N T on the coffee mug

[@bonnielessard9831]

I have been consuming these videos like candy and just now realized that the handle is a “C” LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

[@rdb4996]

I hadn't realised 😮 My boss would not appreciate that 😂

[@Teverell]

There was one of those in the crockery cupboard in the kitchen at my last job. Nobody owned up to bringing it in... Can't think why!

[@MyLaymansViews]

I didn’t realize until this video that the handle was black- such a subtle-ish slap. Lol

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

What IS "UNT"?

[@destinycherry17]

That cup lol 😂 I love it

[@rwt5678]

"who would do this work for you" is the single greatest line ever

[@johnweissbach8356]

Just love your take 😂 Brilliant! They need to know, nothing is free!

[@randyhx]

Love the mug. Totally wish I had that.

[@epicwriter96]

For the most part my managers are pretty good, but every once in a while they don’t use their resources well, so I’ll end up having more on my plate than I can do in a normal shift. Oh, I’m on a register, and I’m the relief cashier when people need to go on breaks, and I’m ordering freight for one of the departments, and I need to down-stock melting chocolates (which is a pain mainly because those boxes are 25+ lbs) oh and you’ll also need to cover lunches for the front manager and the fabric counter. And you probably need your own lunch in there too. It adds up, and sometimes they wonder why it takes me so long to order🫣. If no one bugged me and I didn’t have to cover anyone, I could get my whole order done in about 3-3 1/2 hours, but it’s never that simple😂

[@johniii8147]

That means you need to out of retail. That would be the norm in retail.

[@TheGrumpyAngelPR]

I'm on a completely different line of work but I understand you 100%! This is the reason why I moved to night shift in my job. Now I am able to get MY job done without constant interruptions or having to cover for everyone else, and left wondering who can cover for me when I need it.

[@johniii8147]

@@TheGrumpyAngelPR What line of work? Sounded like a retail job.

[@mixolydia3309]

@@johniii8147are you trying to imply that this is “just how retail is” and they can’t complain about it?

[@TheGrumpyAngelPR]

@@johniii8147 I'm a supervisor at a call center.

[@UsernameNotTaken2]

My last job was amazing. Someone sent over a high priority ticket over to our business saying that it was important that it was done today. I offered to stay late for free, my boss looked at the ticket, noticed the person that sent the ticket was on their way out the door and just said, "It's just a job, if they aren't staying back it's not an emergency. Go home." I was used to jobs where they'd try to squeeze you for time, so I mentioned I didn't expect overtime pay and she just shrugged and said to enjoy my weekend. Great place to work :) Very chill. The job itself wasn't for me in the end though as after a few years of working there I realised I would just kinda be doing the same work for the rest of my life with no new challenges, changes or major pay increase's and that was daunting.

[@ulovit1]

I'm so thankful that I can't relate to any of these in my professional life. But I find the clapbacks to be incredibly satisfying and entertaining.

[@Nonyabiz370]

Oh, damn, the mug is perfect!

[@nayeligonzalez13]

I feel very lucky to have great bosses who didn't expect or demanded extra hours. One time i logged in at 5am, 3hrs before my start time which my boss noticed and said to not feel like I have to do that. If I need help meeting deadlines he was more than happy to help..

[@heartnurse0900]

THAT is a good boss!

[@carolinareaper8089]

Wish i jad found your channel when my previous manager gave me additional 1 FTE so I ended up with 2 full time jobs with no bonus, promotion or even a thank you 😢😢😢😢

[@musicenthusiast96]

Omg…. I am working crazy shifts and the higher ups have been asking me to take on projects on top of my current workload and I was sad they couldnt understand I was stretched for so much… Needed this video.

[@juliakuczma1886]

The thing is that in corporate they will find your replacement pretty easily. Nobody is irreplaceble, that's what working in a corporation taught me

[@bookishswiftie1]

The mug. We need to talk abt the mug. I LOVE IT

[@whydoyoucaresomuchdude]

Literally had this happen today and told my manager flat out no. I can do a different deadline but not this one. He was slow blinking. It’s like, fire me then 😂 idc anymore

[@mndlessdrwer]

"can you even afford to fire me? I already have experience with our systems and know how to do my job. How long will it take for a new hire to reach my level of competency? Six months? How far behind will your projects be by then?"

[@whydoyoucaresomuchdude]

@@mndlessdrwer YES. THIS.

[@stixoimatizontas]

@@mndlessdrwer And who guarantees that the new hire will be competent enough, or willing to stay and deal with that workload for the salary that's offered? As far as I know, nowadays people are job-hopping like never before, so who's really gambling here?

[@Kaipyro67ALT]

God I love the fact that her mug is SO OFFENSIVE but because she's holding the handle, it's all good. XD

[@stevengreidinger3304]

Offense how? It seems to say “punt,” as in, I am going to punt this work to you… 😂

[@CRAgamer]

That word isn't offensive, it's the same as calling a dude a dick.

[@lenaruibina]

​@@stevengreidinger3304 I believe it says "unt" and the handle makes a black "c" :)

[@youthmonkofficial]

People watch this awesome video and express their enthusiasm in the comments, but sadly, that's often where it ends. They don't take the motivation into the real world and put it into action. She's trying to inspire you to really do this, so don't let it just be words/video on a screen! 😅😂

[@jonathantate3241]

Man the mug gets me every time

[@Guy-e1w]

Your videos are like a ray of sunshine on my feed.

[@d8bn]

My boss said to "work faster" if I can't meet the deadline. I put in my notice about an hour after the remark. Unfortunately, she caved and asked me not to quit and I didn't.

[@Tennischamp10]

Bro you are weak minded. First few years of my career I was getting chewed out daily. I sucked it up and made myself a better asset. I have been rewarded financially for being a man and taking the noise to become better. You are probably a democrat

[@dawnsharp8524]

I took on additional duties that stretched my limits because another employee didn't get her childcare lined up (with a month's notice) for the week of training. When my review came around, I was asked to take on more and basically followed the convo in the video. I simply didn't have the bandwidth. I was then laid off, with the primary reason being that I wasn't a team player and for not absorbing yet more work (when others hadn't). My one consolation was that the manager was surprised when she had to distribute my work to 8 or 9 other co-workers. She thought 2 or 3 could absorb it.

[@daxw2460]

And never gave you your job back nor gave you a reference. Never thanked you for your hard work.

[@Spritespitfire]

I've had to learn to do this with my boss and to be honest that boss said yes you are absolutely correct on that part.

[@johniii8147]

That's 90% of it. You have to have a decent boss and be honest about here is what is possible.

[@juliab8992]

Ohhh i feel seen. Love how i was told we can "prioritize and delay some non essential work, as long as daily tasks are getting completed" except some daily tasks have already been neglected for months...

[@BenjaminIdle]

Love the mug tho.

[@mocciiiii]

The silence is so loud 😭😭😭😭

[@Manuel-ox7mt]

Hahaha. I said something similar to my boss today. But... as a construction worker.... I don't speek corporate 😂

[@Manuel-ox7mt]

@@RichardM333 I'd like to see that as well 😁 Top tier comedy 🤣🤣🤣

[@Papa-in-Tx]

@@RichardM333 Someone like Breadstick Ricky?

[@KiKiQuiQuiKiKi]

All of the youngish professionals dpent their childhoods watching their oarents being loyal to their jobs without reciprocation.

[@lrJ0Y7231]

I appreciate your vids because they model the behavior we should be doing!

[@gdr408]

Love the added sign on the mug.. class

[@cardelljoseph8125]

Ended up in this situation. But had a boss who actually understood and worked with me to remove a couple lower priority projects. Good management makes all the difference