Watch This Before Starting Your Corporate Career (what I wish I knew)

[@hannahmve]

"If they're gossiping with you, they're gossiping about you" actually just changed my life, thank you

[@Sara-jk7qc]

Doesn’t this just make you paranoid all the time? That’s how I feel

[@kittenwizard4703]

​@@Sara-jk7qcit's warranted

[@blessedtobealive]

I've known this since high school

[@keamohetswebila3014]

How did it change your life?

[@nebbie26]

Just started my new job, corporate in IT, you just made my life easier for the next two years ♥️ thank you so much !!!!

[@Emily.Durham]

ahhhh that makes me so happy! Youre going to be fabulous!

[@melianna72]

Re-entering the work force after being a sahm for a few years.. found your video to get a refresher and EVERYTHING you’re saying is 100% factual! Love that you kept it real. Thanks for the tips and reminders!!

[@queenbee9109]

Thank you! Glad found ur video. Im starting my first corporate job in 2 weeks. I'll be getting training for a week. Thanks for your help! I already intend to bring my own lunch saves money. Thanks I'll change clothes & shoes once I get to the lobby. You're a big help!! God bless!!

[@pakki6555]

As an online freelancer who's never worked in an office and never wishes to, I watch videos like this every now and then to remind myself why 😂😅 I'm a blunt introvert with no patience for drama and I don't usually get on with people offline. But I'm able to do so online, and in general being in charge of my own projects and my own time just works so much better for me. Thanks for making this video. It's incredibly valuable and sincere, and I appreciate you ❤

[@IsabellaYbarra]

I just started my first corporate job at 31 after a career in f&b hospitality (server, bartender, manger, etc). Thank you so much! This was a great primer for rearranging my expectations and mindsets. Also a lot of this (don't drink the kool aid, gossip culture) are great pieces of advice in general.

[@Emily.Durham]

Congrats on your new job! Thank you so much for being here

[@parad0x.76]

What’s ur job now? I’m currently in f&b hospitality and I want a career change :’)

[@hellonihaocomoestas]

I hate how bubbly you have to be. Why can't we operate on ability to perform rather than being liked. That's what happens when pettiness takes control of leadership

[@m8578]

Your videos are so relatable and helpful!!! Glad to have found your channel ☺

[@sbittercookies]

MORE!! how to socialize, how to network and form connections, etc

[@Emily.Durham]

ON IT BESTIE ILY

[@tiahnajayde4287]

your now my corporate mum ..... starting a bach of business majoring in people management in march! your video made me feel like i was talking to a friend haha love it!

[@Emily.Durham]

Baby, I got you! You're going to be amazing!

[@aceille]

I swear to god ur videos and other content are the only reason i got hired to do my current job and am still going. i do feel like a huge imposter but i get things done? idk. anyway, i am also working in hr and id love to hear more hr job specific content from you. i feel very lost in the field and since i am literally a one man department - there is NO mentor for me to be found. Basically operating on common sense, good luck and HBR articles. And this is my first full time job…

[@Emily.Durham]

THIS MADE MY DAYYYY!! And totally! I would love to!!

[@aceille]

@@Emily.Durham woooo that’s great, thank you Emily! :)

[@brauliol]

Hey @aceille how's your HR role been going the past year?

[@aceille]

@@brauliol wow hello there I completely forgot about leaving this comment. well, i got promoted last year, am super slammed with work since then, planning to hire an assistant soon and change companies once i get an opportunity to do so. i have a good work ethic, am adaptable, learn fast and am self-managed - thus low maintenance employee - so i was pretty much handed over managing the HR for about 11 offices in a group of 4 companies with little to no support from the leadership and no team. i don’t mind but i need more people to do the work and improving processes so i have been begging for a full time permanent assistant but only managed to convince them of letting me get a temp intern. good enough for now but idk how they expect me to keep up this pace year round and add the recurring training of new interns to it as well. the market isn’t the best now, i have been searching for a new company for a while with no success. not many opportunities in my area. but yes i still give the credit to Emily for equipping me with tools to getting as far as i have come now.

[@tamiadinkinsofficial]

Starting my first cooperate job next Monday! Thank you so much for this video!!!! ahhh

[@praiseigweze8637]

i love you and i love your vibeeee. Such a breath of fresh airrrr tysm for this vid!!!

[@Emily.Durham]

omg this makes me so happy thank you for watching!!!

[@KeyahD]

Thanks for your information. I think you should do a video on working a new job. I am coming from a blue collar work environment to a corporate one! Totally different work environments and types of people. Although blue collar folks gossip, sometimes fight (more verbal) and sometimes curse out management. LOL

[@Emily.Durham]

LOL This is a great idea!!!! I 100% will 😂🎉

[@nataliyachepurnova29]

Love this! Thank you so much for the advice

[@LikeTheVik]

you deserve so much more subscribers! you're authentic and funny af

[@FemininePhenom]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU! I wish I would’ve saw this last June when I first started this new position 😢 but this comes in handy for me. Thank you so much!!!!

[@saisnigdhakodali6605]

You're so cool!!! Thank you so much for your advice and good vibe :)) I start my job tomorrow so I desperately needed them

[@bobbywiddattool6966]

just showing my appreciation, thank you for the tips!

[@Emily.Durham]

ugh so happy you are here

[@ianhowell4015]

Hey. I work in the service industry. I have some friends that do corporate jobs. I was curious to delve a little deeper into the different inndustry cultures. I could never exist in an environment like this. I think about the grass being greener if I had a well paid office job. I now think it would be signifigantly worse. It seems like you actually kind of have to care about your job to thrive in this world. I get paid less, yeah. I also get to clock out and disengage. I also get to goof off with coworkers, talk to my coworkers about things outside of work and have little real responsibility. Lifes for living. There is a balance between responsibility and money. Its harder to make a living in the service industry though....but possible. It also seems like less layoffs

[@CarmelaAntolini]

You are amazing! You made everything so clear 😊❤

[@DeepDiveNotebook]

If you are in tech industry you must read a book called IT WORKPLACE; Surviving Stress, Office Politics, and Protecting Your Health in the Corporate World.

[@noorb1]

Thank you so much for this video !!!!❤️❤️❤️ I thought I was the only one feel this way. I was wondering if you could make a video how to deal with a difficult coworker from whom you need things so you can do your job which is reporting . Please let me know. Thank you in advance

[@Emily.Durham]

This means so much to me! Of course

[@sparkle_dream]

Starting my first job training after my A levels tomorrow, I‘m terrified because i easily get stressed on top of that i‘m super underpaid for that area of work (i know because i asked my classmates what they are being payed) oh well ✌🏻let’s do this

[@3eromosele]

omg same i just finished my first week and came out of a levels 😭 what job is it?? is it an apprenticeship?

[@sparkle_dream]

@@3eromosele yep it’s an apprenticeship and I love it almost working there for two months now and got really lucky I work as a businessman in wholesales and foreign trade since I’m german and love English alot I wanted to use the language at work can only recommend

[@Illtakeachardonnay]

I needed this 5 years ago 😅

[@laceydavin7445]

Thank you for this video!! I wish I found it sooner. Might not be too late.

[@autumnXfalls]

I feel like corporate/ office jobs will be similar to School, bc you’re around the same people for 40 hours per week. Bc leaving school feels kind of stressful 💀

[@3eromosele]

it litch is like school but more serious bc at school you can slack off and not do much without having real consequences but work you have to be on it 😭

[@annanicolablanco2515]

For the first time in my almost 10 years in corporate, the very best at what they do is actually my manager and sometimes I tear up just thinking about it because FUCKIN' FINALLY!!!!!!

[@Emily.Durham]

omg im so happy youre finally experiencing that!!!!

[@LondonLawyer]

Another great video, love your content!

[@Emily.Durham]

It loves you back❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mecagoensanpitopato]

I totally resonate with what you are saying! Regarding bad vibes from some people (generally young), and searching for good mentoring. My best learnings come from separating myself from the sheep gossipping flock and getting closer to senior roles, especially women, who could give me advice on both social and technical skills from a mature position. You end up becoming more efficient and focused. Also, salary negotiation: we women are TOO HUMBLE, and end up getting waaaaaaay less paid than our male work colleagues! some of them even less experienced or educated. One thing we have to learn from corporate men: have self-confidence even when there is no factual basis for it.

[@Gta6billionaire]

So so so good I'm a man in aan environment but still a plus great energy Canadian girl. Thanks

[@minusGravity44]

She may be Canadian but she's bringing that heat!!

[@Emily.Durham]

LOL youre the best

[@gursevbajwa820]

I need your advice on asking for performance bonuses

[@brenna9314]

Great tips! Would also love to know this same topic but in relation to working remotely? I feel like it's so different!

[@neva_n]

Another amazing video! Thanks Emily 😊

[@Emily.Durham]

That means the world to me❤ thank you

[@krishkam186]

Solid video, bloody corporate lol. -It's funny, unfortunately many bosses seem to make mistakes into a big deal, as if they are saving lives. Just ask them if they've ever lost their wallet before lol. -learnt that colleagues aren't my friends the hard way, also never look up to your boss, no matter how good they are. -However, with after work events, after attending quite a few, realised that attending them was almost pointless. People chat to you to gage what they can gain out of you and see if your worth interacting with, and being a backend person, many times there isn't too much, which I don't give a flying fuck about. I'm currently in the same situation where I am grossly underpaid and looking to get the hell out to where I am valued properly.

[@khuu77]

I would love to see a series

[@reid.b2926]

This is so helpful!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@Emily.Durham]

thank YOU for being here!

[@elizabethescalante8114]

I don't think the "catty gossiping drama" thing will be a problem for me. I'm there to work and earn the money, not make friends. Sure it would be nice to have a good relationship with my coworkers, but I want to keep my eyes on the prize. If they try to bother me with gossiping about others, I'm telling them "I live by the Sheldon Cooper rule: Unless it somehow effects me, then whatever they say or do is none of my business. So does it involve me? No? Then suffer in silence!" That and the fish one is easy for me, because I HATE fish!

[@PB-9697]

How to ask for a raise when your boss does not think you’re doing a good job and keeps pointing out to past mistakes?

[@victoria_victoria111]

Thank you for the tips!

[@RichardStimmel-ck6fl]

Hi Emily I recently lost my job of 39 years and it is the only job I’ve had. What are your best suggestions to interview well. I haven’t had an interview in 27 years. I communicate well. I’m not comfortable talking about myself.

[@Tania-vn1cm]

I love your videos! Do you have any type of course? I want to follow your lead but I don't know where to start

[@leticiaslduarte]

Such a nice video!

[@111tris]

Thank you!

[@subhambiswas6407]

How do you hold back that extra drama at corporate life ?

[@Emily.Durham]

Honestly remember the coworkers you have aren’t real friends unless you really build a relationship… so don’t gossip with anyone ahha

[@oleksandrasaskia]

A bit counterintuitive how to take lunches with colleagues but not spend the money. Bringing your own lunchbox to Subway is not an option.

[@tolaniolumideayintete1571]

this is so interestings, if you dont mind I would love to edit your videos

[@zeyneb27]

Omg thank uu so much ❤

[@udohwilliam]

"If you're not asking for a raise every year you are losing money...." I had to keep reminding to that part to suck the entire juice out of that part 〽️

[@danielvillarreal6610]

I’m angry at you, Emily! Why? Because you weren’t posting on KZbin a million years ago when I was getting my degree. Please invent a time machine, go back in time, create laptops, the Internet, the iPhone, and KZbin. Then create email and invite me to watch your KZbin channel. Thank you 🙏 and greetings from an American 🇺🇸 Professor in Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼. I’m going to share this with my Business Major students.

[@Emily.Durham]

LOL THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME! Thank you!!

[@gigirose6525]

8 dollars for transport is pure robberrrry

[@IceHot247]

Consultants and banks love their TLAs... Three-Letter Acronyms

[@Emily.Durham]

Omg it brings them joy I swear

[@dorav1775]

Thank you so much for these videos. You are truly a gem! I appreciate all the content i never knew i needed.

[@Emily.Durham]

Dora thank you!!!! It means so much to me 🥹

[@infantnelson9356]

I love you ❤❤❤❤❤🎉 you are great

[@Emily.Durham]

You just made my day❤❤

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[@J355iiCA11]

Fellow HR girl here ✌️

[@Bamaflier]

This was as entertaining as it was informative....."not a size -0- and not an a-hole"....😆😆😆

[@Emily.Durham]

LOOOL! Thank you my friend!

[@morthedgebuckle227]

A honey bear

[@Emily.Durham]

[@kiwin111]

She forgot to mention the part about wearing knee pads.

[@aroocabatool]

Did u block your colleagues?😂

[@Emily.Durham]

LOOL thank GOSH my team is actually super cool so I got lucky

[@fajkoson]

i hate HR

[@Abhijit-12361]

overacting

[@lidiiabelousova3964]

Haha, guilty of salmon lunches 🙈

[@Emily.Durham]

LOL theyre so good... but so bad

[@lidiiabelousova3964]

@@Emily.Durham Exactly! But at least I would keep it in the common kitchen area and not at my desk 😜

[@meensbeans_]

So happy I found your channel bestie 🩷 in my final year of my degree and I’ve been interviewing for grad programs in finance. Watching your videos for tips x

[@DeepDiveNotebook]

If you are in tech industry you must read a book called IT WORKPLACE; Surviving Stress, Office Politics, and Protecting Your Health in the Corporate World.

[@meneergaatjeniksaan9953]

thank you!