When a company doesn't want to hire anymore.

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[@scottierasberry4449]

How can you be “short staffed” with no money in the budget for hiring? The term “short staffed” implies that the company is running on a labor deficit. The labor budget should always be at least exactly as much as is required to pay an adequate amount of employees. If you’re “short staffed” and there’s no room to hire in the budget, what it really means is your business is unsustainable.

[@talongreenlee7704]

The question is whether the business is unsustainable because of internal problems or because of wider, economy wide issues. Seeing as how more and more businesses are becoming unsustainable and that it isn’t just an isolated incident with one company, I’d say it’s more likely a problem with the economy as a whole. Like, perhaps with inflation destroying the value of the money these companies use to operate.

[@leyrua]

​@@talongreenlee7704 it's more of a consequence of end-stage rampant capitalism. Due to the pressure for endless growth, companies have to keep squeezing their employees and customers tighter and tighter, until eventually something gives out because you can't squeeze blood out of a stone. Inflation is a factor, but it's more of a symptom than a cause. Unfortunately the mechanisms driving the consequences of our economic model are way too complicated to explain in a single KZbin post.

[@talongreenlee7704]

@@leyrua end-stage capitalism doesn’t exist. That’s a buzzword invented by socialists. You know, people that don’t understand economics.

[@ajax2014ahj]

Just say corruption 😂 no wonder our new generation is smarter their not dumb enough to be exploited

[@asscheeks3212]

​@@leyrua how about instead of blaming capitalism, look back at the 1950s and wonder why people are much happier and wonder what movements undermind that happy period with false accusations of some form of oppression? The violence, un earned entitlement, the begging. I see cats in these people's futures.

[@notyetsilenced9746]

I must add a little story. At one of my past jobs, the manager informed the team that they were expected to contribute five "courtesy hours" per week, in addition to the normal 40 hour work week. I asked "What is a courtesy hour?" and was told that a "courtesy hour" was our "opportunity" to thank the company for the privilege of keeping our jobs.

[@rzeznikblaviken1690]

My goooood thats sounds illegal

[@g1eagle]

@@rzeznikblaviken1690 If it's unpaid it certainly is.

[@James-ws9ze]

That's illegal. I would have gotten evidence like an email and taken it to an employment lawyer.

[@TheVeryAgilePM]

That my friend is called wage theft

[@quietstorm6553]

Sounds like a threat to me

[@DeJahMode]

The minute you start questioning the bs because it clearly makes no sense you’re labeled as “uncooperative, having an attitude and not being a team player”.

[@anjafrohlich1170]

Hey, basically the same thing parents do :D

[@tylerian4648]

The trick is to get everyone to say it in unison. Firing a whole department is not a good option and firing one isn't tenable either of that causes a mass quit. (Given the department actually does something useful) And before someone says that's what unions are for, just know that they'll almost certainly screw it up by either their corruption or incompetentcy.

[@hell_fire9376]

Middle managers are responsible for their department's output. If upper management tells them to increase output without allowing them to hire more people then the department is expected to perform. If you question the managers bullshit you threaten thier job and they will come down on you. Middle management exists to crack the whip. Now back to work, wagie. And don't forget to Smile! 😁

[@offworlder1]

Yes and the key is to not care when they say “you are not a team player”, or reply “if being a team player is just get used by the company then why would I want to be that slave ?”.

[@kellik7931]

that's what unions are for, you're just brainwashed by right wing propaganda

[@AlgorithmMockery]

Our CEO got nearly 40 million as a bonus. Then promptly removed 1800 employees. Corporate greed has no limits.

[@drl5002]

I hope those bonuses are not counted as expenses. The company should have to pay income tax on such unnecessary expenditures.

[@sharonforrest594]

Thanks Republicans

[@user-nb9zs5rx3d]

@@sharonforrest594republicans have nothing to do with this

[@EerieProps]

​@@sharonforrest594You do realize most corporations are democrats right? 😂

[@wombatdk]

He got the bonus precisely because people got fired.

[@christophercostello696]

All I hear is, "We cant fire you, were already short staffed"

[@-na-nomad6247]

Well... They can. There's always some sucker thay will take up your tasks on top of theirs.

[@tylerian4648]

​@@-na-nomad6247If everyone is already giving it their all, then realistically they won't find anyone to take up that work.

[@dnrspdr03canadian95]

​@@-na-nomad6247depends where you live, I as a butcher in Canada put in my two weeks notice, HR immediately wanted to talk to me and offered me a raise alongside money for schooling because the owners want their 200,000 dollars a year, it was only when the only employee running an entire butchershop by themselves threatened to quit did they take my workplace problems seriously.

[@ninja6245-real]

@@-na-nomad6247Not in this economy. People aren’t tolerating bullshit anymore.

[@-na-nomad6247]

@@ninja6245-real I really wish that was true, sadly it's not yet the case, not where I live at least.

[@cookwithsarah2136]

How is it that they can afford to pay everyone to work extra hours but can’t afford a new employee to work those same hours?

[@strawberribubbletea]

They don’t pay those employees extra for working extra - it’s unpaid overtime. Biggest theft in America. The rich are so rich because of this. And also because of price gouging.

[@strawberribubbletea]

It’s unpaid they don’t get paid extra.

[@cookwithsarah2136]

@@strawberribubbleteaWorkers like this are usually paid hourly, not a salary, which means they would have to pay them for the extra hours.

[@moonpleiades99]

I can't figure this out either. I've experienced this myself at jobs. They would rather run their current staff into the ground even if they have to pay them more, than hire more people. It's almost like they get off on running people into the ground.

[@cookwithsarah2136]

@@moonpleiades99 Maybe it partly has something to do with company benefits. In addition to paying a new employee’s wages, they would also have to pay for part of their benefits such as healthcare and paid time off. So instead of paying both the cost of wages plus the cost of benefits, they prefer to just pay extra wages.

[@hortissimo613]

My favourite is when 1 staff member leaves, they never get replaced, then 6 months later another leaves and they don’t get replaced and so on but there’s no budget to re-hire… YOU HAD THE BUDGET THEN WTF!?

[@Matt_Fields_29]

That's why shareholders demand infinite growth. The shareholders and executives need to make more money than they did the year before. But if the business is only about the same profitability for a few years, they have to cut costs to pay for executive bonuses and shareholders' dividends.

[@DellikkilleD]

Hard pass. Hire someone, or lose another employer.

[@tbone9474]

You mean employee

[@Matt-jc2ml]

Employee?

[@FelipeKana1]

​@@tbone9474 imagine if he actually meant employer... by means of guillotines and such 😂😂😂

[@tbone9474]

@@FelipeKana1 decimation

[@debranielsen2002]

Which one of the managers is going to pick my kid up after school and make dinner for my family? 😂😂😂😂😂 Priceless!

[@ca_kay]

"Oh, that would be Jaquesha. She's already seeing your husband, after all." "SAY WHAT?!"

[@shizukagozen777]

​@@ca_kay DAAAMMNNN 😳😳😳

[@smithynoir9980]

If your work doesn't have enough people and the company isn't actively hiring then you aren't short-staffed, the business is choosing to run undermanned. Do not pick up the slack, let the business feel their failure.

[@milesedgeworth3667]

If both of the staitments about bot habeing enough labor AND not haveing the Budget to hire more people are True and not just an attempt to line pockets, that buissness is already collapsing and everyone should be looking for new jobs

[@DeltaFidelias]

Almost every job I’ve worked at in the past 5/10 years does this. I’ve also had multiple companies advertise positions that they weren’t planning to fill, simply to collect data and pretend that the millennials/zoomers aren’t looking for work. Big companies don’t compete with each other anymore, and if you’re a big enough company, then even if you go bankrupt, the hire ups will still manage to leave with their pockets lined with gold.

[@ca_kay]

"You know, I'm always surprised by how full and healthy your hair is." "... Wha-?" "Considering your bald-faced lies."

[@zekenava6444]

I work at a cvs warehouse and its like this rn.

[@priscillajimenez27]

Sounds like my current job. Had two people quit and instead of hiring someone new, they dissolved the positions. How do you do that?!

[@hanajak]

I feel bad for the team lead/manager here too. Upper management doesn't only push bs on frontline workers, they bully lower managers to push this on their teams and face the backlash while they hide in the background.

[@tylerian4648]

The number one job of middle managers is to be a voice piece for their uppers as well as a human buffer to draw ire.

[@priscillajimenez27]

Yup

[@shimsokshim2995]

Yeah, and their bosses probably don't want them to do overtime either. This fictional lady here in the short was likely told to give it all to the frontline instead of dividing things up more fairly. She was probably thinking like, "Well shit, if I can't help, how am I going to meet any of MY deadlines I am putting squarely on THEM?!"

[@FaitalRyuu]

It shows in the manager's body language. She's not liking the conversation and she is not entirely in control. The end result is identical though: the general workforce is demoralized, regardless of what level management is pulling the strings. None of these employees are going to recommend their employer as a good place to work.

[@louhortonsculpture]

It’s so sick. I honestly think they do this so the employees burn out faster and get replaced with people who will agree to do the same jobs for even less pay and less expectation to get out on time so they can have a life/family. First employee agreed to do one job for a reasonable rate. Then they get asked to do more for no increase. They burn out and quit. Next hire is told upfront the extensive workload for less pay with the implication that there could be bonuses and raises later and there never are. It’s a long term strategy.

[@official_darktales]

Exactly 💯

[@calenajackson8772]

I think so too cuz I swear every time my employer tell us some new people comin they never come. Job been hiring since last summer, yall mean to tell me yall can’t find NOBODY? Like nobody at all 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@mammutMK2]

I know everyone is complaining about gen z, but (with some exceptions) they make a point and show the company that they have the power. The company didn't want to repair the heater and it was freezing cold, and when everyone wants to strike there is that one guy "it's not that bad" that ruins it for everyone. I've noticed with gen z it's different, they just openly protest, don't take it as it is and if nothing changes they just quit and go somewhere else.

[@augustdice3914]

On boarding and training are a financial drain. The cost would eat up any profit. You are giving the corporation an intelligence that it simply does not have. The moves they make are short sighted and profit driven… they are not even thinking about the next guy in the chair. It’s enticing to give the enemy a grand scheme and make them out to be something bigger than they are…. But they are not. They are idiots.

[@gabrielaburcea5734]

They are idiots! Priceless 😂 I would add that they are narcissists also ​@@augustdice3914

[@dirtmcgirt168]

Realistically this convo would go something like, who wants overtime? and you would get a few volunteers.

[@nightigal]

That's what has been happening at my job for months and it's been mostly good. Some mandatory overtime. But at least we just hired 12 new people.

[@TonklinFallen]

Usually by the time this type of meeting is called, they have already been running on the voluntary overtime people for 12 months, but now those volunteers are starting to burn out and the company starts demanding that level of dedication from everyone.

[@annehaight9963]

At a job run by competent managers, yes, that's how this would happen. But we all know that there are plenty of incompetently run companies.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@@TonklinFallen This.

[@Mehk]

To be fair she’s right. She can’t tell her CEO not to take a bonus. She’s given a budget to work with and the greedy upper management doesn’t care that it doesn’t cover her departments needs. Upper management will literally ban middle management from hiring so that they can make current employees do more work and give themselves higher bonuses…. All while middle management gets blamed.

[@gabrielaburcea5734]

I would not take the side of middle managers either as they are CHOOSING to be assholes that ask people to work themselves to death so that they too, not only the upper managers, can swimm in money. An honest person could not do this shit job.

[@marcorizzoni9766]

She can’t tell her CEO to not take a bonus, but she can be honest about what it was happening instead of repeating the lies and excuses that she KNOWS to be lies and excuses to cover for the CEO’s greed and desire to exploit the employees. In the moment she chose to play this way, while also pushing all the extra work on the team while not leading by example and sharing the burden, she chose a side: the upper managers over her team.

[@americandissident9062]

“A front line ask.” Management always has those manager phrases right there at the ready. They’re barely even people anymore.

[@susanpaine1513]

I have always hated corporate language

[@americandissident9062]

@@susanpaine1513 I can’t understand how they can talk like that, knowing it’s based on being deceptive, and still respect themselves.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

So, let me get this straight - the company had an ad posted for the job for three months even though they didn’t have the budget to hire anyone to fill that job? And the corporate executives are giving themselves bonuses that are more than sixty times what the typical employee makes in a year? Sorry, but something doesn’t smell right…

[@ThatGuy182545]

It’s very simple. The offered compensation is not worth the work and the hassle of dealing with the company. So to pay people what they want the company does not have the budget.

[@OgdenM]

This happens all the time. And the job opening stays up because of a few reasons: 1) Legal reasons which I kinda forgot so can't dig into them. 2) To manipulate employees into thinking that they company cares and is actually gonna hire someone .. sometime. 3) It also serves to make it look like there are more job opening in the country over all and through a bunch of convoluted processes, helps keep over all wages down. 4) And THAT last one helps make the economy look better then it actually.

[@shikiryougi2950]

It's also there as insurance for when they do have to hire people that they have to "let go" due to not complying with the extra work. It's to make sure they have as little people as possible working, even (and especially if) they have to work more hours. It is still cheaper to pay someone else time and a half for an extra couple hours than it is to hire and train and set up someone brand new when they have the potential to be overcapped on people later on and therefore are saddled with points where they have too many people. Not to mention they're revolving door positions, they're most likely banking on you not being there for more than a year, and some places will find means of getting rid of you if you're there too long so they don't have to worry about raises or benefits or pension.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

​@OgdenM job openings also serve two other purposes as well. Adding to this list. 1) you can write off the lost productive hours on corporate tax thus lowering the businesses tax liability. 2) looks good to investors as it's a sign of growth.

[@mammutMK2]

Happens all the time. People in my last company complained about the inflation kicking in, not getting a raise for years...the company made a great profit, but there was no budget plant for a raise, so no money... after 30% of the employees quit within a few weeks (about 50% in the low salary areas) they gave a little raise...and then they improved the bonus system that we got less and another 10% quit.

[@aking3624]

If you can't afford an extra employee how are you affording our overtime? Oh, thats right the CEO bonus...😮

[@08ehrman]

There is a lesson in here. A company that you work for, is behind and short staffed. That's on the company not you. You Do Not have to 'pick up' for their shortcomings.

[@megalattie3824]

They think coming in and talking eloquently and diplomatically will work .When they themselves get to go home on time or even BEFORE time to go do things they want and go be with THEIR families...Oohh oook.

[@g1eagle]

Dont forget they also often come in later then the rest of the workers too. Many jobs I've had we came in at 7 they came in at 9.

[@nwj03a]

That was the worst management speech I’ve heard in a long time, nothing eloquent about it. You also wouldn’t do that in a group setting, or say “courtesy hours”, or really anything she did. That’s a cartoonish manager.

[@KryptoKn8]

​@@g1eagledon't forget they usually get paid much better

[@cteal2018]

Management: "There is no I in Team" Employee: "There is an M and E, so I am on Team ME!"😊

[@christopherscott8272]

These cartoons while masked with comedy, hit uncomfortably close to reality. Ive only watched a couple of these and i felt it...

[@JimmyCrackorn]

AND THEN they don't want to pay overtime. They want to give people straight pay for working those additional hours. When they say things like, "We don't pay overtime but we offer unlimited hours," it's a huge red flag.

[@Sephiroso.]

Any place saying that is breaking labor laws for hourly positions. As such, i doubt any place actually would say that to someone in an hourly position unless they were an illegal immigrant and know they will likely just take it to have a job without being deported.

[@JimmyCrackorn]

@@Sephiroso. A company said it to me a few years back. They really on employees not knowing their rights and maintaining secrecy about these internal communications it is fear of retaliation. If they think they'll get away with stealing from workers, they absolutely will try it.

[@LesserMe]

Don't list an opening and not hire, only to say you don't have it in the budget. You shouldn't even be allowed to post positions that you have no intention on hiring for!

[@priscillajimenez27]

Exactly. Wasting the people looking for work their own time

[@nathansamuelson]

Wasting people's time and manipulating job statistics. Home many "new jobs" every year are real hires?

[@The1707regina]

Probably why I was having trouble finding a job.

[@usuhbi]

This is pretty much every hospital. Always short staffed and forcing their staff to do more and more with less. They did this during covid, calling us heroes for it. Now, it's the norm.

[@SeaScoutDan]

Work for free. Nope.

[@Sephiroso.]

This isn't working for free, the opposite in fact. This is being asked to work overtime because they can't be arsed to hire more people instead.

[@Gamerguy826]

It's also technically and literally slavery. Funny thing is it's both.

[@franciannecollson7427]

Best place I ever worked. T 0:03 he company had a really bad year and had to cut assembly hours. TOP management took s 25% pay cut because that was what they were requiring of the assemblers. Everyone was onboard. The following year was very profitable as a result. Everyone from the night janitor to the top management got a bonus...the SAME dollar amount! You get devoted workers when you are devoted to their welfare.

[@tyrongkojy]

Who'd you work for and where at?

[@franciannecollson7427]

@@tyrongkojy ITHACO, in Ithaca NY. We built attitude control instruments for spacecraft.

[@tyrongkojy]

@@franciannecollson7427 Cewl.

[@Rael0505]

Aligning your employees’ interests with your own helps everyone! More managers need to understand this

[@peetabrown5813]

One time when I was working for a very wealthy multinational company, and I was about to transfer departments - the manager from my ‘new department (while I was still working full time for my old dept ) came and asked for my assistance on something. It was already past the end of the work day - she said something about her leaving, but could I do this work to solve a long standing issue in her dept. Since she was leaving for the day (and I didn’t yet work for her), I said so you want it done tomorrow, she said “no I want it done tonight, I just don’t want to be here when it is done, I want to be at home with my feet up on my new couch” 😮

[@official_darktales]

What? 😧

[@aniyahlyszt3531]

I'd have told her to promptly sod off because that's not gonna happen 😂

[@samdumaquis2033]

If you don't tell her to sod off you will be getting it for years to come

[@lcolon5606]

She can do it tomorrow

[@OgdenM]

Youch The answer to that would be, "Then great, pay me for the extra time, and pay me four times what my salary would be if I already worked for you would be for this time period because of these reasons: 1) You have to pay me my base rate with you because I'm working for you. 2) You're making me work overtime which is time and a half 3) This is last minute 4) You clearly don't respect anyone who works under you and therefor, if you want me to actually work for you, you need to pay me this extra now and for rest of the time I work for you. If you refuse to pay me this amount, I will not transfer to your department and will continue working in this one. " Just make sure you have 6 months of savings before doing this.. cause you're highly likely to get fired sadly.

[@jimmyjuju]

Remember: you are replaceable at work and irreplaceable at home. Prioritize accordingly.

[@orieshaiamellohime5835]

This channel shows all the reasons why people hate working in America

[@suonatar1]

If they don't have the budget to hire, how are they gonna pay for overtime?

[@millersam07]

Sad thing is, a lot of these managers aren't in charge of the decision not to hire. It's higher ups above them. They just have to be the ones to deal with the disgruntled workers. If the workers start demanding rights then that manager gets fired, even if they were great. It's a broken system from top to bottom

[@6729solarwolf]

One of my employer, once asked me to stay late everyday till yhe work was done. I told them there was simply too much work for 1 person. Either they double my salary or don't expect me to stay late. The company then hired another person, to just sit around and he did absolutely nothing. And the company still expected me to stay late and finish ALL the work. I left soon after

[@b.l70]

Honestly, these videos are super necessary for the general public.

[@toonertimesfour1158]

Was at a company where we were forced to use all our vacation days by July because of budget reasons. The reason turned out to be they wanted to reduce liabilities on the bottom line to make the company for attractive to potential buyers. After all the cost cutting measures to save money, the senior managers gave themselves a work week at a resort in Mexico.

[@notyetsilenced9746]

I'm so glad I discovered these videos, which are brilliant! You deserve 1000s of subscribers.

[@edoardomezzani8202]

Ist this animated version of UNT?

[@official_darktales]

Thanks for your encouragement.

[@rzeznikblaviken1690]

I kinda started felling bad for this female manager becoiuse she was chosen to go with speach from her bosses but then i reminded that shes probably doing 0.5 work of her employee and get more paid so.....deserved anyway

[@paulkaehn6203]

Middle managers don't get paid nearly enough for the shit they have to deal with in my experience. But obviously experiences vary greatly.

[@RobinTheBot]

It depends. Some really are just a stone wall between upper and lower. Some are the hardest working, most exploited members of the company. The second time is especially common among people who are "aiming for advancement".

[@FelipeKana1]

If only all workers everywhere reacted like this instead of just staying quiet and obeying.

[@tahraethestoryteller6079]

They should show to this people who say people just don’t want to work

[@RobinTheBot]

To someone with 40,000,000, everyone in that skit is the same class. It's the only thing they're right about. We stand together and we never have to see this happen again

[@ibcheel9021]

Picking up tomorrow means that they are going to try and find the lackey who will work the extra hours because of reasons… Such as maybe a bad review, a team member who is on a write up, or someone who doesn’t have children or a life…

[@MrMacavity]

CEO's and higher staff taking bonuses while saying "we're short on budget".

[@Habitt5253]

Just tell them no. They need you more than you need them.

[@ldcraig2006]

I agree. They cannot force you to work extra hours without compensation. That's still illegal in America. And they can't fire you if you don't, because that's unlawful termination, and you can haul their ass into court over it. Lawyers be like: *rubs hands greedily*

[@breadfan_85]

Funny that they dodn't have the budget to hire extra help, but they have the budget to pay overtime, which literally costs 1.5x as much.

[@tha0wnage]

Imagine living in a place where this would be illegal. Fair conditions for workers and protection by law. Oh wait, that’s pretty much every country in Europe! Feeling sorry for every employee is what they call themself “the greatest country in the world”

[@Naxthural]

"Will I get overtime?" "No." "Bang on, mate, my schedule says I'm off at 5:PM."

[@rndargis0]

In some line of work it takes ~2 years to train an individual to be competent enough to be autonomous at their job.

[@viz2790]

If you don’t OWN IT, you don’t CONTROL IT. Employees are a short term solution to a long term problem.

[@Hipnip1son]

As a former manager, it doesn’t take much to foster loyalty: - be honest - treat your staff like adults - support them in their goals within the confines of the company’s goals - listen to their concerns and recommendations and let them be part of the decision making process Too often employers treat employees as replaceable widgets. Being laid off because of Covid was the best thing that happened to a lot of employees. A number of them were forced to make their side hustles work, were successful beyond their expectations, and were able to tell their former employer to stick it when they were “invited” to return to work. I loved it!!

[@MrBraxtonP]

Short Staffed is a Management Issue. Period.

[@robertr.7995]

Sure, we can pick this up another day, but you're going to be picking up those extra shifts TODAY.🤣

[@official_darktales]

You got that right!

[@KittyClark4433]

No doubt telling the team they are short staffed was an absolutely shocking news flash. 😱

[@DouglasXCVII]

The only time this sucks is when you're a salaried employee, because you will make the same money no matter how many more hours you work. From my experience, the people that typically complain about working more hours are the ones that get paid overtime.

[@hendrikmoons8218]

Having hiring adds while you openly communicate you have no budget to actualy hire is illigal in the EU. Report your boss. In this case she gets fired withno pay, you now have the budget for 3 to 5 normal workers doing the job.

[@brittanyberry89]

How can you not afford to hire? If the current employees will be getting paid for the overtime, how is there no money in the budget??!! Twilight zone ..

[@dollysclub]

As a business owner I support Veronica. Usually too many people become employers and continue the same cycle of abuse. Not all, but many. Once people get a taste for power they become so inconsiderate

[@uplink-on-yt]

"We asked them to do overtime and they went on strike? Back in my day, when we were asked to do overtime we also went on strike! I don't know why now that I'm a manager I'd expect anything different."

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

Companies bank on ignorance. Its cheaper in the short run to this to workers. However the risk is thaf one employee who goes to a labor lawyer forcing s lawsuit costing the company 3x more money +payouts +fines vs just hiring 2-3 workers.

[@Sephiroso.]

There were no labor laws broken in this example of a video. Asshole-ish company behavior that's absolutely common and extremely maddening? Yes. Breaking labor laws? You don't know shit about labor laws if you think any were broken in this video. Only way a labor law would be broken is if they refused to pay you overtime pay for the overtime hours they just asked you to do.

[@Weightlossjourney24]

Responsible business owners will pay his employees before he pays himself. I learned that from my grandfather.

[@sierraj7480]

we are hourly employees at my job and their solution is to make us do more work in the same amount of time 😂. worst part is some people are actually trying to.

[@ChrisF_1982]

There always has to be that one person that actually is willing to do it, and they ruin it for everyone else.

[@HelpItIsMakingMeNameThings]

I'm glad they mentioned the ceo taking the budget for himself and causing the problem in the first place.

[@Esmeevans378]

Nobody should be a slave

[@Treekicker]

We short-staffed but it's not in our budget. Ie: management is failing it's main purpose

[@ZorroVulpes]

The problem is that people agree to this with the smuggest smirk on their faces not realizing the only people they’re screwing over are themselves

[@marlenemalcolm9659]

BYE!!! You can stay and "help out"

[@limsalalafells]

Dumbest part of the whole thing.... If 4 people are getting overtime for 1 hours, that's 6 hours of pay. They could have almost have an extra staff member for that.... It's time to switch to 8h days 30h weeks for OT, and 20h full time.

[@davethm75]

Mathematically speaking paying for longer hours on that scales would cost MORE than hiring a new person

[@Shteven]

Walmarts annual profit for 2023 was $157 BILLION. They have 1.6 million employees in the US, they could give every single employee a $20/hr raise, and still net 90.5 BILLION in profit, A YEAR. If you are working, you are being exploited. Period.

[@Toleich]

The manager needs to hire a new team. They're obviously not producing enough for the money they cost.

[@TonklinFallen]

I am sorry, but it is not within my family's budget to have me cut back on hours for the duties I am responsible for, and I am required to be a team player for them, for my family to get ahead during this tight economic climate.

[@Favour-bt6yl]

Right 😏

[@mrhatty0514]

“This is a frontline ask.” Okay. Since you’re asking, the answer is no.

[@elderliddle2733]

Me: “So wait… you have put an ad online that we are hiring and the company has no intention of hiring? Manager: yes that’s correct Me: you realize that’s false advertising, right? That’s literally against the law. You need to take that ad down immediately before someone catches on and sues the company.

[@jjohnsengraciesmom]

The CEO could take a 2 - or 3 mill bonus and hire more people

[@zeropolicy7456]

Upper management get orders from corporate, who give those orders to ground management. The issue is at the top, and management don't really have the ability to question their orders. They get paid to make sure things don't fall apart, find a way to force corporate's demands through to the ground level, and to find inefficiencies and address them. If you have an issue with a new policy or shift in job requirements, you should absolutely make your complaints known with management, but don't be hostile about it. These people can tell when ground level is getting shafted like everybody else. They know when a policy is BS. But quarterly audits demand that they follow orders or get replaced with someone else who will. Don't be a dick to your managers just because the CEO WAY above their head got a fat bonus. Make your complaints. Sometimes, straight up disobedience can be effective as well. But don't get verbally aggressive. That doesn't help anyone. Unless you're not getting paid. Then you have justification to get a little aggressive. Lol.

[@themarlboromandalorian]

Lady doesn't know what a rhetorical question is.

[@ravenRedwake]

0:33 they are taking resumes so that if any of the existing employees quit or “have to be let go” they’ll have a ready pool of replacements.

[@IloveJellow]

So you have the money to pay us overtime??? But not enough to hire more staff??

[@jibrilamvs]

The manager forgot to mention those are ghost jobs which are up to give the illusion the company is hiring, when in fact they are just posting those to keep up an image.

[@sonicguyver7445]

So glad I got away from this office B.S. i drive semi now.

[@official_darktales]

That's impressive.

[@sonicguyver7445]

@@official_darktales Thanks. It's a good fit for me. Never married or had kids, plus was never good at being social. And there are so many mandates on how long we can drive per day and per week, many of us are chomping at the bit to want to work more.

[@Favour-bt6yl]

I'm happy for the decision youde about choosing to drive semi.

[@jamesringo7070]

Eat a lot fiber. I've seen a ton people who drive semis with severe hemorrhoids, and those aren't a joke.

[@arkitakama7]

Nobody wants to hire anymore

[@matthiasklopke161]

You know what works even better than cartoons? Unions.

[@kodagalaxy5362]

I don't understand "we are short staffed but don't have the budget" make it nake sense (I was hoping Veronica would ask that)

[@official_darktales]

😂

[@michaeledmunds7056]

The phonecall: "They said no, what do I do now?"

[@shonya2475]

I always say so it's in the budget for over time pay instead of two people.

[@ferretyluv]

Just say “you know paying overtime is more expensive than just hiring more people, right?”

[@Secarious]

So you've got two options here lady. Either you can go tell the CEO to figure it out and i keep the shift thats written in my contract. Or you can be even shorter staffed. Your choice.

[@aydenlokey3641]

And now my question for the manager: "Which manager will I be submitting my resignation to?"

[@Colton-wz5sh]

They don’t have the budget to hire someone but they got the budget to pay everyone else overtime. Seems backwards

[@ldcraig2006]

They don't have the budget to pay their employees more, but the CEO has the audacity to give himself a fat bonus. 🤬

[@rainemccandless8160]

“We don’t have it in the budget” Congrats, you have the money for more hires. I’m leaving effective today

[@dannybeane2069]

Honestly I thought at first this was gonna be a video where the middle manager talks to a room of empty chairs.

[@miloradvlaovic]

Veronica didn't seem impressed. She even cilmbed on the chair seat at one point 😂😂😂

[@torixon9902]

We can't fit hiring new people into the budget, but we can fit giving people more hours, possibly including overtime into the budget. Make it make sense.

[@biteth3hand585]

Basically the story of how i got fired

[@anthonymontague756]

Yup, at my job the CEO gave himself a $6 million a year raise at the end of last year and they’ve fired more than 500 people so far since then with more layoffs to come in July.

[@carpetsnake83]

Yes being the manager sucks The owners tell you to deliver the shit news And staff get mad at you for doing your job As manager you get all the responsibility but none of the power

[@nikkig-s7261]

Veronika may be correct but I bet she's always in the first round of layoffs.

[@eagflc]

Pick up here and there, next thing you know its expected and being short staffed now became overstaffed without anyone new joining. And thats were the CEO's bonus comes from.

[@curtisharvey2405]

Dangerous thought, but if we all stood together and stopped playing the game ,a lot of change could take place.

[@melz3752]

It’s always the “front” line employees that get the go or have to do extra work for free but what gets me is they let over 50 “low level” staff go from my previous job. They were all hired because the bosses didn’t have time to do the work, which hadn’t changed, but they kept on sales reps that were not making quota and still getting a salary that they had talked about firing. It took 3 months before they started hiring the low level staff but no one that was let go was interested. If a company knows they don’t have a budget to hire someone then they don’t put the ad out

[@novacorponline]

Managers when considering hiring a full time employee at normal wages: "Ehhhh... We really don't have the budget for that." Managers when considering having 4 employees work 10 extra hours a week at time and a half overtime pay: "I just saved us so much money!"