WTF! CEO Honors Employee For SELLING THEIR DOG To Return To Office

[@JoshuaFluke1]

I know, my left ear loved this video as well. My apologies! Won't happen again. When I ran it through some post processing it made the audio mono, and I didn't change it back, because I was editing on speakers like a moron. I quickly made the fixed version right after this went live and I was going to re-upload, but started second guessing because last time I did that it seemed like youtube did not like that all. The reason I say that is because afterwards videos I uploaded seemed suppressed in terms of view and notification count for a bit. Anyways. My bad about the audio.

[@Cap1talNumbers]

I'm going to watch it again with my headphones on backwards. Spread the love.

[@UDIHQ]

Maybe change out that Mic for iPhone? /s I was flipping out thinking my studio speakers were borked to shit, FML🔇

[@BichaelStevens]

Good thing I can force mono 2channel...

[@firehawk2324]

Thought the speakers on my laptop were dying until I put on headphones lol

[@sunshinerainbows4627]

Everyone at work uses doggy daycare or they live close enough to go home at lunch to take care of their dog(s).

[@BasedTexans]

This CEO's entire demeanor is straight up abusive.

[@elenabob4953]

I don't think that the choice of the camera angle ( you must look up to him) it's just a "happening"

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Major gaslighter/wife beater vibes for sure.

[@YouTubePurgetheblackplague]

Yep, just don't have pets.

[@gardenwonder7977]

He seems like a narcissistic evil person.

[@roxtar38]

Gave me TV Evangelist vibes. Complete snake oil bs.

[@RoostFrequency]

This CEO needs way more charisma to be the psychopath he aspires to be.

[@alexjulius69]

No, he needs to stop faking that he's not a psycopath. Although, you can see the fake sympathy from a mile away, so yeah, he does need some work on that if he wants to carry on with the compassionate human being image.

[@bluegiant13]

Yea, I could easily do a better job. He is too validation seeking. Psychopathic manipulation is more subtle

[@The__Gent]

@@alexjulius69 Definitely "American Psycho" vibes.

[@CombatMedic1O]

Where do CEO's come from lol. They all seem to be pretty detached from reality.

[@Anonyme67]

😂😂😂😂

[@ayblackie5472]

CEO probably gave himself extra bonus to make up for the emotional pain he endured after the employee sold the dog.

[@modolief]

Loooolll !! Top comment.

[@DristusFalchion]

Weird how all these C-level executives have absolutely zero self-awareness.

[@natesamadhi33]

when everybody around them kisses their asses, its no wonder why it goes on for so long

[@Canoby]

Ironically this comes from years of WFH (albeit while not talking to any of the "poors" they have working for them online)

[@stevenminnerjr.7977]

privileged upbringing, worshipped from brith to ceo.

[@atomic66]

Too many people have been kissing their asses for too long

[@witebatman]

They've done a ton of studies and found that the more wealthy a person is, the less likely they are to have empathy (they literally lose the ability to read facial emotion). The MORE likely they are to lie, cheat, and steal (even to win a game that was programmed to make them lose), and they are LITERALLY unable to see how their money makes them privileged. It is literally a mental disorder.

[@waybackarcades2112]

This CEO is EXACTLY why I'll have multiple income streams until I die. What a doofus.

[@doravee]

Honestly, it's why some people "refuse to work."

[@MountainGirlwIPA]

Absolutely agree!!

[@John-fr9up]

Absolutely

[@antonioperea9720]

“We just need you to sell all your pets for doing the same work in office that you can do at home. Also with sacrifice comes no extra pay” - Delusional CEO 2023

[@ennuiblue4295]

"you peons make all the sacrifices, and I'll enjoy all the benefits!"

[@antonioperea9720]

Also love the fact that he is trying to speak for minorities. As a Mexican American, Mr ceo please stfu. Minorities are most affected by return to office because they will have to pay more for gas and family care due to your policies

[@destructhit]

🤡

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

This type of slave owner mindset manager is not uncommon these days and increasing. Boycott their system by NOT getting PREGNANT as OVERPOPULATION and competition for few jobs is what allows her to get away with this mistreatment of workers.

[@samuelopoku4868]

He's not delusional. Unless it really costs his company there isn't true feedback that anything is wrong.

[@stephaniestrolls]

16:34 These (usually older) CEOs, (upper, and middle management, too) hate wfh because they hate their families (if they have any), want to continue having office affairs, and need constant in-person validation and attention. For the past three years they've been showing themselves for the narcs/sociopaths they truly are. Another great video, Josh. Thank you 🙏

[@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad]

Why would I want to work harder than the CEO? Unless I have a stake in the company IM not pouring my soul into it

[@sk-sm9sh]

It is rare but it could be that you have a chance to work on something that happens to align your personal interests/goals. For instance you work as a barrista with a personal passion for the job and ambition to open your own cafe. Thus you'll try to make best chance of employment by making connections out of clients as well as your fellow colleagues and to do that you really need to put all you've got. Of course you need to ensure you hadn't signed non compete and all the other bs that companies like to ask nowdays. Smart CEOs understand the value that these kind of employees bring even if later they go on to compete with you and will still support you. Idiot CEOs will try to bring down their most talented brightest potential down to their own level of mediocrity by asking non-compete bs.

[@losfromla1480]

They get 40 hours total. If they're unproductive hours, that's just the way it is sometimes. They're usually unproductive due to their shitty infrastructure, toolsets, and workflow. I usually end up putting in more hours working from home.

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

😂 Fair.

[@losfromla1480]

@@sk-sm9sh if you're in the situation your describing, you'll actually do as little of your actual work as possible and spend the majority of your time learning, doing what might be termed "corporate espionage". Preparing for the job you want, not the one you have.

[@kujouk]

@@sk-sm9sh I get that and that's how most small businesses start then they want to do better with their employees(hopefully)

[@stevenminnerjr.7977]

A real inspiring speech to lead the troops. What a psychopath.

[@karambiatos]

Some of you may not survive, but that is a loss I'm willing to take.

[@daveblackman816]

“It’s an honor for your sacrifice to get rid of your dog, so you can work in an office and make my middle management useful again. Also to get me more money. I am totally not a tool.”

[@emmafrost7151]

He is the equivalent of a retail manager who forbids employees from parking anywhere in the store lot, yet parks as close as he can to the store entrance.

[@phlodel]

I worked for a company that didn't let us park in the company lot, we had to park on a public street. I got called into HR for violating their parking rules. The HR guy didn't like being told to fornicate himself.

[@princessmarlena1359]

@@phlodel good for you! Way to tell that HR stooge.

[@desperadodave5970]

These people are sick, I had bosses follow people on their lunch breaks in their car to try to catch them coming back late. These people need to be stopped.

[@davidpachecogarcia]

☠️☠️☠️ What do we call corporate tattle tells? And how can we bully them more!

[@AverageJillM]

Why not just require people to punch in and out for lunch?

[@princessmarlena1359]

They took away our break rooms.

[@losfromla1480]

Haha. Back in the day when I was an hourly employee, no manager had that kind of time. Whoever hadn't brought food would all walk to the mall food court (it was at least a ten minute walk each way), then we would clock out for lunch. Otherwise we'd use up our entire lunch break just procuring food. None of the managers complained, probably because they're also human and likely doing the same.

[@kujouk]

@@princessmarlena1359 They took away our office, now we have no choice but to work from home 🤔

[@hackneo64]

As someone who is quitting their job to be a stay at home dad, companies do not pay nearly enough to justify having someone else raise my kid when I’m getting peanuts.

[@ericsmith6677]

lmao dude your wife is gonna be getting plowed by her boss while her beta hubby sits at home I wouldn't do it if I were you

[@DagnirRen]

@@somethingrandom-on2mmI’m a stay at home dad. Life is great, woman makes money and I just spread my legs for her 😂

[@brandonw1604]

I WFH while raising my 3 and 4 year old. I love my job, might not make what I used to but saving $40k a year in childcare.

[@yuriib5483]

I am lucky enough to be hybrid no mandatory days in office with flex schedule. How the hell fulltime office folks pick up their kids from school and take to practice and other things. This is the baseline, any employer that doesn’t do it should not expect to get top talent

[@jeffweingrad4658]

@SomethingRandom Simple economics. If he goes to work, how much does he pay for someone else to raise the kid, do the groceries, argue with customer service agents, and 300 other items? His full salary? Maybe it's not worth it. There is value and cost in everything.

[@jessefraser9826]

The CEO could be opening up himself to a lawsuit over the single mother comment.

[@ultimateloser3411]

Maybe his mom also had a boss like him

[@FloppityFlopFlop777]

And let's hope he loses them all.

[@OreoNixon]

I left Clearlink shortly before all this crazy B.S. went down. And first of all, I need to give a shout-out to all of the people from entry level up through middle management that were doing an outstanding job, It was an honor for me to work with them. Now to clarify a couple things. Nobody was quiet quitting. Hardware procurement was extremely difficult, especially for anyone that worked there longer than the lifespan of a laptop. These people had to use their own hardware, which was permitted, to get their work done. I also knew at least one single mother that was doing outstanding work with a toddler at home. Sometimes you would see children's toys in the background of zoom calls, other times her video camera was off. But every day she was getting all of her work done. This whole deal breaks my heart to see so many of my former co-workers going through so much unnecessary upheaval especially when they've all had such a strong commitment to their work.

[@aldm1995]

I applied to work at clearlink recently, they rejected me. I then sent them an email rejecting their rejection of my job application. I’m glad they rejected me now.

[@sk-sm9sh]

you rejected a rejection? how does that even look like?

[@deejay1216]

😂😂 How awesome is that!

[@gleaming999]

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

[@knowway6028]

@@aldm1995 that’s hilarious 😂

[@aldm1995]

@@knowway6028 they rejected me because I live in California and said that email is “unprofessional “.

[@Misaka-gt5yj]

When CEOs of certain companies wonder why loyalty is dead, they should realize they made it happen.

[@lionrock2023]

loyalty is earned.. not demanded.

[@PepeToTheMooon]

Ugh this ceo sounds intolerable. I couldn’t stand to work for him for one second.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Exactly. I’ve have to deal with d-bags in showbiz who aren’t as bad as him.

[@Eyetrauma]

This dude is the quintessential “you’re gonna listen to me talk and since I’m your boss you’re powerless to do anything about it” kinda guy

[@t.l.c7481]

Narcissist generally are irritating to listen to. 😂

[@RolandoGothur]

Yep, I have a relative that works at clearlink, and everything seemed fine until this CEO bought his way back into the company (I guess he used to be a founder?). Apparently he goes on long tirades about his lambo/ferrari or whatever during zoom meetings, which is what used to be open-course discussions until he forced everyone to mute so only he (and maybe a couple of his friends) could talk. I swear I hear a new story about this guy every week, what a tool. What he needs is a PR team and someone who can help logically balance out his decisions who's been at the company for a long time.

[@companymen42]

Another CEO and companies to put on my blacklist of companies to never work with.

[@arcuscerebellumus8797]

Dude, you're doing it wrong. Start a whitelist instead - that'll be much less work to fill.

[@dynamichunter843]

I love how single fathers are entirely left out of the conversation, as always.

[@TheVincentKyle]

I'm used to it.

[@QuietRiot69]

Yo, these rich CEO's are so disconnected with reality that it really showcases the disconnect between the upper and middle/low class. It looks like they really dehumanize people beneath them.

[@cosmicllama6910]

I think they're just really big fans of les miserables and they just want to live through it themselves

[@erubin100]

Just like monarchs of the feudal eras.

[@TheVincentKyle]

This guy is a particularly egregious example -- he's clearly second or third-generation money and thinks "I built this".

[@KamikazeChinaman]

What do you expect from them? Executives are barely human.

[@alexjulius69]

I actually don't have a problem with that, the upper class deseves and is entitled to ridicule others below them, they're the top of the food chain -- fair enough. But what I do have a problem with is the fake sympathy and fake sob stories like that, pretending that he cares. That's so annoying to witness.

[@Seattle-2017]

17:41: After 10+ minutes of gaslighting, condescension, veiled threats, and playing the victim, he says: "For those of you that are new, please don't be scared about this. If you don't trust me now..." OK boss.

[@nicoledickson4270]

I am sure everyone is looking for a new job after hearing that.

[@shimmer8289]

I had one like that suspended me for serving coffee wrong as a SECRETARY !

[@Seattle-2017]

@@nicoledickson4270 I would be.

[@jasonmeinhardt4631]

They are making us return to the office in June. Their only excuse for us coming back in is "so we can all collaborate together in one room and look at each other". What's funny is there will not be enough offices for everyone or cubes and everyone is going to have to desk share and "Hotel desk" Which defeats the whole reason we went home for covid and when you desk share that means not everyone is going to be in the office. So half the people will be teleworking and maybe on MS Teams/Zoom the other half will be in the office. It makes ZERO sense for us to come in at all.

[@TheAbhorrent1]

Or they'll just see they all of a sudden have excess employees and decide to lay off 20 percent of the workforce

[@dan44zzt231]

I just refused to go back. I said if you have any reason for me to come in I will, but you'll have to fire me if you demand that I return full time for no reason. It didn't come to that as I found a better paying and easier fully remote job a few months later anyway 😂

[@elenabob4953]

I have one day per month at the office and I discover that I no longer like the surrounding office noise or the reflexions from my screen not to mention the fact that I interact more face to face with other colleagues so less work gets done so the days after I must compensate.

[@elenabob4953]

I think that is they insist maybe I will take a pause to have a child.

[@TheVincentKyle]

SAY NO. Seriously, get contact info for as many people as you can off official channels, coordinate and unify.

[@vulpixelful]

This CEO is a sociopath. It's sad enough that he's praising someone who gave away their dog, but he has crocodile tears for parents who have sacrificed time with their children. WFH has been a gift for women, especially single women, who are still the primary caregivers in the typical American household. If he really gave a shit about his employees' households, he wouldn't be calling them back to the office in the first place. I don't want kids, but I have a cat who is literally the worst and only friendly to me and I still wouldn't give up my evil gremlin for anything 😢 Edit: Oh, he's Mormon. That explains a lot of his out-of-touch implications that working moms just shouldn't work full-time. His faith believes that the man should be the primary breadwinner and blames single mothers for their arrangement unless they're widows.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

Mormons are crazy, I wish the Vatican never recognized them and kept them labeled as a cult. The whole church is one giant money laundering system. It's an exclusive club and if you want to do business with them you need to have some Mormon connections. Ulg Mormons make me gag.

[@nettewilson5926]

Not even then

[@jpu7456]

In a Clearlink post on LinkedIn from a month ago, they announced that they signed a lease on a new 135,000 square foot office location. No wonder why he's so aggressive and combative to get people back to the office. I'm sure many people are getting shady payouts for that lease agreement! I feel bad for employees at that company.

[@soag87]

Follow the money. It usually leads you to the root cause.

[@ThirdLife86]

Why would you feel bad for them ? Their choice working there. If they would have an IQ above five they'd leave this shithole altogether and the CEO can then crap himself.

[@McMillanScottish]

The CEO is the kind of guy who would say “if you really love me you’ll punch yourself in the face.“

[@Dan1ell]

Love how he films himself from below so as to look down on his employees during his monologue.

[@jpu7456]

Yes! I was thinking the same thing.

[@domgia9248]

My laptop doesn't have a webcam so I have a separate camera that has an upward angle. I've also had a work laptop where the camera was at the bottom of the screen.

[@wolfgangamadeuscloud2676]

It is a sign of the need to control. Charles Manson did it, FBI profiler said. When John Douglass, the founder of criminal profiling of serial murder, talked to Charles Manson, Mason would sit on the table. Mason was a short man and this way he could be in control, like he was when he sat on the rock to talk to his cult. It's subconsious. It hints insecurity and the need to be in control. In fact, Douglass does not think Manson even ordered the murders, but had to appear he did, lest he lose the followers confidence in them. He said that it was the man there (too lazy to look up his name) that took it upon himself to have the group commit the murders. The way this man steps up with authority rings insecurity. He forces it. Nevertheless, he is arrogant and has no conscious. He's a narcissistic sociopath. He's not a psychopath because he can actually have genuine empathy for people, but it's the empathy that narcissists show--there's a little bit of sincerity in it, but most of it is gaslighting and condescending. HE has to be in control. He's a Machiavellian.

[@tube_trance]

This is a "great" example of the truly nauseating "work family" gaslighting insanity.

[@shimmer8289]

Ya my ceo said we are family after my manager searched my desk not once but twice for a Christmas present that she could nit find. Of course loving family's suspect the secretary of theft.

[@gokublack8342]

@@shimmer8289 Could be one of those dysfunctional families where the relatives actually do steal shit 😂

[@shimmer8289]

@gokublack8342 I never stole her gift. It was an *open* office concept anyone of 50 ppl plus cleaning staff had access. Innthe end I complained to the ceo he stopped all personal package deliveries to the office I'm a memo.

[@lisabrightly]

I wouldn't sell my dog. Nope. These corporations don't care about anyone so it's best not to sacrifice for them.

[@dan44zzt231]

Probably get made redundant next week as the figures are down. Now they've got no job and no dog.

[@ayoo_wassup]

Yeah, then they turn around and ream you over inconsequential shit and fire you with zero warning or loyalty. They may praise you for a minute. But tommorow that ceo completely forgot about your effort and will still fuck you over for being 5 minutes late. NEVER make big sacrifices for a company. You are just a number.

[@topelite666]

"I love pets, it breaks my heart, a huge sacrifice. I honor you soo much! No pay raise or bonus though lmao get back to work"

[@nicoledickson4270]

I am sure he loves animals, but business comes first. We have to prioritize.

[@AverageJillM]

Commuting is so expensive.

[@charlebrownga]

​@@AverageJillM imagine a 3 hour commute a day and it's unpaid.

[@scrambledmandible]

​@@nicoledickson4270You're right! That's why I will never work for a place that would require me to abandon my family.

[@adesuwao.7307]

A job is just not worth it if you have to sacrifice family. This video is another good reminder why it is important to have multiple sources of income - still nauseating that someone would actually give up family, not family-time but family, for a job.

[@jeremiahthomas1385]

Sounds like cs beef packers in Kuna Idaho

[@jeremiahthomas1385]

They expect you to give up some much for them.

[@Kitsunenokoi]

Do NOT blame the victim here!! As the CEO pointed out, that was a MOM who had to give up the family dog. She may not have had a choice. He was clearly ready to fire anyone who wasn't coming back to the office and she had a choice between keeping the dog OR FEEDING HER CHILDREN. NEVER an easy choice and it was probably utterly devastating to her. Blame that A$$ for forcing that decision on her. In this economy it's not easy to just pick up and find a new job and inflation is making bills even harder to pay!

[@doravee]

Nevermind family, YOUR OWN LIFE. It's just as valuable as those who have families of their own.

[@doravee]

@@Kitsunenokoi If that's the case, then it isn't a sacrifice. She was basically being robbed of her dog. :(

[@Anonymous-dk5qu]

Some employees didn't open their laptops for a whole month... The omitted part: because they were on vacation

[@claytonbouldin9381]

He is lying.

[@reefshadow1]

@@claytonbouldin9381 Absolutely lying. Then follows it up with some weird flex about paying the unhappy employees 5k to GTFO if they want to be babies, when he could fire like 30 people easily for cause? Naw man. He’s lying like a MF.

[@JustMe99999]

@Bob La Blah Exactly. I work remotely and I use my own desktop computer, which is significantly faster than even the best laptop. I just keep the laptop for when I have to travel.

[@yamchayaku]

It's a good thing you're talking about this. Clearlink has been copyright striking every attempt to post that video on KZbin. If they try to target you, I hope you fight tooth and nail to keep the video up.

[@JoshuaFluke1]

This is fair use.

[@yamchayaku]

@@JoshuaFluke1 It is, but somehow Clearlink seems to successfully get those videos offline. Keep up the good fight man, and if they try to get yours down, fight tooth an nail to keep it up!

[@bgal231]

@@JoshuaFluke1 If they come after you, take a page from YT music reactors and add a filter over the video.

[@thebandwagoneffect]

condescending CEO feigning sympathy and saying “slido” on repeat is peak comedy

[@starsINSPACE]

He really said "How dare you have complex conversations that can't fit on slides in teams and make us look bad"! What a tool.

[@irontarkus190]

As a pet owner, this pisses me off to no end. I would never get rid of my cat because of my dogshit workplace. I'm so sick of workplaces controling people's personal lives.

[@shimmer8289]

And the fact the the guy or woman sold it for $ was sickening. If overwhelmed interview, do a background check or bring to a rescue who can place the dog properly. But it has even more ick factor that the individual accepted money for the pet that considered them as their pack. Sad freaking world.

[@RK-ow1zg]

I hope the case was that they had to give up their pet for another reason, and not that they had to sell their pet because of this psychopath

[@wolfgangamadeuscloud2676]

Even criminals hate this. I watch a guy's video who went to federal prison--serious ones, not camps. You have to be tough to survive. Another inmate was informed that the cat he'd had on the outside had passed away. He was devastated. The former inmate said no one even dared to see the man as week because of that simple bond they all know what it's like to lose an animal. These are hard men, cold blooded murderers some...even they have more heart than this man. When remorseless murderer has more empathy than you, you know you need to examine yourself.

[@gokublack8342]

@@shimmer8289 Yeah the CEO may be a narcicist but someone that would pick a job over their furbaby is worse imo thats your family

[@gokublack8342]

@@wolfgangamadeuscloud2676 Everyone knows your cat/doggo is one of if not the only things in this world that will love you unconditionally

[@VisualWizard79]

It's been truly disheartening and disgusting to see the shift in the behaviour of so many companies in the last six months in forcing employees back to the office. There's clearly a high level of resentment, paranoia and lack of vision from most bosses to think that people having a better work life balance means something negative for their business. The desire to control and rule over employees is so rooted in outdated concepts it's staggering how little they learned from the the last 3 years.

[@jeremiahthomas1385]

Your absolutely right about that they want people back for that main reason control.

[@jamesphillips2285]

Not to mention is is eugenics. Covid continues to be a mass disabling event. Going back to the office will only make it worse.

[@KassieKane]

It’s so frustrating and infuriating.

[@genxx2724]

In my experience as a consumer and patient, a lot of people WFH aren’t paying attention to what they’re doing. There’s often background noise. One answered the call and immediately put me on hold for a protracted length of time. I suspect she was in the middle of doing something in the kitchen.

[@coryf6460]

I've noticed that they don't really want to take the accountability of a leader and so it's just easy to see you on your computer in your office. The reality is most corporate jobs are b******* jobs that require little output. So it's easy to work multiple jobs and be a good employee because ultimately employers do a terrible job of maximizing efficiency. It's what you would expect. These are large, often bureaucratic organizations. Most companies fail to grow because they're not able to adapt to changes and disruptive technologies. All the things that actually matter to growth within a company are only tangentially related to employee output. You could be working your ass off and be doing the wrong thing. Or you could do the right thing for 30 minutes a day and be done. Ultimately that falls on leadership to determine what the right thing is, but they would rather have you just crank out TPS reports.

[@McMillanScottish]

Never take the bait when the company offers to pay you to quit. Document bad behavior and send it to HR in writing. This will help you in court. Let them fire you and get the unemployment. And don’t sign anything without talking to a lawyer. They are always looking to screw you.

[@TheVincentKyle]

NEVER TALK TO HR. They are not there to help you. Document your bad behavior, then go to a lawyer.

[@Rytar]

Send to HR? Bad idea..

[@LadyBoBannon]

I'm in HR. Imo talk to a lawyer first and then assess. Save everything and send it to a safe place. HR is good for asking general questions related to employment and processing various requests, not real grievances. Jmo.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

​@@TheVincentKyle He didn't mean send to HR so they could fix it, it meant so it would document everything to help in court. The company couldn't play dumb if HR got a written complaint. It's.more about making evidences to the court than asking for a solution.

[@wtf_usa5597]

​@@TheVincentKyle 💯 💯 !!

[@tawnygirl2000]

Single mother sells family dog to return to the office for a jerk who thinks she’s not good at her full-time job or raising her kids. 🤨 if I were her, I’d take that 5k severance, get my dog back and find a fully remote job.

[@JustMe99999]

Not that easy to do in tech right now... really bad job market because of all of the layoffs.

[@nettewilson5926]

She’s convinced that harder bootlicking will pay off for her…sadly

[@SKBottom]

Anyone who would give up their dog because of that isn't worthy to have the dog in the first place. They and this CEO deserve each other.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

Not necessarily, while I'd never give up my dog no matter what, there's situations where it is better for you and your dog, your dog being taken care of by family is better off then your dog being on the streets with you because you couldn't afford to pay rent and kibble

[@SKBottom]

@@calebbarnhouse496except nobody brought that up. this isn't that. Do try and stay on topic.

[@consumerwatch7479]

Yep another job to quit immediately if they make you come into the office

[@domitorid177]

Maybe it's time to replace CEOs with an AI?

[@TheVincentKyle]

Since they don't actually create any value, I'm all for it.

[@loganmedia1142]

Even artificial stupidity would do in this case.

[@cl1489]

@@TheVincentKyle I guess you think all employees of the company should make collective decisions about where the company should go? LOL good luck with that Papa

[@TheVincentKyle]

@@cl1489 Silence, troll.

[@darkriku12]

It would have the same EQ, so why not?

[@slademurf2620]

As a “special working mother,” any consideration this man put in is BS. My son gets his mom all day and my work gets more out of me working from home than they would have any hope of if I had to prep for office and daycare every evening, tend a fussy toddler every night, and get up early every morning to drop my child off and fight traffic to get to an office where the boss cares only that the chairs are filled, not about having mentally healthy employees whose REAL families are well-cared for. Working from home with my child takes care of his well-being, my mental health, my marriage, and-made possible by those criteria-my ability to do my best work.

[@genxx2724]

Working from home with a toddler would require someone else to be there to take care of the child. And the child would likely whine, cry, and throw tantrums because he wants YOU to attend to him.

[@slademurf2620]

@@genxx2724 I am well aware of what my toddler demands and requires. Frankly, he’s much less whiny than kids who end up in day care. It’s a challenge to make it work but I do. I also took on the responsibilities of another full-time employee who was senior to me and left the team, so I’ve been effectively covering two full-time paid positions over the past year in addition to caring for a very active and happy toddler. My performance reviews have all been positive and my team does not look forward to when I take time off because of the degree of tedium and attention I tend to. Thank you for your concern but please keep in mind that I know my life better than you do and wouldn’t support the “work from home mom” situation if it were that impossible.

[@genxx2724]

@@slademurf2620 Those claims are ludicrous, except for daycare kids having issues.

[@loganmedia1142]

@@genxx2724 Not true. I worked for a foreign company and therefore of necessity remotely while my child was a toddler and there was no issue dealing with my child at the same time.

[@loganmedia1142]

@@slademurf2620 GenX is just opposed to people working from home.

[@jason_v12345]

"Some of you have quiet quit. Some of you are working a second job." He says that like it's a knock against the employees and not a knock against the company.

[@Skubasteph]

The VP working part time is still probably making 4x or more what the normal full time workers make. These executives are so out of touch and in there own rich people bubble.

[@jamesduggan5846]

It’s the being treated like children thing that gets me the most…

[@jp-fk5ke]

For the laptop closing part, most modern office laptops allow you to have your laptop closed while having the working from the separate monitor

[@victorunbea8451]

Ironic that he's speaking about the irony of wasting time when he's wasting worker free time with commute.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

He also wasted their time with this pathetic team pow wow

[@Sizukun1]

Thats actually insane. He's talking about writing a check for $100k upset his employees aren't writing checks to donate to his charity? How about he pays them more?

[@jamesphillips2285]

Last time I participated in a corporate fundraiser: I was fired within 3 months, and the charity spent more money than the $5 donation asking for more money.

[@TheVincentKyle]

To say nothing of the fact that the necessity for the charity shows there's a breakdown in the system and Bob here is trying to paper it over so nobody realizes he's the one who broke it.

[@juancarloslopez3149]

These are the type of companies that you do not want to thrive off of your hard work.

[@WKRP64]

Translation...I want my workers to stop having lives of their own and start working on my life instead.

[@Iloveguitar07]

"Go home and enjoy being with your family" You mean how dog that he had to get rid of?

[@tomcartwright7134]

Joshua, I saw a meme recently, it was a photo of a beautiful cabin nestled in the trees, just beyond was a large placid lake. The caption read” if you work really hard and make the sacrifices necessary, your boss can live like this.”

[@ZacharyCampbell6887]

Wondering how many chose to quit after this ceo message

[@justinwhite2725]

I would have.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

If not immediately, pretty soon afterwards.

[@jayceewilliams5250]

I would've been applying to soooooooo many jobs during his speech😂

[@reefshadow1]

Absolutely make sure to furiously pull an all nighter doing it on the company laptop for maximal MadLad cred!

[@jaidenoliver7165]

At my last job, before going off for Christmas break some people got praised for coming every day despite covid being at it's worst and the government basically forcing people to stay home. Those people were the ones who physically couldn't do their job from home, yet were held up over everyone else as being the most dedicated. Shortly after everyone had to come back in to work and I was told that the main reasons were "so it doesn't look as empty to clients". Clients who rarely came in anyway. And the classic "If I can't see what you're doing all day then you could be off not working and I need to be able to get hold of you". Something also important to note, the person who told me that continued to work 1-2 days a week from home AND often did not even reply to work messages or emails on those days. So when I was offered a 'redundancy' package you bet I took every cent of it and got the hell out of there. Message is, hopefully lots of people took this CEOs payout money and just quit right there because no doubt it's all getting worse from there.

[@dwilliams5334]

I hope they pushed for more cash before taking the offer.

[@AverageJillM]

@@dwilliams5334 Right. $5000 is only one month of severance.

[@anyone150]

Maybe the call to return to the office was their way to begin the lay offs in a slowing economy. Get people to quit. Especially when promises for permanent work from home were made in 2020-2021. By 2022 they could see where the economy is headed so they sing a different tune.

[@loganmedia1142]

They can't see what people are doing all day in the office anyway. To do that they'd have to be patrolling the office constantly. All they can know is that you scanned in and out at certain times.

[@anyone150]

Good bosses can tell what's going on by the quality and timeliness of the work the employee is putting out and the attitude displayed when interacting with him/her. It says all. Any reasonable people don't have time to follow their employees around to catch him/her slacking off. Many don't want to either. If so, why even have employees? May as well just do the work assigned to the other person yourself and save the money paying him/her. Just don't make sense.

[@BixxmixBixxehBixxi]

50 years from now. "We applaud the parents of having to give their children to the state to come back to the only job, the nation, has assigned them to do. As one of your few corporate overlords, we applaud this sacrifice. As a jest of our appreciation, we're promoting you to enforcer status, just leave your conscience at the door and we'll take care of you for a greener tomorrow."

[@Niberspace]

One day my perfect WFH job situation will probably come to an end, I'm expecting the reason to be something ridiculous like that "we have secret intel that 30 people didn't even open their laptops, but instead of letting you investigate these claims we'll just end WFH for all"

[@jaidenoliver7165]

"We've earned the right to be trusted here" yeaaah nope. You don't earn trust and just keep it like that, all that trust and respect could go in an instant.

[@TheVincentKyle]

Yeah Bob, YOU don't get to say that. That's not how trust works.

[@theplanebrain]

Seeing these random leaks of these meetings lets you know at least the struggle is shared. You’re not the only person working at “this kind of company”

[@kray97]

I challenge this CEO to do his job with no workers...just AI.

[@elenabob4953]

14:05 you should look a month from now because I bet that this great leader will announce layoffs. Asking them to come to the office is the first attempt to see how many quit voluntary, now he offers a bonus to quit, next are layoffs.

[@vannawhite8294]

I worked at Clearlink for 8 years and I left the same week that he started. Not because of him but because of burnout and wanting to get away from this toxic work culture. The day I left, he sent an email to the entire company about how his title was going to be CEO and janitor because there is no job too small. I kinda wish I would have just stayed longer for that 5k

[@horsepanther]

Dodged a huge bullet. A douchebag bullet.

[@TheAbhorrent1]

I love how he's challenging them to out work him Like buddy were not even in the same building let alone organizational hierarchy. I'm doing my 9-5

[@Amitheous]

Spoken like a true bishop. Man how aggravating. Shut down all dissent, and then blame the dissenters for not being mindless servants to line the CEOs pockets

[@jdsartre9520]

you're right, he did have a bishop tone

[@strangeclouds7]

Right..

[@JustMe99999]

Looking for a job in tech right now is BRUTAL because of all of the layoffs. I feel bad for these people, because most of them are going to get stuck there.

[@ReivecS]

2:50 Not opening their laptops doesn't necessarily mean they weren't working. I have worked for 2 different companies since the pandemic and at both they don't care of I use my personal PC or work laptop to get my work done, so I basically only use the work laptop when traveling and do 100% of my work on my home PC. If they were monitoring my laptop usage it would look like I never did anything, but if they look at outputs or how often I was signing into various tools, it would be clear.

[@reefshadow1]

Or he's just flat-out lying to prop up his back to work mandate (spoiler-he is). Because why wouldn't he fire people drawing a paycheck who are not working, including management?

[@shimmer8289]

He has IT monitors he can fire the ones at fault. He's a F d in the head Hitler !

[@ShiawasseeForums]

@@reefshadow1 it does seem a bit sketchy. But yeah, I work from my personal pc as much as possible because I run website backups down to my local drive and sometimes I get false positives on malware. That’s a pain to deal with if it happens on the corporate pc. Or secret option number three, they didn’t want crybaby ceo monitoring their audio, video, and keystrokes. *shudder

[@TheVincentKyle]

"If I can't see it, they MUST be STEALING from me!" -- golf-course-nurtured factory-floor toxic mentality of Bobs everywhere.

[@brunojesus5444]

The account is called Bob la blah… someone has been watching arrested development 😂

[@MichaelWVagg]

I'm just a CEO, standing in front my employees, asking them to shut up while I double down on my tone deaf, punitive decision.

[@primal9238]

Imagine the entire company took him up on the $5000. Bet he'd backpedal fast.

[@KennTollens]

I know that I work harder than my manager, because I work non stop all day and see him on his phone watching videos.

[@epotnwarlock]

To me these type of people prove that finding a good company can be worth a tradeoff in compensation

[@patmarek1222]

This is disguisting. The issue was that 30 employees out of whatever massive group they are were slacking big time. Instead of firing them the "solution" was to force everyone back to office??? Isn't this more logical that if an entire team (manger included) is slacking they would be slacking in the office too? Corporate gaslightning at its best. And this dog situation. Just don't put yourself in a situation when you can't afford to give up a toxic job, and have to sell your pet instead.

[@JustMe99999]

We also don't know if they were really slacking. Perhaps they were using their own computer and not the corporate laptop. I work remotely and use my desktop computer since it's faster than a company laptop.

[@horsepanther]

If that story about employees who didn't open their laptops for a month is even true.

[@John-sm6by]

There’s that word again he tries to sell: “work family”! He wants you sacrifice your real family to make him money, but won’t hesitate to let you go whenever he likes.

[@chancepaladin]

absolutely sickening behavior

[@slademurf2620]

I was a Mormon for nearly 30 years. The idea of focusing on serving others (in this case skewed to the love of money) and putting your family on the back burner because you think you have all eternity to spend with anyone who is “sealed” to you is pervasive in Mormon culture. It is how they get lay leadership to spend countless hours serving church interests on top of their typically demanding work hours. The families of lay leaders don’t see their dads nearly enough, despite all the family-focused propaganda Mormons pride themselves on. This man has spread this cult mentality while simultaneously making it clear that this “work family” would be better off without anyone who values their real families more than he and eleven other C-suite elites (in a company class he admits to inflating since taking charge) decided to allow.

[@horsepanther]

The idea of calling your colleagues and managers your "family" is a fucking nauseating attempt to brainwash employees, as if time/energy/loyalty spent there is somehow as important as time/energy/loyalty spent on your family.

[@Randomcharacters_]

I just love hearing that members of the C-suite that make magnitudes more money then the average employees come together and make decisions for everyone. Oh and the part that says “just become a leader” like it’s that easy haha

[@TheVincentKyle]

"Just become a leader! Seriously, my dad paid to pave the path in front of me so I could get into Harvard and Oxford and ensured I never had to work a job (that he didn't own) while I was in school! Why can't you??!?!"

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

I mean, if they own the business it's fair, it's their business.

[@mrnogot4251]

“Some of you may have to sell your dogs, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make”

[@nickc3856]

If you're going to get rid of your dog when it becomes inconvenient you shouldn't be allowed to own dogs

[@justshady]

That’s like 99% of dog owners, dogs have no place in the modern world. Most people don’t own home and most people have to work 8+ hours. What is the dog going to do?

[@JoshuaFluke1]

I just hope the dog and child didn't have a big relationship because that's gonna be tough.

[@TrepidDestiny]

These people hold their employees in complete contempt. "You misinterpreted my kindness for weakness...." Bruh, that is literally a villain line. I could imagine this line being said in Breaking Bad or something.

[@verynice5258]

Thank you for all your hard work Josh.

[@danajorgensen1358]

I noticed something that seems to have gone over everyone's heads. The "leadership team" isn't a leadership team. It is a pack of yes-men. And he says it himself. None of the 11 "leaders" were in their positions when he "came back to the company in January". I went to see what brands I should avoid only to discover they exist ibn my advertiser ban list and have been there for YEARS.

[@JTSuter]

Man, I wish I felt no shame at all from all the mistakes I've made in life. Then I could be a guilt-free CEO like this.

[@TFDusk]

Weird hill to die on to say as a man that single mothers are doing a disservice to their child and the employer for you working full time while also having to take care of a kid. I grew up in a single family household and I've only seen my mother work one actual job in the entire time I lived in her house for 3 years as a cashier because she gave up her education to support myself along with my older brother who had autism. My mom made sure to give off as much as possible the appearance that we were at least doing okay, while dealing with debt on her mortgage on a house she can barely afford, relying on foodstamps provided by the state to feed us, and relying on schools providing us free meals. It boggles my mind, if an option was available for single mothers to provide for their children more attention to get through that time of their lives while also getting an income for themselves why deny that opportunity? I genuinely hope that in the coming years that newer companies that are remote first start to emerge out of the rubble as the new places to start working for and these companies with the move to RTO to reduce headcount and make use of real estate unnecessary for their work diminishes.

[@dwilliams5334]

That CEO needs to quadruple that payout. $5K isn't a serious offer.

[@petercollins4585]

This company should get trolled, dragged and hacked till they go under. The attitude that that you should be happy to have a job is over. The employees time has come!

[@Scrappygymrat]

They didn’t add enough blood and sweat to their places on the laptop

[@jamesandersonwalsh]

My wife quit ClearLink after this meeting. She was a great employee, and high performer but didn’t wanna put another dime in this bozos pocket

[@derekfoulk4692]

How about the dog gets to come to work AND they either get the CEOs office OR its own...We all KnOW that CEO will be working from home..

[@whatup6557]

7:14 Isn’t he suggesting that single working mothers are a liability to a business? Isn’t he literally speaking a discrimination lawsuit into existence here?

[@SoundsFromBeyond]

It's all good. He respects them and this situation breaks his heart.

[@shimmer8289]

Yes. Or bad mothers take ur choice.

[@horsepanther]

Let's hope so. A massive class-action lawsuit.

[@loganmedia1142]

I can tell you right now that if you want to avoid doing any work there is no better place than in the office. Because the mindset in an office is that since you're physically there you must be doing something related to work. When you work remotely no-one knows how long you spend working and so all they can judge is your output. Any company that truly looks mainly at what people produce doesn't need their employees in the office.

[@todddelozier8172]

The employees have so much power over this guy, it's amazing to watch.

[@drevestedt]

This CEO just seems to contradict himself during his whole speech, because if he really cared about his employees why not just let the employee who got rid of her dog just let her keep working from home.

[@kray97]

Most CEO speeches are laden with platitudes which essentially say, "I'm not a sociopath, but I gotta sociopath a bit today"

[@drevestedt]

@@kray97 Yes, exactly. Well put.

[@prima6170]

If I have an idea that would make your company grow, as an employee, why would I just give it to you? What would I get in return? Also, if you're qualified to be the CEO, why would you think you need anyone else's ideas, or suggestions to improve YOUR company; employee, or not?

[@AverageJillM]

That argument against complaining always irked me. So I have to tell you how to do your job in order to let you know something is not working? If you resent negative feedback, how much will you resent me being a mock CEO?

[@rogerw9840]

Wow. I'm so happy being employed in Sweden with a pretty good company. If I'd worked for that a-hat I'd either quit on the spot or gotten fired within a week for saying what I think about his leadership style.

[@starbrand3726]

On TYT, Ana Kasparian responded to this CEO's video. There's a part where the CEO complained about his employees having second jobs. Ana said..."You know who doesn't take on a second job? Well paid employees." Basically if half your employees took second jobs then YOU the employer has failed. He challenged his employees to out work him? Impossible, because their motivations are different from yours. If you, the CEO, works 80 hours a week, you get rich. If employees work 80 hours a week, you get rich. You, not your employees. See, different motovations.

[@pixeldup]

Two reasons why I left the corporate world and will NEVER return to an office: C-Suite douchebags and pitch decks. I think the humanization of CEOs movement needs to stop! 😂 Side note: Josh, I noticed the scrapes on the knuckles of your right hand. Hope everything is ok man. Love your dogs! 👍

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

yes evidently we need a Humanization For Workers but they definitely don't want that.

[@myentertainment55]

That CEO is such a hero, I imagine his suffering when he heard one of his employees sold dog to return to the office. Please someone give him another 1 million bonus as emotional damage he went through (As one comment already mentioned)

[@wolfpack4128]

I had AI write pieces of my code. It saved me half an hour of googling each time. If he thinks AI is actually creating full functioning applications he has no idea how it works.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

Really good to know. How long do you think it will be this way? AI is only going to improve

[@giftoffire4868]

This is why no one wants to work anymore. These companies deserve to fail.