Caring Less About Work can get us what we really want
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- We can reduce stress and still get everything we want from our work if we are wise about how we use our employment and career.
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"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job" - Jim Rohn.
Facts 100
Exactly
How exactly? in Wht Goal?
@@directorchris2 Make yourself valuable in your profession. So that companies run after you and not the other way around. Become an expert in your field. Rise above the rest of the people. People will then rush to get your advice and expertise.
yeah who has the time and energy for that though, unless you have a doppleganger to send off to work
Also ask yourself if you even want a promotion. Usually it's 50% more effort for 15% more pay.
How did you know my precise raise when I was promoted! Almost like there's a formula behind it all 🤣
😅😅@@Luxlcucis
Completely not worth it most of the time.
Sweet spot seems to be maxing the IC path. I.e. avoiding management/leadership. Could be why so many incompetent people end up as managers, because the smart people know to avoid it for their own sake.
100% more work in my case as fhey didn't hire someone for my previous role, so I had to fill both roles.
Be careful of expecting too much from your senior leaders. You will, most of the time, be disappointed when you realise no one cares about you as much as you think.
I am learning this.
They will prioritise themselves, of course! Just as we do ! 😁
@@aheatherw88 Unfortunately me too, that feels not good.
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So true!
These video will save your health.
Sure, stress kills
or not - if some doctor, nurse, paramedic are watching this xD
@@robertfi9745 or Military..... police.... Federal Employees
I've been an engineer for over 20 years. This is exactly how it is. No one wants solutions. Managers just want you to grind and make them look good
"We pretend to work, they pretend to pay us"
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This 😂
Going over and beyond for others will leave you disappointed.
Only do that if it’s your company
I was doing the same mistake. I was giving my 100% energy to my job and felt exhausted and burnt-out at 45. Your video has changed the way I look at my job now and reduced my daily stress level at least by 50%. Thank you Rich.
Very glad it resonated with you!
Second this.
Same here 45 years old and finally see the pattern. In the process of pulling back and recalibrating the ole compass. It’s a stressful process in itself but already seeing benefits.
Dead on. 53. Worked so hard for 20 years with the same company. Still here. Like the owner and stuff like that but I didn’t have to work sooooooo hard. I worked extra hours ALL THE TIME on salary just to be the good worker bee so people would know that I was a good worker. People don’t really care that much. Just do your job to the best of your ability.
My new phrase is I’m changing my relationship with my job and what every single person told me as a kid but it never resonated. “Don’t work to hard” people would say.
20 minutes of condensed 20 years of experience. 10/10
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a corporate executive myself, this guy is 100% correct for most circumstances! As a young man I drove the best results and got nowhere. Once I shifted my attention to relationship building with the right people, it changed the game. It was promotion after promotion once I cracked this code. If you are competent, hard working and focus on relationships there is no limit to your capabilities! Life is a game. First step is realizing its a game, next step is studying and gaining experience in the game, next you master the game. It’s just like leveling up in a video game, but it’s happening in real life (which is likely a simulation anyway). Simple stuff!! There is a low probability we are living in base reality. Why are we stuck on this little pebble? We have found through quantum mechanics this is likely a simulation anyway. Take it easy and enjoy the video game until you expire.
"There is no limit to your capabilities!" ... at relationship-building. Sorry, I'm more interested at being capable of real things, not playing the game. You _may_ "win" at the game you're playing, but see how proud you are of that as you look back upon your life. You may feel successful as you look at your bank account or house, but if that's all you value... I feel for you.
Any chance flat earth is real?
That is some matrix level thinking
How do you identify the right people, and how do you build relations?
Basically kissing ass to get ahead. No thanks
I’m going to play this on loop while frustrated at work tomorrow. Literally this morning I told someone, after venting… “I need to just care less about all of this”.
Haha. I fully support that idea. Thanks for the comment!
Same lol
I’m in the same boat as you, but I needed to develop anxiety disorder and burnout first before taking action.
"Dumb Donkey" perfectly describes working in corporate America. When I work I have to consistently tell my myself "Care but don't Care"
it's worse than that, it's the "crabs in a bucket" scenario.
if you watch crabs in a bucket, the ones that almost claw their way up & out are pulled back down by the ones on the bottom that can barely get their footing.
that's what you're fighting against.
This video is spot on. Always work on yourself and put your needs FIRST. Don’t take ANYTHING personal and get the most from your employer as possible.
Will Do 👍🏼
Not taking things personal is what I need to focus on. Ty!
Every smart youngster with Asperger’s need to hear this…
really better off just reading some books on communication/ persuasion and practicing social skills
Yup.
@@asura8495Why not both?
My 40 years in engineering and several job changes tell that this video is 100% accurate. In most corporations if you work too hard, you will become a target and will not get promoted or even get a rase. They will use you until you quit or change jobs.
Where the hell was this video 30 years ago when I started my career ? You are sooooo on point here. Fantastic job sir. Cheers.
Haha. 30 years ago this video was me getting beaten around the washing machine of life and work to get these lessons.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gen x corporate slave here, and this is 100%
I've learned to spend your best hours of the day on your own goals. Jobs come and go, but you are all you have. Gotta stay happy in yourself.
Excellent point
If my employer told me, “We are eliminating your position, but if you’re willing to keep the bathrooms clean we’ll keep you on at your current pay”, I’d say, “Cool”. I don’t derive personal satisfaction and meaning from my work. I sit at a desk for 45 to 50 hrs per week so that I can pay for all the things I do care about (i.e. family, church, hobbies). My job is a means to an end.
I have lived that life, 14 yrs in the IT field in top position earning 7 times more that what I’m earning now as a School Cleaner but guess what? I am now 100% debt free, just working 5 hrs a day and doing exactly what I want for the rest of the day.
Id keep bathrooms clean all day for $30hr.
@@jberndt88 Outside the US, like Australia that is possible.
I second that!
The number one thing for every big organization (from armies to companies) is: preserving the hierarchy! That is, preserving the ability to control people.
I don´t give a flying flock about my work. 80% is nonsensical bureaucracy and BS company politics. All I care is getting paid, doing my job right, so nobody can complain and saving as much money as I can to get the flock out of there, I mean retiring early. Great video btw. fits 100% of my experience working for 10+y as a design engineer.
I can relate with you.
exactly
That attitude is exactly why you're not moving up and stuck where you are. Your disdain for your job seeps out of you and comes out in everything you do. People see it while you don't. I started as a junior analyst and leap frogged sr analysts and became the lead analyst. Because I care and deliver results and make things better. If you don't care, you don't want to do anything more. You're just there for a paycheck and everybody sees it.
@@steveh5307 Who said I didn´t move up ? Did you even read my comment ? Dude I got 30 vacation days (not counting sick days) and make 2x the median pay in my country. You have no idea what you are talking about, just please stop commenting dumb shit. Super analyst learn reading first I said I do my job properly but I don´t care for it´s meaning.
@@zg1920 "... novelty of traveling..." Oh yeah right I forgot I AM NOT ALLOWED TO WORK in retirement IF AND WHEN I WISH TO duuuuuh, it was so obvious. I am sure the novelty of visiting friends all over the world will wear of, god I wish I was now in my office is the only thing which wll cross my mind when I learning a new language, I am sure that´s what will happen. I am sure I will chase that kick of office coffee while working on my art, I am sure you are so right.
In all honestly I am really sorry that work is all you have and that´s the only thing that defines you, I pity you.
I left my job a year ago and started my own business. It’s rough right now, the economy is in the dump and nobody has extra cash for luxury items. Despite all that, I know I made the right choice because I’m finally investing in myself, rather than toiling away for somebody else. Screw that. bet on yourself, sink or swim.
You're awesome. Keep going.
@@erichorton1440 💜💜
What kinda business? Perhaps ppl here need your product or service. I am curious!
I have been trying to start my own business since age 30. Now I am 32. What did you do exactly? It could help me, lol.
@@SoraLover963 Hey Sora, to sum it up: I started selling musical instruments becquse i was broke, then i sold some of my handmade stuff, and i just kept doing it over and over, checking my listings hourly and growing a base of customers.
What you need to do: find something that YOU love to do, that you'd do for free anyway, that has some tangible value to others. Once you figure out what it is you wanna sell, you have to go all out/full steam ahead and just focus on your goal, sales, customers, growth.
The unpleasant truth is: you have to have something that can be turned into commodities, yourself, or a product you produce (material or intellectual property)
making sales is basically the only thing you need to do in any business, what product do you make, and you have to sell that.
Ive had some great jobs, making decent money but you look at the people at the top, multimillionaires, you realize you'll never get there at this rate working on someone else's vision, but there's also security in that. An established business = security. It takes a leap/chance/risk to go out on your own. Get a partner, but its your life, you only get one, and it only makes sense to build what YOU wanna build.
I love how in the movie "Office Space" the two "Bobs" consultants who were looking for people to layoff thought how the one employee who said that he no longer cared about his job was a "straight shooter" and had "management written all over him".
yeah but that movie is a massive exaggeration. You talk like that dude, you're screwed in every company.
yes that was brilliant, and in many ways they weren't wrong, but it wasn't intended to be realistic.
999 times out of 1000, that get's you laid off.
(which, with a decent severance, could have been a fine alternative for Peter.)
This is the most eye-opening video I've seen in a long time about corporate culture.
So true! I am much happier in my job since I started caring less! I realized no one actually cares and once I accepted this, my stress melted away.
Lots of good advice here. You've joined an authoritarian organisation 😂.
100% true.
And how promotion works
I'm a software engineer for one of the top insurance companies in the world, this is all 100% hard truth.
Taras?
Same here, I managed a cloud security team for a Fortune 25 and this has been my experience with 15 years in the tech industry.
Agree. Don't fight for a things at work. If your manager is nof fighting
This is a two sided problem, because there are a lot of lazy and not loyalty employe as well
@@redblacktichy7713 hope the .manager will fight to fire them.
Wow I can’t even believe how accurate this is. I did this exact thing at my last company. Came in and did 5x the work of everyone else that was working maybe 8 hours per WEEK. Improved a bunch of processes and then got frustrated that nobody else cared. Rocked the boat too much for the powers that be and got fired!!
I felt so awful and like I was a failure until I had enough time to get perspective and reflect.
Thanks for making this video so I don’t feel completely crazy about the level of incompetence in corporations.
Exactly. 100%. This is why you don’t see anyone work for a company for 10,15,20 plus years anymore.
As someone in HR, I see this way too often. My man speaks the truth.
So hard when you're a "fixer." I'm not actually even interested in a promotion. I just like to fix things. It's an irresistible urge to make things easier, to people please. And over and over I find myself in roles that overwork and underpay... rarely even see a raise. But the guy who's all buddy buddy with the boss and bad at his job gets twice what I make with half the experience.
I might just have to go into business for myself.
There’s always lots to fix. Thanks for the comment!
My god I read this and it hit me hard, this is precisely me.
Some of your comments are spot on. I'm retired now, but spent over 25 years in the IT field. I'm one of those smart people you talk about (how else would you last 25 years in IT?). On average, I changed jobs every two years, and only one time for money - the rest were because of poor management, failed projects (and I wasn't the project lead), etc. I wasn't one for schmoozing to get ahead, and didn't want to be promoted to management. So when the time came, I just left.
After I'd had enough of how the working world works, I retired. Earned enough during my working life that my social security at age 62 was pretty reasonable, so I'm done. If I need extra money, I can always be a Walmart greeter. Of course, I'd probably be the most educated one, but it's easy brain-dead work.
I realized a long time ago to just do my job and go home and to never over extend myself. I took a demotion for my mental health and it’s the best decision I’ve ever made. The book “Curse of the High IQ” by Aaron Clarey really put things into perspective for me and my outlook on work.
I stumbled upon this video and thought this guy reminded me a bit of a toned down version of Aaron lol
Added this book to my Amazon cart😂 thanks!
BOY, I could have used this advice 30 years ago. I came to the same realizations eventually but probably about 15 years too late.
Yep. Most of us learn these things later.
Great video, I agree very much. I have worked in multiple industries, in many jobs. Every time the following was almost always true:
1. People were promoted based on favoritism/nepotism.
2. People were promoted based on diversity characteristics to fill a quota.
3. Depending on the industry some industries hired from the outside to reduce conflicts and biases, most hired outsiders as managers to avoid needing to train and fill 2 roles (they had to train the worker for manager, and train a new worker), and some industries did not think their workers were fit to manage and prefered someone with little or no industry experience that had a management degree.
4. Working hard, or long (overtime) just leads to burn out, health problems, or getting yourself fired. In some cases if you are good enough at your job they cannot afford to lose you to a promotion. I remember a coworker being told he would not be trained for anything else because he was the best they had in his current detail, they also mentioned if he put in for promotion he would not receive an interview because they would make sure it got denied. I had the same thing happen.
5. Work just hard enough not to look incompetent. Make your work look good, find ways to get your work done easier and faster but don't "finish" the work early even if you already have it done. Make it look like you are working hard even if all your work was done at the beginning of the shift. By work I mean the things you have to get done not to get fired. A good bureaucrat never finishes early! Remember this.
*Not all Promotions Are Worth Having*
Sometimes a promotion is a trap. Often the team leader role or lower supervisor role is a trap. I am hesitant to even apply for them, even if I had the connections. You are accountable for everything your workers do or fail to do, and you have no coercive power to hold them accountable. You end up doing all the work that they fail to do.
If you have enough connections to get the job, but not enough to get backed up by someone that actually can fire people, all you can do is put them on a report that no one will ever read. The very first thing a dictator peruses is coercive power, it is the foundation for all other forms of power, including reward power. As a low level supervisor you really cannot do either. If you cannot reward or punish you have no power, if you are stuck doing a lot more work for a small increase in pay you are actually in a worse position.
*The Optimal Play*
Sadly the workplace is exactly like a dictatorship, it is personal connections that get you ahead. Your best path to a promotion is to use your resume. My resume is always current, and I am always reaching out to look for a better job where I can do less work for more or the same amount of money/benefits. I always push for jobs that offer a good schedule and paid time off.
I never apply for any management or supervisor positions. I am more than qualified and am often asked to manage the shifts. I do it for the short term, but have no desire to be a manager. I do not want to deal with the politics, personalities, meetings, accountability and loss of overtime. Once I clock out, I do not want to think about work.
#4 is sadly so true... I've been told that they cant promote me because I'm the best at doing my current work and theres no other expert on the company.
Your comment is so good. The thing is that the "donkeys" think they are impressing everyone with their quicker results/more workload/gossip with HR "individuals" etc. It's embarassing actually. My brain somehow can't resolve a problem/task that in no way also provides me any sort of improvement to my cultural knowledge/my economical status/my feel good status.
You should charge fees for the golden advice! I had a vague instinct that promotion was probably not worth it but my ego pushed me to fight for it (and failed again and again). Now I was convinced that I should trust my instinct!
After many years in the workforce I can say that this video is 100% accurate, I wish I had heard this coming out of college.
Omg! I so need to hear this 10 years ago!
Yep. Because throughout all our school life the output/result is measured and matters, so you carry that with you into the working life, only to be disappointed.
100% Accurate I’m 38 self employed for 10 years it’s hard but so worth it not to deal with office politics
What do you do?
Internal promotions definitely create jealousy. While I was in college, I worked at Walmart. A manager went on vacation for a month and they had me take over until they got back. The hate I got was insane. Half the people in the department called out for weeks in retaliation that they weren't offered the short term management position... at Walmart... people I've never talked to in my life were talking behind my back. No one would listen. Believe me, you DON'T want a promotion. This guy is 100% right. Job hop. It has worked for me in hvac. 2 years and I'm already at $40 an hour.
It's so true. I had a teenage job at Burger King and managers used to temporarily give me their management keycard to run the show while they ran errands.
Some people got so jealous and petty even though I never used the card.
They were happy when I left to pursue my career. I was too 😂
This behavior is so common amongst the herd, sorry that you had to experience that. It never ends
Yep! My whole mentality changed when I stuck to “work stays at work, once it’s 5 this isn’t my problem until tomorrow” and also at work when something isn’t my duty I say it’s not my duty and I don’t take it on.
"Companies internally do NOT like to promote their own people" REMEMBER THAT!!!
From my personal experience, it depended on the supervisor or manager. If your supervisor or manager thinks you’re smart or have solve problems that they couldn’t, you will be considered a threat to them, and then they would promote someone that not a threat to them.. Your supervisors or managers won’t like your idea if it’s not their idea. Also, the managers could just have ego trips.
So a lottery…
If a threat to direct mgr you have to move away from that manager ASAP.
The bell curve in the performance review is the most devilish things I have heard and has seen to be done, because the bell curve moves with the median worker, means that those who are grinding exceptionally hard when those who are doing their fair share, get promoted, shitting on those who actually have some boundaries at work. A Pyrrhic victory, so-to-speak.
Very sloppily written.
I dont understand what you said.
@@ROForeverMan what I said is simple. If your company does promotions under the "standard distribution" (e.g. promote people who are 2-3 std dev above average) you better run.
What it means in practice is that the "average output of the average engineer who puts in 40 hours" is very much a moving target.
@@peppybocan Yes, that's why I live in the forest, away from all this cheap drama.
I don't think it's the best way to promote however It's not a pyrrhic victory. The rules are clear - increase output to achieve promotion. Now you get the agency to decide if you want to prioritize your career or your personal life. This is how a free labor market works and I have not heard of a better system despite its' imperfections.
This is so true. I have struggled my whole career with teams and individuals not wanting optimize solutions. I was so frustrated and the stress made me physically unwell. In the last few years I learned that empathy is key. Understanding people and what motivates them allows you to approach the problem differently and has really helped me. Instead getting mad and thinking they are idiots, step back, see who they are, how they got there and where they want to go. Every person is a different puzzle to solve, so it doesn't get boring. "In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.". - Orsen Scott Card, Ender's Game
Very well spoken.
Thanks for sharing.
Truth! I had to learn this more recently too.. thanks for confirming I’m not going insane😅 This week I learned what most don’t. Kindness vs just being nice. Empathy is KEY! 💯🙏🏽
Oh I learned this couple of years ago. I work extremely quickly, but that ended up frustrating me where I was always waiting on other people to catch up. Now I do my work as fast as I should.
Exactly. As a fast and efficient worker, you would have to wait for others. And it would be frustrating if their task are not perfect and require rework.
This is a powerful message.
I struggled in these scenarios you described for almost 10 years. Now I’m so burnt out after being repeatedly let go from companies, being blamed for “not performing” after repeatedly telling these companies what we need to actually do things right.
It’s insane to me that so many “leaders” will expect you to create miracles with no support and no resources, and when you “can’t perform” the blame always falls solely on the individual. Rarely does the leadership reflect to see if perhaps it was largely do to their own ineptitude and failings.
What I appreciate most about your video and this message is it gives those of us who have experienced these types of scenarios a sense of relief and validation. It’s letting us know we aren’t crazy- that often it’s the systems that are broken and nothing that even our best individual efforts can truly change.
I realized this a few years ago and actually enjoyed my work a lot more. My coworkers stressed over their performance and were confused when I showed them their work didn't need to be perfect to be meaningful. "Take pride in your work." Was a mantra I heard and it's a nice sentiment if you're as naive as a child.
I can’t agreed more of what you said! I’ve never got hired on a job that I didn’t know someone in the company! It’s astounding how important of knowing someone than something
Me either, but now I don´t have anybody else and IT SUCKS BIG TIME.
You can get a job like that but it´s usually not a great job.
@@sierraecho884 That is the way it works. You start at the bottom rung and work your way up.
Companies love to hire previous interns for entry level jobs, unless you have 20 years of experience and need production or an experienced pro.
Spot on. I find it hard to care less because my ego wants to proove i can come up with the best solutions to every problem
I worked for a huge corporation and now work for a smaller company. The difference between them is how the incompetence manifests, but not the severity of it.
I needed to hear that because I want to work for a Hedge fund but I think I will only apply to small hedge funds because I want to earn a promotion based on merit not nepotism. I'm not interested in kissing ass because I know I can become the best performing employee if merit is the determining factor in getting promoted.
I’ve been a truck driver last 8 years. It’s always amazing to me how many screw ups there are that I would have to fix on my route. Whether the mechanics didn’t fix what they said they would… or the wrong items got shipped… or the warehouse loaded the truck in an unloadable way… But the main problem was the micro management. All the cameras and GPS and tech and it seemed to have a negative effect on organization and operations! Such incompetence! I wish I had a low IQ sometimes so this stuff wouldn’t bother me so much.
Wow. This is just pure Gold. And this advice is the most important advice for anyone with 10+ yrs of experience
I've worked at 3 different companies, very true. I'm leaving my big cpa job to go do something more meaningful and less stressful
Omg this was by far the most helpful truthful video I’ve ever seen on this topic. Everything you said I noticed throughout my career of 14 years but wasn’t necessarily sure if that was the case overall.
CARE LESSS YALL 😂 we can no longer loose sleep over this garbage 🗑️
Nailed it. I wish I had learned this when I was young enough for it to matter. Trying to educate my team and my kids on this now, but they aren't ready to hear it yet. We all want to believe we matter and that things are fair and hard work will be rewarded. The trick is to not let the truth prevent you from doing your best for your own sake and your growth.
I actually can’t care less than how much I care right now. I’ve actively started just saying no to things unless I get a raise. Nobody cares. It’s met with nothing. The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference, and the indifference men face from society as a whole will make you suicidal.
Don't expect strangers to care about u bro. Do what is best for u and your loved ones thats it.
Men wanted it that way. If you show emotions and ask for help, you are considered weak.
💯💯💯 I’ve actively started doing this too. I’m not saying yes to anything else without a raise period. EVERYTIME I’ve said yes, I’ve had my schedule changed, different manager. Was told I would be doing one thing, still doing the same but worse bc now I gotta do it all😅.. makes the job less boring but still, that’s last time I agree to learn anything else. 6 managers, 8 months later… I’m good😂
That describes narcissistic society. Dont be a threat to a narcisst, just be a gray rock.
This video is so accurate!! Even in the established smaller company (~450 employees) I work at I’ve seen this as well. Great work only gets you more work but not a promotion unless something opens up from retirements or something.
Education is never a waste and job experience is never a waste - even though they may frustrate highly intelligent people, they are also going to be the reason they realize they have more potential and decide to catapult themselves into greater success. Stay positive and aspire to be everything you can be, folks!
This is exactly right! This is preparing me for something greater.
This video came to me exactly at the time I was bothered by these things. Thank you for the lesson. Much needed for me as I am among those people who get frustrated or lack in control
Having worked in big tech for 10 years, this is correct. Getting promoted is a huge pain in the ass and 100% requires your manager and area lead / director whatever to agree. Networking and visibility is tantamount.
Rich, the algorithm has gifted me with your video. I can’t thank you enough. This video was so encouraging for me. I had been feeling so low about my job, and this right here, your advice to care less, has solidified it for me.
I am going to coast for as long as it takes for me to find a higher paying job.
I think a lot of us were raised with this idea that you find a “good” job and you stay forever.
Everything you said, I have seen in my current company. It all becomes so clear once someone points it out. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤
Thanks so much for the comment. This is exactly why I make these videos! Good things are out there. Taking an emotional step back can really help you see things for how they are.
Glad this resonated.
So much truth here! I discovered this on my own but it was a painful journey. Even if someone had told me this years ago I wouldn't have believed them, I would have argued against it.
As an introverted i forced myself to talk to people, join people for lunch and gossips. trust me it pays.
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While, at some level, I want to be infuriated by the negativity of this video, fact is that he is largely correct.
I would say to people; establish a level of work ethics and integrity for yourself that you don't want to dip below and work according to that. Second, don't care more about the work than your superiors, or rather, the company does. Sometimes you can have a really bad superior in an otherwise very good company. you don't want to drag down to his/her level.
I like your advice. It really is quite silly to care more than the superiors. And having a personal standard keeps you somewhat satisfied with a job "well done"
This is precisely why I’m a contractor. Screw all that internal promotions and nonsense. Let me bill them and I move on. Don’t care about “moving up”.
I've been passing through really hard times and had to quit my job due to extreme anxiety and burn out. I'm preparing to return but I'm really scared. I haven't even watched the video yet but I think it's going to be some advice I really need. As my own advice to others, do care and be committed on your job, of course, but be sure to do so in a healthy way. Respect yourself and your own limits.
Thanks for the honesty. Watch the video. It’s probably not what you think. All good man! 👍
I soooo needed this! It shifts my perspective on my current job. This is such a stress reliever! Thank you. 😊
We’re all saying single things I agree with your comment 100%. I will still do my job but I won’t act like I own the company and stress out over every single thing on and on.
About 3.5 years ago I came to a similar realization. I now advocate for 70/30 energy at work. Give an average of 70%. Leave the other 30% for yourself and for socializing. Believe it or not it's that other 30% that gets you promoted, recognized and respected. How many people have you seen be promoted or passed you by and you couldn't understand why? They focused on the 30%.
In the business world it called politics, and you are absolutely right. After 30 years in, it is who you know (nepotism). Period. It takes a while to see because they are not telling you, they are working with their husband. Often they have different names, huabands, cousins, uncle, in laws, brother in law, etc. They don't tell you. And you will never get promoted until THEY see your willing to play. In an interview if a big company says they are like family. Believe the literal.
This happened to me at Winn Dixie (retail store). My head store manager showed up to work half of the time, was constantly on vacations, and came in mainly when our store had inspections. Because of this, the other managers didn’t take their jobs seriously. Employees would call out all the time or not do their jobs and a few people in the store had to pick up the slack to keep the store barely functioning. Eventually I had to stop caring because I realized that I was fighting against a system that wasn’t built to be optimal and value hard work.
Winn Dixie croaked.
Man … I have never listened someone explain this so clearly.
Everything here is true. I really have to get my head out of my ass and stop caring so much for work.
Here in Ger-Many, I was always inventing software that was not in the mind of the others in the company. But it needed to be done to make the projects successful. It NEVER worked to get reward for it. It was thrown away I guess after I (was) left. There was just 1 really good job I had as Senior developer, when I had to help a young project-lead to bring up his project. This was the best experience I ever had over 2 Years at Siemens. Because we could decide aber everything, how had to do !
Glad to mada that experience.
Now I found my own Startup.
Hast du Lust dich mal auszutauschen?
Ich arbeite in einer großen it Firma. Überlege Entwicklungleistung nach Kolumbien auszulagern.
Hast du Lust mal auf einen Austausch?
Trying to find a job through indeed is really frustrating. And I use it knowing that even in this day and age, as you said, the main way you really get a job is through word of mouth or being social.
This is what I needed to hear. Faith family and fun are more important than working ourselves to death to please others. Just doing our own job well is good enough we don’t need to be the salesman, engineer and marketer for the company.
I was told by a manager that in a scale of 1 to 5 on the annual performance review 5 is for managers. I can only get 3 by just doing my job and I can get 4 if I do something out of this world. So I work accordingly to 3, almost nothing.
Excellent video. Didn’t realize how much I needed to hear this. New subscriber.
This is the best video I’ve seen on this topic. This video spoke to me so much. Thank you for sharing!
Im learning this the hard way.
Absolutely an inconvenient truth! Cheers!
I'm not claiming to be overly intelligent, but this video exactly explains my current situation. Thanks for the life changing insight!
Completely agree. Took me 10 years of toiling in corporate to figure this out. It's the best kept secret at the workplace
I am amazed why he doesn't have millions of subscribers. Such great advice! Thank you Rich Gilbert!
ditto!
People are not comfortable with truth
Dang dude! I wish I understood this when I was younger. Thanks Rich!
Thank you for this!!!! This is EXACTLY where I’m at!!! So sad that so many businesses (and public agencies) can run better and more efficiently but no one there seems to care. Better to start your own business and make something how you want it to be and make sense 😊
Logic has no place in climbing the corporate ladder.
If you are intelligent, and if you can temper your corporate ambition, you can easily do pretty well and at the same time do very little office work, this will free up ample time to pursue other interests like art, some idea you want to work on, family, philosophy etc.
I am saving this to listen to it on way to work everyday. Thanks u for articulating it so perfectly.
probably the smartest man on RUclips.
Man, what you are sharing is brilliant! Straigh to the point. It matches 100% what I experience in the corporation I'm working for. It's an eye-opener. The more you want to do, the worse it gets. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Most honest video on this subject I’ve ever heard. This was the hardest lesson by far for me to learn in my career and it took my mentor talking sense to me before I got it through my thick (at the time) corporate skull.
I still remember my mentors words, “You’re right, but why do you care? Is it your company?” It changed my life and reduced my stress level immensely.
I learned this lesson too late in my career. You want to learn this lesson as soon as possible in your career. It will save you a lot of stress and time wasted.
I've worked in corporations large and small for over 40 years, Rich, and everything you say rings true. What you're doing is giving people a REAL (mini) MBA. I've learned to put my work in perspective. I'm not the owner of the companies I work for in the corporate world, so it's just not worth it to stress out about every little thing. There's too much that's beyond my control. The best way to get ahead, USUALLY, in the corporate world, as you say, is to change jobs every 2 or 3 years or so, into a higher paying position.
Amazing amazing amazing video about work. I experienced the exact same thing as mentioned. It's not just corporate America. The same is happening in my country as well. Love from Malaysia ❤
I've worked at startups where the headcount was under 10, mid sized companies, and my current company of the past 6 years where there are over 100k employees. I didn't disagree with anything said in this video
Love it!!! After 25 years of corporate world, there is not a single thing you said that I don’t agree 200%!!!
Thank you.. I needed to hear this about now as a high work performer as people not responding to emails, fake sick leaves, management crickets on critical task. I’m at the point where I’m going to keep my head down and not contribute anything more than needed.
I watched this video 15 minutes before my boss threw a tantrum…really helped put things in perspective, thank you.
This is super true…. I started to care less, just do my hours (not extra work), and focus much more in my own personal projects… I’ve been less stressed and more fulfilled
Finally. Someone keeping it real. This is all FACTS
I’ll make sure to convey this sentiment to my fellow nurses and doctors in the ICU of our large corporate healthcare company
Man you are awesome! 30 years of my experienced you summed it up in this video. LOVE IT!
Glad it agrees with your experience! Thank for the encouragement!
This guy speaks 100% truth