Yup "I'm not a team player, this is not a game, I am contracted and this is not the discord group of one of my HOBBIES. "

Relatedly, when they say "we’re a family here!" Dude, my dad beat me with jumper cables and my mom put out lit cigarettes on me, saying we’re family here doesn’t mean to me what it means to you.

It's gaslighting and an insult to our intelligence.

Any job I ever worked as a team player, it was the employers who were out of step with the team.

​@ScienceReasonLove I've worked jobs for actual families. They were all a dysfunctional family business.

That’s my favorite response out of the whole skit 😂

I about hollered

Vile retort

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No one.

That's when they decide not to renew the contract. A person can only win if they have a signed contract. Most employers don't do contracts anymore. They have at will employment.

​@@oldandtiredshouldberetired3436work life balance is a fringe benefit that not all companies understand. Fortunately, my employer does understand that and because I work in defense, I am obligated to charge ALL my time spent working or discussing job related matters. Winning.

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Absolutely 💯🔥

@@oldandtiredshouldberetired3436 and that's fine. If they don't want to renew the contract they still won't, even if you kill yourself for the job. And who said anybody takes pleasure in continuing with unserious manager like that?

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Olaaay❤😂

Yesss! I had that at a job once. People balked at it but I didn’t see the big deal but now I do. It’s an invasion of my personal space!

I absolutely hate this!

Right! I was pissed when we had to install *_Authenticator app_* on my “personal phone” to log into my computer to do _”work duties!”_ …but I found a way around it so now I don’t have to have the app anymore.😌

Ugh, doesn’t it just give off the boss b*tch vibes? My skin started to crawl when she started to talk

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I am so triggered!! Lol

So quickly just to be clear I just wanted to check in with you about that and see what ...😅😅😅😅

She actually triggers my PTSD 😵‍💫

My current contract states 9-5 M-F. We can discuss a new contract with new hours and compensation if you like. I'll be available to discuss this between the hours of 9-5 M-F.

​@@PrototypeNumber5x'D 9-5 motha (fill in blank)

Another work around could be that they can pay for the amount of time on the phone 😇

@@HaloHighlightz If someone is supposed to be available 24/7 and gets a 5 minute call a few times a week, it isn't fair to pay them ONLY the time on the phone. That also means they need to keep track of the phone and also be fit for duty. That shouldn't be free.

​@@Moosetick2002 just count half an hour per out of office call.

In Germany the company would get fined into oblivion

America is not that advanced.

I have been contacted by my boss at night

@@pamelamlstell him that is disturbing your sleep & you have to work in the morning 😂😭

I hope it becomes universal right away.

That's awesome as you really touched that nerve.🤣🤣🤣🤣

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YOU GOT ME GIRL...HILARIOUS

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This!

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I’ve said this for decades. I am a team player. We just don’t have t the same definition of team.

I may even choose to go out of my way to work more than that if you give me some warning and there's a solid reason for me to stay after or come early, but not just when you decide you need me outside those hours. Poor planning on your end does not create an emergency on my end.

Lol, Veronica´s response: I AM a team player... from 9 to 5.

Yea at least veronica admits that after 5, she doesnt value her job enough to care what could be wrong an have the care or drive to simply answer a phone an possibly solve a problem an show value to the manager an company. I mean, how entitled do you have to be to think you are “working” and need “paid” just to answer a phone call smh. Answering what is likely a brief call is not “working after hours” smh, its being a decent person and being someone responsible enough to make sure they have a job to come back to. It shows dedication an reliability. You know who gets promoted? Not the pompous entitled one that sits there tellin me they will continue to ignore calls. Its the one who demonstrates reliability an drive. The one i can count on in a pinch or when an issue presents.

@@abyssabyss7203 . I mean, how entitled do you have to be to think you are “working” and need “paid” just to answer a phone call smh. If you cant figure out what the reason is to be paid for work then you wont understand the answer. It shows dedication an reliability. It shows you are willing to be exploited for free work. The one i can count on in a pinch or when an issue presents. "Be a team player"? That old schtick? I am on my time off, I am not working you are not paying me hence I wont work for free. Work= pay no hence no pay= no work.

​@@abyssabyss7203 Oh please! Skip apologizing for thoughtless employers who think they own your time 24/7. I had a part time job with management in a different state. They called me at home 9:30 PM and wanted me to drop by the office on my day off to fax them something they should have known they needed on any of the days I was in the office. We had 3 part time employees. We provided our work schedules for them when they took over management of our office. They just assumed we would drop what we were doing to give them what could have had with a little planning ahead.

@@abyssabyss7203 CEO of Dewey, Screum, and Howe hs entered the comments.

Yes, they are.

Im an ERP administrator and bosses do that very often. They used to do this until i added it on my bill every month. No discussion or whatsoever, there are remarks down on the form to give reason. No need to call

🎉Now, once back at her desk, Veronika sends her an email recap of this convo😏 VERBATIM! MY SHERO.😂

IT, 30+ yrs here. On-call about 50% here as well, but not in past decade plus. I was very well compensated when I was, but NEVER again. Funny thing was, at one job, on-call paid so well, people used to clamor to get MORE, taking over other people's shifts. Best case scenario, it could boost your pay for the week by 40+%, making your sad State government wages actually look decent.

IT as well. I always hated being on call and at one point had one of those fitness trackers that also tracked your sleep. Turns out while on-call I was never getting down into the deeper layers of sleep. No wonder I always felt like crap afterwards. I stopped after that and have refused it since.

Yah, let's go talk to HR and see how they feel about working for slave wages. Unless this is Wal-Mart then they don't care.

They get around it by saying, "Occasional nights and weekends"

​@@drozcompany4132Don't talk to HR about it, they'll just find ways to screw you over together with your boss. Instead keep it in writing and do some research, and threaten legal action if they cross a line.

​@@drozcompany4132pointless. HR DOES NOT exist to protect YOU from the company. HR exists to protect the company from YOU... HR is NOT your friend.

In California: can you please put that request in writing so I can file an official complaint with the state? I mean, technically, I think it's a national OSHA violation, but only some states really enforce it aggressively.

Double standards burn me up. As a manager i never took personal calls. Especially because as an operations manager i had to have multiple cell’s and i did not want to give the impression to my employees that the rules only applied to them. I always checked/answered an returned calls an such during lunch (i never took breaks either an barely took lunches). I would work through unpaid. Doing work because its the rite thing to do and good for the customer an good for the company that pays your salary is a concept an level of work that seems more an more lost on society especially reading some of these ither comments

@@abyssabyss7203 u sound like the sort of manager I would want to work for. Wouldnt want u taking work related calls off of the clock though u deserve to be payed for that. Work related calls go through our business phone so it just doesnt even seem like they need their phones on them.

@@abyssabyss7203I had a previous job where the boss didn’t want us using our phones while we worked. She even had an issue one day when my phone was in my desk and vibrating because someone was calling me. She asked me about it and I was like “yea, but I didn’t answer it”. Like wtf. And this lady would have all types of personal calls about her kid or dog while she had you sit to speak with her

@@abyssabyss7203 Do your employees get to call you at home to solve home related problems for free?

#Hypocrites

Managers at this level are toady's to the managers above them.

The only difference is the manager not losing their shit at the brutal honesty 😂

I literally laughed out loud at that one 😂

Exactly!!

Depends on the work co tract and salary position. But all that should be clearly laid out in the contract. Also when they say I need you to be a team player throw it in their face. "Sure, and I expect my team to understand and support my ability to spend my down ti.e freely, or compensate me for the extra work not covered in my contract."

Yes❤

@@chiefgully9353 Of course! I have worked a few salaried positions and ended up working 40-60 hours weekly in order to accomplish all of the work. Work that I actually enjoyed fortunately. It’s all about what is agreed upon initially and both sides being reasonable and respectful.

Exactly,Exactly!!!!!!😂

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Be veronica.

She got fired lol -- they all get fired. Veronica’s don’t last more than a few sassy lip moments IF that

We need a Veronica workshop or in service.

​@@xandercrew6088and if we all learned from her. No one would get fired. If we all stood up to the BS. Micro managing would dissolve and management would think twice before approaching employees with mundane garbage and REALLY do thier job like managing the company and quit trying to act like Betty or Barney bad @$$ and control everyone.

Not if you are a salaried employee… In most states if you are pay the salary, they expect you to work whatever hours they tell you to essentially…. You can obviously remind them that your agreement was 9 to 5 with a 40 hours a week as max work hours… So if you work more than 40 hours a week, you were literally giving yourself a pay cut because you could be working another job making hourly or more salaried money. It kind of sucks …. There needs to be work reform. People who are paid the salary should have to be paid some kind of overtime pay past 40 hours so companies stop making people work more for less money and with no promotion and no and no pay increase in sight. Hourly people get paid overtime as time and a half and double time on holidays … If we did the same thing for salaried employees, may be companies would start thinking about hiring more people instead of working other people to death all the while the corporate heads make millions of dollars in bonuses a year while they flaunt it in front of us

Only if you are salary AND overtime-exempt. If you are just salary, you are still entitled to overtime pay.

​@@Entertainment-is6exNot according to the NLRB.

​@sickofcrap8992 lol no the exempt status applies to A salaried working making ove x in compensation And a few other specific use cases. Being salaried alone does not exempt you. Likewise their are still laws governing work hours for those employees though usually these are contractually based.

They have to provide the phone and pay the bill if they expect you to be on call.

My dad said it was because everything went corporate stockholders and most jobs are no longer Union. But there will be the debate and argumentos about the pros and cons of Union.

Just got to be good at what you do

Solution : union

@@samdumaquis2033 💕

Funny because it does work like this. Only fear makes you choose otherwise. Basically, you are choosing to be in an abusive relationship. I do not take calls or texts outside of my work hours...period. Been working at the same place for going on nine years. I've been homeless before and I survived. What on earth can an employer do to me? I have no fear of an employer. I fulfill my work agreement and that's it.

❤❤❤ I was salaried only twice and both worked out well considering ❤ was on call 24/7 but they were great ppl to work for. Today I couldn’t see myself doing it again unless the benefits were out of this world.

Depends on the salaried position

Same here, brotha. Once their money is on the line their quick to get you the fuck outta their after your hours are finished.

I'm salaried, and I get OT. It's the law. My salary contract is for 40 hours. Anything over 40 hours is OT. Ijs

Best I ever had at this one place (IT) was that if you had a call after hours, on-call or not, it was an automatic 1 hour of OT on your timesheet as soon as you answer. There was also a, legally-required, on-call premium if you were on-call. If you were not on-call then it was 'best effort' which meant I will call you back when and if I want to. And if I do, that's 1 hour OT on my timesheet. Loved the pay, hated being on-call.

It's a thing, for sure. At my work, a call outside of work hours (from a manager asking someone to do work tasks, I mean, not one team member texting another about car pooling or whatever) is treated as the equivalent of coming in for a 3-hour shift, even if the problem is resolved remotely in a few minutes. It's amazing how many problems can wait until the next day.

We think my great grandfather was killed for labor activism in early 20th century Boston.

who gives a shit lol

@@Woobieeee don't get in other people's way if they choose their own life and happiness then lol

@@trevorfranks69 watch out. We got serious guy over here.

They don't like it when you talk down to them the way they talk down to you.

Knowing your worth is exactly it. If they're willing to fire you over this, sorry to say, but you weren't worth that much to them. Anybody willing to play this card, should be able to gauge the risks..... However, on a bigger picture, this video is not a bad message to send societally. Always gotta try and set higher standards.

They could've sued and been compensated. They could've secured themselves with a documentation of their discussion. Discrimination is the hardest thing for a corporation to protect themselves from

​@@quoteme.goddess6957 What illegal discrimination do you see here? Most states are at-will employment, meaning that you are free to quit & they are free to fire you for any legal reason, or for no reason. The only limit is that they can't fire you for an illegal reason.

​@@kanderson-oo7us so, just think about what you are saying for a moment. At-Will work states still have rules when it comes to what is or is not a legal reason for firing; discrimination isn't the exclusive territory of that. Ask yourself, do you think firing someone for being unwilling to do unpaid labor for a company would be a legal, or illegal reason for firing someone? Bearing in mind that companies still have to document and catalog specifically why someone is being fired(ex: for unemployment insurance purposes) and if in the course of an investigation it's found that they likely lied about that reason, do you think that has stuff penalties, or doesn't have any at all? 🙃

@@kanderson-oo7us I don't think there are any states where you can be fired for insisting on working according to your employment contract? This is why everybody needs to join a union.

I don't think it's funny because I have had all of these same conversations and been harassed, gaslighted, and layed off with no warning every single time. Right now I am still going through this crap except now I have a union job which just makes the whole back and forth even more petty. Veronica is serious. It's her managers that are the joke.

unions suck. Its cronyism

Most of us have been there.😢😢

If you have to do conversations like this at a job its not worth keeping. Just find a new one.

It's not only US

I hear South Korea and Japan is horrible with work hours and expectations.

While this isn't a great thing, it's far worse in some countries.

You mean the generations before gen Z that put up with all the shit they put up with so they could earn a decent living? One that allowed little gen Z'ers to participate in extracurricular sports.. clubs.. etc? One that put food on the table so baby gen Z had something to eat 3 times a day? Previous generations did what was necessary to provide for their family. Stop making this a generational thing and see it for what it is. A rich vs poor.. boss vs employee thing. I don't know anyone in my 55 years on this planet who consciously chose to spend time at work rather than with their family without that choice providing a tangible benefit for their family. Myself... personally... I spent 20 years working myself to exhaustion for employers and family. It took a near death accident to make me realize that NO ONE in my life at the time valued ME for anything more than what they could get from me... so I quit them all.... and started working for myself. I was not put on this earth "for the benefit of others".

That’s right!!! And until we have some reform in the workplace with how salaried employees are paid for time beyond 40 hours a week, Weekends, and holidays… we have to be the Frontline for our own sanity

Is that even legal?

At that point just give you all a work phone it be cheaper lol

Every Veronica I've ever met already had another job lined up. It's called being the boss of your own life.

People with boundaries like Veronica are also usually very very good at their job...which is why they never just out right fire her after a clap back

I mean, you can't fire someone for not wanting to work for free on their free time, no matter how you think about it.

​@@rapidloving Yes, you can fire someone for not being willing to work outside biz hours. OR you can fire them for no official reason at all (but everyone knows why). It's called "at will employment"

​@@tunisiancrochetchannelor don't NEED to work

Being a Veronica gets you unemployment benefits.

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr ok. I could use the break! 🤣

@@carlyofearth I am not the entrepreneurial kind.

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@@jackseve pedantic of, relating to, or being a pedant a pedantic teacher 2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned a pedantic insistence that we follow the rules exactly Far worse, he was pedantic, pernickety, letting nothing inaccurate or of uncertain meaning go by-not an aphrodisiac quality. -Kingsley Amis 3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, DULL Pedantic song choices don't help any. Only 2 out of 10 songs stray from the most common classic-rock fodder. since we offering definitions willy-nilly to people who didn't ask for them.

@@deedrole5296*persnickety 😂

She has no grounds for a lawsuit, though. And unless this is a union job, they're free to fire her.

meaning........?

@@1ofakindgirl444 usually, when i've seen people challenge management like this , they either are now ineligible for promotion and/or one day they are just no longer with the company. Could be a week, could be a few months.

My response to that is usually there is a U in a word that starts with C and ends with unt.

@@tonycrayford3893 🤣🤣🤣

Wow, where are you working? I’ve seen most scenarios in the videos this channel produces. Granted, that’s almost 40 years of work experience, but I’ve seen many employers pull this crap.