Wolfs

Shane’s like the wolf of Walmart

How the fuck did Shane ever think West Point was going to work out 🤣

Shane legitimately sounds like a nightmare to work with.

6:54 "Man I could've avoided that with maybe one uncomfortable conversation." Hoooo boy do I feel that!

One of those saleswomen in Walmart once tried to flag me down and I just said “sometimes when I wipe my butt, I spit on the paper first and it feels good” and she just walked away

Nobody tells you how draining it is to be fake 8 hours a day lol

Literally listening to this on my lunch break at a cable company where I stare at a screen and talk on the phone all day. This was actually pretty comforting, I'm one of those people who's here to just grind it out because I have some big life goals I need the money for, and the only way I can keep it going is to do good work that I stand by, not for the company, for myself.

“It’s a very female response, no offense to your bitch” LMFAOOOOOO 💀💀

I work at a Dollar Store and everyday I walk in like should I just blow my head off up in this joint 😂😂

,for 8 yrs I barbacked, cooked, kitchen managed, bartended, bar managered and did HVAC on the side because that's my main trade. Constantly training people for them to get enough money to get high then never show up. and that bar job. The grind is real in the real world. Much love to the ones who escaped

I work in a shop as a machinist making locomotive engines. It's ok. A shop is definitely better than an office. Nobody really bothers you in a big shop. It's super easy to just dissappear for awhile if you want to.

I was at the Texas State Fair and I remember this one black saleswoman who was doing a very good presentation at trying to sell whatever she was selling but it was bs and nobody bought it. She even drew a large crowd of people that just wanted to hear her pitch. She then preceded to break down in front of us.

Wishing a blessed new year to every single one of the lovely dogs

These are all the reasons i drive tractor trailers. Im not capable of being in an office, everyday the same building, the same annoying people, the same soul crushing task. Now i just drive around listening to mssp and smoking cigarettes all day and make 2x as much

i cant stop laughing at this fuckin thumbnail lmao. bless up peepop

Shane's method of being brutally honest with customers really does work. I ended up being great at sales but couldn't stand the work. Thank god it's been quite some time since I've had a job I hated like that.

Matt's laugh just brightens my day lol

What I found in my experience is the "office job" in all it's fluorescent, grey abysmal atmosphere can be handled with creative ways to instill your own character into the environment. Pictures/posters/light music/radio/dumb games and gossip offer just enough of an aesthetic shimmer to get through each day. The real enemy is the "office culture". Now THATS the sh*t that melts your soul if you stay longer than a month or two. My favorite example is the emotional vampires from "What we do in the Shadows, specifically Colin (not saying his last name on purpose)

Dude their sales stories are spot on. I worked in the sports advertising industry for like 2 months and holy shit was it bad. After 300 cold calls a day I wanted to blow my brains out, literally selling bullshit to people with 0 return on their investment. Made two sales and literally felt horrible about it because these were small mom and pop businesses and we were trying to get 5-6 figures out of them. I looked more into the company and realized how we were scamming these poor people out of money and lying to get their business. Quit immediately after my second sale

The wolf of peepop street

18:53 "No offense to your bitch." 🤣

I work 12 hrs shifts at a yarn factory. 2nd day on. I was like wow. My job could really be replaced with a robot arm in 5 years

I've never been mored depressed at my office job lmao

Ohh my God, I worked for this company nearly identical to the one Shane mentioned called Power Home Remodeling Group where a bunch of mostly 20 something's (the marketers) would set up "free estimates" for roofing, siding and windows. They would roam Home Depot's, BJ's Wholesale Clubs or get dropped off in neighborhoods going door to door looking to schedule a "quick free estimate". I worked in sales and 9 times out of 10, id get sent to some poor family's home at dinner time, where I'd be essentially forced to put them through a 2-3 hour "estimate", which was obviously just a drawn out sales pitch. It was fuckin awful. Once id get to the end of the pitch, if I wasn't kicked out of the home, I'd give the homeowner a ridiculously inflated estimate, good for a year, but if they bought right now, I could give them a heavily discounted price, that was still wildly expensive (the windows were good quality, energy efficient at least). Once the owner declined the one time offer, the move was to say you were going to step outside to speak with your manager to see about lowering the price (we could drop the price by as much as 20 or 30% off the one time price, but the training mandates small decreases after each time they declined). This call with the manager was simply him giving the salesman (there was at least 100 people at my branch, not a single female) lines/tips for closing the sale. The entire premise of this sales pitch being to wear out and exhaust the mark until the give in and buy. I gave this job a shot for a few weeks before I had to quit. I remember getting two sales calls one evening. Both of them 50+ miles from my home, 50+ miles apart, having both of the people being super annoyed it wasn't a simply estimate and quitting. The biggest issue being that the marketers worked on commission for every estimate they set. So they would straight up lie to people and say the estimate would only take 20-30 mins, totally fucking the sales people. Man, what an experience that fuckin place was. I recommend people checking the reviews for Power from former employees and the homeowners. Wild stuff.

I used to be a licensed plumber and now I do the office side of it. So lots of florescent lights and just the most boring administration type work you can imagine. Thanks for the Pod bros.

i love this. i feel the exact same way about everything they mentioned here.

I bought a used car from a GM dealer and managed to talk them down a couple grand on the asking price. They didn’t seem too annoyed by it, until I refused to buy their warranty. The finance guy was absolutely pissed. Clearly that’s how they make up the discounts they give on asking price.

I'm an army recruiter and this spoke to me on a deep, deep level

the perspective these guys are giving are to real

I literally switched peoples tv service with all providers for years. Matt and Shane hit the nail on the head about that role

Im totally gonna steal "you might wanna thunk those shotgun shells in the chamber". hahahaha

16:39 hits hard… “Can you imagine working all day and coming home to shitty diapers and a shitty environment worse than work” Why yes, yes I can, it’s called being the father of newborn twins and it’s about 5-10x shittier than you can imagine

Shane literally did adult cutco.

I've spent the last 10 years in sales and had so many similar experiences, stuck it out and now I have a great company with a service that people actually need

cant believe that I still remember these episodes.

I am a dentist and I do the exact same thing as shane. I feel so guilty “selling” things to patients. If you want the treatment, here is what it costs and I am making about this much off it. If you don’t want the treatment I will go read in my office. Win win for me

i toughed it out in a cubicle since grad. i'm 40 now and a millionaire. i can trade stocks, and have bought real estate while sitting here. stay strong my cubicle dawgs.

I do work from home sales - single dad with two toddlers at home. Sales is the best dawgs build so many other skills

These are my people

That’s always my issue working a full time job. I have my own little business that I enjoy so much more than a corporate job. Still working full time and have my business on the side but I hope to hop out of my 8-5 someday.

Shout out Scuffed Realtor with Nick Rochefort for home buying advice

Listening to this while at my office job lol

I was working at a Hyundai dealership right before the pandemic. Was salesman of the month a few times. Decent money. But one day I just had that feeling Matt is talking about. Woke up like yea this is my last day. There was a wave of exhilaration sitting in front of the manager telling him I was done.

I quit my pointless job. And created a business that’s pointless. Idk what I’m doing… but it’s working

Hoping that I get to have this conversation one day. “Look at these bums with jobs, must be so sad”

Funny listening to this as a pack up to go live out of a car again cuz im bored with life.

Still some of the best stuff on the podcast is when Shane rips on Matt for being stoned. "Wha-wha-whoooaa dude!"

"No Offence to your Bitch" New favorite Shane quote. 18:53

Isn't it so odd that those that give 100% at their shit jobs, every day, don't get ahead, but those that barely try or give a crap end up being successful somehow?

i have 1.5 year peddling windows, doors, roofs, and pergolas at walmarts!

the angst does not go away

Pickup hunting “accidents” 😂😂😂

12:45 alright, he got me good with that one 😄

5:40 The existential angst is still there when you have kids. The reason just makes you feel more trapped.

I had this guy come in to give an estimate for new windows in the house (my wife called and scheduled this without talking to me) So let this guy go through measure do his thing for like an hour or 2 and then im cooking dinner for the kids and he walks in to give me the price. “So it’ll be 300k but we’ve got a deal Going that’ll bring it down to 225k” I laughed out loud so hard and told him to get the fuck out lol

If you do well as a telemarketer or a bathroom remoldel salesmen you may have no soul 😂

Finding this podcast earlier this year healed the hole that HH left in my heart. Long live the dawgs ❤

Oh man I worked at your remodeling guys with shane Shane told me to come see his act at boomerangs. I was stunned at first and unsure if he was serious or just messing with me but when i saw him live i laughed my ass off. Catch you at the Sierra Madre😂

Currently listening to this at my pointless job

So sitting at my desk listening to this is depressing lol

The Bull of Ballstreet

6 months is all i can get thru too 😂

Having kids doesn't make the existential dread of working go away.

Here I am scooping out poop of the litter boxes for old people in a nursing home as a job

I’m fairly certain I worked at the same company Matt is describing in Philly when I was in my early 20’s lol.

SHANE IS CHAOTIC GOOOOOD

I started car sales this week i feel douchie already lmao,wish me luck

Can anyone else tell the difference between old Shane voice and new Shane voice? I can’t unhear it now

“No offense to your bitch” -Shane 😂😭😂😭

My entire life is basically just work a 9-5 for six months... not spend any money, just save up like 5k... and then be unemployed for 6 months

A, B, G, A- ALWAYS B-BE G-GOOPING ALWAYS BE GOOPING

Its a good thing shane gillis is funny. Only construction job I ever had was awesome because of my coworkers

I used to work at this call centre that sold monthly subscriptions to a service that entered people into like, name brand promotional giveaways and competitions. It was a total scam. The script we used even included a fake laugh we had to do every time. Did not make one sale.

I Now Need a Gold Toilet.

Hot damn! Hearing Shane talk about selling cars just made me realize why he's funny. Hes a real American Man. Salute

Wow my life is so much better in comparison. Thanks guys

I love my 9 to 5

Yeahh I used to work for an internet company as a telemarketer for them so this one hit a little too close to home lmfaoo

Bro I did actually switch my power company with a dude standing at Walmart haha I was like yo actually I do need to switch

Listening from my job.

I did the same thing when I bought my truck, I told the dude I will buy this truck if it’s this price or I’ll find another.. so it’s up to you if you want to sell it or not.

I have a terribly shitty job with zero work and life balance, and I’m applying at sales positions to have LESS stress, and then I listen to this haha

I watched “Glenn Gary Glenn Ross” and that made me get a job selling Kirby vacuums for 6 months. It was commission only so it was the worst job ever when I didn’t sell any… but when I sold one , that shit was better than sex 😂 that job made me smoke cigarettes

I read have truck make 3000 a week. So i went in. Drove around all day with a guy who lied about demonstrating generators and couldn't reship them cause they put gas in them. Only went to old people. He dropped his equipment on a ancient couple and got in the truck and said they bought the sizzle not the steak and I quit right there.

shanes really just a central pa dawg that made it.

Damn this one had me introspective af lmao I sell solar door 2 door and bring in a little over 200k and I love it. Felt like Gilly was clowning me tho lmao

My first job was doing market research surveys over the phone and it was by far the worst god damned thing I've ever had to do. They would give us bulk data of peoples names and numbers, so often we would be calling people at like 9:30 PM asking them to do surveys and we couldn't break from the script for any reason. I got one survey finished the whole 3 months I worked there.

As a former 6 month Sunrun salesperson, this is fucking gold

Lol I'm one of those home depot sales guys right now. I'm the HVAC guy😂. Its easier to make sales when it's something you need

When those guys try to get in my way to make a sale I just yell at them now, “I ALREADY BOUGHT IT.” They usually get startled and turn away.

Mannnn boredom is the worst part of my office job. But youtube and not giving a fuck will see you through.

damn, working from home with this on is chinese water torture

This is even better bc I live in York Pa hahah

God this makes me happy I love my job

I’m in sales, but absolutely love my job, plus no cold calls, only rich people with nice cars calling me to buy stuff, it’s chill here too.

There’s sales people at Walmart who give me weird vibes so I just walk past them. One of them demanded I tell her the phone company I was with and I was just like “idk what that is” and kept walking.

i worked for home depot interiors in the warehouse, which stocked the materials for the jobs that shane is taking about. i knew a bunch of salesmen like him and they were always my favorites, but couldn’t sell for shit and lasted 1 month.

No. That existential angst does not go away. You just lose the ability to walk away once you have kids lol

The Wolf of Lads Street