Toodaloo

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LoeWhaley

4 ай бұрын

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@H3xx99 3 ай бұрын

Never be irreplaceable. It means you'll never get promoted.

@ElusiveTy 3 ай бұрын

Yes and no. It also means there's much more weight in requests. If someone is truly irreplaceable, they will be kept when the threat of them leaving arises.

@computerfan1079 3 ай бұрын

There's a balance

@thealgonquin5822 3 ай бұрын

@@ElusiveTynot necessarily. I could site several experiences.

@paulframe85 3 ай бұрын

Or they will just let you go and replace you with younger, cheaper staff and tell them the only way to succeed is to work long hours.

@annekekramer3835 3 ай бұрын

Why do you want a promotion in the first place? If you want a job higher up the ladder, simply apply for it (not necessary at the same company of course).

@vinalan6643 3 ай бұрын

Lol that was a choke slam of a point you made.

@Just_a_commenter 3 ай бұрын

Being expected to work outside the scope of your role and dedicating more of your life's limited hours to working than you're paid for is unreasonable. Management won't be in a hurry to promote bootlickers either, because if they do, no one will be around to clean their shoes. Act your wage, folks. Do it with dignity and tact, but don't be taken advantage of. c:

@simonharris4873 3 ай бұрын

Most professionals have those extra hours factored into their salary.

@timsmith1125 3 ай бұрын

The issues brought up in the presentation and the above comments also apply to other employment. Specifically, hourly employees in customer facing jobs deal with many collateral duties that often increase with little or no notice as well as no increase in pay. Work/life balance seems to have degenerated into a term that companies use to get you onboard, then the conversations depicted here happen on a regular basis. JMHO…

@tamarab6259 3 ай бұрын

Everytime I worked harder, used my time for work, it really never mattered or got me any further ahead than normal! Most people that are paying your salary, are just looking to get what they can, for less or nothing! I got so tired of making money for other people, at the expense of my exhausted body/mind & my free time, that I could've spent doing things w/ my kids, or making money on the side, for myself! If no one appreciates your hard work in return for raises, added insurance or vacation time, then STOP & do for yourself! Most people are already!

@CaribbeanLife101 3 ай бұрын

I love looking at your channel and being made aware of many many things concerning work and work hours.

@HariSeldon913 3 ай бұрын

Donna Sue had the 'work of four people' discussion with Brenda before. Feels like a long time since we've seen either of them.

@dragon_toad 24 күн бұрын

Yeah, I want to know what's happening with Project Poodles!

@sandradankowski6120 3 ай бұрын

This is true and sometimes we don't learn this perspective until many frustrating years later or after you quit.

@sholling007 3 ай бұрын

You nailed it. Back in the jurassic period I worked 12 hour day. 6 days a week and my new director kept encouraging me to reduce my hours. Finally, after a year he reminded me that reviews were coming up. He asked me if I wanted a raise and when I said yes, he said "then I don't want to see you more than 50 hours a week." He taught me that upper math will happily take advantage of dedicated exempt workers for as long as you put up with it.

@carnsoaks1 3 ай бұрын

Upper math. Like it, even if it is a typo.

@dovie2blue 3 ай бұрын

Upper management

@BoltRM 2 ай бұрын

Rare boss!

@MsUltrafox 3 ай бұрын

Why does her boss always want her to work 168 hours a week but only pay her for 40 hours a week? Pay more or hire more.

@Sneakysneaky88 3 ай бұрын

Because bad decisionmakers are a common thing in western adult life. \:3/

@saiyantwan 3 ай бұрын

in these skits it's usually not her boss but another coworker poking their nose in. that's why they talk about how they will be the one to get promoted

@simonharris4873 3 ай бұрын

Professionals don't have fixed hours, they get paid to do a job.

@simonharris4873 3 ай бұрын

@saiyantwan And they're probably right. Who would promote someone that's likely to down tools at 5:00 in the middle of a crisis?

@ariaflame-au 3 ай бұрын

@@simonharris4873 who would promote someone who seems to be so perpetually in crises that they can’t finish their work within their working hours?

@hildebecker2647 3 ай бұрын

"Cemeteries are full of people who thought they were irreplacable." That what we say in germany. And this is so true!

@jaketzi8816 3 ай бұрын

Here in Finland we do a "glass of water" test. Put your finger in the glass, almost full of water, and then pull it out. If there is a hole in the water, congratulations, you're irreplaceable.

@hildebecker2647 3 ай бұрын

@@jaketzi8816 Great! I have to bear that in mind. 😁

@BoltRM 2 ай бұрын

True story: a guy who was afraid to take vacations & always worked overtime without promotions, died of heart attack one day. He was replaced by 2 people each making what he was paid. Company didn't skip a beat.

@cynthiaoconnor7185 3 ай бұрын

I worked for a large group of gastroenterologists in OKC, with multiple offices across the metroplex. I balanced all data entries between our bank and the offices. I LOVED the job and did it for 12 years. Then, I had a Workers Comp injury with surgery and had to miss some work. When I returned, they made me a CSR, which I hated. They hired a new person who only lasted a few months. Then, our office manager was supposed to do the work. After 6 months (from the day the new hire started) my manager asked if I could catch up the paperwork so annual reports could be given to our CPAs. I did 6 months of work in 1 month. You'd think they'd be grateful but, NO. Instead of giving me my old position back, they hired 3 new people. Each one did 1 aspect of my job because they couldn't find someone to do the entire job.

@kittymarch8455 3 ай бұрын

This is the whole reason why organizations get bloated. They expand expectations to match the skills of current employees. When those employees leave, they can’t imagine cutting back on expectations, so they end up hiring multiple new people. If they focused on what did they actually need and not squeezing maximum work out of employees, they’d be in much better shape.

@zeffy._440 3 ай бұрын

Once again I love this woman keep the vids coming they are genuinely entertaining.

@68jroche 3 ай бұрын

If you work for nothing you'll always have a job.

@katiegibson1102 3 ай бұрын

This hurts so much because it's true. I am working a job I love but haven't got the promotion I've been wanting. I even filled in for that position for three months and then is was filled by some hired externally. It hurt so much when I was told that I was not a candidate for the position. I got burnt out because of all the pressure and now because of that burn out, I was placed on a PIP for "having a bad attitude at work".

@RoseRedRoseWhite 3 ай бұрын

having a bad attitude sounds indefensible at a labor board complaint hearing without evidence to back it up...id file the complaint.

@KeithHays-ek4vr 3 ай бұрын

You need to plan your excape. - Someone above you feels threatened by you, and will continue to keep you down. - It's time to start networking, and find a company with a better culture. - It's very important to be appreciated and respected in the workplace. The cream always floats to the top. 👍

@amberf6275 3 ай бұрын

time to get out, they're going to work you right out the door

@scottsmartky 3 ай бұрын

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but filing in for that higher position for 3 months without being in the final 2 people for the position was guaranteed to get you fired. Because that shows your bosses that you want to grow, but they don't want you to grow for the same reason Laura just demonstrated in this video. And once you start growing, you're either going to be a threat to them, or you're going to leave to get a better job somewhere else. Both of these will get you put on a PIP because they want to be spiteful and make you look bad to any new employers. It was a trap that a lot of people fall into. Hopefully, you'll find a new job immediately or get a bunch of dirt on the pos boss you angered and get them fired on the way out too.

@1slotmech 3 ай бұрын

time to go, dear.

@Drunkenvalley 3 ай бұрын

I do like that the last shot of the overworking coworker is one that's actually thinking it over.

@ComfyChaos 3 ай бұрын

This is why I refuse to take on a salaried position. Every person who is salaried that I know is expected to work minimum 60 hour weeks. And they don’t even get bonuses most of the time; those all go to the upper management at the top. I stick to hourly roles so I’ll make overtime for anything over 40 hours. Consequently, I am never hassled for working 40 hours on the dot. 😁

@yacaattwood2421 3 ай бұрын

Yes! A former coworker who now works at a different company recently told me that he was made hourly instead of salaried because the new management wanted him to have a better work-life balance (also because the company had been caught in some improprieties regarding salaried workers - many of those people were found to have worked 90+ hour weeks while being paid for 40) His manager approves overtime as necessary and cautions him against working too much overtime, which he’s paid for I worked quite a bit of overtime in my 41 years in Information Technology, being salaried exempt - my DBA position was outsourced in 2020, and I decided in early retirement; 41 years was enough

@chriscollingwood6650 3 ай бұрын

Any role where I would be "expected" to work beyond my 38 or 40 per week , had better ready to pay overtime rates for any work over those hours. Gotta love living in Australia

@iKit306 3 ай бұрын

It really comes down to the manager, as she's shown in other skits. I've been LUCKY, I will absolutely acknowledge that I have been *lucky*, but having been in a salaried role for going on a decade and none of my managers here have ever routinely expected me to exceed 40 hour work weeks. I have been asked a couple times to stay late to finish up a critical task/small project by as much as an hour... but in every one of those cases my manager understood and OFFERED to allow me to take offer early at the end of the week if I wanted to make up for the overage on those days.

@chriscooper654 3 ай бұрын

Amazing characterization in the role of the workaholic; she looks pole-axed! 🤣🤣🤣

@asliyase 3 ай бұрын

Yeah they had to hire 2 full-time personnel after I left my job, plus divided the rest of my work to 5 other people. The amount or quality of work they have is still not up there, although it has only been 5 months. Maybe they should have considered a salary increase and/or thought about how to create a safer company culture before it came to me resigning 😂 & now I am earning 6.9 times (yes, almost 7 times) what they were paying me, all while having healthier boundaries, more benefits, more support, and making a bigger impact with my job 😂 Not terribly sad that I worked there for 3 years, not terribly sad that I moved on.

@nodoboho 3 ай бұрын

Woo-hoo, good for you girl! Care to share how you made that big a leap in earnings?

@kasegiyabu5030 2 ай бұрын

I find your channel is very enlightening, in an entertaining way. More people need to understand the work-life balance, requiring employees to stand up for themselves.

@Feldae 3 ай бұрын

Toodaloo 🎉

@seekthetruth5440 Ай бұрын

Love u. Spot on every time. And the cup. Lmao.

@turquoise_sky 3 ай бұрын

This must be why I was just promoted to manager after 5 months at this job. I don’t work a minute early or a minute late. 🤣

@Bigweave74 3 ай бұрын

Time management is more important than dedication to volunteer work.

@delgada5803 3 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Love the toodaloos!😂 'Irreplaceable' is a belief until the sting happens of being passed up....or not and just let go. Always remember who will be bawling their eyes out at your funeral and be ready to move on from whatever job you've got without warning.

@OneAndOnlyMe 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love these videos! I'm a Xennial and my generation made a huge mistake in giving up far too much of our time to our employers for no way near enough return in compensation or job satisfaction. Gens Y, Z, and A please don't make our mistake.

@WildChinoise 3 ай бұрын

Hard workers (with good time management or not) never get promoted. Too difficult to replace, Its always the "look good in a suit people" that get the opportunity. Look at your management chain, they all look good in a suit, but aren't you always rolling your eyes about their lack of understanding about the work that needs to get done?

@marylynne9104 2 ай бұрын

I spent around 35 years working with people coming to the end of their life. Not one of them ever told me they wish they had spent more time at work.

@kmdsubs3148 3 ай бұрын

Did I miss a conclusion to the Brenda / project poodles story line? What happened to them?

@shim3212 3 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing!

@laurahadley2146 3 ай бұрын

I miss Donna Sue

@lesliemoiseauthor 3 ай бұрын

You did not miss it. She said she's going to get back to the storyline at some point.😊

@applesbighatranch6906 3 ай бұрын

These vignettes just keep getting better. And this latest "Toodaloo" was delivered with yet another distinct twist... and again, in perfection.

@tishoh 11 күн бұрын

You are a great actress!

@haseebz05 3 ай бұрын

Well said .

@Digetwizard 25 күн бұрын

Kinda reminds me of when my old supervisor retired. He trained me for years to do his job and when the time came to promote someone, they gave it to the biggest brown noser in the company who had been there less than a year.

@paulwhelan7105 3 ай бұрын

Excellent as always :) We were given one of those mugs as a gift a while back, and you were the reason it is now out of the cupboard!

@mickaeldesevepare6279 3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of when I was doing assembly and in a few months I was making the same number as some old school employees. When things went more slowly and my numbers weren't there it became a problem, even if I was making more that people with my experiences. I'll never give it all for a job anymore, I'm doing my job the best I can but at a regular speed. No company is worth this hassle.

@Lightwarrior555 3 ай бұрын

I love your videos 😊

@trenae77 3 ай бұрын

I’m feeling this and all the work I do is within my working hours. I’m just good at my job and good at solving problems.

@jamesmckenzie3532 20 күн бұрын

She hit the nail, square. Management won't promote people who can't get their assigned tasks done in the allotted time. I was well within limits but there are things you can't control. I was promoted twice and received multiple accolades from the customer. That resulted in more work for my customer and money in my pocket.

@user-lu6yg3vk9z 2 ай бұрын

Exactly. If you become to good in your position you become hard to replace in that role.

@MrLewis555 3 ай бұрын

Momma-Sue has made a come back I see :D

@NighDarke 3 ай бұрын

A friend is in this position now. They've dangled promotions for years but still haven't promoted her. They took one aspect of my friends job to lighten her load and ended up having to hire three people to handle it. They'd need god knows how many more to take on the rest of what she does and they realize that so she's never going to get that promotion.

@sheralync5854 3 ай бұрын

"we can't afford to promote you" isn't as uncommon as we'd like to think.

@joeholland9593 3 ай бұрын

They'll bring in someone from outside and pay them more than someone promoted from within. When it comes to nanagement, every ring leader wants his own clowns.

@Era515 3 ай бұрын

So true! A friend of mine sadly discovered this. She was an excellent worker for over 20 years in a job she loved as the assistant to the top guy. When he retired, the new guy brought in his own team. The worst part was she found this out from others! The new guy didn't even have the decency to tell her first. He waffled for several months prior to the change as to his plans. She got moved to a position in another department that she hated, so she took her skills elsewhere where she was appreciated.

@BobSmith-mc7uq 3 ай бұрын

Love when the employer says "We need to get this work done NOW for the good of the company & the customer to keep all of us working." What they are really saying is work extra hard for no more money so we can profit off your gullibility/stupidity! "Don't clock in yet, we will take care of you.... wink wink." Here's a $10 gift certificate to Subway for the the 30 hours overtime, off the clock you kicked in for the last 2 weeks! Thanks for being a team worker! Your dedication will be noticed by upper management.

@SongOfSongsOneTwelve 3 ай бұрын

And that is actually illegal. They cannot have you working for no wages.

@BobSmith-mc7uq 3 ай бұрын

@@SongOfSongsOneTwelve Illegal..YES! Many employers do this & get away with it everyday. Many people fear of losing their job if they don't comply. Others think they will make POINTS.

@CodeScrubber 2 ай бұрын

@@BobSmith-mc7uq (US Specific) Illegal only if the worker is "non-exempt" (hourly). Perfectly OK for us "exempt" folks. I carry the keychain they gave us for the 6 months of 80 hour weeks for getting a death march software project done. I will also carry around regrets about things I ignored in my personal life in that time period to the grave with me.

@MicheleLein 3 ай бұрын

this was my manager I had at a retail store in the 90s. She tried to get every employee to work over 8 hours if needed.

@artiom7568 3 ай бұрын

If you are very efficiency in your job and in your task, it is not a good idea for you boss to risk to promote you 😅 Hé Will never replace at the same cost you

@simonharris4873 3 ай бұрын

So a store manager who gets his store running really well will never get promoted to an area supervisor in charge of many stores? That doesn't sound right.

@kristentaylor5359 3 ай бұрын

hell, most days 4 hours in the day is enough for me to complete my work and I'm not complaining

@debbeasher-k4764 3 ай бұрын

This is true! They just keep giving you extra work & promote others.😢 Experience. Great example!!🎉🎉❤😊

@stanleyo7140 3 ай бұрын

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!!!

@sidewinder3434 3 ай бұрын

Good point ! So funny . Toodaloo ! 🤣🤣🤣

@KaitCervi 3 ай бұрын

This concept was in another video recently, and it highlights such a great point.

@saiyantwan 3 ай бұрын

this is why you act your wage

@UnimatrixOne 3 ай бұрын

Very good point that a lot of people usually forget!

@vivicansing 3 ай бұрын

oh this is your best one yet

@arakwar 2 ай бұрын

"Or it will go to people who knows how to handle priorities and make sure to finish their job within budget and time".

@shawnthompson1354 2 ай бұрын

Management will just keep expecting you to work hard but give u nothing.

@tiarun392 3 ай бұрын

Well, that is food for thought but must be heartbreaking for the person realising just how much they created a problem for themselves. I feel their struggle. Just focusing on work and dedicating yourself to it, means you start overlooking other things and then, realise years after, just what life could have been the other way round or at least with better balance what it would have looked like. I am still at the beginning of my career but I definitely asked around in hopes of not doing that. Regrets are not going to help anyone

@w056007568 3 ай бұрын

In many cases in my experience internal promotion in an organisation is realistically a joke on you personally. - If you want promotion and / or a higher salary move organisations.

@asliyase 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, this was maybe not so much the case in the past, but nowadays it’s pretty true.

@drewmur 3 ай бұрын

Also, I would rather have an employee that can properly manage their time. You want people that work smarter not harder.

@emiljunstrand 3 ай бұрын

I am not a sucker for comebacks, but that was so sharp and flip-the-tables that I felt it.

@osamaal-humaimidi1481 3 ай бұрын

Waiting for the day that overworking side realizes her mistake and finally admits she was wrong for licking the corporate boot

@Grabthar191 3 ай бұрын

She's wants that promotion for ALLLL the wrong reasons. The portrayal of the coworker is the type of person who is looking for the promotion to have power over others.

@Crazychickenlady448 3 ай бұрын

I have never been afraid of working for my paycheck, but it being implied that I am lazy or not serious about my job because I don't put in my personal time is one of my biggest pet peeves. I don't see corporate helping me out around the house so I can make it to extra meetings or do online training off the clock. They aren't expected to or called lazy for that choice, why is it different for me? 🤷

@jaelle7113 3 ай бұрын

This one is the best one yet.

@blah23865 3 ай бұрын

I currently working at retail, it make me realise setting boundaries with your coworker is important and act according to my salary because I'm YES person but want to change it. And wish me luck finding new job (management suck)

@yippee8570 3 ай бұрын

I love that mug! That was a boss move at the end🤣

@MrKrupp42 3 ай бұрын

Class!!

@katb6989 3 ай бұрын

This is so true. I learned it the hard way.

@ralphparker 2 ай бұрын

One thing is for sure, just because you are a good hard working employee does not guarantee you will be promoted.

@qinwudi7744 3 ай бұрын

at 73 there isnt a day go by when I dont remember a bad boss or bad coworker so I know your right about much of the stuff on your channel. I hope you find a way to remove yourself from abuses as the memories dont ever go away. Maybe move to the Hebridies and knit sweaters or something.

@BarbaraGodin 3 ай бұрын

The grave yard is full of people who thought they were indispensable. I have never gotten a promotion when I worked for free

@marthag7287 3 ай бұрын

Love this

@markmccombes7874 3 ай бұрын

Regularly working extra hours just to do your job means you are either incompetent or overworked.

@HazFrostYT 3 ай бұрын

I never thought about it that way, wow. Guess more is less!

@moxie8714 3 ай бұрын

I find reflections of myself in far too many of your videos recently...

@OIII-IOOO 3 ай бұрын

wow what a great point. i never thought of it like that.

@ameliareimers9047 3 ай бұрын

Been there and done that!🤦‍♀️. I asked for an increase and was told no, left and my job was divided up between three people!

@MultiSteveB 2 ай бұрын

Way to plant that seed of thought in the brain! :D

@power4things 3 ай бұрын

By the time the teacher's pet and the golf-players are done being rewarded, there's not many positions or promotions to be filled. Did I forget the guy/boss who takes credit for your work?

@sagenebula 3 ай бұрын

I like your videos and have started incorporating some of your professional speech into my own workplace etiquette, but if I could offer a bit of youtube advice? I notice that you often title your videos the exact same thing, which makes it difficult to differentiate between them. While some of your videos do cover the same topic, it still might help if you can come up with original titles for each video to at least make them stand out from one another, so that it's easier to discern when a video is new to the viewer or not. Because if it wasn't for the timestamp, I would have assumed I already saw this "Toodaloo" video since I've seen so many other videos called "Toodaloo" from your channel. Just a suggestion!

@parametr 3 ай бұрын

Aaaanndd, it's funny because it's true (crying a little bit for my past self until I realised this)

@LannisterKing 3 ай бұрын

love the mug

@peters1927 3 ай бұрын

I like that Toodaloo

@jlammetje 3 ай бұрын

hahaha, I love the mug

@fefnireindraer144 3 ай бұрын

This is 100% true. Never 'go above and beyond' and don't be fooled by the 'because you have pride in your job' to do more than they pay you for.

@lowermichigan4437 3 ай бұрын

They will just hire from the outside. Maybe in a low cost country. Have you train the others.

@antoinettemitchell2888 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤correct.

@hiimabot8937 3 ай бұрын

*thinking in corporate* couldn't be any truer

@TheChamp789 2 ай бұрын

This is very true - if I do the work of two people, why would the company hire an additional person? Now if I can only figure out how to put that into practice.... ;)

@Graeaeae 3 ай бұрын

Toodaloo Edna!

@user-gr6rn3un8y 3 ай бұрын

Always enjoy your sketch ❤❤❤

@alisakvasha3088 3 ай бұрын

I am crying over this.... Wish I got to this mindset before I burned out at my job, and being promoted to a position I was not properly supported at, thus, I hadn't stayed there much longer. Now, there are at least 4 people I know of in place of a single me

@BigPouge 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant and sadly true

@shoshanna8475 3 ай бұрын

I worked like a dog - it never trumps politics...

@oo_r18_oo 3 ай бұрын

❤❤

@lockhartstewart9179 3 ай бұрын

The company I work for is all about that dollar. We have had several people quit, mainly because of the workload. This workload is passed onto the people left increasing their workload. We are down 4 engineers now and losing more. Management will not listen.

@cyberxshinobi5621 3 ай бұрын

Too-Da-Loo!

@victoriavale9902 3 ай бұрын

I wish someone had said this to me 30 years ago.

@MilqueAndToast 3 ай бұрын

"What takes you 10 to 12 hours to complete only takes me 5, or 8 on an off day, so I have a decent chance at a promotion, I think." -What I said to a coworker, once. She tried to punch me and got fired, lmao.

@artiom7568 3 ай бұрын

Never be at 200 % of your capacity😂 it is not a future situation

@william7546 3 ай бұрын

I heard this smart thing this week about management and the reason they are so incompetent. Step 1 perform well Step 2 get promoted, Step 3 rinse and repeat until you reach a position in which you struggle or underperform Step 4 done, you have reached your level of incompetence. Now make your staff miserable and pretend you know what you are doing

@kraycrunr 3 ай бұрын

Sure would be nice if these cutesy, smarmy tips actually worked and didn’t end up getting people instantly canned but you’re having fun playing superior, so you just have fun. Toddle dung to you.

@SongOfSongsOneTwelve 3 ай бұрын

Toddle dung you too😂

@kraycrunr 3 ай бұрын

@@SongOfSongsOneTwelve douche