How managers use salary schemes to blackmail employees 🤣

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  • @lecafeharicot
    @lecafeharicot 3 місяці тому +558

    A manager's worst nightmare: One that knows math very well and wiser than them.

    • @silentexcorcist453
      @silentexcorcist453 3 місяці тому

      I don't think u ever held a job b4

    • @nashooo5903
      @nashooo5903 3 місяці тому

      You think that making a division counts as being good at math? 😢

    • @kawaiimombear
      @kawaiimombear 2 місяці тому

      ​@@nashooo5903 Being good means being *quick* at it. My husband can do math like me, but he does it instantly.
      I gotta break out paper, pencil, and an abacus 😂
      Haha God bless ✌️

    • @nashooo5903
      @nashooo5903 Місяць тому

      @@kawaiimombear being good at math means being good at math. Being quick at math means being quick at math. IDK why you want to mix both.
      Also the latter is not really an useful skill, most of the time you'll still be slower and less accurate than someone with a calculator. And everyone carries a calculator lol.

    • @OldSkullSoldier
      @OldSkullSoldier Місяць тому

      @@nashooo5903 In my peak of math speed I was faster than people with calculators on + - * ad /. And back then people used calculators. If they had to firstly take their phones and start app it would be even easier. On the other hand it lasted while it lasted, now I'm not a teenager with that flexible mind anymore.
      Still being fast is good as I can skip putting some calculations in Excel or calculator as I do then in my mind. So I am faster still and it's good to be fast.
      Problem with being good at math is that like 99% of advanced mathematics you just need to learn methods and algorithms by heart and just practice them and combine them, it has almost nothing to do with basic algebra.

  • @abxorb
    @abxorb 3 місяці тому +608

    Classic manager move: not admitting to their mistakes or bullshit, but instead just doubling down and gaslighting employees by yapping about "prestige".

    • @scottburton509
      @scottburton509 3 місяці тому +25

      "Prestige" doesn't pay the bills.

    • @abxorb
      @abxorb 3 місяці тому +6

      @@scottburton509 Was thinking the exact same thing, and probably would've been what I would reply to a manager in such a case.

    • @HipposHateWater
      @HipposHateWater 3 місяці тому +19

      "But you'll get exposure!"
      "People die from exposure."

    • @TC-th1ey
      @TC-th1ey 3 місяці тому +6

      There is no mistake. Companies make more profit from you getting paid less, so or course they're going to pay you the minimum they can.

    • @JoybuzzerX
      @JoybuzzerX 3 місяці тому +1

      They didnt make a mistake. They know what they're doing.
      Bosses try to bank on your ego.

  • @hobbes2555
    @hobbes2555 3 місяці тому +194

    Prestige doesnt pay my bills, money does.

  • @RebekahAmberClark
    @RebekahAmberClark 3 місяці тому +94

    "prestige" has the same energy as wanting a freelancer to work "for exposure"

  • @alexisgrunden1556
    @alexisgrunden1556 3 місяці тому +213

    "Veronica, I'm confused..."
    'Yah, no sh*t; you didn't expect me to be able to do math!'

    • @lukas8708
      @lukas8708 3 місяці тому

      exacly. You have no idea how they think a blue collar employee is an uneducated dumbo who can't think on the fly and do the math.

  • @1anastudent
    @1anastudent 3 місяці тому +200

    The manager is convinced because she's salary. She doesn't want to admit she made the mistake

  • @americandissident9062
    @americandissident9062 22 дні тому +1

    “I’m confused…”
    The only correct response to that is “You’re not confused at all. You know exactly what’s going on here.”

  • @alhla
    @alhla 3 місяці тому +78

    Yup. A manager tried that on me. A “salary” and a “title” promotion - would have been less $. I declined and stayed hourly. Made more money that way as they still need me to work the longer hours. Worked for me.

    • @OldSkullSoldier
      @OldSkullSoldier Місяць тому +1

      Manager tried something similar on me: I was on salary and they insisted me to go on contract. But on contract I would (after paying all extra costs) receive hourly like 5% more, be stripped of most of my retirement contribution and had unsymetrical notice period: I would have to give it 6 months prior and then could give me one month. 6 Months would render me almost impossible to get a better job. I would have to resign and then search in blind.
      What was strange is that manager really didn't understand my point of view.

  • @hungryowl1559
    @hungryowl1559 3 місяці тому +79

    Lol i used the math trick on my last boss. The look on a bosses face when you break down the math and compare percentages.

  • @khyrodon
    @khyrodon 3 місяці тому +120

    Once got a £20 a month raise. That’s less than £1 pound a day. When I told my boss I was disappointed in the raise, she said “money wasn’t everything.”
    It’s amazing how managers can sell you crap and expect you to be grateful.
    Wish I had this kind of sass when I worked there. Veronica is awesome.

    • @wherethetatosat
      @wherethetatosat 2 місяці тому +3

      Ask them if they're getting bonuses and then remind them that "money isn't everything".

    • @radioactiveassassin5218
      @radioactiveassassin5218 Місяць тому +1

      Should've asked them "If money isn't everything what is the rest of it?"

  • @evanlucas8914
    @evanlucas8914 3 місяці тому +28

    Reminder, you don't need to be blue collar to unionize. Don't let them tell you office workers can't be unionized. Even salaried employees can unionize.

    • @davidhingst7063
      @davidhingst7063 Місяць тому

      You don’t need a union to stand up for yourself like in this video.

    • @dorktime4526
      @dorktime4526 Місяць тому

      ​@@davidhingst7063 Unions are great because they stand up for you so you don't have to stand up for yourself every dang day. Managers won't even try this stuff if they know you're in a union because Unions usually have legal representation at no cost to members. Wouldn't you rather just do your job in peace and never have to deal with any of this bs?

    • @americandissident9062
      @americandissident9062 22 дні тому

      The problem is that we can’t just conjure a union out of thin air. I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a union in my state and no one even wants to discuss it with me.

  • @davidhamilton676
    @davidhamilton676 3 місяці тому +128

    The prestige thing is funny.
    There used to be. Because it meant you were actually full time. Like, for boomers, meant you'd probably work there til you were dead. Pension. Vacation.
    Now all of that has been stripped over the last 40 years.

    • @kailianglf2
      @kailianglf2 3 місяці тому +9

      RIP defined benefit.

  • @chakinabox
    @chakinabox 3 місяці тому +12

    I'm going to pay SPECIAL attention to my next advancement becuase of this!

  • @GD0nly
    @GD0nly 3 місяці тому +32

    This goes right along with "We're giving you a title increase. We thought that you've taken on some more responsibilities in your role, so we've upgraded your title. No, that's it, just the title."

    • @dorktime4526
      @dorktime4526 Місяць тому

      Use that title to go somewhere else for the raise you should have gotten.

  • @markushaahr9194
    @markushaahr9194 3 місяці тому +5

    I’d love to follow Veronica’s adventures. She’s a hero for the working class.

  • @TheCart54321
    @TheCart54321 3 місяці тому +9

    Lady didn’t know she hired someone competent😂

  • @mew2.025
    @mew2.025 3 місяці тому +35

    The correct amount for them to pay her for the position change to salaried is $122,500 or more. The reason for than number is that if she were to keep her current pay rate at hourly while working 60 hours a week, then she would also be getting 20 hours of overtime at time and a half. If you multiply her hourly rate by 40 plus the time and a half for the 20 hours for 52 weeks, then you get the number I gave above. Anything more than than would be a genuine increase.

    • @anandsharma7430
      @anandsharma7430 2 місяці тому +1

      Though I've not checked your numbers, this is the correct way of calculating a raise. This comment needs to be pinned.

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit Місяць тому

      ​@anandsharma7430 Yall misunderstanding the motive. It's not about rewarding her hard work or some other nonsense. It's about getting costs down. Now that she's refused they'll begin pressuring her to go salary and failing that they'll find a way to get rid of her

    • @mew2.025
      @mew2.025 Місяць тому

      @@FantomMisfit from the employer's perspective that makes sense but you're effectively taking a pay cut to become salaried. My argument is that from the workers perspective it's not worth it to become salaried if you take a pay cut and work more hours. It's only worth it if you are still making that same amount you would have made of you worked all those hours as an hourly worker.

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit Місяць тому

      @mew2.025 Oh I agree I'm just saying that's their motive Edit: They're effectively trying to trick you

    • @mew2.025
      @mew2.025 Місяць тому +1

      @@FantomMisfit oh I understand now. I thought you were saying she should take the "promotion" because if she didn't they'll be more likely to fire her.

  • @mentalhealthadvocateforcas4012
    @mentalhealthadvocateforcas4012 3 місяці тому +4

    Prestige is code word for more work😂

  • @zero00044
    @zero00044 Місяць тому +4

    When employers don't understand that the only reason people work, is money. Nobody really cares about status, unless it comes with at least twice the hourly pay. I can also guarantee that nobody cares about pizza parties or special work events. We'd all rather just have that money put into our paychecks. Lol

  • @francisweller839
    @francisweller839 3 місяці тому +48

    One minute old, but it’ll still be a clean video 5 years from now.
    Also this is too on point. That’s why I love the Veronica series

  • @ionutcriveanu7019
    @ionutcriveanu7019 3 місяці тому +34

    This is a new one I wasn't aware of. Disguising a new disadvantageous contract as a "raise" because technically it is a PAY raise, it's just that the work hours are raised significantly more. Wtf.

    • @ZACKRISTIC
      @ZACKRISTIC Місяць тому +1

      Overall, you are getting more money yearly, it’s just that the trade off is you’re working more hours, which takes time away from other things in your life, like for example, others what you could be making even more money

  • @jabba0975
    @jabba0975 3 місяці тому +30

    Your managerial powers don't work on me, girl. Muah-ha-ha!

  • @feywinterfox9630
    @feywinterfox9630 3 місяці тому +9

    Salary is a funny thing. I say that because some people get bump to Salary pay and suddenly have the amazing freedom of not having to work weekends, overtime, can take off regardless of what time a day it is so long as THEIR work is "done" and even have magical unlimited vacation/PTO time. Meanwhile other people get bumped up to Salary and suddenly it's the Old Schoo, "You get paid more money because you work longer hours", Suddenly you are the first and last person in the building, anything that needs covering regardless of how big or small it is you have to cover, and so on and so on, etc, etc! I don't know I just find it funny how Salary works totally different for some people.

  • @nancys5547
    @nancys5547 Місяць тому +1

    Our top department manager recently mentioned how being salaried is not all it’s cracked up to be. It was so hard not to point out that she chose it. A few years ago, two young managers were complaining about the 60 hr schedules. I told them they needed to keep quiet around the rest of us, because at least they knew how much they were taking home every week. The rest of us had just been cut back and given inconsistent hours for the holidays.

  • @sierraj7480
    @sierraj7480 Місяць тому +3

    Sorry but my landlord dont accept prestige as payments 😂

  • @kevingriffin3628
    @kevingriffin3628 3 місяці тому +2

    Never ever take a salaried job for anything below upper management.

  • @KaiTakApproach
    @KaiTakApproach Місяць тому +1

    They promote people mostly based on their abilities to be gaslit or to commit gaslighting. Hence why most managers act genuinely shocked when some employees call them out on gaslighting.
    TLDR; corporations are nests of the psychologically dangerous.

  • @tristenj1992
    @tristenj1992 3 місяці тому +32

    I keep seeing reuploads of these Veronica skits with different animations but I don't ever see any credit to the original person who made these.
    I don't even KNOW who originally made these. It's all a jumble of reuploads at this point

    • @jasonp4599
      @jasonp4599 3 місяці тому

      She is.

    • @Robertws
      @Robertws 3 місяці тому +5

      It's @Customerserviceadvice . It's the link in the title of the vid (though they aren't always creditied)

  • @LK2.O
    @LK2.O 3 місяці тому +3

    Anytime i hear salary i hear forced overtime

  • @t900HAWK
    @t900HAWK 2 місяці тому +1

    Same thing happened to me haven’t worked salary in a few years I always budget before I accept anything now

  • @djtrac3r935
    @djtrac3r935 3 місяці тому +44

    Im invested in this veronica character now

  • @Jomster777
    @Jomster777 3 місяці тому +5

    When they punish hard work with more hard work

  • @BooDotBoo
    @BooDotBoo 3 місяці тому +8

    You really think people want to take pay cuts with added work? I don't care what "title" I gain; I want the pay I would be owed. I can't pay bills with a title, lol.

  • @shijoejoseph2011
    @shijoejoseph2011 3 місяці тому +9

    Prestige does not pay, and mental sanity comes first. Ergo, good Sir / Madam, keep thine prestige and begone from mine humble sight post-haste!

  • @BillZBubb
    @BillZBubb 3 місяці тому +3

    I once had a coworker that was forcibly transferred to a field office for three months every year. The transfer came with a title change and a high salary (changed from a mediocre wage). This annual three month stint also coincided with the busy harvest period when 12+ hours per day, 7 days a week, were typical. After the harvest was complete and there was no need for such long work days, he would be transferred back to the home facility and resume a lesser title with the crappy wage.

  • @donnavictorian579
    @donnavictorian579 3 місяці тому +8

    ❤ I love Veronica. She keeps it real all the time!! ❤️👍🏿

    • @RiadhGharbi-cf1sz
      @RiadhGharbi-cf1sz 3 місяці тому

      veronica is our shower thoughts, what everyone hope they could tell their managers if they were 100 honest

  • @whoopshaha
    @whoopshaha 3 місяці тому +5

    This is the fifth time I’ve seen this clip drawn differently

    • @sathdk79
      @sathdk79 3 місяці тому

      Piggy backers. The original creator found some success and an audience

  • @marvalice3455
    @marvalice3455 3 місяці тому +1

    Prestige is for people who have their needs met

  • @davidkermes376
    @davidkermes376 3 місяці тому +7

    can you eat prestige? pay the utilities? .no? .that's neither a raise nor a promotion. .go away.

  • @lisa2000geese
    @lisa2000geese 2 місяці тому +1

    I have a question. If she is salaried, won't she be getting better employee benefits that she doesn't have as an hourly worker? Didn't factor that in to the compensation package. The lack of benefits is why hourly workers have 'higher' hourly rates. But I agree that a promotion may not be worth it if you have to work a hell of a lot more hours.

  • @bgrego88
    @bgrego88 3 місяці тому +4

    My family cant eat prestige not cam they function better in my abscene. PLUS I gotta work MORE and get PAID LESS?
    NO way

  • @jonathanp.9633
    @jonathanp.9633 3 місяці тому +3

    she should've said: "prestige doesn't pay bills"

  • @nicholaspreston9586
    @nicholaspreston9586 3 місяці тому +2

    Wow. Didn't know this existed. Thanks for shedding light on this. I'll be sure to check my pay to time ratios!

  • @FlowLikeWater429
    @FlowLikeWater429 3 місяці тому +1

    Lol xD Girl Can do fast math I wish I could do the same

  • @susanrand512
    @susanrand512 3 місяці тому +3

    Prestige aint never paid my bills😅😊

  • @BlueDroneBlues
    @BlueDroneBlues 3 місяці тому

    This is the kind of crap Walmart pulls. Makes all these people managers and they work 60 to 80 hours when figured out is below minimum wage to be on a salary. Plus gives them power over all the people that make hourly never get over 40 hours.
    They call you an "Associate", but you're nothing more than a worker bee.

  • @reggieholliday1112
    @reggieholliday1112 3 місяці тому +2

    no way she did the math in her head that quick🧢

  • @mikeb5925
    @mikeb5925 3 місяці тому +1

    Actually the analysis should be the 15000 bump or 288 a week extra divided by the additional 20 hours required or 14.42 per hour. U could make more at mcdonalds as a side gig. Hate this when this happens and they think they are doing us a favor!!

  • @maninthesnow4393
    @maninthesnow4393 2 місяці тому

    I always tell jobs when hired I refuse to work salary. You have no idea how many mangers i have made angry by saying that.

  • @hellobot67
    @hellobot67 3 місяці тому

    The numbers.. 😂

  • @TheTruthofAll-sm4iw
    @TheTruthofAll-sm4iw 3 місяці тому

    This kinda shit is why I'm happy as a salaried Chemist. Boss can't even dream of holding me longer, my shit's too efficient. Not the craziest pay, but I make it work

  • @CaptainphoenixofficialYT
    @CaptainphoenixofficialYT 13 днів тому

    And this kids is why you should pass math in class

  • @عليالمرسومي-ب5ظ
    @عليالمرسومي-ب5ظ 3 місяці тому +1

    prestige that would require me to give a shit about what others think of me wich i dont care as long as im not doing anything wrong lol

  • @jeremy3770
    @jeremy3770 3 місяці тому

    On the flip side, what people dont realize is that you are making more money.
    Sure, less per hour, but more total.
    Good luck finding a part-time job that is going to pay you $33/hr so that you are really making more per hour.
    If I went put and found a part time 20 hour oer week job, I would actually be losing money vs. working 60 hours at my current job.

  • @That_1_Bohemian
    @That_1_Bohemian Місяць тому

    I'm not defending the manager, but how any employee behaves like that and doesn't still work in fast food is beyond me.

  • @theparijat1000
    @theparijat1000 3 місяці тому

    I thought they would just fire you if they do this...

  • @galerus3776
    @galerus3776 3 місяці тому

    I'd call my landlord and ask them if they accept "Prestige" as payment

  • @matthewknauf3625
    @matthewknauf3625 2 місяці тому

    I heard that there are some perks of being salaried. But they seem dubious at best and I really like not having my work phone on when I am not working so, I shall stay an hourly employee thank you very much.

  • @rrmackay
    @rrmackay 3 місяці тому

    Veronia should have said yeah I will take the salary job because they cannot force her to work more than 40 hours simply because of salary.
    Take the job, work your 40 hours and go home and when they complain, see other veronica stories.

  • @steelknight5052
    @steelknight5052 3 місяці тому

    Military has been doing that for decades

  • @Kwisatz-Chaderach
    @Kwisatz-Chaderach Місяць тому

    Now do "How HR is a make work scheme for woman and political activists."

  • @TOBINLAI-zq5hk
    @TOBINLAI-zq5hk 3 місяці тому +5

    I hate how much i relate to this jaded antiwork channel. You speak truth in your skits, but in real life, i think this kind of stuff gets you replaced

    • @beaudwayful
      @beaudwayful 3 місяці тому +7

      It's not anti-work. It's anti exploitation

    • @TOBINLAI-zq5hk
      @TOBINLAI-zq5hk 3 місяці тому

      @@beaudwayful i guess when i say "anti work," i mean "anti working culture of these shitty fkin companies"

  • @Yenrx
    @Yenrx 3 місяці тому

    This shit is why I hate the idea of Salary vs Hourly. Hourly has way more protections, don’t fall for it!

  • @latinourbano
    @latinourbano 3 місяці тому

    The reason they do that is because those "over time" hours are just seasonal
    I left a company that want leads and supervisors to stay over every freaking day for 30 more mins (mind you we were working 12 hrs already) and we never got paid those extra 30 mins

  • @ChristopherGranning-tj3pf
    @ChristopherGranning-tj3pf 3 місяці тому

    60 hours/week,hell no

  • @sparrowhawk5673
    @sparrowhawk5673 Місяць тому

    I have a annual salary i work less hours than a full time salery and the company is still oblegated to pay.

  • @PanAndScanBuddy
    @PanAndScanBuddy 2 місяці тому

    I hope you get a real pay bump so you can get some acoustics foam or maybe a massive tapestry hung up. You work hard on these animations - you should sound like you recorded in a studio. Even though studio time is $$$ you can fake it by muffling the walls with stuff.

  • @jmarie9997
    @jmarie9997 3 місяці тому

    Prestige, my a$$.

  • @byronsmothers8064
    @byronsmothers8064 3 місяці тому +3

    I can't tell you how many times I've gotten a raise, and the rebalance on taxes kept me at the same net pay, capitalism doesn't want its working class to have money.

    • @ourtube4266
      @ourtube4266 3 місяці тому +2

      Are you in the US? Because the tax system here does not work like that. If you break into a higher tax bracket, only the increase in pay gets taxed at the higher rate so you’re still making more money after taxes.

    • @byronsmothers8064
      @byronsmothers8064 3 місяці тому

      @@ourtube4266 I am. maybe not the exact checks before the raise, the $/hr rate of my net pay on the first check after was barely any higher than when I checked at some point before the raise.
      There's some chance it was a case of tax bracket changes, but it still felt miserable.

    • @ourtube4266
      @ourtube4266 3 місяці тому

      @@byronsmothers8064 then you’re probably getting more taken out in taxes than you should be and you’ll be getting a much better tax refund for the year.
      If you’re still really concerned, you can plug your old pay into an online tax calculator and compare it to your new pay to see what your actual net difference is.

    • @ItzzzBeamo
      @ItzzzBeamo 3 місяці тому

      Man, if only those Capitalists would advocate for flat taxes that didn’t keep your take-home pay the same amount even though you’re making more.

    • @Dylius01
      @Dylius01 3 місяці тому

      The hourly rate probably won't increase much even with a fairly heft raise. The average US worker works something like 1,800 hours a year so a $1,800 pay rise will increase the average worker's hourly rate by $1, pre tax. Maybe that's what's happened
      Though I agree being a worker sucks :') It's not *just* because of taxes though

  • @wherethetatosat
    @wherethetatosat 2 місяці тому

    Learn math and statistics people. It's also rarely ever about what they're saying, pay attention to what they're not telling you. Once you know that, it's very easy to see how people lie with numbers.

  • @spartanmerc1
    @spartanmerc1 3 місяці тому

    I hate that they say the average is 60ish hours a week. Ok, then 20 hrs of OT pay? I don't do work for free. Compensate me for my time or I work the 40 hrs a week as a full time employee.

  • @kailianglf2
    @kailianglf2 3 місяці тому +1

    AKSHUALLY the math is a bit off because veronica didn't consider overtime.
    60 hours worked per week, because those 20 hours of overtime, assuming the typical "time and a half" arrangement in US, would have pay equivalent to 70 hours per week, or warranting 75% increase from 40.
    70K*1.75=122.5K; that would be the salary that does not constitute hourly rate decrease.

  • @NostalgiaArtist
    @NostalgiaArtist 21 день тому

    does prestige pay bills...??

  • @cteal2018
    @cteal2018 19 днів тому

    Can I pay rent or buy food with prestige?

  • @karenwelch7232
    @karenwelch7232 3 місяці тому

    Where's the blackmail?

  • @MillieBlackRose
    @MillieBlackRose 3 місяці тому

    You skipped the part she said "good news? You gonna stop asking me for my seconds?" Which makes the haha very funny part not make sense.

  • @AgentBaron
    @AgentBaron 3 місяці тому

    Your animations are nice, but you should give credit to the original creator of the audio.

  • @Igorath
    @Igorath 3 місяці тому

    Funny I watched this exact scene on another video with different animation. Same person or is someone stealing content?

  • @Daixoc_
    @Daixoc_ 3 місяці тому

    "Prestige" lol yeah I smell BULLSHIT

  • @linnpierce
    @linnpierce 3 місяці тому +2

    HOLD UP!! She makes $70,000 in customer service??

  • @gesnow
    @gesnow 3 місяці тому

    Wrong

  • @zomfragger
    @zomfragger 3 місяці тому

    Black mail? More like using a carrot to lure you into a less meaningful position.

  • @maokai09
    @maokai09 3 місяці тому

    Thank you