Work From Home Is Just Living At Work

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:01]I'm really glad I don't work from home because I don't think working from home, I think that just turns home into work. There's no work from home. It's you home at work, if that makes sense.

[00:00:16]And a lot of people are still doing that.

[00:00:18]Let's do this.

[00:00:20]This this is just you're turning your home into a corporate nightmare.

[00:00:25]I just No, thank you.

[00:00:28]>> Thank you for calling out.

[00:00:30]Oh, hey.

[00:00:33]Going to meeting?

[00:00:35]Uh yeah, I can go to meeting. Hold on 1 second.

[00:00:40]You sent me a meeting link?

[00:00:43]>> Oh, he's not happy about that.

[00:00:44]>> Yeah, I can join the meeting. Hold on 1 second. Disconnect Okay, yeah, disconnect from this call.

[00:00:50]Okay.

[00:00:50]>> You can already tell this isn't his first rodeo with us.

[00:00:56]This ain't the first time.

[00:00:59]>> Yeah, my camera's on. Can you see me?

[00:01:02]Awesome. Is everything okay?

[00:01:05]Sorry, I'm just multitasking on a claim as well.

[00:01:14]>> Is he working in his closet?

[00:01:16]It looks like he's in a closet.

[00:01:18]>> Uh before you continue, let me see if I unders- No, let me see if I understand real quick. Is that okay?

[00:01:24]Okay. Because I refuse to pick up extra unpaid tasks like Yeah, yeah, they're unpaid tasks. I'm not getting compensated for those extra tasks that you're assigning me, so I'm not going to do them.

[00:01:38]Management has decided to cut my hours.

[00:01:43]Okay.

[00:01:44]Uh in this case, I'm going to exit out of this current task that I'm in, and I'm going to go ahead and file for partial unemployment.

[00:01:51]No, that won't be necessary. That definitely is necessary since you are cutting my hours without my consent.

[00:02:02]Oh, now you're writing me up for insubordination?

[00:02:07]Okay. Uh you know what? Um that's not a problem. Where can I send this equipment?

[00:02:11]>> Here you go.

[00:02:12]>> Oh, no, this is definitely necessary.

[00:02:14]I'm not going to be disrespected like this.

[00:02:17]I mean, I can drop off the equipment at the local dumpster if you want don't want it.

[00:02:23]Yes, consider this my final day working.

[00:02:25]I'll be waiting for that shipping label in my personal email.

[00:02:31]Okay. I wish I could wish you the best, too. Have a day.

[00:02:35]>> He said, "Have a day." Not have a good day.

[00:02:38]Have a day. I got a I got file that away. I'm going to forget it, but I've got to file that one away for later.

[00:02:44]Have a day.

[00:02:45]>> really busy season for us.

[00:02:47]You did approve me. I have a transcript from the from the day you told me I could. Do you want me to send it over to you?

[00:02:53]>> You need to formally request for PTO.

[00:02:55]You can't just say transcript like you asked me in a meeting. I could have forgotten.

[00:03:00]>> Okay, well, you've also told me that I'm allowed to ask you in a meeting.

[00:03:04]I have a transcript of that, too. And either way, I sent it to you in an email, so you would know formally.

[00:03:10]>> I'm going to check it right now. Let's see if you are correct.

[00:03:15]Because when you don't show up like that, it's just like it makes me look bad as your manager in front of our directors.

[00:03:22]Like, what am I supposed to say? Why is the work not done? Because, "Oh, she's on PTO." They're like, "Did you know?"

[00:03:28]No, I did not know.

[00:03:30]>> No, you did not know, but you did know.

[00:03:31]So, you're just lying. Now, you look bad to everybody.

[00:03:35]Not just your managers.

[00:03:37]>> Okay, well, you knew, so I don't know what else you want me to say.

[00:03:41]>> Okay, I see it on the transcript. I do see that you sent it. Next time there's a PTO or anything important like that, I need you to re-emphasize it, not just send me the transcript. be like, "Hey, I also asked for PTO, you approved it, I will not be here." Like, I need these reminders. Is that understood?

[00:04:01]>> Uh okay.

[00:04:04]>> Ai stands stupido.

[00:04:06]>> Did you just call me stupid?

[00:04:08]>> Even I know what that meant.

[00:04:09]>> No, I did not.

[00:04:10]>> I literally have the transcript and it's it's translating.

[00:04:15]>> Translating what? You misheard.

[00:04:18]>> You misheard.

[00:04:22]No, the transcript thing app did not misheard.

[00:04:27]Oh, man. They've They These people these these these higher-ups, managers, directors, whatever, they have got to hate that they can be called to account for what they say and they can't just say, "Oh, I never said that." Well, actually you did and here's the transcript.

[00:04:43]>> I don't think I misheard and the summary app wouldn't misheard.

[00:04:46]>> Yeah.

[00:04:47]>> I'll just send this over to HR so they can handle it.

[00:04:51]>> You're gaslighting me.

[00:04:53]>> About six months ago, I got fired from a job. I was managing a medical office and um even though I know some things are just not a good fix, I'm an office manager. I have been for many years and I understand when you just have to let someone go cuz it's just not vibing.

[00:05:09]>> So, she understands. Let me get this straight.

[00:05:12]Cuz this is almost like, "Hey, here's the transcript of what you just said."

[00:05:16]So, you understand if you have to let somebody go cuz they're not vibing. She understands this, real quick.

[00:05:23]Let's Let's proceed.

[00:05:25]>> Um but it's taken me a long time to kind of get over it because it's like really the first time I've ever been fired and I didn't feel like it was because I had done something wrong. It truly probably was just not a good fit, but it really hurt.

[00:05:40]Just um I don't really want to say my ego, but it was just like making me question my personality. I was like, "Am I just the most annoying person on the planet? Like, why cuz I felt like I didn't win the popularity contest and that's ultimately why I was let go.

[00:05:55]>> So, she understands that she had to let people go for not vibing.

[00:05:59]Vibing, that's a thing that you get get fired for, apparently.

[00:06:03]But, when she gets let go for not vibing, uh how the turntables.

[00:06:10]>> It is what it is. I am very happy now, but last night I had this dream that I was at some type of office back in that same job and there was just like all these people multiplying and multiplying and I was like, wait, I don't even know who these people are and they knew me and they didn't like me. And then, as I was like cleaning out the office, I found this piece of paper that had they were having a meeting without me and it listed my name, Tammy, and then it had all these different reasons why they wanted to discuss me and why they didn't like me and I just think it's so funny.

[00:06:41]Like, it's so silly and so stupid because obviously this job that was not my life. It wasn't my life's goal. It wasn't going to take me closer to my goals at all. But, it's just so funny how some of those things just linger and um they kind of end up like popping back into your brain. And I think the reason why it popped into my brain for yesterday's dream was because I'm with family members who didn't know the whole story.

[00:07:04]They don't know what happened. I don't even think I told them because it's just not a big deal to me anymore.

[00:07:10]>> Methinks you protest too much.

[00:07:13]>> Like, if you would have asked me within the first, you know, 60 to 90 days after it happened, I would have told you every single thing, but now I'm just like, ah, not a big deal. But, I think it's so funny how these things stay in your head and how it just brings shame. I guess that's the the word. Is it just feel shameful that you're like, wow, I really gave that my all and it just either wasn't good enough or it just wasn't the best fit.

[00:07:36]>> So, this was how long ago and she's still having dreams about it. But, it wasn't her whole life and she understands when you have to let somebody go for not vibing. Unless it's her, then okay.

[00:07:49]>> So, guess I'm still getting over it.

[00:07:51]>> My coworker just got fired for literally the pettiest reason, and I have the whole thing on recording. So, she just got terminated, and I'm actually scared for us all now. This girl was literally one of the top performers on our team, consistently hit her metrics, never caused any problems. Last month, she puts in a PTO request for her sister's wedding. 3 weeks notice, and the manager approves it in the system. So, she like books her flight, she books her hotels, nothing is refundable. 2 days 2 days before she's supposed to leave, her manager messages her on Teams and is like, "Hey, I know you have PTO, but we really need you for this client presentation. Can you push your trip?"

[00:08:31]She's like, "No, I can't. It's my sister's wedding. Everything is booked."

[00:08:35]He goes, "Well, this is a really important client, and I need you to be a team player here." She stands firm. She says, "No, I'm taking my approved PTO."

[00:08:45]Well, he doesn't respond. So, she goes on her trip.

[00:08:49]Comes back on Monday, gets a call from HR, and they're saying she abandoned her responsibilities, showed a lack of commitment to the team.

[00:09:01]She's like, "What are you talking about?

[00:09:02]My PTO was approved a month ago." If I was her, I would literally be losing my mind. And they go, "Well, your manager expressed concerns about your dedication, and we've decided to let you go."

[00:09:15]>> This is how companies get sued.

[00:09:17]>> She asked to see the documentation, and they can't produce anything. No written warnings, no performance issues on file, literally nothing. Just her manager's word. And she pulls out her phone, and she goes, "Actually, I have a recording of the the Teams conversation where he approved my PTO and tried to guilt me into canceling. It's all right here on Playbacks.

[00:09:43]HR's face went white. And so then they said that they'll look into this and ended the meeting.

[00:09:51]That was 4 days ago. Nobody's heard anything since. She's actually talking to a lawyer right now. But moral of the story, they will absolutely try to gaslight you.

[00:10:01]>> There's a good side hustle right there.

[00:10:03]Wrongful termination attorney. I don't think you even have to have your attorney degree to do this kind of work.

[00:10:10]I mean, it's so blatantly obvious. I mean, if you have all the transcripts, it's kind of just an open and shut thing, I would think. There you go.

[00:10:20]There's a side hustle.

[00:10:21]>> So record everything.

[00:10:23]>> Yep.

[00:10:24]>> Unfortunately, you're being let go from this company effective immediately.

[00:10:27]After this call, you will be logged out of all of our company devices. All we ask is that you return the company laptop.

[00:10:34]>> Wait, why? I was given a pay raise last week.

[00:10:37]>> Yes, you were performing well up until now. You missed an important deadline.

[00:10:41]We lost a really important client. You should know this.

[00:10:44]>> I never missed a deadline. Which one are you talking about?

[00:10:46]>> Riley project, you missed the deadline by several days.

[00:10:50]>> No, that wasn't my project. That was Katie's and I have a recording on Smart Note that shows you assigning the project to her.

[00:10:57]>> Yeah, I remember assigning it to you specifically. I don't remember assigning it to Katie. Sometimes you need to accept responsibilities.

[00:11:05]>> Well, can I send you the recording or the transcript to show you that it was assigned to her?

[00:11:08]>> You can do that right now, but I don't remember that being the case. I do see that it was assigned to Katie and um >> So where's the apology? Where's the accountability? Where's the, you know, I screwed up. I'm sorry. I was wrong. My bad.

[00:11:22]>> I do apologize for >> There it is.

[00:11:25]>> Next time you are not assigned a project and you're being let go, you need to let me know in advance so I don't leave these, you know, I don't inform HR and I go out of my way. It's been really stressful on me.

[00:11:39]>> So, I'm sorry. I screwed up. I apologize. Also, it's still your fault.

[00:11:45]No wonder nobody wants to work. Who Who would want to be Who would want to Who would want to put themselves in this kind of toxic environment?

[00:11:53]>> Okay.

[00:11:53]>> I'm sick and tired of seeing your calendar blocked off. We have so many meetings next week, so whatever's going on, we need you to cancel it and come into the office.

[00:12:02]>> Well, I'm only going to be gone for 2 days next week. So, I can take I can mean I can reschedule my meetings to Wednesday or Thursday, if that's helpful.

[00:12:09]>> No, that's not helpful because they're only in town during those days and you're really big part of this team. We need everyone there, everyone accounted for, so we're going to like I'm not really asking you. I'm just like revoking your PTO that I approved. I don't really care if I approved it.

[00:12:25]Um we need you here.

[00:12:27]>> Okay, well, you approved my PTO like a month ago, so you shouldn't have scheduled these big meetings and had them thrown out here, if you know I wasn't going to be here, if you needed me here.

[00:12:37]>> You know, I can totally see unions coming back and gaining in popularity with jobs like this. Normally Normally unions are, you know, your steel workers, your auto workers, that sort of thing, but work from home?

[00:12:49]Yeah, I can see unions becoming more popular with uh the work from home crew.

[00:12:54]Yeah, this is this is insane.

[00:12:57]>> Okay, well, that's not really how this works. Things change really fast, so we need you to kind of like be able to adapt quickly.

[00:13:06]So, if you go and you If you don't show up, just I'm telling you that you're not going to have a job when you come back.

[00:13:12]>> So, you're you're telling me that I'm being fired because you approved my PTO and now you don't want me to go. That doesn't make sense.

[00:13:19]>> This is the corporate world. You can have other days off that you can take, but I'm telling you you need to be here, so >> Okay. Um, I do have this transcribe on the summary app like I always do. So, I'm just going to send this over to HR and you can talk to them about it because this is So, today I got fired for something that I didn't even do. And the fact that I have the proof to prove it is enough for me to go to HR with.

[00:13:42]So, my boss decided to tell me that I up and I didn't make the meeting deadline. When actually, I did have everything in by Friday, which is today, but she told me that it was supposed to be in on Thursday, which is not true.

[00:13:53]So, I ended up taking the Fireflies AI notes. I found the whole recent meeting.

[00:13:58]I found where she told me that I had to have this done by Friday. She said it herself. But, she still decided to fire me because she didn't know that I had these notes. This shit's about to go to HR and it's going to be a thing. Cuz why would you not even give me a chance to explain it?

[00:14:13]>> So, you're yeah, payroll messed up and they gave your bonus to someone else and you did not get one.

[00:14:20]>> Okay. So, when is this going to be like fixed? Like when will I get my bonus then?

[00:14:26]>> There's nothing we can do once payments have been processed and sent out. So, unfortunately, >> That's not true.

[00:14:33]>> there isn't anything we can do right now.

[00:14:36]>> Well, can't like they like get it back from that person?

[00:14:40]>> No, so that's technically not legal in pay >> It's called a clawback and companies do it all the time.

[00:14:47]>> payroll messed up, they can't just go back and take that money. And that would just be kind of an awkward conversation to have with them.

[00:14:54]>> Well, isn't it this an awkward conversation that you're having with me?

[00:14:57]>> Well, yeah, it is. So, that's why I wanted to pull you in and just let you know.

[00:15:01]>> So, you're saying I should just not just accept that I'm not getting a bonus?

[00:15:05]>> It's just if things happen, we can't control >> I don't really know what to say and this is like literally so appalling. I like I'm honestly at the point where I think I'm just going to put in my notice right now.

[00:15:19]>> There it is.

[00:15:19]>> What do you mean?

[00:15:20]>> something. Why weren't you online at 7:00 a.m. this morning?

[00:15:25]>> Because my work day starts at 9:00.

[00:15:27]>> Okay, right. But if work starts at 9:00, don't you think you should be clocking in at 7:00?

[00:15:32]>> No. Um I work at 9:00. It's scheduled in my contract, and I have stuff to do before work. Like this morning I was in a workout class, so I don't would not be clocking in 2 hours early.

[00:15:44]>> Oh, so you think just showing up on time is optional now? You knew what you were getting into here.

[00:15:48]>> Um I did, and that's why I'm scheduled to work 9:00 to 5:00, not whenever my boss wakes up.

[00:15:54]>> Okay. Well, if you don't want to overachieve and contribute to our goals, I'm not sure how we'd move forward.

[00:16:00]>> Who even talks like that? What normal person speaks like that? How much Kool-Aid do you have to be drinking to believe that what you're saying is is You don't even sound like a person.

[00:16:13]Getting frustrated over here. Getting irritated.

[00:16:16]>> Okay, so I'm supposed to start at 7:00 now?

[00:16:18]>> You know what? Let's talk about this tomorrow.

[00:16:20]>> There will simply not be a tomorrow.

[00:16:21]>> So it finally happened. I had my meeting with HR yesterday, the one that my manager told me to look out for cuz it was probably going to be on my calendar, and I woke up, and then there it was. So let me tell you about it. I recorded it on the Playbacks app because there's no way HR is getting me sticking with this woman. So I told my manager about it, and her reaction was absolutely unhinged. So HR calls me into this random meeting and goes, "We need to talk about your communication with your manager." Also, if I'm looking to the side, it's because I'm reading the transcript that I got from the Playbacks app. And I'm sitting there like, "Okay, here we go. It's happening." HR goes, "You need to improve your communication skills. You're not being professional enough in your emails to her."

[00:17:07]And I'm genuinely confused, right? I'm like, "Can you give me an example?"

[00:17:11]Because my manager always said, "Ask for examples." HR pulls up a meeting I sent to my manager that said, "Can't make the 8:00 a.m.

[00:17:19]meeting tomorrow. I'll catch up on the recording after." And apparently that's unprofessional. And I'm sitting there like how? HR goes, "You didn't provide enough context or ask permission. You just stated you wouldn't be there."

[00:17:40]>> It's like the jobs have all turned into homeowners associations run by Karens.

[00:17:44]>> Yeah.

[00:17:46]Wow. And I go, "But my manager told us if we can't make a meeting, just let her know and watch the recording."

[00:17:54]That's literally what she said to do. HR rep looks at me and goes, "Yes, but the tone could have been seen as dismissive."

[00:18:02]Dismissive of what? It's a simple update. HR continues. They go, "We're asking you to be more collaborative and professional how you communicate upward."

[00:18:15]And I go, "Communicate with my manager the way she's asked us to communicate with her. She specifically said, 'Don't ask for permission for things that don't need permission.'" I just flung that at myself. HR goes, "Ooh."

[00:18:30]I just dropped all my apples. Hold on.

[00:18:32]Right. HR goes, "We've received feedback that your emails can come across too casual."

[00:18:38]And I'm sitting there like from who?

[00:18:42]My manager has never said anything about this and I know that woman. If I did something that she didn't like, she would communicate that. HR won't tell me who it's from, but they just say, "Moving forward, we'd like you to be more formal in your communication with leadership."

[00:18:59]The meeting ends there. And I immediately message my manager and go, "HR just told me that I'm not professional enough with you in emails."

[00:19:06]She responds in all caps, "What?" I sent her the details of the call and she goes, "I'm calling you right now she gets on the call they're saying you're not professional enough with me and like apparently my email about missing the 8 a.m. was too casual my manager goes I specifically told the team to just send me a quick note if you can't make something that's exactly what you did and I go that's what I said but they told me I need to start being more formal with leadership my manager just starts laughing right it's like leadership I'm your manager not the CEO we talk all day on slack and I'm like I know that's why I'm so confused and she goes wait who gave them this feedback because it wasn't me and I'm like HR wouldn't say and my manager goes so someone above me is monitoring your emails to me and decided you're not kissing my ass enough got it she starts cackling on the call she just says that this is the most ridiculous thing that she's ever heard and then she was like you're fine ignore them she slacked me later and she was like if you ever get a message from me saying that you're not professional enough in an email know that I've been hacked >> [laughter] >> it's like you know what love the solidarity >> yeah I can totally see unions becoming a thing in the corporate world now just to just avoid having to deal with the Karens jeez you know maybe now I'm just a little more thankful that I don't deal with any of this I don't have to deal with anything corporate I go to work I do my job I go home been doing that for a long time it's worked out pretty good like and subscribe if you want to you don't have to but it's free thumbs up is also free and I appreciate it thanks for watching see you