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Jeff Bezos says work-life balance is a 'debilitating phrase - view career and lives as a 'circle.' - YouTube
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all right so this morning while i was walking聽
around at walmart on a major holiday there was聽聽
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something that was really lacking in the聽
store and that was employees and customers聽聽
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it looked like it was any other day when you聽
walked around in that store and as soon as i聽聽
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got home i opened up the yahoo news and i saw this聽
our bald angel of mercy jeff bezos says work life聽聽
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balance is a deli debilitating phrase he聽
wants amazon workers to view their careers聽聽
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and lives as a circle it's very easy to say that聽
when your whole head looks like a circle when you聽聽
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look like a bald reptilian shapeshifter from the聽
planet zargon uh it's easy to say crazy things but聽聽
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the reality is that even the walmart employee that聽
i talked to today that uh was there by yourself聽聽
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for the most part i asked her it's like why do you聽
work here and she's like i don't want to work here聽聽
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so when you think of debilitating phrase uh聽
i don't think that even begins to cover it聽聽
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a debilitating phrase is or a person like聽
jeff bezos who can afford to let's say聽聽
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he doesn't want to work at amazon anymore he can聽
just take his 200 billion dollars and move on聽聽
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i think this is one of the main reasons that jeff聽
bezos retired is the fact that he knew that he was聽聽
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getting close to society hating him so much that聽
there's an application out there with a hundred聽聽
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signatures saying bezos stay in space we don't聽
want you on planet earth with your crazy ideas聽聽
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telling regular people that he thinks you're聽
lazy and not worth paying livable wages and聽聽
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intentionally doesn't give you a raise for聽
three years while you work as a industrial聽聽
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athlete inside of his warehouses or sweatshops or聽
whatever you choose to call these places that have聽聽
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a horrendous turnover rate so i took four talking聽
points uh from this article and we're gonna start聽聽
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with number one a top piece of advice he offers to聽
staff is not to view the two as strict trade-offs聽聽
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now if you're a person that's working in any sort聽
of crap job right if you're making under livable聽聽
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wages and you think that there's some sort of聽
trade-off where your work life doesn't destroy聽聽
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your home life you're living in the twilight聽
zone as a person that had to work in that job i聽聽
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assure you you all start looking like jeff bezos聽
when it comes to your hair the second i started聽聽
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working at walmart my hair started falling out i聽
remember getting there right after college and i聽聽
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would look in the mirror my hair was perfectly聽
black no bald spots six months down the line聽聽
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poor nutrition stress hating my job hating my聽
life i mean literally i just started falling聽聽
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apart i started looking like bezos himself聽
i started having a bald spot my hair started聽聽
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thinning and getting gray and you're like聽
what the hell is happening to me in this place聽聽
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so there's no such thing as a uh a trade-off when聽
you start working in a place and you hate being聽聽
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there every second you hate being there this聽
morning when i asked that walmart worker why聽聽
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she worked there you could just see in her face聽
like are you crazy do you think i want to work聽聽
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in a walmart and you know how humiliating it is聽
to wear a uniform and make minimum wage so this聽聽
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whole idea of there being a strict tradeoff聽
no none of us make livable wages when we work聽聽
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in these places and we are all miserable 100聽
of the time if you meet a minimum wage worker聽聽
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working in retail in a grocery store or any other聽
place and they're smiling they're probably high聽聽
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because there is no way that you can not realize聽
how much your minimum wage job is hurting you聽聽
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you can't afford to eat when you work in a minimum聽
wage job even though you work in a grocery store聽聽
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no matter how many hours you work in that grocery聽
store you are never going to be able to afford to聽聽
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eat well and i mean i have talked to all of聽
the employees around me and they all say the聽聽
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same thing we make crap wages we can't afford to聽
eat and our brains are unhappy that we work here聽聽
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talking point number two instead he sees his聽
personal and professional pursuits as a circle聽聽
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rather than a balancing act okay i can see it聽
being a circle if you're living off the land and聽聽
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you're you know you're massacring a badger and a聽
minx and a beaver if you're poking all of those聽聽
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animals and the circle of life continues where聽
you get to eat and you sell the bee repelled聽聽
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that's a circle of life working in an amazon聽
warehouse when you're being worked to death聽聽
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10 to 12 hours a day for basically no wages聽
there's no circle there maybe he's just looking聽聽
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in the mirror and just saying you know what there聽
needs to be a circle rather than a balancing act聽聽
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maybe he's just looking at his round head聽
because any normal person will tell you聽聽
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that um personal professional pursuits聽
aren't circles when you work at the bottom聽聽
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when you're working in a middle class job maybe聽
you know you get to have flexible hours you can聽聽
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work from home a couple days a week you have聽
a savings account you live in a home you drive聽聽
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a nice car but if you're that dude who's just聽
barely making it having to bare knuckle box hobos聽聽
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at the bus stop every morning because there's聽
more hobos and ordinary people now on the street聽聽
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at least here in downtown tempe the normal people聽
on the bus get outnumbered seven eight nine ten聽聽
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to one to ordinary people just going to their聽
crap jobs so if you think there's any sort of聽聽
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circle there again he's living in a fantasy land聽
where people get to drive their nice cars to a聽聽
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job that they enjoy that just isn't happening for聽
the vast majority of people and has never happened聽聽
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for a very very long time i think maybe back in聽
the 1950s this happened but right now you can聽聽
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walk to every single business within uh side of my聽
house right now and every employee will tell you聽聽
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uh personal pursuits they don't exist you just go聽
and you work as long as you can tolerate that job聽聽
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and then eventually you get fired or you聽
leave because you can't stand it anymore聽聽
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i can only imagine that coming home smelling like聽
french fries from working at mcdonald's every day聽聽
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i would start doing things to your mind like i聽
talk to kaylie all the time and she works in a聽聽
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steak n shake and the first thing she does every聽
night when she gets home regardless of the hour聽聽
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uh that she gets home is she comes home she聽
takes a shower she has to wash off the scum聽聽
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of her minimum wage restaurant job every day聽
she has to scrub off the pain and suffering of聽聽
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smelling like french fries and being told she's聽
stupid by both her management her co-workers the聽聽
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customers i mean it is debilitating isn't even in聽
the same neighborhood of the world that i want to聽聽
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use working in a job that doesn't pay anything聽
you literally start to feel like trash and the聽聽
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more you work there the more you feel like trash聽
there's no balancing act between working in a聽聽
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warehouse in home life you come home and you're聽
angry you come home and you want to hurt something聽聽
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you come home and you want to hurt yourself by聽
drinking yourself into a tizzy because you don't聽聽
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know what else to do you don't want to think about聽
work but you know that the moment you get home聽聽
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you start the timer the the sand in the hourglass聽
is is going down until you have to be right back聽聽
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there it almost sometimes feels like you uh you聽
get home and then you get respawned back into聽聽
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your job i mean this is how bad working for me聽
at walmart was is that sometimes i couldn't even聽聽
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escape working at walmart in my sleep like i聽
would get home i'd eat something and i'd go to聽聽
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sleep and i'd be right back at work inside of聽
my own head it was that nauseating to work that聽聽
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my brain just couldn't grasp the fact that i was聽
home that i was not there anymore is that having聽聽
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walmart dreams was part of everyday life so i聽
imagine that this is something that happens to the聽聽
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warehouse workers working in an amazon warehouse聽
is that they come home they try to relax but in聽聽
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their own mind the second they close their eyes聽
they're right back on on the assembly line hoping聽聽
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that they don't get fired that day they don't get聽
hurt that day or that they you know don't miss聽聽
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when they have to take a pee inside of another聽
plastic bottle that's what's going on inside聽聽
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of your head you just can't get away from it and聽
i've been there you know where your work becomes聽聽
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a disease in your life that's constantly hurting聽
you even when you're not there talking point聽聽
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number three instead bezos envisions a more聽
holistic relationship between work and life聽聽
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outside of the office now let's see you get to聽
leave the office and you go home to a mansion聽聽
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that's jeff bezos life the average person leaves聽
the warehouse and goes home to a roach filled uh聽聽
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environment that that's full of people you hate聽
all the way around and you can hear the people聽聽
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moving around in the walls because these places聽
are so small this is where poor people get to live聽聽
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and again these aren't nice homes and the rent is聽
extremely high so if you're considering thinking聽聽
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of a holistic relationship between work and聽
life sure that's nice to think about when聽聽
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you get to do things like go on vacation travel聽
in your private jet in which there are no hobos聽聽
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because my private jet is the city bus and it's聽
full of hobos that are crazy that want to fight聽聽
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you if you want to to get into a fight right聽
now in our society just hop onto a city bus聽聽
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it's full of people that are angry at life and are聽
willing to take a swing at you even if you don't聽聽
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want to fight sometimes you just have to fight聽
to be on the uh the private jet of the common聽聽
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man and the city bus is the least safe place you聽
can imagine finding yourself so if you're thinking聽聽
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about creating a holistic relationship between聽
work and life ride the bus and figure out exactly聽聽
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how it is that you're supposed to find this聽
holistic relationship because i don't see it i聽聽
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mean all i see is poverty decay and unemployment聽
in our world i don't see anything else i get on聽聽
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these news sites and i go down the articles on cnn聽
and i'm like this is a lie this is a lie this is聽聽
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the lie oh the delta uh variant of covert uh 19聽
isn't dangerous you're like it's ravaging the聽聽
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other countries right now how are you supposed to聽
come out here and tell us that it's not a problem聽聽
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and that's just our society trying to get things聽
back to the way that they were before our society聽聽
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is far from ever getting rid of this pandemic it's聽
just going to keep eating away more of the people聽聽
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that have to work in dangerous places again your聽
grocery store workers your restaurant workers聽聽
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your warehouse workers any place where an employee聽
isn't going to be able to stay a safe distance聽聽
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away from other employees it's only a matter of聽
time before you get delta and that goes without聽聽
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saying a lot of people in this country have聽
chosen to uh go it alone uh without getting the聽聽
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the the thing in your behind so moving on to our聽
final talking point if i'm happy at home i come聽聽
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into the office with tremendous energy and if i'm聽
happy at work i come home with tremendous energy聽聽
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okay now the last time i went anywhere with聽
tremendous amount of energy i was heavily聽聽
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intoxicated and i would tell you that once it wore聽
off and i felt the uh tremendous energy it was a聽聽
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wicked hangover i have never gone into the office聽
and said you know what i really want to be here聽聽
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i mean every day that i had to go and work at聽
walmart or the call center it was i was just聽聽
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hoping that god would take mercy upon me and聽
just strike me down where i was i didn't want聽聽
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to go there every day i didn't want to go there聽
i knew that those jobs were such dead-end places聽聽
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that the only thing that i would uh that would聽
happen to me while i was in the workplace was聽聽
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hoping that someone would go post them and finally聽
just do us all in because it was such a terrible聽聽
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toxic environment and it was everything about聽
the job the menial tasks the people the pay聽聽
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the pay the pay so coming into the聽
office with tremendous amount of energy聽聽
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and if i'm happy at work you're not happy at work聽
so what you're coming home with is a tremendous聽聽
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amount of negative energy the last thing you聽
want to do is come home from work with any sort聽聽
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of happiness in your heart because that doesn't聽
happen when you make the minimum wage once you put聽聽
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on a uniform the illusion of happiness fades away聽
i mean happiness is so far away it might as well聽聽
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be in a distant universe and you're never going聽
to touch it the minimum wage and low-level jobs聽聽
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working in a place like a dollar store where a聽
lot of you are going to end up working uh it is聽聽
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just not a happy place and if you walk into one聽
of those places and you look at the employees聽聽
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the only thing that you see is sadness depression聽
despair uh a lack of hope uh people who are hungry聽聽
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i mean i i can't tell you guys how many times i聽
had to watch people while i worked at walmart in聽聽
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the break room at lunch with nothing to eat that聽
was a everyday situation when you're a corporation聽聽
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and you're doing a food drive for your employees聽
when you're the wealthiest retailer in the world聽聽
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there is something horrendously wrong and if聽
you're miserable at home because not only do you聽聽
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not get to eat when you're home because there's聽
nothing in the fridge if you're working for the聽聽
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minimum wage part-time but there's also nothing聽
to eat at work so now as an industrial athlete聽聽
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you have nothing to eat while you're in the聽
warehouse and what did jeff bezos say about聽聽
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two weeks ago we need the employees to be eating聽
seven to nine times a day to keep up their energy聽聽
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so they can keep working so they don't get fired聽
think about that we need you to have enough energy聽聽
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happy energy so you don't get fired but we聽
don't pay you enough to eat so this circle聽聽
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i'm beginning to to think that jeff bezos is聽
thinking the circle of life in which you're born聽聽
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you work in his warehouse and then you die that聽
completes the circle in his mind because as he聽聽
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said himself you're not worth my uh more than聽
what he pays you in fact you're worth a lot less聽聽
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and the employees are lazy that's why he'll fire聽
you the second you start to show uh wear and聽聽
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tear in your body and your mind uh when you can't聽
create a holistic relationship with your warehouse聽聽
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job he's just looking and waiting for you to聽
fail at your metrics that he has set for you聽聽
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that you must meet every single day where there's聽
a write-up or determination and again he's not聽聽
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setting you up to win at this endeavor because you聽
know that if you come to work and you're hungry聽聽
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chances are you're not going to do well at your聽
job this is the reason why they had to start聽聽
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providing free breakfasts in public schools in low聽
income areas because these children were coming to聽聽
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school with nothing to eat because their parents聽
were working for jeff bezos so you've got a parent聽聽
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a single parent with four kids who can't afford聽
to feed themselves but you're expecting them to聽聽
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be able to feed four children on what he pays聽
you in the warehouse it's not going to happen聽聽
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so this is actually a domino effect in our society聽
you work in jeff bezos warehouse your life decline聽聽
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your children's life declines your overall聽
happiness declines you're living in a bad聽聽
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part of town and your outlook on life is like god聽
i hope i get struck by lightning i hope today it聽聽
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is the day that you know if there's a merciful聽
god who won't let me come back here and work聽聽
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in this awful warehouse or this retail job any聽
place where you have to wear a uniform people聽聽
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shouldn't be there there should be a way out of聽
that whether it's through universal uh income聽聽
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you know where everyone gets a certain amount聽
of money so they can afford to live and still聽聽
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work for jeff bezos because again when it comes聽
to universal basic income you need that in order聽聽
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to be able to stay alive long enough so jeff bezos聽
can exploit you without it he's going to exploit聽聽
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you for a lot less amount of the time because聽
you're eventually just going to keel over in聽聽
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the warehouse because you have nothing to eat and聽
you're always worried that you can't pay the rent聽聽
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this is the circle of life that he's talking about聽
being born working in the warehouse and eventually聽聽
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falling over collapsed on the warehouse floor聽
because you couldn't afford to spend money聽聽
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and eat nine times a day while you're聽
urinating in a clear plastic bottle
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