However, Linus doesn't give a damn because he hasn't worked a real job in more than a decade. For those who can work entirely remotely, such as editors, buyers, designers, and support employees, it makes no sense. They have repeatedly stated that this is a hard cap, and there are rumours that they intend to eliminate it entirely by the end of the year. It was initially introduced for covid but has since been reduced to a maximum of 2 days per week. LMG hates WFH, and that's because Linus hates WFH. Because the goal is to simply release something and sort it out later rather than to do it effectively, which is why a bunch of the launch videos lately have had errors in them because the goal is not to be done well, it's just to release something at all and figure it out later. Also, there is usually a lot of tension because the necessary effort is never well supported. Pay low to see who leaves, then raise their pay after determining whether or not they can handle a demanding workplace. And it affects everyone, not just writers. Nevertheless, if you're fortunate enough to survive your first year, they might raise your pay to roughly $65000 plus a bonus structure, which is fascinating because I've heard it's actually a tactic to sort out those who don't want to work there. Linus talks about making sure that every employee can buy a house in Vancouver but that's bullcrap, empty promises. Slightly over the poverty line for physically exhausting, intellectually taxing job. Think of all the new hire names in the end credits of videos you've seen before.Īll for the chance to have the opportunity to reside in a city where the annual living salary is $50000. There is no incentive for them to change this since, in Linuses own words, "we can't not do 7 a week anymore," therefore instead of employing more writers to pick up the slack and give them a 2 week schedule or better, they constantly rush around and leave a huge mess for logistics and others to clear up. They have to write, build, prepare, shoot, and get the video to the editors for review each week with essentially no backup. Writers earn between $55000 and $60000 a year and are instructed to release a video every week. He makes a big deal out of making LMG a great place to work, but he either lacks the necessary work experience or is out of touch due to his prior employment history, as LMG is a poor place to work.Īnother significant factor is expected workload and pay structure. These are comparable to Linus's adage, "Do as I say, not as I do," which he applies to what seems to be every area of the business. What about this WAN show ( actual WAN timestamp here if they take down the clip) merch message, where Linus is asked about LMG staff unionization, and says that if LMG did he and Yvonne would consider it a "personal failure" and calls out "brazen anti-organizing policies" in the states, and then says "I don't really feel like (employees) need additional protections to be perfectly honest with you" and goes on to talk about at-will employment rules in the states while falsely stating that Canada is not at-will? Remember this tweet, the one where Linus showed off all the Teslas that his employees could afford? Yeah, all 3 employees out of around 60-70 at the time? Two of them are owned by managers, and the other's someone who owned it before working there. Going to anonymize and change irrelevant details as needed to avoid doxxing.
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