("Monday To Monday" by Saba)
- Saba, mother fuckers. I've been telling you.
Hey guys, so, this is our new feature for Mondays
as we continue to hack.
Last week, we tried to do the week in review.
This week, what we're doing,
and, by the way, this is just because I'm trying
to really think about the work/life balance thing,
obviously, Biz Dev Sunday,
it's a lot of fun to be on Sunday,
so I will film that in my workout on Saturday,
but Sundays I'm not gonna probably film,
but instead what DRock and I and team Babin
are gonna do, is we're gonna focus on putting a full clip
from the week that we didn't show in its entirety,
where I set it up as well here.
And so, this week's clip was an interview I did,
which was actually about workspaces, right?
Like, Foosball tables and like, snacks,
show the snacks, DRock.
Snacks, and all that stuff,
all the cool stuff Facebook and Google does.
Like, what are these couches and chairs
and all these things mean to the production of a company?
I had a pretty interesting take on it.
Here it is.
I think they feel at home
because I feel like I'm a parent.
And I think all my actions, between the room they live in,
and the psychology I deploy, the listening and the talking,
I think people only feel at home
when the parents make it feel at home,
and I think that's the job of every CEO.
Yes, businesses can start actually giving a fuck
about people instead of how much money they make,
because a funny thing happens
when you give a fuck about people.
You end up making more money.
I mean, I don't think it's unfortunate,
those companies should then make what is appropriate,
and all the people that work there,
this is, you know, most places in the world
have some level of freedom.
They're more than welcome to start their own company
or work somewhere else.
This whole narrative of these businesses are shit,
yes, do I want businesses to care about people more?
Yes, it feels nice and it feels right,
and it's a legacy I want to leave,
and I think that it'll actually make them more money,
but the employees aren't being,
this is not slavery, right?
Everybody has to be accountable.
This isn't just the man is fucked up
or the business is fucked up.
The employee's fucked up if they're in the shit situation.
Instead of going home at five o'clock and drinking beer
and complaining, go on fucking job listings, interviews,
networks, find a fucking different job.
You know, to be very frank, I,
you know, the Foosball tables,
which I think we have a hockey thing 'cause I like that.
The good cafeteria, the free granola,
I just think that's horse shit.
Those are tactics that bullshit companies do
to try to make people,
the people are inspired and feeling good
because they feel safe,
and they feel like they can grow.
They feel like safe and they feel like they can grow.
That's the shit that matters,
not fucking free Cheerios on fucking Tuesday.
Or, like, inspiration, I like putting up signs
and I do that shit, but I don't think people
Vayner are happy and killing it
because I have a picture of me saying your funeral matters.
That's up there because I like that.
You know, like, not because that's there as a tactic.
It's all religion.
They have to feel safe
and they have to feel like they can grow, and that's it.
Everything else, you're not gonna trick people
by having 24 hour massages in a fucking room.
You know what I mean?
Band-aids, everybody's got Band-aids,
nobody gives a fuck about your hardwood floor,
or the soda fountain machine.
They're nice, and we have them, but I'm not the one
who's ever making that happen.
That's other people in my company
that decide those things.
I have no interest in Band-aids.
Shit works because I give a fuck.
I mean, look bro, I'm gonna give you
the shittiest interview ever, I can feel, right?
'Cause it's gonna be the same stuff.
Like, good good good,
because every other of your interviews
is gonna give you bullshit answers.
Here's the real answer:
Speak to people, talk to them, care about them.
Your first ten employees are the foundation of your company.
They're the steel beams and the concrete at the bottom
of your building that nobody will ever see.
They need to be into you and you need to be into them.
And the only way you get to that is speak the truth,
communication, the truth, communication, the truth,
communication.
I think the whole, yeah, no no, no, no, no, no, it's okay,
the ultimate, for me, the Holy Grail of design
and office space and things of that nature,
is that it is not a tactic to cover up the issues
of the company, got it?
I don't want it to be a pretty dress, you know,
and you're out of shape underneath, right?
It needs to speak to the truth,
which is, if it's fancy, great.
You like fancy things, good.
I mean, I'm not against anything.
Everybody has to do them.
But it can't be a front.
It can't be charming at the bar and a shithead boyfriend,
you know what I mean?
Good, I'm glad it does.
(laughs)
Awesome, man, good luck.
My pleasure.
Take care.
Hey guys, one of the things I realized
that I'm not doing enough of,
and thank you, DRock,
is subscribe to the vlog,
to subscribe to the YouTube channel.
Please do that.
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("Love Hate" by Fiifi Jr.)