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rhetorical
[ ri-'tawr-i-kuhl ]
adjective
The question "Who wouldn't want to be a millionaire?" is a rhetorical one.
insinuation
[ in-sin-yoo-'ey-shuhn ]
noun
We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward.
tethered
[ 'teth-erd ]
adjective
Every morning I walked through a dusty olive grove past a tethered donkey to fetch the hard crusty bread.
wrestle with something
phrasal verb
He wrestled with the decision for several weeks, wondering what he should do.
pull your weight
idiom
The others had complained that Sarah wasn't pulling her weight.
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FIRST CUT ⏱ 00:10 - 02:10
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There's three things that you should know about me. One, I was born in 1987. Two, I love hip-hop. And three, I'm a horrible boss. I'm a horrible boss because I used to be a horrible employee. Aside from my time in the Canadian Armed Forces, I've never completely cooperated with the rules of my traditional workplaces. The Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 grind, just isn't for me. I'll never forget the last time that I was called out for being late at work. It was very early in my career and I remember showing up one morning at 9:15 am. I casually strolled in only to find my boss standing beside my desk, arms crossed, tapping his watch in disapproval. Hamza, this is unacceptable. I can't remember the last time you were here before 9. Well damn, good morning to you too, sir. Did I miss anything? Now of course I knew that I hadn't. I'd been connected to my work in a dozen different ways. Checked my calendar the night before. I'd been on my email all morning. I had my notifications on. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, our internal messaging system. If my clients or my team wanted to get a hold of me, they would have already done so. And that's when my boss hit me with this. Hamza, stock market opened 15 minutes ago. What did my work have to do with the stock market? This was a marketing agency. I was doing graphic design. I saw what was happening. I was being sacrificed at the altar of office discipline. So I asked a rhetorical question. Did something happen that I should know about? And of course I knew nothing had happened. I'd been on Twitter all morning and I looked at the trending topics and the only thing newsworthy was Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attending a Jay-Z concert the night before. And that's when my boss hit me with this. Hamza, you being late is bad for morale. It looks like you aren't pulling your weight around here. Oh! That one stung. That one hurt. And that's the moment I decided to quit.
Let's follow Hamza Khan...
There's three things that you should know about me. // One, / I was born in 1987. // Two, / I love hip-hop. // And three, / I'm a horrible boss. // I'm a horrible boss because I used to be a horrible employee. // Aside from my time in the Canadian Armed Forces, / I've never completely cooperated with the rules of my traditional workplaces. // The Monday to Friday, / 9 to 5 grind, / just isn't for me. // I'll never forget the last time that I was called out for being late at work. // It was very early in my career / and I remember showing up one morning at 9:15 am. // I casually strolled in only to find my boss standing beside my desk, / arms crossed, / tapping his watch in disapproval. // Hamza, / this is unacceptable. // I can't remember the last time you were here before 9. //// Well damn, / good morning to you too, sir. / Did I / miss anything? // Now of course I knew that I hadn't. // I'd been connected to my work in a dozen different ways. // Checked my calendar the night before. / I'd been on my email all morning. / I had my notifications on. / Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, our internal messaging system. // If my clients or my team wanted to get a hold of me, they would have already done so. // And that's when my boss hit me with this. // Hamza, / stock market opened 15 minutes ago. // What did my work have to do with the stock market? // This was a marketing agency. // I was doing graphic design. // I saw what was happening. // I was being sacrificed at the altar of office discipline. // So I asked a rhetorical question. // Did something happen that I should know about? // And of course I knew nothing had happened. / I'd been on Twitter all morning / and I looked at the trending topics and the only thing newsworthy // was Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attending a Jay-Z concert the night before. // And that's when my boss hit me with this. // Hamza, / you being late is bad for morale. // It looks like you aren't pulling your weight around here. // Oh! / That one stung. // That one hurt. // And that's the moment I decided to quit.
SECOND CUT ⏱ 02:11 – 03:37
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The insinuation that I wasn't producing because I wasn't physically tethered to my desk was a bit too much for my pride. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm highly productive. I'm a consummate team player. But apparently I didn't look the part. So rather than go out with a dramatic bang, I left with a little bit of a sneaky whimper. For my last two weeks on the job, I would show up early. Show up every morning at 8:55 a.m. And I would sit at my desk and do one thing and one thing only. I'm marathon movies. Yeah. Naturally, I started with The Godfather. Great place to start. I made my way over to Star Wars. And what marathon would be complete without The Lord of the Rings? Extended version, of course. Now every day I would leave at 5 p.m. I'd pass by his desk at 5 p.m. and he'd go like this, Hamza, great job. I literally sat there for 8 hours and I watched movies. I did nothing. But that was enough for my boss. And I swore from that moment onwards, I'd never be managed again. And managers have tried and managers have failed. They've had to modify their management strategies and approaches with me. And it's left me wrestling with the following paradox. Organizations that are growing and achieving skill, require management. However, people, myself, yourself, don't like to be managed. Which begs the question, can millennials be managed? Or better yet, should millennials be managed?
Let's follow Hamza Khan...
The insinuation that I wasn't producing because I wasn't physically tethered to my desk / was a bit too much for my pride. // Anyone who knows me knows that I'm highly productive. / I'm a consummate team player. // But apparently I didn't look the part. // So rather than go out with a dramatic bang, I left / with a little bit of a sneaky whimper. // For my last two weeks on the job, / I would show up early. / Show up every morning at 8:55 a.m. / And I would sit at my desk and do one thing / and one thing only. // I'm marathon movies. // Yeah. / Naturally, I started with The Godfather. / Great place to start. / I made my way over to Star Wars. // And what marathon would be complete without The Lord of the Rings? Extended version, of course. // Now every day I would leave at 5 p.m. // I'd pass by his desk at 5 p.m. and he'd go like this, / Hamza, / great job. // I literally sat there for 8 hours and I watched movies. I did nothing. // But that was enough for my boss. / And I swore from that moment onwards, / I'd never be managed again. // And managers have tried and managers have failed. // They've had to modify their management strategies and approaches with me. // And it's left me wrestling with the following paradox. // Organizations that are growing and achieving skill, / require management. // However, people, / myself, yourself, don't like to be managed. // Which begs the question, / can millennials be managed? Or better yet, / should millennials be managed?