A Rant: My Thoughts on Company Culture & Office Design
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2017
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
How your employees feel doesn’t depend on the free granola, or fancy amenities. Here’s what I really think about all those goodies. It narrows down to feeling safe and letting them know they have room to grow. It’s true, it really is. If your company has issues, installing a water fountain with a thousand flavors, or a beer tap isn’t going to cover it up and make everything all better. It comes down to the people and how they feel. Enjoy this one and think about what your company instills.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's Gary Vay, Nerd Chuck, and this is the GaryVee audio experience. |
| 0:11.0 | This week's clip was an interview I did which was actually about more spaces, right? |
| 0:16.0 | Like, like, who's ball tables and like, snacks? Show the snacks, D-Rack? |
| 0:21.0 | Snacks? And then all that stuff, all the cool stuff Facebook and Google does. |
| 0:25.0 | Like, what are these couches and chairs and all these things mean to the production of a company? |
| 0:31.0 | I had a pretty interesting take on it. Here it is. |
| 0:34.0 | 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 and the listening and the talking. |
| 0:45.0 | You know, I think people only feel at home when the parents make it feel at home. |
| 0:50.0 | I think it's a job of every CEO. |
| 0:52.0 | Yes, businesses can start actually giving a fuck about people instead of how much money they make. |
| 0:57.0 | Because a funny thing happens when you give a fuck about people. You end up making more money. |
| 1:01.0 | I mean, I don't think it's unfortunate. Those companies should then make what it's appropriate and all the people that work there. |
| 1:06.0 | This is, you know, most people most places in the world have some level of freedom. |
| 1:11.0 | They're more than welcome to start their own company or work somewhere else. |
| 1:15.0 | You know, this whole narrative of like these businesses or shit, yes do I want businesses to care about people more? Yes, it feels nice. |
| 1:22.0 | And it feels right and it's a legacy I want to leave. |
| 1:24.0 | And I think it'll actually make them more money. |
| 1:26.0 | But the employees aren't being, you know, slave. This is not slavery. |
| 1:32.0 | Right? Like, be a... |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, I mean, everybody has to be accountable. |
| 1:36.0 | This isn't just the man who's fucked up or the business is fucked up. |
| 1:40.0 | The employees fucked up if they're in a shit situation. |
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