

That’s why when humor turns mean or offensive at work you must take steps to ensure that staff understands that there are clear lines between humor and harassment in the workplace. Conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive.1.Enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment.In either case, off-color jokes can quickly become problematic in the work environment and considered actionable harassment once: But often, teasing and inappropriate jokes conceal a mean-spirited attempt to put a coworker or staff member down. Sometimes, it may just be a poor choice of words with nothing behind it. Whether it is an off-hand comment, a casual remark, or a mocking phrase these can be hurtful and have a lasting impact on workplace culture. Sound familiar? These are all things people say when someone reacts negatively to inappropriate humor in the workplace. I feel like back then I was very childish and very confused.“Just kidding! You just take everything too seriously!” I've grown so much as an entertainer, as a comedian, but also as a person. Earlier this year, he announced plans to launch an online entertainment network, as well as appearing in a web reality series.Ĭomparing his past work with his present, he added: "To me, the improvement is clear.

His annual earnings are reportedly more than $7 million. His channel now has more than 40 million subscribers and almost 12 billion views. At the time, he was a student, working part-time in a store. PewDiePie's YouTube page lists him as joining in the last week of April 2010. He also spoke about stylistic changes to his work, and how he used to just cut raw video and post it straight to YouTube, whereas now he spends a lot more time editing footage. But I'm also glad that I've grown past it." I was so immature and I just thought things were funny just because they were offensive. But I feel like back then I didn't understand. "I still make kinda stupid jokes that I shouldn't make. "I really don't like that," he said in yesterday's retrospective. In his new video, PewDiePie played a clip in which his younger self says, "It shows how gay you are," in a clearly pejorative manner. One issue he addressed is some of the offensive language he used in past years. "I just thought things were funny just because they were offensive." In the intervening years, he and his work have changed significantly. PewDiePie, also known as Felix Kjellberg, was 20 years old when he first began his YouTube channel. Responding to regular fan comments that call for a return to style he left behind some years ago, the Swedish star was highly critical of his early work. In a new video posted yesterday, YouTube star PewDiePie looked back on his six years releasing gameplay videos and entertaining millions of fans.
